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fédels

Grammar
fédels, fédesl.

a fatling ⬩ feeding

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The word occurs as a technical term in the following Cyninges fédesl .xx. scillinga forgelde, Ll. Th. i. 6, 8

gifig

(adj.)
Grammar
gifig, (?); adj.
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Possessing as the result of gift or grant Gifine com-potem Angl. xi. 171, 7 (v. note there in which the word is compared with Goth. gabeigs: Icel. gǫfugr)

heorþa

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Herþa (is the reading of the MS. given in) Ælfc. Gr. Z. 321, 5. Ǽlce geáre tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles buccinas), Chrd. 48, 26. Add

hrif-wund

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For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif hé ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23

hof

a temple

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On háligum hofe þínum in sanctuario tuo Ang. .xi. 118, 50. Hofa edes, i. templum Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 32. Add:

lengþ

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Add: height, v. lang; 2 a Ðone munt ðe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síþa ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. p. 152, 5

on-sand

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Insende on him . . . ǽbylgðe and eorre and geswinc, onsonda þurh engla yfle inmisit in eis indignationem et iram et tribulationem, inmissiones per angelos malos, Ps. Vos. 77, 49. Add

swǽsende

(adj.)
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In l. 11 insert a comma after ælmessum, and add: cf. tó ælmessum ad agapem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 57: tó feorme ad agapem i. deliciem, An. Ox. 4834

þeáwfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þeáwfæstlíce, adv.
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In accordance with good usage Sume synd tó þám bilewite menn ꝥ ðú ne miht áfindan of ánum þúsende ánne þe mæge þeáwfæstlíce sprǽce sprecan, Hml. S. 5, 222

un-staþolfæst

Grammar
un-staþolfæst, <b>; II.</b>
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Sum munuc wæs unstaþolfæst (-staþel-) on his móde and nolde gewunian on his mynstre quidam monachus mobilitati mentem dederat, et permanere in monasterio nolebat, Gr. D. 155, 25. Add

Sǽ-Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Sǽ-Dene, pl.

The sea-Danes

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, or Danes skilled in sea-faring(?) Sigehere lengest Sǽ-Denum weóld, Exon. Th. 320, 13; Víd. 31. Similar entries Cf. Sǽ-Geátas

Linked entry: Sǽ-Geátas

ǽr-hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽr-hwílum, adv.

In earlier times, formerly

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In earlier times, formerly Ðá micclan welan ðe hig ǽrhwílon áhton, Guth. 14, 23. Oft ic nú miscyrre cúðe sprǽce, and þeáh uncúðre ǽrhwílum quondam fond, Met. 2, 9

Linked entry: hwílum

heáh-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-þegen, es; m.

A great, high or chief minister or servant

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A great, high or chief minister or servant On ðam wǽron gecorene twelf heáhþegenas in that were chosen twelve chief ministers [the twelve apostles], Homl. Th. ii. 520, 24

heaðu-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-róf, adj.

Famed for excellence in battle

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Famed for excellence in battle, Beo. Th. 767; B. 381; 1732; B. 864; 4388; B. 2191: Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 21; Ph. 228; Menol. Fox 27; Men. 14

bridels-hring

(n.)
Grammar
bridels-hring, es; m.

A bridle-ring ⬩ in freno annulus

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A bridle-ring; in freno annulus Ðæs cyninges sceal mearh midlum geweorþod, bridelshringum the king's horse shall be adorned with bits, with bridle-rings, Elen. Kmbl. 2385; El. 1194

Bune

(n.)
Grammar
Bune, Bunne, an; f?

Boulogne in France ⬩ Bononia

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Boulogne in France; Bononia Se micla here férde to Bunan [Bunnan, Th. 162, 20, col. l] the great army went to Boulogne, Chr. 893; Th. 163, 20, col. 3

cneówian

(v.)
Grammar
cneówian, cneówigan; part. cneówigende;p. ode;; pp. od [cneó, cneów a knee]

To bow the knee ⬩ to kneel; ⬩ genuflectere

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To bow the knee, to kneel; genuflectere Benedictus on his gebédum cneówode Benedict knelt down in prayer Homl. Th. ii. 154, 20: 178, 33. Cneówigende genuflectens Proæm. R. Conc

Linked entry: cneówlian

scop-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
scop-gereord, es; n.

Poetic diction ⬩ the language of poetry

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Poetic diction, the language of poetry Swá hwæt swá hé of godcundum stafum þurh bóceras geleornode, ðæt hé in sceopgereorde (verbis poeticis) geglencde, Bd. 4, 24; S. 594, 34

þanc-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-snotor, þanc-snottor; adj.

Wise in thought, wise

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Wise in thought, wise Þoncsnottor guma breóstgehygdum his bearn lǽrde, Exon. Th. 301, 19; Fá. 21. Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuiurthit thoncsnottura than him tharf sié, Txts. 149, 17

calla

(n.)
Grammar
calla, an; m.

to call ⬩ A herald

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[ Similar entries ceailian to call] A herald, found in the phrase, — hilde calla [q. v.] war's herald or a herald of war, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 26; Exod. 252