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forþ-stæppung

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-stæppung, e; f.
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Ben. I. 6, 8: Hy. S. 80, 27

práfost-scír

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Ben. I. 111, 15: Gr. D. 50, 7. Wé þá synderlíce práuost hátað þe under óðrum ealdrum þǽre práuostscýre gýmað (prioratus curam gerunt), Chrd. 52, 15. Add

sealting

(n.)
Grammar
sealting, e; f.
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Dancing Mæssepreóstas . . . ne beón an þám geférscypum . . . þǽr líchamana beóð fracodlice gebǽru mid saltingum and tumbincgum (choris ei saltationibus) (cf. sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen, gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoþuwác, Crä

Linked entry: salting

sǽ-næss

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-næss, es; m.

a cape

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Ða líðende land gesáwon brimclifu blícan, beorgas steápe, síde sǽnæssas, Beo. Th. 451; 6. 223. Sǽnæssas geseón, windige weallas, 1146; B. 571

Linked entry: næss

brecþ

(n.)
Grammar
brecþ, e; pl. nom. >brecþa; f. [brecan
to break
]

to breakA broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief;fractio, ærumna

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A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; fractio, ærumna Ðæt wæs wrǽc micel wine Scyldinga, modes brecþa that was great wretchedness to the friend of the Scyldings, his mind's griefs, Beo. Th. 344; B. 171

mód-sefa

(n.)
Grammar
mód-sefa, an; m.

The inner man

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Wæs módsefa áfýsed on forþwege my soul longed to be gone, Rood Kmbl. 246; Kr. 124. Mé ðín módsefa lícaþ you please me, Beo. Th. 3711; B. 1853. Ne gemealt him se módsefa his heart did not fail, 5249; B. 2628.

BRÝD

(n.)
Grammar
BRÝD, bríd, e; f.

A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, womansponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier

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Lothes brýd underbæc beseah Lot's wife looked backwards, 119; Th. 154, 27; Gen. 2562: Beo. Th. 4067; B. 2031. Adam ongan óðres striénan bearnes be brýde, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 18; Gen. 1119: 86; Th. 108, 28; Gen. 1813.

endeleáslíce

(adv.)

everlastinglyto eternity

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Add: everlastingly, to eternity Gé beóð engla geféran endeleáslíce, Hml. Th. ii. 90, 1. Þá mánfullan beóð ǽfre cwylmigende on helle súsle endeleáslíce, 608, 11. Endeleáslíce losian, Hex. 22, 12.

Linked entry: endeleás-lic

twelf-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-gilde, adj.
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To be restored twelve-fold Godes feoh and ciricean .xii.

frignung

(n.)
Grammar
frignung, e; f.
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Náht tó láfe ne wunað þǽre frignunge and ácsunge be þám wísum de his nihil quaestionis remansit, 323, 23. Tweógan be þissere sócne and frignunge ( quaestione ), 305, 15. v. be-frignung; frægning

Linked entry: frægning

æfter

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
æfter, prep. [æft, q. v; er, q. v.] dat; rarely acc.

AFTERpostAlongthroughduringκατάperAccording toby means ofsecundumpropterAfteraboutpropterobdeAfteraboveaccording topostsupersecundum

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Wunder æfter wundre wonder afer wonder, Beo.

Linked entries: æftyr efter eftyr

gearo

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Þonne menn gearuwe beóð tó Lífes bebodum, Hml. Th. i. 362, 12. His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoðe, C.

un-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deór, (-deóre?); adj.

Not dearcheapcommon

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Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.

hold-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
hold-áþ, es; m.

An oath of fealty

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An oath of fealty Hí wéron his menn and him holdáþas swóron ðæt hí woldon ongeán ealle óðre menn him holde beón they did homage to him and swore oaths of fealty to him that they would be loyal to him against all other men, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 7.

Linked entry: hyld-áþ

hrif-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
hrif-wund, adj.
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Gif hé þurhþirel weorþeþ xx scill. gebéte if he be wounded in the belly let twelve shillings be paid.

Sæfern

(n.)
Grammar
Sæfern, e; also indecl. f.

The river Severn

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Hié gedydon æt Sæferne, ðá fóron be Sæferne . . . be westan Sæfern, 92, 14-20. Be Sæfern, 896; Erl. 94, 15. Be westan Sæferne, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 21. Of Seferne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 393, 10. Of Sæfern, 405, 29.

gíme-líst

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Ben. I. 42, 7) gelamp, R. Ben. 36, 2-7.

feorh-geníþla

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-geníþla, an; m.

A life-enemydeadly foequi vītæ insĭdiāturlētālis hostis

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A life-enemy, deadly foe; qui vītæ insĭdiātur, lētālis hostis He brægd feorhgeníþlan, ðæt heó on flet gebeáh he dragged the deadly foe, that she bowed on the place, Beo. Th. 3084; B. 1540: 5859; B. 2933

féðe-lást

(n.)
Grammar
féðe-lást, es; m.

A footsteppacepassusgressus

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Ferdon forþ ðonon féðelástum they went forth thence with their footsteps, Beo. Th. 3269; B. 1632

or-wearde

(adv.)
Grammar
or-wearde, adv.
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Beo. Th. 6245 ; B. 3127