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færelt

(n.)
Grammar
færelt, es; n.

A going, progress, expedition ĭter, gressus, expĕdītio

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A going, progress, expedition; ĭter, gressus, expĕdītio Wænes sió eax welt ealles ðæs færeltes the axle-tree of a waggon regulates all its going, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29, note 26. On ðæm færelte in the progress, 39, 7; Fox 222, 19, note 18.

feá

(adj.)
Grammar
feá, adj.

Fewpauci

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He feára sum befóran gengde he with a few went before, Beo. Th. 2828; B. 1412. Ealle nemne feáum ánum all save a few only, Beo. Th. 2167; B. 1081. Nales feám síþum not a few times, Elen. Kmbl, 1633; El. 818: Andr. Kmbl. 1210; An. 605

fylmen

(n.)
Grammar
fylmen, es; n.

A filmthin skinprepucepræpūtiumomentum

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Feóllon swylce fylmena of his eágum there fell as it were films from his eyes, Homl. Th. i. 386, 31

Linked entry: film

Galiléisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Galiléisc, Galilésc; adj.

GalileanGalilæus

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Wéne gé, wǽron ða Galileiscan synfulle tofóran eallum Galileiscum pŭtātis quod hi Galilæi præ omnĭbus Galilæis peccātōres fuĕrint? Lk. Bos. 13, 2. On Galileisce dǽlas in partes Galilææ, Mt. Bos. 2, 22.

IFIG

(n.)
Grammar
IFIG, ifegn, es; n.

Ivy

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Weal se is mid ifige bewrigen a wall that is covered with ivy, Shrn. 139, 27

rǽde-gafol

(n.)
Grammar
rǽde-gafol, es; n.
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máre tó rǽdegafole and geereþ gif se hláford him wile ðæt land árǽran tó weorce and tó gafole ne þearf hé him onfón gif hé him nán botl ne selþ if a man takes a yard of land or more at a fixed rent and ploughs it, if the lord wants to get service as well

Grécisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Grécisc, Gréccisc; adj.
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Greek, Grecian Heora discipulas wǽron well gelǽrede ge on Grécisc gereorde ge on Lédennisc eorum discipuli Latinam Græcamque linguam æque ut propriam in qua nati sunt norunt, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 27: 4, 1; S. 563, 33. Gréccisc, 5, 8; S. 622, 2.

Linked entries: Creácisc Crécisc

boga

(n.)
Grammar
boga, an; m.

A BOW, an arch, a cornerarcus, angulusarcus

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Hí léton gáras fleógan, bogan wǽron bysige they let the arrows fly, bows were busy, Byrht. Th. 134, 66; By. 110. Bogan [MS. bogen] streng a bow-string; anquina, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 37; Wrt. Voc. 35, 26

Linked entries: bog-timber bogen streng

bóc-cræft

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Mid mé þú bóccræft leornodest thou wert my scholar, Ap. Th. 21, 17.

ende-stæf

An endconclusiondeath

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Hæfdon hí on rímcræfte áwriten wera endestæf they had written down the date of men's death, An. 135. Substitute:

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum uiro cupido et tenaci, Scint. 110, 15. Sint tó manianne ðá fæsðhafula[n] (tenaces, qui sua retinent), Past. 339, 7

god-borh

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Gif hwá óðerne godborges oncunne and tión wille ꝥ hé hwelcne ne gelǽste þára þe hé him gesealde if any one bring against another a charge in the matter of a pledge whose validity was confirmed by invoking the name of the Deity (where solemn formulae were

hyrne

Grammar
hyrne, in l. 6 for norð hyrnan l. norðhyrnan,
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Anlang weges on ðǽre díce hyrnan, C. D. iii. 411, 13. Hirnan, ii. 205, 16. Tó herpaðe; ðonan tó dǽre dícan hyrnan; ðonan andlang díc, v. 78, 30: vi. 170, 34.

tún

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Add Syndon þá burga forhergode and þá ceastra tóworpone, cyrcan forbærnde and mynstra tóworpene, and eác gehwylce túnas ge wera ge wífa fram hǽðenum mannum gewéste depopulatae urbes, eversa castra, concrematae ecclesiae, destructa sunt monasteria virorum

ofer-hogian

(v.)

to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain

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Hié ealle worlde weán oforhogodan, Blickl. Homl. 119, 16, 20. Oferhoga hí, and ádríf hí fram ðé, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 8. Warniaþ ðæt gé ne oferhogian ǽnne of ðysum lytlingum, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 10.

Linked entry: ofer-hycgan

on-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
on-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.

To change, reverseTo change, turn, revert

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To change, turn, revert Manegum cyninge onhwearf se anweald and se wela óþ ðæt hé eft wearþ wædla qui reges felicitatem calamitate mutaverint, Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 13. Hé ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft onhwearf wódan gewittes, Cd. Th. 255, 21; Dan. 627

Linked entry: on-hwirfan

ge-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcan, he -swyrcþ; p. -swearc, pl. -swurcon; pp. -sworcen

To become darkbe darkenedsaddenedangry

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Ðá geswearc se Godes man semninga and ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan then suddenly the man of God become sad and began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis vir Dei, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290, 3; Wand. 59.

forþ

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ, adv. [faran to go]

FORTHthencehenceforwardsonwardshenceforthfurtherstillindehincprorsumporrodehincdeincepstămen

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FORTH, thence, hence, forwards, onwards, henceforth, further, still; inde, hinc, prorsum, porro, dehinc, deinceps, tămen Abraham eóde forþ Abraham went forth, Gen. 18, 16: Num. 22, 35: Jud. 16, 30.

wín

(n.)
Grammar
wín, es; n.

Wine

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Wer sæt æt wíne, Exon. Th. 431, 25; Rä. 47, 1. Win nectar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 31. Hé bróhte hláf and wín. 14, 18. Hwilc þinc gelǽdst ðú (the merchant) ús? Wín and ele, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9. Hwæt drincst ðú (boy)?

tír

(n.)
Grammar
tír, es; m.

Gloryhonour

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Þa kingges weoren deædde, heore duȝeðe todealde, here tir wes atfallen, Laym. 4237

Linked entry: tyr