fóre-weall
A fore-wall ⬩ bulwark ⬩ propugnācŭlum
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A fore-wall, bulwark; propugnācŭlum Syndon ða fóreweallas gestépte óþ wolcna hróf the fore-walls are raised to the clouds' roof [the water-walls in the Red Sea ], Cd. 158; Th. 196, 25; Exod. 297
fóre-weard
A forewarder ⬩ scout ⬩ antecursor ⬩ explōrător
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A forewarder, scout; antecursor, explōrător Siððan Scipia geahsode ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness
fóre-wítigian
To foresay ⬩ prophesy ⬩ prænuntiāre
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To foresay, prophesy; prænuntiāre Se mycla hunger, ðe wæs fórewítegad on Actĭbus Apostŏlōrum the great famine, which was foretold in the Acts of the Apostles, Chr. 47; Erl. 7, 24
fóre-witig
Foreknowing ⬩ præscius
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Foreknowing; præscius Fórewitig towerdra þinga præscius fŭtūri, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 12; Hpt. Gl
fóre-witol
Foreknowing ⬩ præscius
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Foreknowing; præscius, Lye
fóre-witung
A foreknowing ⬩ foretelling ⬩ presage ⬩ præsāgium
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A foreknowing, foretelling, presage; præsāgium, Som. Ben. Lye.; Hpt. Gl
Gaful-ford
Camelford ⬩ Cornwall
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Camelford, Cornwall, Chr. 823; Th. 110, 111, 17, col. 1
here-folc
People forming an army,
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People forming an army, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 40; Jud. 234
mægen-folc
A mighty people
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A mighty people Mægenfolc micel (cf. O. Sax. meginfolk mikil the multitude that flocked about Christ) a people mighty and vast (the good at the day of judgment ), Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 1; Cri. 877
norþ-folc
The northern division of a people ⬩ the people of the north of England ⬩ the people of Norfolk ⬩ Norfolk
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The northern division of a people; the people of the north of England Humbre tósceádeþ súþfolc Angelþeóde and norþfolc, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 18. the people of Norfolk, Norfolk Hé wæs geboren on Norþfolce. Ðá geaf se cyng his sunu ðone eorldóm on Norþfolc
fore-hradian
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to hasten before Forehradedon preuenerunt. Chrd. 26, 18
fore-hús
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a porch Þǽr wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, Vis. Lfc. 33
fore-weard
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Dele'(?)', and add Ymb þá foreward þe wǽron geworhte ... And sé ðe þás foreward tóbreke, C.D. iv. 263, 13-21
fore-weard
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Add Hí mid forewerdum tán stæppað uix imprimunt summa uestigia, Chrd. 64, 35. ¶. add :-- Gif hí standað on foreweardan on ðǽre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 241, 10
ge-folc
people ⬩ a troop
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people, a troop
síd-folc
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A people occupying an extensive space, a multitude Sídfolc micel ( the multitude that accompanied St. Juliana's body ), Exon. Th. 284, 4 ; Jul. 692. a great people, great nation God hí of sídfolcum gesamnade Dominus de regionibus congregavit eos,
súþ-folc
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A southern people, a people living south in relation to some other Rómáne and eall súþfolc (ealle súþfolc, 146, 15), Lchdm. ii. 16, 1. Humbre streám tósceádeþ súþfolc Angelþeóde and norþfolc, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 17. Eorldóm on Norðfolc and Súðfolc ( Suffolk
unrím-folc
An innumerable people
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An innumerable people Gif hé underfénge ðone ealdordóm swelces unrímfolces búton ege si ducatum plebis innumerae sine trepidatione susciperet, Past. 7; Swt. 51, 12
wann-fóta
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A bird with dark feet (?) Stángella vel wanfóta pelicanus (cf. porfyrionis, pellicanus, Corp. Gl. ed. Hessels 94, 498), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 20
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wíþig-ford
A ford by which willows grow
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A ford by which willows grow On wíðigford, of wíðigford, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 14: 252, 20, 36