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freónd

Grammar
freónd, dat. friénd, frínd, frýnd, freónde.

a relative ⬩ kinsman ⬩ a lover ⬩ one who wishes well to another ⬩ favours ⬩ supports ⬩ helps ⬩ an upholder of religion ⬩ a pious person ⬩ a true Christian ⬩ one who undertakes responsibility on behalf of another ⬩ anything helpful ⬩ one who is on good terms with another ⬩ not at variance ⬩ one who is on the same side or of the same party as another ⬩ an associate

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R. 23, 12. one who is on the same side or of the same party as another an associate Ne sé wé freóndas (socii, geféran, W.S.) hiora in blód ðára wítgana, Mt. L. 23, 30.

blanden-feax

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
blanden-feax, bionden-feax, -fex; adj.

Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex

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[blanden; pp. of blandan to mix; feax, fex hair] Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old; comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex.

Linked entry: blonden-feax

bisceop-setl

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-setl, biscop-setl, biscep-setl, es; n.

a bishop's seat or residence ⬩ sedes episcopalis ⬩ a bishopric ⬩ episcopatus

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[bisceop a bishop, setl a seat]. a bishop's seat or residence; sedes episcopalis Sæt he ðæt bisceopsetl xxxvii wintra and six mónaþ and feówertyne dagas he occupied the episcopal residence thirty-seven [of] years [winters] and six months and fourteen

Linked entries: biscep-setl biscop-setl

Eást-Engle

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On Lindesse and on Eást-Englum and on Cantwarum wurdon monige men ofslægene, 838; P. 64, 1. Felix bodade Eást-Englum (-Eanglum, v. l. ), 636; P. 26, 5. Se here on Eást-Englum (Ést-, v. l. ), 885; P. 80, 8.

duguþ

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Þú, þonne, dugoþa cyning, 177, 1. a body of great men, nobility, retainers of a chief, a senate Ealdermanna duguð senatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 38. Ælfún abbod and þegenas ǽgðer ge of Eást-Cent ge of West-Cent, eal seó duguð, Cht. Th. 302, 30.

má

(adj.)
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Th. 73, 9. a greater number, more individuals of the kind specified, with partitive genitive plural (or of noun of multitude) Næs his folces ná má ofslagen þonne nigon, Ors. 4, 1 ; S. 156, 24.

BLIND

(adj.)
Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.

BLIND, deprived of sight ⬩ cæcus ⬩ a blind or inward wound ⬩ a bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affected ⬩ morsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,

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Blind slite or slyte a blind or inward wound, i.e. a bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affected; morsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ, Herb. 4, 12; Lchdm. i. 92, 25.

middan-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
middan-sumor, v. under midd, II, where perhaps in the instances in which middan occurs that word is to be taken as the first part of a compound.

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ge-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stígan, p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; pp. -stigen

To mount ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend

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Mihtig god on hira ánne gestág the mighty God mounted on to one of them [trees], Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 13; Cri. 1172. Siððan ðú gestígest steápe dúne after thou dost mount the lofty hills, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 32; Gen. 2853: 227; Th. 303, 14; Sal. 612.

swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, es; n.

a track, the mark left by a moving body, a single footprint or a series of footprints (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a vestige, trace

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a track, the mark left by a moving body, a single footprint or a series of footprints (lit. or fig.) Mé (the plough) biþ gongendre mín swæð sweotol, Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10. Ðonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe. Blickl. Homl. 75, 14: Rtl. 26, 5.

girela

(n.)
Grammar
girela, gierela, am; m.: <b>girelu,</b> e; f.
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On lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan, 411, 35. Macheus his ágenne sunu gemétte mid purpurum gegieredne on biscepháde. Hé hiene for þǽm girelan gebealg, and hiene hét áhón, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 32. Gyrlan cultu, An. Ox. 1194. Gyrle habitu, 3364.

Linked entries: gyrla gerela

be-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
be-drífan, p. -dráf, -drǽf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen ; v. a.

to drive ⬩ thrust on or upon ⬩ to compel ⬩ constrain or enforce one to do a thing ⬩ to pursue ⬩ follow ⬩ cogere ⬩ compellere ⬩ agere ⬩ adigere ⬩ to drive or beat against ⬩ to surround ⬩ obruere ⬩ obducere ⬩ circumflare

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to drive, thrust on or upon, to compel, constrain or enforce one to do a thing, to pursue, follow; cogere, compellere, agere, adigere Perðica hine bedráf into ánum fæstene Perdiccas drove him into a fastness, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 38.

Linked entries: be-drǽf be-dráf

grindan

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Ðá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽr on lægde, þá orn seó cweorn, Shrn. 145, 21. Gif hió grindende þeówa sió, Ll. Th. i. 6, 6. <b>I a.

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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Cf. on; B.

fyrmest

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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Rufianus, Chr. 995; P. 128, 32. of things On þám fyrmestum stówum ealles his anwealdes, Lch. iii. 440, 12. marking order in merit, excellent Hú se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum fyrmest (praecipuus).

scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
scyfe, es; m.

precipitation ⬩ preceps ⬩ furtherance of a project ⬩ the pushing of a matter ⬩ prompting ⬩ instigation ⬩ prompting ⬩ instigation in a bad sense

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Hié weorðaþ oft áscrencte on ðæm scyfe ðære styringe hira módes ðæt hí hira selfra ne ágon ðý máre geweald ðe óðerra monna motionis impulsu praecipites quaedam velut alienati peragunt, Past. 33, l; Swt. 215, 12, 17. glossing preceps Seó ús on scefe gedwelde

mæðel

(n.)
Grammar
mæðel, meðel, medel, es; n.

an assembly ⬩ a deliberative or judicial meeting ⬩ council ⬩ speech ⬩ address ⬩ harangue ⬩ conversation

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Æt meðle on ðam miclan dæge at the assembly on that great day (of judgment ), 2870; An. 1438: Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 10; Ph. 538. Mæðel hégan to hold a meeting, take counsel, consult, address (cf.

ge-tímian

(v.)
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Add: with noun or pronoun as subject Þis ylce getímað on sumum óðrum stówum, Lch. iii. 258, 17. Þa getímode micel hafenleást on Benedictes mynstre, Hml. Th. ii. 170, 32. Gyf ꝥ getímie, ꝥ is eallum mannum gemǽne, ꝥ se abbud gewíte of þissum lífe, C.

leornian

(v.)
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on þǽre ðe wé leorniað, Hml.

hærean-fagol

(n.)
Grammar
hærean-fagol, Have the glossers misunderstood the word herinaciis, and supposed it to be the name of a bird ? Can the hærean represent herin and fagol be a mistake for fugol? and in the other gloss, hâtte-fagol, is hatte = hatte, andfago/ for fugol, so that the gloss would mean
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herinacius is the name of a bird ?