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FEÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FEÐER, gen. dat. acc. feðere; pl. nom. acc. feðera, feðra, feðre; f.

FEATHER ⬩ penna ⬩ plūma ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ ⬩ what is made of a feather ⬩ A pen ⬩ penna ⬩ călămus

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a FEATHER; penna, plūma Mid níre [ = niwre] feðere with a new feather, Herb. 122, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 13: L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 8. Gedó feðere on ele put a feather in oil, L. M. 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 11.

Linked entries: fæðer fiðere

for-niman

(v.)
Grammar
for-niman, -nyman; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; pp. -numen; v. trans.

To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre

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Lamb. fol. 190 b, 14. Hig fornymaþ hyra ansýna extermĭnant făcies suas, Mt. Bos. 6, 16. Hine wyrd fornam fate took him away, Beo. Th. 2415; B. 1205: 2877; B. 1436: 4245; B. 2119.

Linked entry: for-nyman

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, es; m.

A raven

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Hí læccaþ eallswá gýfre hremnas of holde dóþ they seize just as greedy ravens do from a corpse, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 5. Swá swá grǽdige ræmmas, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 3. Besceáwiaþ ða hrefnas considerate corvos, Lk. Skt. 12, 24

Linked entries: hræm hrefn hrem hremn

lǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽfan, p. de.

to leave ⬩ to remain

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Swá hit his yldran begeáton and létan and lǽfdon ðam tó gewealde ðe hý wel úðan, L. O. 14; Th. i. 184, 3. Ðínum mágum lǽf folc and ríce leave to thy kinsmen people and power. Beo. Th. 2361; B. 1178.

Linked entry: be-lǽfan

lencten

(n.)
Grammar
lencten, lengten, lenten, es; m.

Spring ⬩ Lent

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Gif mon in lencten hálig ryht in folce bútan leáfe álecgge gebéte mid cxx. sciłł if any one in Lent suppress holy law among the people without leave, let him make amends with cxx shillings, L. Alf. pol. 40; Th. i. 88, 13.

Linked entry: lengten

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The body ⬩ the corporeal

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Wé nán ðing nabbaþ búton land and líchaman, Gen. 47, 18. Hé healdeþ ða deádan líchoman ungemolsnode he keeps the dead bodies undecayed, Shrn. 82, 21

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e ; f.
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Gl. 522, 54 : Lk. Skt. 1, 1. Raca conlationes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 47. Racum relatibus, Hpt. Gl. 529, 39. Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum in historical narratives, Homl. Th. i. 58, 10. Rǽde him mon ða raca oððe líf ðæra heáhfædera, R.

Linked entry: eá-racu

geond

(prep.)
Grammar
geond, giond; prep. acc.

Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά

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Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond; per, trans, inter, post, ultra; κατά He gǽð geond drige stówa ambulat per loca arida, Mt. Bos. 12, 43: 14, 35. Ðá eóde geond Hiericho tum perambulabat Jericho, Lk. Bos. 19, 1.

tál

(n.)
Grammar
tál, e; f.: es; n. (?)

evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction ⬩ evil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemy ⬩ scorn, mock, derision, reproach ⬩ blame, censure, reproof

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Lamb. 78, 4. Þe læs ðe heó dó ðé on tále cuman feóndum ðínum ne faciat te in obprobrium venire inimicis tuis, Scint. 177, 4. Ðæt man God tó tále habbe that God be mocked, Wulfst. 299, 14.

Linked entry: tǽl

a-rédian

(v.)
Grammar
a-rédian, l. á-redian,
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Gif hé ceáp áredige if he make a bargain, Ll. Th. i. 274, 23.

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burn ⬩ ardent ⬩ vehement

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Swá benne ne burnon, Lch. ii. 350, 29. to have ardent, vehement feeling Hé unálýfedlíce barn iunan, Gr. D. 101, 26. Hé barn (born, beorn, v. ll. ) on geleáfan, Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 511, 10. Hié burnon þǽre Godes lufan, Bl.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

brycg-geweorc

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Ðegenes lagu is ꝥ hé þreó ðinc of his land dó, fyrdfæreld, and burhbóte and brycgeworc. Ll. Th. i. 432, 5. In C. D.

crístnian

(v.)
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Hé gelýfde on úrne Drihten and lét hine crístnian ( had himself catechized ), and æfter lytlum fyrste hé wearð gefullod, Hml. S. 31, 523.

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

eá

(n.)
Grammar
eá, a river.
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Betux þǽm twám eán, Ors. 3, ll; S. 144, 4: Nar. 35, 18. Æt Tweoxn-eám (Tweoxnám, v. l. ), Chr. 901; P. 92, 4

ferian

(v.)

to carry ⬩ move ⬩ convey ⬩ to lead ⬩ conduct

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L. 2, 3: Hml. Th. i. 492, 28: Chr. 1012; P. 143, 2. Hí áweg feredon þæs godspelleres líc, Hml. S. 15, 98. Hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige, Lch. ii. 30, 30. Hiora cyning wæs gewundod, þæt hí hine ne mehton ferian, Chr. 894; P. 86, 6.

ge-néþan

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For þon þe hé wolde ofer his ágen mægn áht swylces genéþan (gedyrstlǽcean, v. l.) quia ultra vires volunt quidquam praesumere, Gr. D. 73, 4. with clause Ne genéð (gedyrstlǽc, v. l., praesumas ) ꝥ þú gá tó þám hálgan háde, Gr. D. 135, 9.

geó

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Geó (gió, ió, iú, v. ll.) on ealddagum a temporibus antiquis, Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 517, 5. Giú on Nóes dagum . . . giú (gió, v. l. ) on Torcwines dagum, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 6-8. Ðára wiotona ðe giú wǽron giond Angelcynn, Past. 5, 19.

ge-swincfull

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Substitute: of persons, laborious, industrious. v. ge-swinc ; Mǽden scamfæst, geswincful, clǽne, Lch. iii. 192, 2 : 23. Þæs hádes men þe hwýlum wǽron geswincfulleste on godcundan þeówdóme, þá ne swincaþ á swíðe ymbe ǽnige þearfe, Ll.

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive after ⬩ to ⬩ towards ⬩ to strive to do

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Ðæt ierfe ðæt gé ǽrest æfter hiégiað (hígiað, v. l.) hereditas ad quam festinatur in principio, Past. 331, 24. Nota þæs wísdómes þe þú habbae . . . and híga georne æfter máran, Solil. H. 47, 17.

on-hagian

(v.)
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Swá mid byttfyllinge swá elles swá ús tóanhagie ( sicut poterimus), Ll. Th. i. 236, 4. without tó. with dat. infin. Seó racu ðe mé onhagað ðé tó gerihtreccenne, Solil. H. 26, 7. Ne onhagað ús ná swíðor be dám tó sprecenne, Hml. Th. i. 488, 8.