FÚHT
Moist ⬩ damp ⬩ hŭmĭdus
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Moist, damp; hŭmĭdus Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on fúhtum and on wæteregum stówum this herb is produced in damp and watery places, Herb. 9, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 25; 39, 1; Lchdm. i. 140, 5: 52, 1; Lchdm. i. 154, 26
Linked entry: fýhtan
leóþ-cwide
A poem
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A poem Ic nát for hwí eów sindon ða ǽrran gewin swá lustsumlíce on leóþcwidum tó gehiéranne I do not know why the earlier contests are so pleasant for you to hear in poems, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 2
mos
A moss ⬩ a marshy place
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A moss, a marshy place In ðæt micle mos; of ðæm mose. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 121, 19. Cf. Tó mossetena gemǽre, and swá big mossetena gemǽre ... Ðis syndon ðæs landes gemǽre æt mosleáge. Cod. Dip. B. ii. 56, 22, 28
Linked entry: meós
næced
Nakedness
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P. iv. 25; Th. ii. 212, 4. Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede, Deut. 28, 48
níþing
A villain ⬩ one who commits a vile action
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A villain, one who commits a vile action Walreáf is níþinges dǽde, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 3. Se cing and eall here cwǽdon Swegen for níþing ( Swegen had treacherously put Beorn to death ), Chr. 1049; Erl. 174. 31
níþ-sele
A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe
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A hall where one is exposed to the hatred of a foe [Grein reads niþ-sele a hall low down, beneath the water. ] Hé [in] níþsele náthwylcum wæs, ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede, Beo. Th. 3030; B. 1513
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best
BEST, most ⬩ optime
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S. 69; Th. i. 412, 3 The usual form is wel well, bet better, betst best = most. In the text the preceding passage has betst behófaþ most wants
ge-broc
A breaking ⬩ broken piece ⬩ fragment ⬩ fractio ⬩ fragmentum
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A breaking, broken piece, fragment; fractio, fragmentum Sum biþ mid ðæs innoþes gebrocum gemenged some is mingled with fragments of the inwards, L. M. 2, 56; Lchdm. ii. 276, 26. Ðara gebroca fragmentorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 14, 20: 15, 37
ge-healdsum
Keeping ⬩ sparing ⬩ frugal ⬩ parcus
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Keeping, sparing, frugal; parcus Ðæt he síe gehealdsum on ðæm ðe he healdan scyle oððe dǽlan that he is frugal in what he ought to keep or give away, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 18; Hat. MS. 29 b, 9
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ge-léfed
Corrupted ⬩ injured ⬩ putrĭdus
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M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 244, 10. Hér sindon ðurh synnleáfa sáre geléfede to manege here through impunity in sin too many are injured, Swt. Rdr. 110, 174
ge-metan
To paint ⬩ pingere, depingere
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To paint; pingere, depingere Swylce hí gemette wǽron as if they were painted, Chr. 1104; Th. 367, 1: Lchdm. iii. 206, 18: Prov. 7. Gé sind gelíce gemettum ofer-geweorcum ye are like painted sepulchres, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17
ge-mindig
Mindful ⬩ mĕmor
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Mindful; mĕmor Gemindig biþ on worulde gecýðnysse his mĕmor ĕrit in sæcŭlum testāmenti sui, Ps. Spl. 110, 5: 8, 5. Gif he sí gemindig mínum[?] naman and ðínes if he be mindful of my name and thine, Nar. 47, 9
staflan
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To direct, dictate Se geréfa ðone áð him swór swá hé hyne sylf stafode the steward swore the oath to Abraham, as Abraham himself dictated it, Gen. 24, 9. Abraham ðurh wítegunge stafode ðone að, Homl. Th. ii. 234, 34
stuntlíce
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Th. ii. 100, 16. Hí nellaþ understandan hú stuntlíce hí dóþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 132. Hwæt is stuntlícor quid est stultius? Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 279, 11
beorht-hwíl
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On beorhthwíle in puncto, An. Ox. 3247. Hí wurdon ábitene on ánre beorhthwile, 2370, note. On ánre berhthwíle uno momenta, Ll. Th. ii. 172, 33: R. Ben. 20, 5. Breohthwíle, Gr. D. 150, 13. Breohthwíle (bearht-, v. l.), 160, 23. Add:
elpend-bán
ivory
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Ger. elafant ebor; elefant-ín, -isc eburneus) ebor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 73. Úton his brýdbúras wǽron elpendbánum geworhte, Nar. 5, 5
flot
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Swá ðæt ðonne hit bið full flód and ðæt scip bið á-flote ita ut natante naue in flumine cum plenum fuerit, C. D. iv. 24, 1. Add
fore-cynren
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Fram forecynrene on forecynren a progenie in progeniem, 84, 6: Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 44. For Cot. 154 substitute
ge-hygd
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Srt. ii. 202, 17. Úrum gehygdum nostris sensibus 201, 3. Mé þinceþ ꝥ in þám gehig-dum þyses hálgan weres wǽre Heliseus gást ego sancti viri praecordiis Elisaei spiritum video unesse Gr. D. 130, 9. Add
ge-lícung
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Substitute: Pleasing, pleasure Ꝥ him mon mettas gife . . . swá swá beóþ æppla . . . and hláf gedón on ceald wæter oþþe on hát be þǽre gelícunge þæs magan ( according as one or other is agreeable to the stomach ), Lch. ii. 176, 19