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framung

(n.)
Grammar
framung, fromung (q.v. in Dict.), e; f.
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Profit, advancement Ǽlc framung ( profectus ) of rǽdincge and smeáunge forþstæpþ, Scint. 219, 9. On háligre spǽce framunge þú gemést in sacro eloquio profectum inuenies, 2: Angl. xiii. 398, 480

twisprǽcness

(n.)
Grammar
twisprǽcness, e; f.

Falseness in speechdetraction

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Ic ondette æfste, twysprǽcnesse and leásunge, Anglia xi. 98, 26. Ic andette tǽlnessa and twisprǽcnessa, leásunga and unriht gilp, L. de Cf. 7; Th. ii. 262, 27

feþer-hama

(v.)
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His geðóht is swiftra ðonne xii ðúsenda háligra gásta, ðeáh ðe ánra gehwylc gást hæbbe synderlíce xii feðerhoman, and ánra gehwylc feðerhoma hæbbe xii windas, Sal. K. p. 152, 1-2. Feðrhoman talaria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 4. Add

Fresisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Fresisc, adj.

Of or belonging to FrieslandFrisianFrīsĭcus

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Ðǽr wearþ ofslægen Lucumon, and ealra monna, Fresiscra and Engliscra, lxii there was slain Lucumon, and of all the men, Frisian and English, sixty-two, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 4

hrot

(n.)
Grammar
hrot, es; n.

scummucus

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Thick fluid, scum, mucus Gewyrc ðé lǽcedóm ðus of ecede and of hunige, genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ áseóþ ðæt weax and ðæt hrot of make yourself a medicine thus of vinegar and honey; take the best honey, put it over the fire, seethe [strain

Linked entry: rot

ícend

(n.)
Grammar
ícend, es; m.
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One who increases or augments Ðon hé cymþ of ðam worde augeo ic geíce and hé getácnaþ geeácnunge ðon macaþ hé hic auctor ðes ícend and hæc auctrix ðeós ícestre when it comes from the word augeo I increase, and indicates augmentation, then it makes hic

Linked entry: ícestre

blendan

(v.)
Grammar
blendan, he blent; p. blende; pp. blended, blend; v. trans.

To BLIND, deprive of sight, darkencæcare, obscurare

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[blind cærcus] To BLIND, deprive of sight, darken; cæcare, obscurare Se dæg blent and þióstraþ hiora eágan the day blinds and darkens their eyes, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5.

Linked entries: a-blendan for-blindian

síd-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
síd-feax, -feaxe, -fexe ; adj.
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Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Th. Ap. 6, 12. Sume gáþ sídfeaxe, ðæt hý þurh ðæt wiðmetene sýn Samuele and Elian and óðerum hálgum ðe sídfeaxe wǽron, R. Ben. 135, 27-30. v. síd, , and next word

á-gíta

Grammar
á-gíta, -giéta.
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Oððe eft se gilpna and se ágíta for his góda mirringe gilpe and wéne ðæt hé sié cystig and mildheort aut cum effuse quid perditur largum se glorietur , 19

Linked entries: á-giéta gítav

wrixlan

Grammar
wrixlan, <b>. II.</b>
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Ealle gesceafta wrixliað swá dæg and niht. Ðú recst þæt geár . . . þurh þæt gewrixle þára feówer týda . . . þára wrixlað ǽlc wyð óðer and hwerfiað, swá þæt heora ǽgðer byð eft emne þæt þæt hýt ǽr wæs . . . and swá wrixlað tunglas . . .

FEARN

(n.)
Grammar
FEARN, FERN, es; n.

FERNfĭlix

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Atió ǽrest of ða þornas, and ða fyrsas, and ðæt fearn draw out first the thorns, and the furze, and the fern, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 22: Bt. Met. Fox 12, 5; Met. 12, 3. Ðæt micle fearn the large fern; aspĭdium fĭlix, L.

Linked entries: fen-fearn fern

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, p. ode.

to taw, dress or prepare materialto intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.

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[Birrþ læredd mann þurrh spell mekenn þin herrte, and turrnenn itt and tawwenn itt and nesshenn itt, Orm. 15908. The sotter that tawith ȝure lethir, Rel. Ant. ii. 175, 24 (about 1308). Tewyn lethyr frunio, corrodio, Prompt. Parv. 490. O.

Linked entry: ge-tawian

stille

(adj.)
Grammar
stille, adj.
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Wǽte þicce and stille, Lchdm. ii. 138, 13. of sound, silent Ðeáh ðú stille sý and unrót though thou be silent and sad, Ap. Th. 15, 17. Se fæder hit gemǽnde stille pater rem tacitus considerabat, Gen. 37, 11.

á-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Add: to cleanse an object from impurity Hé mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157.

grafet

(n.)
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An excavation, a trench Of ðám crundele on ðæt lange grauet; of ðám lange grafette, C. D. v. 193, 34. Tó ðon lytlan grafette úp an wuncges dúne; and ðér west hwón tó ðon norðlangan grafette, 195, 5-7.

or-tydre

Grammar
or-tydre, l. -týdre,
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and add Nolde úre Drihten for his myldheortnesse ꝥte ðes middangeard nǽre (wǽre ?) ortýdre manna cynnes, ac áscyrede tó lafe ꝥ ꝥ wé eft of áwócon, Angl. xi. 2, 42

fýlþ

moral impurity, foul practice

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Add: physical Fýlþ putor, i. fetor, An. Ox. 3323: putredo, Scint. 38, 19. Of fýlþum and of fenne sordibus ac luto, Germ. 388, 12. Horslice fýlþu putidos (ergastuli) squaloris, An.

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, p. de

To pertainbelong

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To pertain, belong Ðonne heó byþ ii and xx niht eald ðæt ðú gesihst hit lenceþ tó góde and gefeán when the moon is twenty-two nights old, what thou seest belongs to good and to joy, Lchdm. iii. 160, 9

un-þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þríste, adj.

Timiddiffidentfaint-hearted

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Timid, diffident, faint-hearted Ða unmódgan and ða unðrístan ( pusillanimes ) ... Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan, ðonne hió ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 5-8. Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott.

Horsa

(n.)
Grammar
Horsa, an; m.
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Horsa On hiera dagum Hengest and Horsa gesóhte Bretene, Chr. 449; Erl. 12, 1. Hér Hengest and Horsa fuhton wið Wyrtgeorne ðam cyninge in ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Agælesþrep and his bróður Horsan man ofslóg, 455; Erl. 12, 13