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FISC

(n.)
Grammar
FISC, es; pl. nom. acc. fiscas, fixas, fisceas; gen. fisca, fixa; dat. fiscum, fixum; m.

A FISHpiscis

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Mid fiscum with fishes, Exon. 22a; Th. 60, 10; Cri. 967: 126b; Th. 487, 19; Rä. 73, 4. He afédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fíf þúsendo he fed five thousand from two fishes and from five loaves, Andr. Kmbl. 1178; An. 589: Mk. Bos. 6, 41.

Linked entry: fen-fixas

folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
folgoþ, folgaþ, es; m. [folgoþ = folgaþ; 3rd sing. pres. of folgian to follow.]

that which followsA trainretinueid quod sĕquĭturcŏmĭtātusservice of a followerA serviceofficeofficial dignitycŏmĭtis servĭtusministĕriumoffĭciumpræpŏsĭtūracondition of lifecondĭtio vltæ

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Habbaþ folgoþa cyst mid Cyninge they [the angels] have the choicest of services with their King, Exon. 13b; Th. 24, 26; Cri. 390. condition of life; condĭtio vltæ Óðer biþ unlǽde, óðer biþ eádig . . . hwæðres biþ hira folgoþ betra one is miserable, the

Linked entry: folgaþ

for-bærnan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bærnan, -bearnan, to -bærnenne; part. -bærnende; p. -bærnde, pl. -bærndon; pp. -bærned, -bærnd; v. trans.

To burn upconsumeŭrĕrecombūrĕre

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Ðæt seó sunne mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes wæstmas forbærne that the sun with her heat burn up the fruits of the earth, Wrt. popl. science 9, 6; Lchdm. iii. 250, 17.

Linked entries: for-bearnan for-bernan

helan

(v.)
Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen

To concealhidecover

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Ealle ða ðe ðone gylt mid him wiston and mid him hǽlon all those who were cognisant of that crime and joined with them in concealing it, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 24.

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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Hrá wundum wérig the body weary with wounds, Andr. Kmbl. 2556; An. 1279: 2062; An. 1033: Exon. 36 b; Th. 119, 14; Gú. 254. He ðæt hrá gescóp he created the body, 8 a; Th. 2, 5; Cri. 14.

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

lácnian

(v.)
Grammar
lácnian, p. ode

To healcuretendtake care oftreatdress(a wound)

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Ðonne sceal man mid cealdum lǽcedómum lácnian it must be cured with cold medicines, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 4. Ðan scealt ðú hine ðus lácnigean, Lchdm. iii. 126, 12.

Linked entry: lǽcnan

LEÓÞ

(n.)
Grammar
LEÓÞ, es; n.

A songpoemodelayverses

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Ne wéne ǽnig ælda cynnes ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige wríte wóðcræfte let none imagine of the race of men that with lying words my lays I compose, writing in verse, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547

M

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Also for earlier fn is found mn, as in emn along with efn, Goth. ibn; stemn and stefn, Goth. stibna.

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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geþohte gesyngode quæ tenuissima cogitatione peccavi, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 10. not great, lowly, mean, poor On medmyclum hrægle gehealdene content with mean apparel, Blickl. Homl. 185, 17.

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Nis nǽnig mon ðe wite hwæðer ðis þúsend sceole beón scyrtre ðe lengre. Blickl. Homl. 119, 6. Dagas ne synd náðor ne længran ne scyrtran ðonne hí æt fruman wǽran, Lchdm iii. 252, 19. Se mónaþ (February) is ealra scyrtost (scyrtst, MSS. P.

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

seófian

(v.)
Grammar
seófian, séfian, sýfian ; p. ode.
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. ¶ with cognate accusative :-- Seó seófung ðe ðú siófodost the complaint you made, 41, 3 ; Fox 246, 26. intrans. To lament, complain of (be, ymbe) Hwæt (why) seófast ðú wið mé quid igitur ingemiscis ? Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 14.

ge-hycgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]

To thinkconceiveconsiderdevisereflectbe mindfulthink aboutcareintendresolve

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Gehyge on ðínum breóstum ðæt ðú inc bám meaht wíte bewarigan reflect in thy breast that thou from you both mayest ward off punishment, Cd. 27 : Th. 35, 29; Gen. 562.

swát

(n.)
Grammar
swát, es; n. [The passages in which the gender is marked are doubtful. Ðæt swót. Lchdm. iii. 98, 17, occurs in a late MS.; ísen swát, ii. 296, 18, may be a compound; ða swát, iii. 72, 28, may be a mistake for spátl, v. ii. 56, 15. Dutch has a neuter, German and Scandinavian have masculines.]
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:-- Wiþ gongelwæfran bite, smít on ísen swát (isen-swát?), ii. 296, 18. used of other moisture that comes from the body, foam Mið swáte cum spuma, Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 39. blood Saga mé hwæt ðæs lifigendan mannes gleng sý.

Linked entry: swǽtan

sund

(n.)
Grammar
sund, es; n.
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Ðú ðe wið Brecan wunne on sídne sǽ ymb sund flite thou that didst strive with Brecan on the wide sea, didst contend in the matter of swimming, 1019 ; B. 507. Flód on sund (cf. Icel. á sund) áhóf earce from eorðan, Cd.

tæfl

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl, e; f.: es ; n.(?): tæfle, an(?); f.

Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later timeThe word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chessAmong the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd

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What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ

Linked entry: tebl

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Th. 290, 33 ; Wand. 74. deprived, devoid (with gen.) Bið on eorðan wéste (wésðe, v. l. ) wísdómes, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm. Kmbl. 43; Sal. 22

a-fíndan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fíndan, l. á-findan ; p. -fand, -funde; pl. -fundon; pp. -funden,
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Bt. 31, i; F. 112, 19. to find, discover, meet with a person, lit. Hí forléton hine tó ánum treówe gebun-denne. Hé wearð áfunden fram ðám folce þǽr, Hml. A. 107, 158. fig. Hí blissodon ꝥ hí swilcne foresprecan him áfunden hæfdon, 101. 317

be-limpan

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S. 19, 56. to pertain to, relate to, have to do with Þá þing þe Gode belimpað, Ex. 4, 16. Ðá ðing ðe tó scipene belimpað, Angl. ix. 260, 5. Plegan tó ðám bæðstede belimpende, An. Th. 12, 18. to happen, befall Belamp evenit, contigit, An. Ox. 3203.

cot-líf

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Other instances are ' ðæt cotlíf Leosne ðe Atsere áhte and bequeð . . . tó ðéra monece fóden' with all belonging to it (cf. 178), 191, 13, and 'ðæt cotlíf Moleshám ðe Leófcild áhte and bequað,' 214, 6.

dynt

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Th. i. 16, 17-18, 5. the sound made by a blow, thud of a body striking the ground Swíþe oft se micla anweald ðára yfelena gehríst swíþe fǽrlíce, swá swá greát beám on wyda wyrcþ hlúdne dynt ( strikes the ground with a loud thud ), ðonne men lǽst wénaþ