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feohtan

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Þú simle fihtest wið manna cyn, Bl. H. 241, 4. Hió self fieht (fiht, v. l.) wið hié selfe, Past. 277, 25. Hér fegtaþ Títus end Giáþéasu, Txts. 127, 3.

ge-wefe

(n.)
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Gyt ys þridde cynn þǽre rake ... commune ...

Linked entry: ge-wef

fer-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
fer-scipe, es; m.

Society ⬩ fellowship ⬩ sŏcietas

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Society, fellowship; sŏcietas To healfnm fó se cyng, to healfum se ferscipe dīmĭdium căpiat rex, dīmĭdium sŏciĕtas, L. Ath. v. 2; Wilk. 65, 19

gift-búr

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Se quadrans forðstæpð wel orglíce swylce hwylc cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Angl. viii. 299, I. Of gyftbúre de thalamo Ps. Rdr. 18, 6. Add

lang-scip

(n.)
Grammar
lang-scip, es; n.
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A long-ship, a large war-ship Ðá hét Alfred cyng timbran langscipu [other MSS. lange scipu] ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 11

cynelíce

(adv.)
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Se cyng him cynelíce gifode, Chr. 994; P. 129, 19. Add

rex-geníþla

(n.)
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, cyne- (?) geníþlan Elene; either word alliterates with cwéne), hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. (?)

snacc

(n.)
Grammar
snacc, e; f. (?)

A swift-sailing vessel ⬩ a bark

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A swift-sailing vessel Ðá lét Eádweard cyng scypian xl snacca Chr. 1052; Erl. 182, 36. Hé fór tó Scotlande mid xii snaccum 1066; Erl. 201, 8

ǽtren

(adj.)
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Cynna ǽterna (cynn ǽterne, R.) genimina uiperarum , Lk. L. 3, 7. Cynn ǽttema progenies uiperarum . Mt. L. 3, 7: 23, 33. Æterna. 12, 34. Add

Harþacnut

(n.)
Grammar
Harþacnut, Hardacnut, es; m.

Hardacnut, son of Cnut

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Hér forþferde Hardacnut cyng in this year died king Hardacnut, 1041; Erl. 167, 30

fittan

(v.)
Grammar
fittan, p. te; pp. ed

To sing ⬩ cantāre

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To sing; cantāre Nú ic fitte gén ymb fisca cynn now again I sing about [the] kind of fishes, Exon. 96b; Th. 360, 5; Wal. 1

Coshám

(n.)
Grammar
Coshám, es; m.

COSHAM or CORSHAM ⬩ Wilts ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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COSHAM or CORSHAM, Wilts; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Læg se cyng seóc æt Coshám the king lay sick at Corsham Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 13

Wealh-geféra

(n.)
Grammar
Wealh-geféra, -geréfa, an; m.

A count of the Welsh Marches(?) ⬩ the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)

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See the first passage under Wealh-cyn), Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 17, and note

Linked entry: Wealh-færeld

á-wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
á-wrídian, p.ode

To spring ⬩ descend

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To spring, descend Of þám sunum wearð on-wæcnad and áwrídad eall manna cynn, Angl. xi. 2, 38. Of him wearð áwrídad twá and hundseofontig þeóda, 45

Linked entry: wrídian

sib-leger

(n.)
Grammar
sib-leger, es; m.

An incestuous person

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And æt siblegerum ða witan gerǽddan, ðæt cyng áh ðone uferan and bisceop ðone nyðeran, L. E. G. 4; Th. i. 168, 13-15

Linked entry: -leger

feorh-eácen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feorh-eácen, part.

Endued with life ⬩ living ⬩ vītâ auctus ⬩ vīvens

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Endued with life, living; vītâ auctus, vīvens Feorheáceno cynn inc hýrað eall all races endued with life shall obey you two, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 17; Gen. 204

trendan

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hé cýð hwanon hé cóm pomum licet ab arbore igitur unde reuoluitur tamen prouidit unde nascitur, Angl. i. 285. Add

wíf-healf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-healf, e; f.

The female side ⬩ female line

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(Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word

un-áræfnedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áræfnedlíc, adj.

Intolerable ⬩ impossible to bear

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Þurh ða lond ðe ða unárefnedlícan cyn nædrena in wǽron in execrabilia serpentum genera, Nar. 6, 22

fleótan

to float ⬩ to swim ⬩ to flow

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Fleótende fluitans, Germ. 401, 12. of fish, to swim Eall fleótendra fixa cyn and fleógendra fugla, Shrn. 65, 31, Þæt heó gesáwe fleótende fixas and fleógende fugelas, Wlfst. 3, 5. to flow Ðá streámas ðe on neorxna wange fleótað, Sal. K. 190, 26