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bæsten

(adj.)
Grammar
bæsten, adj.

Made of bastBASTtiliaceus

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Made of bast, BAST; tiliaceus Híg ðá hine gebundon mid twám bæstenum rápum then they bound him with two bast ropes, Jud. Grn. 15, 13

cwic-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-ǽht, cwyc-ǽht , e; f. [ǽht cattle]

Live stock, cattle pecus

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B.] let amends be made in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 ; Th. i. 72, 12

Linked entries: ǽht cwyc-ǽht

feax-feallung

(n.)
Grammar
feax-feallung, e; f.

Falling offloss of the hairthe mangecrīnium amissioalōpĕciaάλωπεκία

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Falling off; or loss of the hair, the mange; crīnium amissio, alōpĕcia = άλωπεκία Feaxfeallung alōpĕcia, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 56; Wrt. Voc. 19, 58

Linked entry: feallung

for-cyrran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cyrran, p. de; pp. ed

To turn againsubvertavoidpervertĕresubvertĕreevĭtāre

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To turn again, subvert, avoid; pervertĕre, subvertĕre, evĭtāre Búton deáþ hí ne mágon forcyrran except they cannot avoid death. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 8

Linked entry: for-cerran

ful-fremedlíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ful-fremedlíce, full-fremedlíce; adj.

Fullycompletelyperfectlyperfecte

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Fully, completely, perfectly; perfecte Ne mæg nán gesceaft fulfremedlíce understandan ymbe God no creature can perfectly understand about God, Homl. Th. i. 10, 2, 4

Linked entry: full-fremedlíce

líf-fadung

(n.)
Grammar
líf-fadung, e; f.
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The ordering or regulating of one's life Be gehádodra manna líffadunge of the ordering of the life of men in orders, L. Wilk. 82, 22

Linked entry: fadung

gramlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gramlíce, adv.
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Hostilely, evilly, fiercely Gramlíce be Gode sprǽcan male locuti sunt de Deo, Ps. Th. 77, 20: 105, 12: Cd. 210; Th. 260, 23; Dan. 714

ge-berhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-berhtan, -byrhtan, -birhtan; p. te; pp. ed [ge-, berhtan to shine]

To make brightbrightenenlightenillūmīnāreclārĭfĭcāre

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To make bright, brighten, enlighten; illūmīnāre, clārĭfĭcāre Ðe wuhtagehwæs wlite geberhteþ which brightens the beauty of everything, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 64; Met. 21, 32

Linked entries: ge-birhtan ge-byrhtan

sund-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
sund-wudu, a; m.
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-Sum mæg fromlíce ofer sealtne sǽ sund*-*wudu drífan, Exon. Th. 42, 24; Cri. 677: Beo. Th. 421; B. 208: 3817; B. 1906

fore-cýþan

(v.)
Grammar
fore-cýþan, p. de

foretellpredict

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To make known beforehand, foretell, predict Hé gewunað ꝥ hé forecýþeþ on þám swefnum manige sóðe wísan solet multa vera praedicere, Gr. D. 339, 21

ge-leáfleásness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfleásness, e; f.
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Incredulity, want of belief On þám dæge wæs þǽra Judéiscra manna geleáfleásnys gewiten fram mannum and riht geleáfa ásprang onmang Godes gelaðunge, Wlfst. 294, 2

ge-fleón

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Add: [ to flee.] to fly Ne mæg úre sáwul gefleón tó heofonan ríce, búton heó hæbbe fiðera þǽre sóðan lufe, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 26

in-betýnedness

(n.)
Grammar
in-betýnedness, e; f.
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Inclusion, shutting in, confinement Hé wæs manig gǽr ána belocen in þám nearwestan scræfe ... on þǽre frumtíde his inbetýnednesse, Gr. D. 210, 27: 212, 5

Linked entry: be-týnedness

þunrian

(v.)
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Gif hit þunrað on ǽfentíde, hit getácnað ácennednysse sumes miceles si tonitruauerit hora uespertina, significat natiuitatem cuiusdam magni, Archiv cxx. 50, l [see þunor]. Add

sám-milt

(adj.)
Grammar
sám-milt, -melt; adj.

Half-digested

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Half-digested Se geþigeda mete hefegaþ ðone magan, and hé ðone sámmeltan (the half-digested food) þurh ða wambe út sent, Lchdm. ii. 186, 22

hæc

(n.)
Grammar
hæc, gen. hæcce; f.

A hatch, grating, a gate made of latticeworka wicket, or hatch of a doore

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A hatch, grating, a gate made of latticework [?] Of ðare ealdan hæcce, Th. Chart. 394, 15, 21 : 395. 10, 22, 28 : 396, 4, 5, 14

bæþ-stede

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Hé bær iungra manna plegan on handa tó ðám bæðstede belimpende and cliopode: 'Gehýre gé . . . se bæðstede is open,' Ap. Th. 12, 17-21. Add

bi-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted

To fasten, make fast, fix, commit, intrustinfigere, committere, tradere,

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To fasten, make fast, fix, commit, intrust; infigere, committere, tradere,Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 2; Wal. 30 : 50 a; Th. 173, 26; Gú. 1166

Linked entry: be-fæstan

ge-híwcáþlician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwcáþlician, p. ode
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To make familiar to For ðí is eallum geleáffullum mannum tó wacienne, for ðan ðe seó éstfulnys þǽre wæccan is gehíwcúþlicud eallum hálgum, Nap. 30

morþor-cwalu

(n.)
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murder Sumu ( one of the devil's arrows is made ) of reáfláce . . . and of morðorcwale, sumu of þeófunga and of feóunga, Nap. 46

Linked entry: cwalu