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bi-fón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen.

to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare ⬩ comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere ⬩ to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, invest, clothe, case, receive, conceive ⬩ circumdare, amplecti, capere, cingere ⬩ tegere, operire, accipere, concipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare; comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52. to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop

blód-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
blód-fág, adj.

Stained with blood ⬩ sanguine tinctus

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[fág tinctus] Stained with blood; sanguine tinctus Is me bánhús blódfág my body [lit. bone-house] is stained with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2809; An. 1407: Beo. Th. 4127; B. 2060

ge-fáh

Similar entry: fáh

ge-feá

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feá, an; m.

Joy ⬩ gladness ⬩ glory ⬩ favour ⬩ gaudium

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Joy, gladness, glory, favour; gaudium Ðes mín gefeá is gefylled this my joy is fulfilled, Jn. Bos. 3, 29. Mid gefeán with joy; gaudio, 3, 29. Bodan cýþdon sóþne gefeán messengers announced real joy, Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 23; Cri. 451. Se biþ gefeána fægrast

Linked entry: feá

ge-fér

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér, es; n.

A company ⬩ society ⬩ cŏmĭtātus

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A company, society; cŏmĭtātus Eart ðú úres geféres ðe úre wiðerwinna noster es an adversāriōrum [?], Jos. 5, 13. Wéndon ðæt he on heora gefére wǽre existĭmantes illum esse in cŏmĭtātu, Lk. Bos. 2, 44

ge-flit

(n.)

a fan to clean corn ⬩ vannus

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a fan to clean corn; vannus, Cot. 33

ge-firn

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-firn, adv.

Long ago

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Long ago, Th. Apol. 19, 25

ge-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fón, ic ge-fó; ðú ge-féhst; he ge-féhþ, pl. ge-fóþ; imp. ge-fóh; p. ge-féng, pl. ge-féngon; pp. ge-fangen

To take ⬩ seize ⬩ catch ⬩ capere

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To take, seize, catch; capere Ic sylle cync swá hwæt swá ic gefó ego do regi quicquid capio, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 27. He geféhþ ðæt ðæt he æfter spyreþ he seizes that which he tracks, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 1. Ðú byst men gefónde homines eris capiens,

stán-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
stán-fáh, adj.
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Many-coloured with stones, epithet of a road, Beo. Th. 645; B. 320: Andr. Kmbl. 2473; An. 1238

syn-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-fáh, adj.

Stained with sin

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Stained with sin Synfá men, Exon. Th. 67, 3; Cri. 1083

tigel-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
tigel-fáh, adj.
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Many-coloured with tiles or bricks Tigelfágan trafu, Andr. Kmbl. 1683; An. 844

wyrm-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
wyrm-fáh, adj.

Having serpentine ornamentation

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Having serpentine ornamentation Ðæt sweord wreoþenhilt and wyrmfáh, Beo. Th. 3400; B. 1697

bóc-fel

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Bócfel pergamentum vel membranum, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 14. Word on bócfelle áwritene verba pitacio caraxata, Angl. xiii. 367, 31. Seó rǽding þe ys áwriten on þám bócfelle, viii. 308, 2. Wrít þis on swá langum bócfelle ꝥ hit mæge befón útan ꝥ heáfod, Lch.

ceaf-finc

(n.)
Grammar
ceaf-finc, es; m.
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A chaffinch Ceaffinc scutacis, Hpt. 33, 241, 50

Linked entry: finc

eá-fisc

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Ryslas ealra eáfisca, Lch. ii. 30, 1. Add

fág-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
fág-wyrm, es; m.

A basilisk

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A basilisk Ofer nédran and fágwyrm super aspidem et basiliscum, Ps. Srt. 90, 13

fáh-man

Grammar
fáh-man, l. fáh man,

Similar entry: fáh

feale-for

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fel-tún

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Hé gecierde inn tó ðǽm scræfe and wolde him ðǽr gán tó feltúne ad purgandum ventrem speluncam ingressus est, Past. 197, 15, 24. Add

fen-ampre

(n.)
Grammar
fen-ampre, -ompre, an; f.

Water-dock

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Water-dock Nim fenompran, Lch. ii. 100, 23