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fremian

(v.)
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Th. i. 62, 8. Þurh lufe óðrum fremigan, 252, 20. (2 a) where the particular is given in respect to which benefit is done :-- Þá ðing þe him fremað tó nitwyrðum þingum and tó þǽre écan hǽle, Hml. S. I. 101.

wefan

(v.)
Grammar
wefan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to weave a webto weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive

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to weave a web Ic wefe texo, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 47. Ðú wyfst and wǽda tylast, Homl. Th. i. 488, 25. Ðín wyln wefð tui ancilla texit, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Zup. 104, 13. Webbu swá hwylc swá wyfð, Lchdm. iii. 210, 28.

a-fýlan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fýlan, p. ede; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fúl foul, unclean]

To fouldefilepolluteto make filthyto corruptinquinarecontaminarefœdare

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To foul, defile, pollute, to make filthy, to corrupt; inquinare, contaminare, fœdare Yfel biþ ðæt man mid flǽsc-mete hine sylfne afýle it is sinful that any one defile himself with flesh-meat, L.C.S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24: Past. 54, 1.

ciric-wag

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-wag, es; m.

A church-wallecclesiæ murus

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A church-wall; ecclesiæ murus Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls is life-guilty, L. Eth. viii. 13; Th. i. 332, 8: ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 5: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 23

Linked entry: cyric-wag

cweart-ern

(n.)
Grammar
cweart-ern, cwert-ern ,es; n.

A guard-house, prison custodia, carcer

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Ic wæs on cwearterne eram in carcere, Mt. Bos. 25, 36, 39: Lk. Bos. 3, 20: Jn. Bos. 3, 24: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 59

dún-land

(n.)
Grammar
dún-land, es; n.

Down or hilly land terra montāna

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Down or hilly land; terra montāna: it is opposed to feld-land plain or level land Faraþ to Amorréa dúne and to óðrum feld-landum and dún-landum and to unhéheran landum venīte ad montem Amorrhæōrdrum et ad cētĕra campestria atque montāna et humĭliōra

Linked entry: dún

eáðelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
eáðelíce, eðelíce, ýðelíce; comp. or; sup. ost, ust; adv.

Easilyfăcĭle

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Easily; făcĭle Eáðelícor mæg se olfend gán þurh ánre nǽdle eáge it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, Lk. Bos. 18, 25. He sóhte hú he eáðelícost hine gesealde he sought how he might most easily betray him, 22, 6

Linked entry: éðelíce

feld-land

(n.)
Grammar
feld-land, es; n.

Field-landa plainplānĭties

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It is opposed to dún-land hilly land Faraþ to Amorréa dúne and to óðrum feld-landum and dún-landum and to unheheran landum vĕnīte ad montem Amorrhæōrum et ad cētĕra campestria atque montāna et hŭmĭliōra lŏca, Deut. 1, 7: 11, 30

helpe

(n.)
Grammar
helpe, an, f.

Help

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Help Gif ðás fultumas ne sýn helpe if these remedies are no help, L. M. 2, 48; Lchdm. ii. 262, 15. [Or should this be placed under help?] Hé him helpan ne mæg ǽnige gefremman he can give him no help, Beo. Th. 4888; B. 2448

Linked entry: HELP

ge-seccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seccan, = ge-sécean[?]or ge-feccan[?]
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt hí man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44

sícan

(v.)
Grammar
sícan, p. sác.
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to sike (still in dial. e. g. Lancashire), sigh, groan On mínum bedde ic síce and wépe, Ps. Th. 6, 5. to sigh for, long for Ðæt wǽron ða tída ðe Rómáne nú ǽfter sícaþ en tempora . . . quibus recordatio suspirat, Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 35

sund-gird

(n.)
Grammar
sund-gird, e; f.
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Voc. i. 63, 67: bolidis, 57, 7. Sundgerd in scipe vel metráp bolides, ii. 102, 14. Sundgyrd on scipe vel metráp bolidis, 126, 46: 11, 17. Cf. sund-líne, -ráp

Linked entry: sund-ráp

un-fracodlíce

(adv.)
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un-fracodlíce, adv.

Not dishonourablyhonourablyvirtuously

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Not dishonourably, honourably, virtuously Ic wilnode andweorces tó ðam weorce ðe mé beboden wæs tó wyrcanne, ðæt wæs, ðæt is unfracoðlíce and gerisenlíce mihte steóran and reccan ðone anweald ðe mé befæst wæs materiam gerendis rebus optavimus, quo ne

bí-sǽce

(adj.)

Disputeddisputablecontested

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Substitute: Disputed, disputable, contested Gif ðær hwæt bísæces sý, séme se biscop if there be anything contested, let the bishop arbitrate, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 9. Wé lǽrað ꝥ preóst bísæce ordél ǽfre ne geǽðe, 258, 3. Cf. un-besacen

burne

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Voc. ii. 112, 39: An. Ox. 1714: fons, Kent. Gl. 633. Ondlong ðǽre burnan, C.D. iii. 32, 29, Hé eóde tó þǽre burnan accessit ad torrentem, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 24, 6. In ðá burnan, C.D. iii. 33, 8. v. wæter-, wǽðe-burne. Add

cnyssan

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Voc. ii. 30, 30. Swá ꝥ seó sǽ cnyste þá heofonlican tungla, Ap. Th. 11, 1. Cnyssaþ (cnysað, L.) pulsate . . . cnyssande (ðǽm cnysende, L.) pulsanti, Mt. R. 7, 7, 8. Ongan ic wépan and míne breóst cnyssan, Hml. S. 23 b, 428. Add

eorþ-hrérness

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hrérness, e; f.

An earthquake

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Biðon eorðhreoerniso (the first e in -hreoerniso is marked for erasure; -hroernisse, R.), 24, 7. Eorðhroernisso miclo, Lk. L. 21, 11

Linked entry: hrér-ness

ge-birhtan

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Take here ge-byrhtan and ge-brihtan in Dict. and add : to make bright -Geberhtes clarificabit, Jn. L. 16, 14. to become bright, to shine Ic áhyrde míne sunnan, and heó gebyrhteð ; þonne forbærned heó ealle þíne æceras, Wlfst. 260, 8.

godwrecnis

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Hefig mán is and godwrecnes (Godes wrecnys, godfrecnis, v. ll. ), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 69, 17. Godwrecnes fanaticia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 36. Godwrecnissum uaemonibus (l. facinoribus. v. Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, line 1 of Latin text.

hell-ware

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On helwara ríce is seó miccle byrnnys þæs écan wítes, Nar. 50, 22