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drop-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
drop-fáh, -fág; adj. [dropa a drop, fáh coloured, stained]

Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted stillātus

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Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted; stillātus Stillātus, ðæt is on úre geþeóde, dropfáh stillātus, that is in our language, spotted, Herb. 131, 1; Lchdm. i. 242, 14.

Dryht'

(n.)
Grammar
Dryht', Driht', or without the apostrophe Dryht, Driht

The Lord Dŏmĭnus

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The Lord; Dŏmĭnus; chiefly used in the interlinear Psalms, published by Spelman and by the Surtees' Society, for all the cases of Dryhten, Drihten

Linked entry: Driht'

DEÓR

(n.)
Grammar
DEÓR, diór,es ; n.

An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEERfĕra, bestia

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Uton wircean man to andlícnisse, and to úre gelícnisse, and he sig ofer ða deór faciāmus homĭnem ad imagĭnem, et similitudĭnem nostram, et præsit bestiis, 1, 26.

Linked entries: dýr diór

Driht'

(n.)
Grammar
Driht', Driht

the Lord, used with or without the apostrophe in Spelman's Psalms for all the cases of Drihten

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the Lord, used with or without the apostrophe in Spelman's Psalms for all the cases of Drihten

DRINC

(n.)
Grammar
DRINC, drync, es; m: drinca, an; m: drince, an; f.

DRINK, a drink, draught potus, haustus

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Swá hwylc swá sylþ ánne drinc cealdes wæteres ánum ðyssa lytylra manna quicumque potum dedĕrit uni ex minĭmis istis calĭcem aquæ frigĭdæ, Mt. Bos. 10, 42. We ðé drinc sealdon dedĭmus tibi potum, 25, 37; Bt. Met. Fox 8, 43; Met. 8, 22.

Linked entries: drænc drync dryngc

ears-ling

(adv.)
Grammar
ears-ling, adv. Only used adverbially with on, —

On the back, backwards retrorsum

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On the back, backwards; retrorsum Sýn hí gecyrde on earsling be thei turned awey bacward, Wyc; avertantur retrorsurn. Ps. Th. 34, 5. Gán hý on ears-ling avertantur retrorsum, 6, 8

Linked entries: bæcling -ling

Eást

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Eást, adj.

EAST, easterlyorientālis

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EAST, easterly; orientālis Eást used mostly in composition as a noun, Eást-Engle East-Angles, Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 19. Eást-Seaxe East-Saxons, 5, 24; S. 646, 19. Eást-Francan East-Franks, Ors. I, I; Bos. 18, 30: Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 3

eástran

(n.)
Grammar
eástran, eástron; dat. pl. of éaster; gen. eás-tres, q. v. Eástron
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seems to 6e used for other cases in the pl

ég

(n.)
Grammar
ég, e; f.

Water, sea aqua, măre

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Used to denote,—The sea coast Blecinga ég Blekingley, the coast of the Blekingians, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 1. Scon-ég Sconey

Linked entry: ége

ég-búende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ég-búende, pl. m. adj. Used as a noun,

An island dwellerad aquam vel in insŭla hăbĭtans

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An island dweller; ad aquam vel in insŭla hăbĭtans On ðǽre ealdan byrig Acemannes ceastre; hie égbúendas [MS. egbuend] Baðan nemnaþ in the old town Akemansceaster [the pained man's city]; the islanders call it Bath, Chr. 974; Th. 224, 20, col. 2, 3;

Linked entry: íg-búend

Élíg-burh

(n.)
Grammar
Élíg-burh, Élí-burh; gen. -burge; dat. -byrig; f.

The city of Ely, Cambridgeshireurbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi

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The city of Ely, Cambridgeshire; urbs Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Man hine lǽdde to Élígbyrig [Élíbyrig, Th. 294, 15, col. 2] they led him to Ely, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 16, col. 1

elnian

(v.)
Grammar
elnian, part. elnende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ellen strength] .

to make strong, strengthenconfortāreto strive with zeal after another, endeavour to be equal, emulate æmŭlāre, zēlāre

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to make strong, strengthen; confortāre Elnode he hine and sæt upp confortātus sēdit in lectŭlo, Gen. 48, 2. to strive with zeal after another, endeavour to be equal, emulate; æmŭlāre, zēlāre Nyl ðú elnian betwih awergde, ne elnende ðú sié dónde unrehtwísnisse

eóred

(n.)
Grammar
eóred, eórod, es; n.

Cavalry, a band, legion, troop equĭtātus, lĕgio, turma

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Legio, ðæt is on úre geþeóde, eóred legion, that is in our tongue, a troop. Lk. Bos. 8, 30

Linked entries: eórod eóryd

F

At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf five; hæuþ, hæfþ haveth; Euen, efen even. In the beginning of Anglo-Saxon words, f had the sound of the English f, as Fíf five, finger finger, finn fin, fisc fish . The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN

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At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf

fǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
fǽr, adj.

Sudden, intense, terrible, horrid sŭbĭtus, terrĭbilis, horrĭdus

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Used in the compounds,-Fǽr-bifongen, -bryne, -cóðu, -cwealm, -cýle, -deáþ, -dryre, -fyll, -gripe, -gryre, -haga, -inga, -líc, -líce, -níþ, -sceaða, -scyte, -searo, -slide, -spel, -unga, -wundor, -wyrd

fágnys

(n.)
Grammar
fágnys, -nyss, e; f.

A scab, ulcer, eruptionscăbies, ulcus, eruptio

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Ðæt Crist úre sáwle fram synna fágnyssum gehǽlan mǽge that Christ may heal our soul from the ulcers of sins, 122, 25. Seó fágnys aweg gewát the eruption went away, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 15.

Linked entry: fáhness

FEÁWA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÁWA, feá; pl. nom. acc. feáwe, feáwa, feá; gen. feáwena, feáwera, feára; dat. feáwum, feáum, feára; adj.

FEWpauci

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Drihten, gedó ðæt heora menigo sý læsse ðonne úre feáwena nú is, and tostencte hí geond eorþan libbende of ðis lande Dŏmĭne, a paucis de terra dīvĭde eos in vīta eōrum, Ps. Th. 16, 13.

Linked entry: feá

feóndulf

(n.)
Grammar
feóndulf, [feónd a fiend, ulf = wulf a wolf?]

A fiendenemyrascalscoundrelfurcĭfer

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A fiend, enemy, rascal, scoundrel; furcĭfer Feóndulf furcĭfer, furca dignus, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 146, 82

FEÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FEÐER, gen. dat. acc. feðere; pl. nom. acc. feðera, feðra, feðre; f.

FEATHERpennaplūmaWingsālæpennæwhat is made of a featherA penpennacălămus

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Fox 24, 10; Met. 24, 5. in the pl. sometimes used for Wings; ālæ, pennæ Mec wǽgun feðre on lifte wings bore me in air, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 20; Rä. 28, 4.

Linked entries: fæðer fiðere

feðer-

(prefix)

four-

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four-, used only in the compounds, — feðer-fóte, -sceátas, -scette, -scíte, -scitte