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earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Hú ne witon wé ꝥ nán nearewnes, ne nán earfoþu, ne nán unrótnes, ne nán sár, ne nán hefignes nis nán gesǽlð, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 21. Is him óðer earfeðu . . ., ꝥ hí scoma mǽste dreógað, Cri. 1273. Þæt his earfeðu eal gelumpe, módcearu mǽgum, Gú. 165. Orsorg

frettan

(v.)
Grammar
frettan, to consume.
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frician

(v.)
Grammar
frician, (frícian (?) the MS. has frícudun (fricedan, v.l.) ; but cf. (?) frick to move briskly, D. D.).
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freógan

(v.)
Grammar
freógan, to free.
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From dióble friáð ( liberat ), Mk. p. 3, 17. Fréweð, Mt. p. 16, 16. Þys sint þára manna naman ðe man freóde for Ordgár ðá hé læg on ádle, Cht. E. 255, 7. Mon þá þeówas freóde, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 16. Sume þá men þe hié on ðeówdóme hæfdon, þá þe heora hláfordas

for-strogdness

(n.)
Grammar
for-strogdness, dispersion (?). Forstrogdnis is given as the gloss to praecipitationis in Ps. 51, 6, Nap. 25.
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This word is glossed by fortrúgadnisse in Ps. Srt. 51, 6: Ps. Spl. T. 51, 4: could for-strogdnis be an error for this form?

for-súgan

Grammar
for-súgan, Substitute: To suck in (used of the spasmodic action of the stomach in hiccough? Cf. súgan; <b>II,</b> sogoþa)
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Lǽcedómas wið ádeádodum magan and gif hé forsogen sié, Lch. ii. 158, 14. Wiþ forsogenum magan oþþe áþundenum for a stomach troubled with hiccough or wind, 186, 17

for-sweorcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sweorcan, to grow dark.
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For Prov. 7 substitute Kent. Gl. 185, and add Seó sunne forswyrcð sóna on morgen Titan tenebrescit in ortu, Dóm. L. 108: Wlfst. 137, 11. Ásweartad, forsworcen fuscatus, i. denigratus, obnubilatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 (cf. An. Ox. 2, 369 infra). Beón

for-wénan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wénan, to overween.
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Substitute: <b>for-wened</b> glosses insolens Feruuaenid, foruuened insolens, Txts. 70, 548. Þá forwenedan insolentiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 53. Cf. ofer-wenian, and next word

ge-birman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-birman, to ferment.
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Take here ge-byrman, and add: — Gebirm mid giste, Lch. ii. 96, 21. Cf. ge-beormad

Linked entries: ge-beormad ge-byrman

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, to fulfil.
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Add: to become full, fill up (intrans.) Tó wunde clǽnsunge . . . smire þá wunde mid, þonne fullad hió, Lch. ii. 92, 7. to make full, fill Þá ylcan ungesewenlican gefyllende onstyriað and gyt fullíað þá mænniscan líchaman ipsa invisibilia implendo movent

full-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
full-sleán, to effect the death of a person,
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kill outright Gif Petrus móste þone man fulsleán, þonne ne héte hine Críst ná geswícan þæs weorces, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 30

ge-baswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baswian, to dye purple or
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crimson Ðá stánas wǽron gebaswad mid his blóde, Shrn. 74, 32

Linked entry: baswian

ge-bendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bendan, to put in bonds.
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Hiene þá burgleóde gebundon . . . Ac hé fealh of þǽm bendum þe hiene mon gebende (lapsus e vinculis), Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 13. Man þá hálgan hæfte and gebende, Hml. S. 23, 105. Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26. Add

ge-fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fricgan, to ask.
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Gefraigende Drihtne interrognnte Domino, Mt. p. 17, 16. Add

ge-fullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullian, to become full.
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ge-hangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hangian, to hang (intrans.),
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be suspended Ꝥ hé gehongiga ut suspendatur, Mt. L. 18, 6

ge-hildan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-hildan, to incline.
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Take here <b>ge-hyldan</b> in Dict. and add Mid þý þe hé þá flascan gehylde cum flasconem inclinasset Gr. D. 142, 12

Linked entries: ge-hyldan hildan

ge-hirstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirstan, to fry.
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Take here <b>ge-hyrstan</b> in Dict. and add: lit. Bærned vel gehyrsted frigi Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 77 : 36, 42. Gáte blǽdre áhyrste, sele etan, sume swá gehyrste gegnídaþ tó dúste, Lch. ii. 88, 26. Haran sina gedrýgede and mid sealte gebrǽdde

Linked entries: ge-hyrstan hirstan

ge-hnigian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnigian, to cause to bend; reflex,
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to bow Ne geþrístlǽce hé ꝥ hé hine tó Godes weófode gehnigie non audeat se ad altars Dei inclinare Ll. Th. ii. 176, 3

ge-hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrstan, to murmur.
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