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FRÉCNE

(adj.)
Grammar
FRÉCNE, frǽcne; adj.

Horriblesavageaudaciouswickeddaringdangerousperilousdīrusasperaustērusatroxaudaxperīcŭlōsus

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Hwonne him Freá frécenra síþa reste ageáfe when the Lord should give him rest from his perilous journeyings, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 8; Gen. 1427: Ps. Th. 143, 8. To frécnum þingum for daring things, Lchdm. iii. 158, 16.

árian

(v.)
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Drihten him þone þearfan geheóld, ꝥ hé him miltsian sceolde, ðá þára óðerra manna him nán árian ne wolde, Bl. H. 215, 2.

fæst

constantfirmsteadfastfixedunchangeablefirmsecurestubbornunyieldingfirmsolidcompactstrongfirmstrongfortifiedunbrokenundisturbedstandard

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Ðá wiþerweardan gesceafta ǽgþer ge hié betwux him winnað, ge eác fæste sibbe betwux him healdaþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 14: Met. 11, 41.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

excuse

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and ládie hine ðæs.

Linked entry: ládian

láð

(adj.)
Grammar
láð, adj.

hatefulhatedloathedlothdispleasinginjuriousgrievoushostilemaligninimical

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Næs ic him láðra ówihte ðonne his bearna hwylc I was not a whit less dear to him than any of his children, 4856; B. 2432. Ic á ne geseah láðran landscipe never saw I scene more hateful, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 11; Gen. 376.

fóran-niht

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-niht, e; f.

The fore-nightearly part of the nightdusk of the eveningantĕrior pars noctiscrĕpuscŭlum

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The fore-night, early part of the night, dusk of the evening; antĕrior pars noctis, crĕpuscŭlum Lǽd hine út of ðam húse on fórannihte lead him out of the house in the dusk, Herb. 8, 2; Lchdm. i. 98, 18: fram foran-nihte per noctem, Nar. 35, 9

Linked entry: fóran-dæg

fór-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; subj. pres. -grípe, pl. -grípen; pp. -gripen

To take beforecarry off prematurelypre-occupyprærĭpĕrepræ-occŭpāre

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Ðý-læs hit sí mid deáþe fórgripen ne morte præ-occŭpētur, 1, 27; S. 492, 30, note

leód-riht

(n.)
Grammar
leód-riht, es; n.

Public law common lawjus publicum

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Public law, common law, the law which affects a whole people, law of the land; jus publicum Mid rihtum landrihte and leódrihte swá hit on lande stonde in accordance with the common law of the land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35.

líf-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
líf-fæstan, p. te

quickenvivify

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To give life, quicken, vivify Ðonne hine God líffæsteþ when God shall quicken him; Deo vivificante, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 20. Gást is se ðe líffæsteþ spiritus est qui vivificat, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 63.

Linked entry: líf-fæst

gegninga

(adv.)
Grammar
gegninga, -nunga; adv.

Plainlywhollyaltogethercertainlydirectlyomnino

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Ðæt hit gegnunga from Gode cóme that it came directly from God, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 35; Gen. 683 : Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 27; Gú. 785

Linked entries: génunga geagninga

tǽcning

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcning, e; f.

Shewing, proof

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Shewing, proof Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Ic hit ðé ðonne wille getǽcan; ac ðæt án ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú þeáh for ðære tǽcninge ne forgite ðæt ðæt ic ǽr tǽhte' atqui hoc verissima, inquit, ratione patefaciam, maneant modo quae paullo ante conclusa sunt, Bt. 34, 9;

tígan

(v.)
Grammar
tígan, p. de
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To tie, literal Valerianus hét beheáfdian on Ypolitus gesihðe ealle his híwan, and hine sylfne hét tígan be dám fótum tó ungetemedra horsa swuran, Homl.

widuwa

(n.)
Grammar
widuwa, an; m.
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A widower Ðæt bið rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde, óð ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige; and habbe ða syððan, ða hwíle ðe seó libbe: gif hire ðonne forðsíð gebyrige, ðonne is rihtost ðæt hé þananforð wydewa þurhwunige, L. I.

be-werung

Defenceprotection

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Wǽpnu on swæþnum beran bewerunge hit getácnað, Lch. iii. 198, 11: 206, 4. Substitute:

dág

(n.)
Grammar
dág, es; m. (?).
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Hit sié swilc swá dáh, Lch. ii. 118, 14. Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 5

ge-loccian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-loccian, ꝥ ode.
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Héhí swá unróte óleccende tó him geloccode tristem blanditiis delinivit, Past. 415, 18. Ne hine ne geloccige nán óliccung tó hiere willan non blanda usque ad voluptatem demulceant, 83, 18

ge-cúþlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cúþlǽcan, p. ge-cúþlǽhte
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Ðá cóm án gecrístnod man and gecúðlǽhte tó Martine, and wunode mid him, Hml. S. 31, 207. reflex. Paulus hine gecúðlǽhte tó ðám hálgan heápe Crístes hírédes (cf. tentabat se jungere discipulis, Acts 9, 26), Hml. Th. i. 388, 10

hwón-lic

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Hit wǽre hwónlic gebúht ꝥ . . . bútan mennisce eágan mihte geseón ꝥ . . Hml. S. 31, 1252

óþ

(con.)
Grammar
óþ, conj. l. oþ,
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and add Hé wæs winnende, oð him se mǽsta dǽl wearð underþiéded, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 5. Hé wunode mid hire oð hana sang, Shrn. 30, 29. Séc hyne oð þú hyne finde, Solil. H. 3, 15: 59, 9. Ic þat wilnode oð mé nú áðreáð, 35, 22

preóst-híred

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-híred, es; m.
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Hit is gewuna on manegum preósthíredum (canonicorum congregationibus; cf. geférrádene, 11), 13, 13