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fore-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
fore-fleón, p. -fleáh

To flee away

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To flee away foreflǽh from ðǽm profugit ab eis, Mk. L. 14, 52

Linked entry: fleón

hyspend

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Add: A mocker, reviler geeáðméd hyspend humi-liabit calumniatorem, Ps. Rdr. 71, 4

leóþ-lic

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mid leóðlicum metre be þám mónðum þus giddode, Angl. viii. 301, 34. Add

leás-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
leás-ferhþ, leás-fyrhþ; adj.
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Næs ofermód ne níðig ne leásferhþ (-fyrhþ, v. l. ), Nap. 41

Linked entry: ferhþ

ofer-hogian

(v.)
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Sé þe oferhogie ꝥ Godes bodan hlyste, Ll. Th. i. 374, 32. Add

sǽ-ostre

(n.)
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a sea-oyster nǽnine óþerne mete ne þigeþ búton sǽostrum, Nar. 78, 23

Linked entry: ostre

seofonhund-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
seofonhund-wintre, adj.
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Seven hundred years old wæs seofonhundwintre and seofon-and-hundseofontigwintre, Gen. 5, 31

þanc-full

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add: clever, ingenious Sceaþa þancful bið latro ingeniosus erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 5

un-áwemmende

(adj.)
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gesette unáwemmendne (immaculatam) weg mínne. Ps. L. 17, 33

Linked entry: á-wemman

un-tweógendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tweógendlíce, adv.
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Indubitably, unhesitatingly Untweógendlíce (incunctanter) mæg beón ongyten sóð martyr, Gr. D. 231, 21

wel-getýd

(adj.)
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well-instructed, well-educated In eallum þingum bið welgetýd, E. S. xxxix. 354

biddan

Grammar
biddan, <b>; II a</b> 2.
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bæd þone hálgan wer sumne dǽl eles, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16. Add

bismerian

(v.)
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He arn ... bysmrigende þæs drýes yfeldǽdum, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 26

Saracenisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Saracenisc, adj.

Saracen

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Saracen gegaderode of ðám Saraceniscum swíðe micele fyrde, Jud. Thw. p. 162, 25

wel-dón

(v.)

to satisfyplease

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to satisfy, please walde ðæm folce weldón (satisfacere) Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 15

twéntig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twéntig-wintre, adj.

Twenty years old

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Twenty years old Óð sý twéntigwintre oð;ðe gyt yldra, Wulfst. 3, 1

Beofer-lic

(n.)
Grammar
Beofer-lic, Beofor-lic, es; m. [beofer, lic ? = lie, leá, leáh, q. v. Ric. A. D. 1184, Beverli : Brom. 1330, Beverlith]

BEVERLEYYorkshireBeverlea in agro Eboracensi

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BEVERLEY, Yorkshire; Beverlea in agro Eboracensi Hér forþférde se hálga biscop Iohannes, and his líc resteþ [MS. restad] in Beoferlic here, A.

Linked entry: Befor-leág

be-wenian

(v.)
Grammar
be-wenian, p. ede; pp. ed [be, wenian to accustom, draw to one's self, honour]

To entertain, take care ofhospitio accipere

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To entertain, take care of; hospitio accipere We wǽron hér tela bewenede we were here kindly entertained, Beo. Th. 3646, note; B. 1821.

Linked entry: be-þénede

un-gemetgung

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemetgung, e; f.

Want of moderationexcessintemperance

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Efne hér is foresǽd manna líchamana ungemetegung and geswencednys, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 30.

crafian

(v.)
Grammar
crafian, cræfian.
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Hér kýþ on þissere béc ꝥ Huberd cræfede ánne wífman þe Édit hátte mid unrihte . . . and Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmanne for his unrihtcræfinge, Cht. Th. 633, 17. Ðæt nán bisceop náne feorme ne crafige, bútan of ðám ðe him mid rihte gebyrað, C.