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Sodomisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Sodomisc, adj.

Of Sodom

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Used as a noun, sodomita Sodomisce .vii. geár fæston sodomitae .vii. annos jejunent L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 5; Th. ii. 228, 16

ge-feterian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feterian, -fetrian; p. ode, ade; pp. od ad

To fetterbindcompĕdīrevincīre

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Ða wǽron gefeterade fæste togædre who were fettered fast together, Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, 7; Rä. 53, 4

Linked entry: ge-fetrian

nón-belle

(n.)
Grammar
nón-belle, an ; f.
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The bell rung at the hour for the service of nones Monegra monna gewuna is þonne hé fæstan sceolan, ꝥ sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig tó mete fóð, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 34

wiþ-habban

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Þé ná geríseþ ꝥ þú fæste and þé fram mettum wiðhæbbe abstinere tibi minime congruit, Gr. D. 100, 3

be-hádian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hádian, p. ode
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To deprive of holy orders Gif mæssepreóst oððe diácon wífige, þoligon hyra hádes; and gif hig æfter þám hǽmedþing begáð, ná ꝥ án ꝥ hig behádod synt (ordine priventur), ac eác swylce fæston .vii. geár, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 14

Linked entry: hádianv

fýst-gebeát

Hitting with the fist, fisticuffs

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Substitute: Hitting with the fist, fisticuffs 'Tó gemótum and tó gecidum and tó iersunga and tó fýstgebeáte gé fæstað' . . . ðæt fýstgebeát belimpð tó ierre 'in judicia et rixas jejunatis, et percutitis pugnis,' . . . pugnus pertinet ad iram, Past. 314

fýr-clom

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-clom, gen. -clommes; m. [clom a band, bond]

A fire-bondvincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum

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A fire-bond; vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum Ðis is þeóstre [ðeostræ MS.] hám, þearle gebunden fæstum fýrclommum this is a dark home, strongly bound with fast fire-bonds, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 16; Sat. 39

nón-sang

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Sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig tó mete fóð; ac nis hit náht gelýfedlic ꝥ ꝥ sý medeme fæsten. Ac ꝥ is riht ꝥte æfter nónsange mon mæssan gehýre, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 36. Add

ceást

(n.)
Grammar
ceást, e; f? es; n?

Strife, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandallis, rixa, seditio

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Gif he þurh unnytte ceáste man ofsleá fæste x geár si in inutili rixa hominem occident, x annas jejunet, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, § 22; Th. ii. 230, 29. Ne he ceaste ne astirige he shall not stir up strife, L. Ælf. P. 50; Th. ii. 386, 12.

ge-bátad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bátad, <b>ge-batian;</b> pp. od
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., þonne byþ hyt fæste gebatod, Lch. i. 370, 20. Lege on þæt gebatod sié, ii. 134, 7. Hire wæs micel wund open ðá heó mon on byrgenne dyde, and þá hí mon eft úp dyde of þǽre byrgenne ðá wæs hit gebatad, ꝥ þǽr næs bútan seó swaðu on (cf.

dagena

(n.)

of daysdierum

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of days;dierum Him bebeád seofon dagena fæsten enjoined them a fast of seven days, Homl. Th. i. 434, 21: Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 8; Cri. 1587: Menol. Fox 128; Men. 64; gen. pl. of daga

dys-líce

(adv.)
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Sume menn dyslíce fæstað ofer heora mihte, 93. Add

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Hé sǽlde tó sande sídfæðme scip oncerbendum fæst, B. 1917. Wídfæðme scip, An. 240. Dol bið sé þe gǽð on deóp wæter, sé þe sund nafað ne gesegled scip, Sal. 225. Alle nédbáde tuégra sceopa, C. D. i. 114, 11.

leahter-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
leahter-leás, adj.

Faultlessinnocent

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Hié freóndrǽdenne fæste gelǽston leahtorleáse firmly should they friendship maintain, free from offence, Elen. Kmbl. 2415; El. 1209

weald-leðer

(n.)
Grammar
weald-leðer, es; n.

A rein

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Ðá gelæhton ða weardmen his wealdleðer fæste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 15. Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors, and on ðám wǽron ða wealdleðer swá up getíged, swá swá hig urnon tó heofenum up, Shrn. 156, 12.

CEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
CEALD, cald; ra; ost; adj.[ceald = cald, q. v.]

Cool, COLDfrigidus, gelidus

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Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thou firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 180; Met. 20, 90: 20, 152; Met. 20, 76. Wedera cealdost the coldest of tempests, Beo. Th. 1097; B. 546

Linked entries: cald cyld

scyttels

(n.)
Grammar
scyttels, scytels, es; m.
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Openiaþ ðás gatu and ða fæstan scytelsas, Wulfst. 230, 31. Scytelsas seras, Ps. Spl. 147, 2. Scettelsas, Hymn. Surt. 122, 28. Scyttylsum vectibus, Germ. 399, 349

Linked entry: scytels

be-clýsan

to closeshut what is open to closeput an end toto shut up in a place

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Ðæs scræfes locstán hí wel fæste beclýsdon, Hml. S. 23, 346. Beclýsan recludere (paradisi valvam ), An. Ox. 1149. Þæt beclýsede geat, Hml. Th. i. 194, 5. Beclýsedre dura, ii. 166, 22: i. 230, 12. Þæt cweartern wé fundon fæste beclýsed, 572, 33.

wæter-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-gesceaft, e; f.
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The watery element Swá ꝥ wæter wæs standende and beleác þá duru þǽre cyrican, efne swylce seó wætergesceaft (wæteres gesceaft) wǽre onwænded in fæstes wáges staðolfæstnesse sic stans aqua ecclesiae januam clausit, ac si illud elementum liquidum in soliditatem

ancra

(n.)
Grammar
ancra, an anchor.
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Mid fæstum geþances ancran, Angl. xiii. 367, 34. Hig brúdon úp heora ancran, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 16. Add