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ǽ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-fæst, -fest; adj. [ǽ law, fæst fast, fixed]

Firm in observing the lawreligiouspioustenax observandi legemreligiosuspiusjustus

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We ǽfæstra dǽde déman we consider the deeds of the pious, Exon. 40a; Th. 133, 30; Gú. 497. Wæs he ǽfæst and árfæst was he devout and good? Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 33

eorþ-weg

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-weg, es; m.

An earth-wayterrestris via

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Þurh ða róde sceal ríce gesécan of eorþwege ǽghwylc sáwl every soul shall seek the kingdom away from earth through the cross, Rood Kmbl. 237; Kr. 120: Exon. 58b; Th. 209, 29; Ph. 178: Ps. Th. 71, 11. Of eorþwegum from the earthly ways, Elen.

franca

(n.)
Grammar
franca, an; m.

A javelinlancelanceafrămeahasta

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He ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát he shot the foremost man with his javelin, 134, 1; By. 77. Francan wǽron hlúde the javelins were loud, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 20; Gen. 1982 v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. p. 359

friþ-gegilda

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-gegilda, friþ-gegylda, an; m. [friþ-gild a peace-guild]

A member of a peace-guildcongildosŏdālissŏcius

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A member of a peace-guild; congildo, sŏdālis, sŏcius Ðis is seó gerǽdnis ðe ða biscopas and ða geréfan ðe to Lundenbyrig hýraþ gecweden habbaþ on úrum friþgegyldum, ǽgðer ge eorlisce ge ceorlisce this is the ordinance that the bishops and reeves which

ginian

(v.)
Grammar
ginian, geonian, gynian; p. ode

To yawngape

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Seó eorþe swá giniende bád the earth remained gaping so, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 3

Linked entries: geonian gynian

tácn-bora

(n.)
Grammar
tácn-bora, an; m.

a standard-bearera leader, guide, director

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Voc. i. 21, 66. a leader, guide, director Ðis is mín tácenbora ðe mé getǽhte ðæt ic tó ðé becom ( the word is used of the old fisherman who had directed Apollonius to the town, v. p. 12), Ap. Th. 27, 22

þurh-sécan

(v.)

to make search forseek outto search throughexamine

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, as in later English He þurhsecheð al þe soule, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 28. Twa Goddspelless uss birrþ þurrhsekenn, Orm. 242. He hefde al ꝥ lond ouergan and þurhsoht peragratis provincie finibus, Kath. 519. Þe poyson þe veynes so þorwsouȝte, R.

Linked entry: sécan

bót-wyrþe

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Substitute: That admits of expiation by the payment of bót; and add: —

cenep

(n.)
Grammar
cenep, es; m.
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a bit of a bridle Cenepum lupatis (cf. the gloss of the same passage in An. Ox. 12 :-- Lupatis, frenis, mídlum), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 4. a moustache Cambas cenepes cristas cerebri, Germ. 401, 117.

full-fremedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
full-fremedlic, adj.
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Perfect Fulfremedlicre apologitica (as in the glossary the three words which precede apologitica and the three that follow it occur in Ald. 38, 23: 39, 2: 39, 3: 40, 30: 40, 32: 40, 37 respectively, it seems certain that fulfremedlicre is a gloss to

Linked entry: fremed-lic

Gyrwas

Grammar
Gyrwas, Gyrwan.
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Add: The people of the fen district, which contained twelve hundred hides, six hundred in each of its two divisions, v. Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19.

hridder

Grammar
hridder, Add: <b>, hríder, hriddern</b>
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[The second passage in Dict., and all but the first here refer to the same incident.]

hyge-méþe

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Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe gebétan, 2465), evilly done, with a breast filled with sad thoughts (i. e. the slayer was bitterly grieved for the dreadful act he had perpetrated?), B. 2442

wæl-rest

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-rest, -ræst, e; f.

The rest or bed of the slain

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The rest or bed of the slain Wælræste wunian to be dead, Beo. Th. 5796; B. 2902: Exon. Th. 184, 10; Gú. 1342. Wælreste ceósan to die, Cd. Th. 99, 8; Gen. 1643: Byrht. Th. 135, 5; By. 113.

Linked entry: wǽl-bed

hǽst

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hést, e; f.

Violence, fury

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Fære ne móston wætres brógan hǽste hrínan the terrors of the water might not with violence touch the vessel, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 11; Gen. 1396. [Hǽste may also be taken either as adj. agreeing with brógan (v. next word), or as adverb.]

óman

(n.)
Grammar
óman, pl. f.

Erysipelas, erysipelatous inflammationserysipelas.

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In the section of which this is the heading the word frequently occurs. Of hómena stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26. Wið hómum, nim gate horn . . . dó on ða hóman, i. 350, 17-20. Wið hómum (Óman, MS.

Linked entry: hóme

Wente

(n.)
Grammar
Wente, pl.

the people of Gwent(the district comprising Monmouth and Glamorgan) the same as Waller-wente q. v.

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the people of Gwent(the district comprising Monmouth and Glamorgan) Ealle ða cyngas ðe on ðyssum íglande wǽron he (Athelstane) gewylde ; ǽrest Huwal West-Wala cyning, and Cosstantin Scotta cyning and Uwen Wenta cyning Chr. 926; Erl. 111, 43. the same

Linked entries: Waller-wente Went-sǽte

of-áxian

(v.)
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Hé hét ácwellan ealle þá crístenan þe hé ofáxian mihte, 29, 201. the object a thing Dó ús gewisse þæs þe þú ofáxie, Hml. S. 23, 467. with a clause Þǽr hé ofáxode ꝥ se cyning wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 152, 22.

a-blýsgung

(n.)
Grammar
a-blýsgung, -blýsung, e; f.

The redness of confusionshamepudor

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The redness of confusion, shame; pudor, R. Ben. 73

Linked entry: blysung

ǽfen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽfen-líc, adj.

Vespertine, of the eveningvespertinus

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Vespertine, of the evening; vespertinus, Ps. Spl. 140, 2