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be-reáfian

(v.)

alone

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Add Bereáfað populatur, An. Ox. 139. Bereafiað moliuntur fraudes, Kent. Gl. 3. Bereáuedon abegerant, An. Ox. 7, 263. Bereáfian grassari, 5343. Bereáfed fraudaretur, 1583. with acc. of person (or thing) despoiled, alone Hé bereáfode hine sylfne se expolians

horh

Grammar
horh, [The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.]
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Horh flegma, i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 38: flegma 35, 65. Nytta þára lǽcedóma þe þone horh of þám heáfde teó, Lch. ii. 282, 25. Þú forléte on þínne ondwlitan þá earman heora horh (spátl) spíwan, Angl. xii. 505, 13. Horh flegmata Wrt. Voc. ii. 108,

ferian

(v.)

to carrymoveconveyto leadconduct

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Th. i. 66, 14. the object moving itself, to lead, conduct Fergað swá and féþað fæder and módor father and mother lead the child and walk with it (?), Vy. 7. Hé færode folc his þurh ꝥ wésten traduxit populum suum per desertum, Ps.

ymb-faru

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Take here the second passage under ymb-fær

glæsen

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Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9. Glæsene leóhtfatu, 49, 21. Add

fer-scrifen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fer-scrifen, part. [ = for-scrifen; pp. of for-scrífan to disregard, abandon]

Disregardedabandonedaddictus

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Disregarded, abandoned; addictus Ferscrifen [MS. fær-scribæn] addictus, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 153, 53. Ferscrifen addictus [Lye has ferscrifer = ferscrifen? abdictus ], Cot. 14

fyrdlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrdlíc, adj.

Militarymartialmīlĭtāris

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Military, martial; mīlĭtāris Hire fær is wiðmeten fyrdlícum truman her course is compared to a martial band, Homl. Th. i. 444, 5: Jos. 11. 10

fǽrlíce

(adv.)
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Cf. fǽr-lic; II a

rǽs

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L. 8, 32. v. fǽr-, here-, wind-rǽs

fón

(v.)

to takecatchto takearrestapprehendto getgainto getsufferexperienceto beginto beginto taketo set aboutundertaketo attackto begin atto take taketo set to work atdeal withreceiveacceptto taketo taketake possession ofto taketo takeundertaketo taketo take toallow ofto take toto take tojoin battleto join togetherto struggle with

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Fæla þǽra gedwolmanna féngon tó geleáfan, Hml. S. 3, 351. Ꝥ se hláford tó his gafole búton wítnunge fó that the lord accept his (overdue) tribute without penalty. Ll. Th. i. 270, 19.

on-stæl

(n.)
Grammar
on-stæl, es; m.

Arrangement, disposition

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Arrangement, disposition Ðá ( at the creation of man ) wæs fruma níwe ælda tudres, onstæl wynlíc, fæger and gefeálíc fæder wæs ácenned Adam ǽrest, Exon. Th. 151, 17; Gú. 796

Linked entry: on-steall

dresten

(n.)
Grammar
dresten, = drestan; pl.
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Dregs, lees; fæx Dresten his nys aídlude fæx ejus non est exinanita, Ps. Spl. T. 74, 8

-mód

(suffix)
Grammar
-mód, Add: v. ǽ-, fast-, ge-, geþyld-, hefig-, hoh-, hræd-, leás- [v. leásmód-ness], lytel-, mád-, seóc-, stearc-, strang-, swǽr-, þole-, unrót-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-mód.

scyte

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D. 114, 34. v. fǽr-, wáse-scyte

dros

(n.)
Grammar
dros, DROSS,

filth, lees sordes, fæx, aurĭcŭla

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filth, lees; sordes, fæx, aurĭcŭla, Cot. 14

fore-bod

(n.)
Grammar
fore-bod, es; n.

preachingprohibition

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Him forebod cóm fram eallum Rómánum ꝥ hé ꝥ fær beginnan móste, ne him swá gecwéme folc gefaran, Lch. iii. 434, 3

Linked entries: bod for-bod

fer

(n.)
Grammar
fer, es; n.

a goingjourneyitera vesselshipnāvis

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V. fær; n

picen

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Picen fæt culleum, uas pice oblinitum, Hpt. 31, 10, 197. Add

faran

Grammar
faran, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Ǽlc mann þe on módignysse færd, Hml. S. 34, 315. Add

eln-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
eln-gemet, es; n.

An ell-measure, the length of an ell, two feet? cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra

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cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra Ðæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd, þrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta make the vessel fifty wide, thirty high, three hundred long, of ell measures, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 10; Gen. 1309. and III