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frecnes

(n.)
Grammar
frecnes, glis.
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Substitute: frec-ness, e; f. Greediness, gluttony, voracity Frecnis glus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 78. Frecnes, 40, 74. Frecnesse ingluviae, 44, 27. Of gífre frecinesse (frecennesse, Angl. xiii. 32, 119) gulosa ingluuies, An. Ox. 4, 38.

dóhtor

Grammar
dóhtor, l. dohtor,
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., dohter, R.) filiae, Lk. 23, 28. v. bróþor-, freó-dohtor

-e

(suffix)
Grammar
-e, is also the usual letter by which adverbs are formed from adjectives ending in a consonant; as, Rihte rightly, sóþlíce truly, yfele badly.

eges-ful

Grammar
eges-ful, ege-ful. l. eges-ful, omit the instances of ege-ful,
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Ne bið ús ( devils) freá milde egesful ealdor (the Devil ), Jul. 329. Egesful eorla drihten ( Holofernes ), Jud. 21. Þæt egesfulle horrendus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 43. Egesfulra terribilium, Ps. L. 144, 6

speld

(n.)
Grammar
speld, es; n.; pl. speld and speldru (? or speldra (see below) from speldr. Cf. 'Spelder of woode esclat, Palsgrave. The schafte to spildurs spronge,
  • Avow. of Arthur,'
  • Halliwell's Dict.
): speld, e; f.

A splintera thin piece of wood used as a torcha torch(splinters)splinter of a lancea tableta flakea tablet

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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26. Spelde tedas

flot-man

(n.)
Grammar
flot-man, -mann, -mon, -monn, es; m.

A float-mansailorpiratenautapīrāta

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Flotmonna freá chief of mariners [Noah ], Cd. 72; Th. 89, 3; Gen. 1475

Linked entry: flet-mon

stæl-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
stæl-tihtle, an; f.
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Gif hwá þurh stæltihtlan freót forwyrce, L. Ed. 9; Th. i. 164, 10

Linked entry: stal-tihtle

folc-toga

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Add: of a temporal leader Hé (Moses) wæs leóf Gode, leóda aldor, herges wísa, freom folctog. i. Exod. 14. Se folctoga (Nebuchadnezzar), Dan. 656. Þæs folctogan (Holofernes') bed. Jud. 47.

ge-rǽf

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Add: As á-ráfian = dissolvere, á-rǽfan = expedire, ge-rǽf weorþan on hine, applied to the crime, would mean that the person referred to could not free or clear himself of the charge.

sige-déma

(n.)
Grammar
sige-déma, an ; m.
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A victorious, triumphant judge, the irresistible judge of the day of judgment Se sigedéma, freá mihtig ( Christ ) Andr. Kmbl. 1322 ; An. 661. Ne beóþ ðǽr ( at the last judgment ) forþ borene sigele tó ðam sigedéman, Wulfst. 254, 1 : Exon.

heáh-cyning

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God the Father: — Heáhcyning, freá ælmihtig, Gen. 172. Siððan heáhcyning, wuldres wyrhta, woruld staðelode, Ph. 129. God the Son Þú sylfa cum, heofones heáhcyning, . . . Críst nergende, Cri. 150: Ps. Th. 118, 146.

sorh-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
sorh-leás, adj.

free from anxiety or caresecurefree from sorrow

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Kmbl. 193; El. 97. free from sorrow Wé sorgleáse mótan wunigan in wuldre, Exon. Th. 22, 3; Cri. 346

a-lecgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lecgan, -lecgean; he -legeþ, -legþ, -lehþ, pl. -lecgaþ; p. -legde, -léde , pl. -legdon, -lédon; pp. -legd, -léd; v. trans. [a from, lecgan to lay] .

to placelay downthrow downsuppresslay asidecease fromponerecollocareprosterneredeponereabjicererelinquereomittereto imposeinflict uponimponereimmittereto diminishtake awayrefuseimminueredeprimerereprimere

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to place, lay down, throw down, suppress, lay aside, cease from; ponere, collocare, prosternere, deponere, abjicere, relinquere, omittere Alecgan hine to lay him down, Lk. Bos. 5, 19: Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 25. He mec on þeóstre alegde he laid me in darkness

sicor

(adj.)
Grammar
sicor, adj. with gen.
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Secure from, free from guilt and the punishment it brings, safe, free from danger or harm, sure, certain, free from doubt Swá ús biþ æt Gode ðonne wé wið hine gesyngiaþ; ðeáh wé nǽfre eft swá ne dón, gif wé ðæt gedóne mid nánum þingum ne bétaþ ne ne

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, <b>; II.</b>
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</b> free from what is shameful, of ground used for burial, hallowed, III

cyre-líf

(n.)
Grammar
cyre-líf, es; n.

A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt

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ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt Ic bidde, on Codes naman, and on his háligra, ðæt mínra maga nán ne yrfewearda ne geswence nán nǽnig cyrelíf ðara ðe ic foregeald, and me West-Seaxena wítan to rihte gerehton, ðæt ic hí mót lǽtan swá freó

mǽg-burh

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-burh, gen. -barge; f.

Kindredfamilyrelativestribe

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H.) hæbbe freó let his kinsmen afterwards pay the wergild, if he have free kindred, L. In. 74; Th. i. 148, 19. Mǽgburge míne my children, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 15; Rä. 16, 20. Iécte mǽgburg síne, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 27; Gen. 1123.

frédan

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N.E.D. frede]

un-sár

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sár, adj.

Not sorewithout soreness or pain

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Ðæt geswel wyrð unsárre the swelling becomes more free from pain, ii. 208, 4

Linked entry: sár

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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from mót-te). to be allowed, may, mote, Grammar mótan, with an infinitive Mót ic drincan licet mihi bibere, ic móste mihi licuit, gif wé móstan si nobis liceret, beón álýfed licere, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 15. Wé móton nobis licet, ðú móstest tibi licuit