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un-fére

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fére, adj.

Incapacitated ⬩ disabled ⬩ infirm ⬩ feeble

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Incapacitated, disabled, infirm, feeble Se wæs Æþelstánes biscopes gespelia syððan hé unfére wæs, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 21

-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.

ge-dafenlic

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Wæs ꝥ eác gedefenlic (-dafen-, v. l.) þætte þæt swefen gefylled wǽre oportebat impleri somnium, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 472, 19. Gedoefenlic is oportet, Jn. p. 4, l. Wæs gidæfendlic oportebat, Jn. R. 4, 4.

Linked entry: ge-défelic

yfel

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel, adj.
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Hé wæs swíþe yfel monn ealra þeáwa, búton ꝥ hé wæs céne, Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27. Add

fǽtt

(n.)
Grammar
fǽtt, es; m.

Fat

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Fat Fífte wæs gyfe pund, ðanon him (Adam) wæs geseald se fǽt and geþang, Sal. K. p. 180, 12

Linked entry: fæt

or-eald

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Hé wæs wrǽne oð ꝥ hé wæs oreald usque ad aetatem decrepitam lubricus extilit, Gr. D. 341, 3. Add

hearm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-líc, adj.

Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous

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Ðæt wæs hreówlíc and hearmlíc that was sad and grievous, Chr. 1057; Erl. 192, 21

ge-fére

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fére, es; m.
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Aþelbaldes gefére, þæs nama wæs Ecga, wæs fram þám áwyrgedan gáste unstille, Guth. 60, 9-13. Be Aþelbaldes gefére . . . cóm Æþelbaldes geféra þæs nama wæs Ova, 66, 20. Gefére comitem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 42

á-wefan

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Wæs áwefen ordiretur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 5. His reáf wæs áwefen of olfendes hǽrum, Hml. Th. i. 352, 5. Mid orle of golde áwefen, Hml. S. 7, 36. Heó wæs gegyred myd golde áwefenum hrægelum, Shrn. 149, 21. Add

ǽwe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe-weard, es; m.
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A guardian of the divine law, a priest Wæs swíþe mycel ǽweweard þæs noma wæs Zacharias, Bl. H. 161, 27

rót

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Add Þǽr wæs mǽst ꝥ rótoste ꝥ wæs on Ængla lande on þám twám gefylcum, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175, 25

ge-fullian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fullian, l. ge-fullwian, take here <b>ge-fulwian</b>
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in Dict. and add Sóna ðæs þe hiene mon gefullwade (gefullade, hé gefullwad wǽre, v. ll.) . . . fram Sergio hé gefulwad (gefullad, v. l. ) wæs, Bd. 5, 7; Sch. 583, 15-24. Hé tó gefulliane (-enne, v. l. ) cóm tó Róme, Sch. 582, 14.

ríþ

(n.)
Grammar
ríþ, es; m. (v. eá-ríþ) : e; f. : ríþe, an; f .A rithe (v. Halliw. Dict. and Leo A. S. Names of Places, p. 86 : the word is still to be found in North Frisian in the form ride, rie, to denote the bed of running water),
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a small stream Ríþ rivus ... lytel ríþ rivulus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 20-27 : rivus, 80, 62. Burne ł ríþe latex, Hpt. Gl. 447, 4. Norþ tó blacan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. B. i. 296, 33. On fúlan ríþe, andlang ríþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 257, 32. On áne ríþe

nemning

(n.)
Grammar
nemning, e; f.
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Name, appellation Hé his yldrena naman nemde, hwæt þæs ánes nama wæs and hwæt þæs óþres næmnincg wæs, Hml. S. 23, 684

un-áræfnedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áræfnedlíce, adv.
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Intolerably Óðer den wæs légum full swýðe egesfullíce, óðer wæs náhte þon lǽs unáræfnedlíce cyle full, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 616, 7

Beard-sǽtan

(n.)
Grammar
Beard-sǽtan, Beard-sǽte; pl.

The people (or district) of Bardney

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The people (or district) of Bardney Æþel-réde, se wæs ǽr cyning, wæs ðá Beardsǽtena abbud, Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 5

ge-þýwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þýwe, adj.

Customary ⬩ usual

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Customary, usual Him geþýwe wæs ðæt he oft ðǽr wunode [other version has his gewuna wæs] sæpius ibidem diverti ac manere consueverat, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 24. Swá him geþýwe ne wæs as was not usual with him, Beo. Th. 4654; B. 2332

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

nǽder-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
nǽder-fáh, adj.
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Hé wæs on dracan heówe and eall hé wæs nǽdderfáh, Hml. A. 175, 183

þearfa

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Add Hé waes þearfa woruldlicra ǽhta and hé wæs on his geearnungum welig pauper rebus, sed meritis dives erat, Gr. D. 281, 13

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