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folce-firen

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Perhaps the passage given here might be read Wǽrlogona sint folca firene hefige (folca being taken as parallel to wǽr-logona, and each referring to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah: cf. on þissum folcum, 1. 2499, þás folc, 2506) of the traitors, of the

ge-spornan

Grammar
ge-spornan, <b>ge-speornan</b>
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Take here in Dict., and add: n : tread upon, light upon : — Ðæt deófol on ðá eorðan gewíteð, and þanon helle wésten gespyrreð (-spyrneð ?), Sal.

ge-dwimorlíce

(adv.)
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Macharius cwæð: 'Ic geseó þis mǽden on menniscum gecynde, and heó nis ná áwend swá swá gé wénað . . . ac on eówrum gesihðum hit is swá gehíwod, Hml. S. 21, 474

on-tyhting

(n.)
Grammar
on-tyhting, e; f.
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instigation, incitement Ná ealle yfele geþancu úre symle deófles ontihtincge beóð áwehte non omnes male cogitationes nostrae semper diaboli instinctu excitantur, Scint. 139, 11. intention, resolution Stefen sealmsanges þænne heó þurh ontihtincge (intentionem

an

I givehe gives

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Will 14, 4; he gives, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 22; Gen. 2915

a-feccan

(v.)

To receiveaccipere

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To receive; accipere He afecþ [MSS. C. T. onféhþ] me acceperit me. Ps. Spl. 48,16

fóre-manian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-manian, p. ode; pp. od

To fore-warnpræmŏnēre

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To fore-warn; præmŏnēre He fóremanod wæs præmŏnĭtus fuĕrat, Bd. 5, 10; S. 623, 39

ísern-byrne

(n.)
Grammar
ísern-byrne, an ; f.

corslet

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An iron byrnie or corslet him of dyde ísernbyrnan, Beo. Th. 1347 ; B. 671

Linked entry: íren-byrne

rest-hús

(n.)
Grammar
rest-hús, es; n.
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A sleeping-chamber ðǽr hæfde án resthús ( cubiculum ), Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 23

scúra

(n.)
Grammar
scúra, (-e; f. ?), an; m.
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A shower áríman mæg rægnas scúran dropena gehwelcne, Cd. Th. 265, 22; Sat. 11

þanc-hycgende

(adj.)
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thoughtful , gumena nát hwylc, þanchycgende ðǽr gehýdde deóre máðmas, Beo. Th. 4462; B. 2235

un-gelácnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelácnod, adj.

Uncured

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Uncured Næs nǽnig untrum ðæt ungelácnod fram him férde, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 16

Linked entries: ge-lácnian un-lácnod

un-rǽdfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rǽdfæstlíce, adv.

Unadvisedlywithout heeding good counsel

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Unadvisedly, without heeding good counsel Twá geár ríxode unrǽdfæstlíce, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 456

Linked entry: rǽdfæstlíce

west-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weardes, adv.
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Westwards man geseah westweardes on ðæt wésten éfstan, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 174

ǽ-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽ-fæstlíce, adv.
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Religiously Lifde ǽfestlíce his líf religiosam gerens vitam, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 10

á-snǽsan

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Þene horn þet he asneseð mide alle þeo þet ha areacheð, A. R. 200. Add: —

blǽdness

(n.)
Grammar
blǽdness, (bléd-), e; f.

A blossom

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A blossom Þeáh (May) wynsumlíce blówe and blǽdnyssa fægere geyppe, Angl. viii. 311, 1

beód-láf

(n.)
Grammar
beód-láf, e; f.
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Food remaining after a meal Sylle earmum mannum his beódláfa, Bl. H. 53, 13

Linked entry: láf

ed-staþeliend

(n.)
Grammar
ed-staþeliend, ed-staþeligend, es; m.
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A restorer is þín edstaþeligend, Hml. S. 5, 201. v. ge-edstaþeli(g)end

frum-slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
frum-slǽp, es; m. (not f.)
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on þǽre ylcan nihte æfter his frumslǽpe clypode, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 5. Add