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heáfod

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Add: A head Heáfod caput, heáfud cephal, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 40, 41. the head of a living creature. of a human being Bróht wæs heáfud (-od, L. ) his on disce, Mt. R. 14, 11.

efen-fela

(n.; num.)
Grammar
efen-fela, -feola; indecl.

So many, as many tŏtĭdem, tot

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So many, as many; tŏtĭdem, tot Eardas rúme Meotud arǽrde efen-fela bega þeóda and þeáwa the Creator established spacious lands, as many of both nations and manners, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 17; Gn. Ex. 17.

Linked entries: æfen-fela em-fela

Fresisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Fresisc, adj.

Of or belonging to FrieslandFrisianFrīsĭcus

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Ðǽr wearþ ofslægen Lucumon, and ealra monna, Fresiscra and Engliscra, lxii there was slain Lucumon, and of all the men, Frisian and English, sixty-two, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 4

fyrdung

(n.)
Grammar
fyrdung, e; f.

an army prepared for wararmamentexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastra

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S. 79; Th. i. 420, 14. a camp; castra Fyrdunga oððe fyrdwícu castra, Ps. Lamb. 26, 3

Linked entries: forðung fyrding

bleó-bord

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-bord, es; n.

A coloured table on which games of chess are playedtabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur

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in war, to another skill at the table, cunning at the coloured board, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 20; Vy. 71

á-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Add: to cleanse an object from impurity Hé mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157.

blis

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Blisse, gefeá tripudio .i. gaudio, An. Ox, 1346. Gá intó þínes hláfordes blisse (gaudium), Mt. 25, 21. Add

felawyrd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
felawyrd-ness, e; f.

Talkativeness

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Talkativeness Ac hú byð ꝥ gif hit gelimpeð ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, v. l.) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþlic, adj.

infamousignominiousignobledespicabledisgracefulworthlesspoorbad

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Hé cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An. Ox. 2081. worthless, poor, bad. Similar entries v. for-cúþ (3 b) On þám horse þe hé mihte findan forcúþlocost on þám mynstre, Gr. D. 34, 10

Linked entry: cúþ-lic

ge-wrixl

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wrixl, adj.
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Substitute: alternate. v. gewrixl(e); <b>I a</b> Gewrixlum síþum alternis uicibus, An. Ox. 7, 216: 8, 163.

grafet

(n.)
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An excavation, a trench Of ðám crundele on ðæt lange grauet; of ðám lange grafette, C. D. v. 193, 34. Tó ðon lytlan grafette úp an wuncges dúne; and ðér west hwón tó ðon norðlangan grafette, 195, 5-7.

infangene-þeóf

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Mid tolle and teáme and infangenenðéf, 217, 29. Ic an toll and teám and infangeneðéf, 216, 5, and often, Add v. handfangen[e]-, útfangene-þeóf

Linked entry: útfangene-þeóf

nunne

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Add: of a Christian woman Þá berád mon þæt wíf þæt hé hæfde ǽr genumen . . . ofer þára biscopa gebod, for ðon ðe heó wæs ǽr tó nunnan gehálgod, Chr. 901; P. 92, 14. Nunnena sanctimonialium, An.

will

Grammar
will, will.
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Hié ealle þá worold on hiora ágen will onwendende wǽron they were turning all the world just as they pleased, Ors. l, 10; S. 48, 10

hǽte

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Th. i. 430, 12. heat as an element present in all bodies, fire as one of the four elements Ðunor cymð of hǽtan and of wǽtan.

níwe

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<b>III a.</b> restored after demolition, decay, disappearance, &amp;amp;c. :-- Feorh bið níwe, þonne hé his líc, þæt ǽr líg fornóm, somnað, Ph. 266. Þá ealdan forþ gewitun, and efne hí wǽrun gewordene níwe, An.

ge-lífan

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H. 18, 6. with dat. to believe a person when making a statement Gyf hé Israhéla cyning sý, gá nú nyþer of ðǽre róde, and wé gelýfað hym ( credimus ei ), Mt. 27, 42.

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Boldboldpresumptuousaudaciousshameless

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Kmbl. 473; An. 237. Elene, þríste on geþance, Elen. Kmbl. 533; El. 267. Eorl unforcúð, elnes gemyndig, þríst and þrohtheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2529; An. 1266. Þríst, þonces gleáw, Exon. Th. 207, 19; Ph. 144.

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

ge-namian

(v.)
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Add: to give a name to an object, call so and so (proper or common noun) Ætforan dám cásere, Aurelianus genamod, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 3. Wé habbað áne gástlice módor, seó is ecclesia genamod, Wlfst. 67, 14.

ge-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cynde, adj.
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Gecynde under scada patrias sub umbras, An. Ox. 32, 4. rightful (lord) Hí cwǽdon ꝥ him nán leófre hláford nǽre þonne heora gecynde (-a, v.l. ) hláford, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 3