feax
a bush
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Heó hire wætres bæd, and hí þwóhg, and hyre feax gerǽdde (crines composuit), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 232, 9. Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2.
Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian
wéning
supposition ⬩ doubtful thought ⬩ doubt ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ chance
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Homl. 213, 24. hope, expectation Bæd heó swíþe lange ðone cyningc, ðæt hé hí forlǽte on mynstre Criste þeówian, ðæt heó ða wénunge æt nýhstan ðurhteáh (so that at last her hope was realized) Bd. 4, 19 ; S. 587, 39. chance In woenunga forte, Mt.
gást-leás
Lifeless ⬩ dead ⬩ exănĭmis ⬩ mortuus
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Lifeless, dead; exănĭmis, mortuus Gefærenne man brohton on bǽre, gingne, gástleásne they brought a dead man on a bier, young, lifeless, Elen. Kmbl. 1746; El. 875
líc-mann
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Ðá bær sum wuduwe hire suna líc tó bebyrgenne ... Seó dreorige módor mid ðám lícmannum hí ástrehte æt ðæs hálgan apostoles fótum ... Johannes ofhreów ðære méder and ðæra lícmanna dreórignysse, i. 66, 15-21
ge-unrétan
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Míne þearfan þé mildheortnesse bǽdon, and þú hý forhogedest and geunréttest, Wlfst. 258, 7. Hí wurdon ealle geunrétte ( contristati ), Gr. D. 125, 8. Add
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lang-toh
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Long-drawn, extensive Þæt lengtogran leahtras seócnyss lengre bærnð ut prolixiora uitia egrotatio prolixior exurat Scint. 161, 18. For double comparative cf. lang-fǽre
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ge-nyhtsumnes
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hwǽtes genihtsumnesse, óðerne for wínes, þriddan for eles, Shrn. 138, 13. a condition of plenty Wé sindon cumen tó þǽm gódan tídun . . . and tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié fore gielpað, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 15. a sufficiency, sufficient supply Sum him mid bær
ge-beácn
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Signs, movements intended to express a meaning Twégen seólas mid heora flýse his fét drygdon, ... and siððan mid gebeácne his bletsunge bǽdon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13
edisc-hen
EDISH HEN, quail ⬩ cŏturnix
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AnEDISH HEN, quail ; cŏturnix Hí bǽdon, and com edischen petiērunt, et vēnit cŏturnix. Ps. Spl. 104, 38. Edeschen 'the edisse-henne,' Ps. Surt. 104, 40
bendan
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Man Críst bænde . . . þá þe hine bændon, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 23-26. Gif man gehádodne man bænde oþþe beáte, i. 348, 5. Bende, 400, 19, 21. [Icel. benda to bend
þeód-þreá
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a great calamity Hié wordum bǽdon, ðæt him gástbona geoce gefremede wið þeódþreáum ( the injuries inflicted by Grendel ), Beo. Th. 358; B. 178. Cf. þeód-bealu
un-áspringende
Unfailing
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Unfailing Geunne mé ðæt ðis wæter sý mé tó fulwihtes bæþ unáspringende ( fiat mihi haec aqua fons baptismi indeficiens, Homl. Ass. 217, 326), Nar. 46, 9
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midde-winter
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Maria onféng God on hyre innoð, and hine bær oð middewintres mæssedæg and hine þá ácende, Hml. Th. i. 200, 28. On myddewintres mæssenyht, Lk. 2, I. rbc. In þǽre middewintres tíde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 14: 1016; P. 146, 22.
líþ
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Ðá bær unc mon líþ forþ oblato poculo, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31
sófte
Soft ⬩ soft (of sleep), quiet, undisturbed ⬩ soft, luxurious ⬩ gentle, not harsh, not stern
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Th. i. 566, 22. soft, luxurious Ne hé ne cume on wearmum bæðe ne on sóftum bedde L. Ælfc. C. 11; Th. ii. 280, 22. On ðam sóftum baðe Homl. Skt. i. 11, 231. gentle, not harsh, not stern Similar entries v. sófte, III.
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tó-eácan
In addition, ⬩ besides ⬩ In addition to, ⬩ besides
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In addition, besides Hé bǽd his þegnum, ðæt hig lédon hira ǽlces feoh on his sacc and fórmete tóeácan (datis supra cibariis in viam), Gen. 42; 25. Ðú hæfst tóeácan eall ðæt ic ðé ǽr tealde, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 37.
wille-wæter
Spring-water
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Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14
trod
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Secga ǽnigum ðara ðe tírleáses trode sceáwode, hú hé on weg ðanon feorhlástas bær. Beo. Th. 1691; B. 843
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wifel
A weevil ⬩ a beetle
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Weorp ofer bæc ðone wifel (tordwifel, l. 15) on wege; beheald ðæt ðú ne lócige æfter, 318, 19. ¶ the word seems to occur in several local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 352
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ge-gæncg
A society ⬩ meeting ⬩ an assembly ⬩ cœtus
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A society, meeting, an assembly; cœtus Ðe wæs on ðam gegæncge ðár man Crist bænde who was in the company where Christ was bound, Ælf. ep. 1st, 50; Th. ii. 386, 23