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feágan

(v.)
Grammar
feágan, to feágenne [feá, gefeá joy]

To rejoicelætāri, plaudĕre

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To rejoice; lætāri, plaudĕre To feágenne on blisse þeóde ðínre ad lætandum in lætĭtia gentis tuæ, Ps. Lamb. 105, 5. Flódas feágaþ oððe hafetiaþ mid handa flūmĭna plaudent mănu, 97, 8

eofor-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
eofor-fearn, efor-fearn, efer-fearn, es; n. [fearn a fern]

A species of fern, polypodypolypŏdium vulgāre

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A species of fern, polypody; polypŏdium vulgāre, Lin Eoforfearn fĭlix mĭnūta, polypŏdium, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41. 36; Wrt. Voc. 67, 51. Eoforfearn fĭlĭcīna, fĭlix arbŏratĭca, 41, 66; Wrt. Voc. 68, 1. Wið ðon sceal eoforfearn polypody shall [do] for that

Linked entries: efer-fearn efor-fearn

feohtan

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Þú simle fihtest wið manna cyn, Bl. H. 241, 4. Hió self fieht (fiht, v. l.) wið hié selfe, Past. 277, 25. Hér fegtaþ Títus end Giáþéasu, Txts. 127, 3. Feaht (feht, fæht, v. ll.) him on seó hǽþene ðeód Myrcna inpugnatus ab pagana gente Merciorum, Bd. 3

þurh-delfan

(v.)

to dig throughbore throughpierce

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to dig through, bore through, pierce Ic ðurhdelfe perfodio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 179, 10. Þurhdelfeþ, Ps. Th. 79, 15. Hý þurhdulfon ( foderunt ) míne handa and míne fét, 21, 15. Þurhdol[fen] confossa, transfixa, Hpt. Gl. 501, 29

fæniht

(adj.)
Grammar
fæniht, adj. [fæn a fen, iht an adj. termination]

FENNY, marshy, dirty, muddyFpălustris

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FENNY, marshy, dirty, muddy; Fpălustris, Som. Ben. Lye

feáwera

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feáwera, of a few,
  • Cd. 100
  • ;
  • Th. 132, 30
;
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gen. pl.of feáwa

swín-sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
swín-sceadu, [Literally swine-shade, referring to the shelter afforded to swine by the trees under which they feed: then the payment for the right to pasture them.]
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Payment for the pasturing of swine Ut pleniter persolvant omnia que ad jus ipsius ecclesie juste competant, scilicet ea que Anglice dicuntur ciricsceatt, and toll i.e. theloneum, and tacc, i.e. swinsceade, Cht. Th. 263, 7. [In his glossary Thorpe quotes

Linked entry: tacc

feþer

a feathera winga penquill

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Add Feþere pluma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 61. a feather Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum and on fugela feðerum . . . Se byrdesta sceall gyldan . . . týn ambra feðra, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 16-21. a wing Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra

Linked entries: fedes féþu

fíf

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Add: adjectival. uninflected Fíf géra fæc quinquennium, An. Ox. 3035: B. 545. Nam hé fíf stánas, Bl. H. 31, 17. with pronoun or indefinite numeral: Þá fíf dysegan, Mt. 25, 3. Wé onféngon þá hálgan fíf seonoþas, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 433, 5. as part of an

-fót

(suffix)
Grammar
-fót, (-e, -a), v. feówer-, fiþer-, fitel-, flohten-, forod-, lytel(?), sceáf-, wann-fót (-e, -a). Cf. -féte.

fyrra

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrra, firra, m; fyrre, firre, f. n. adj. [comp. of feor; adv. far, q.v.]

Fartherultĕrior

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Farther; ultĕrior He ge-eóde ða fyrran Frysan he had overcome the farther Frisians, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 3

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LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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A limb, joint, member of a body, branch of a tree Án lim membrum; má lima membra, Wrt. Voc. 70, 20, 21. Gif men cíne hwylc lim, genim regen mela, dó on ðæt lim, L. M. 1, 73; Lchdm. ii, 148, 22. Be ðæs limes (the finger) micelnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 204,

Linked entry: leomu

ge-swicu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swicu, (?i-stem, fem., cf. Sievers' Grammatik, 268),
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e;f. Cessation Witun þá ðe ðyllicne gylt þurhteóð, and náne geswice dón nell[að], Hml. A. 148, 123 note. v. ge-swíc

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fér-blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
fér-blǽd, es; m. [fér- = fǽr-sudden, blǽd a blast]

A sudden or fearful blastrepentīnus flātus

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A sudden or fearful blast; repentīnus flātus Ic lǽran wille ðæt gé eówer hús gefæstnige, ðý-læs hit férblǽdum windas toweorpan I will exhort that ye make your house firm, lest winds overthrow it with sudden blasts, Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 21; Jul. 649

Linked entry: fǽr-blǽd

féþa

a footmana foot-soldiertroopsinfantry

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Dele II, and add: a footman Féða pedester (nunquam pergo pedester, Ald. 272, 34), An. Ox. 23, 54. Rídende oþþe féþan fær dónde equitando vel pedites iter agendo, Angl. xiii. 373, 116. Féþan pedestres, An. Ox. 61, 17. Féþena peditum, 826. Foeðan statores

fæs

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Ꝥte fæse giwédum his gehrionon ut fimbriam uestimenti ejus tangerent, Mk. R. 6, 36. Þone munuc sum sweart cniht teáh út be þám fæsce (per fimbriam) his hrægles, Gr. D. 111, 28. Gihrán fæste tetigit fimbriam, Lk. R. 8, 44. Heó gehrán ꝥ fes (fæs, v. l.)

fér-clam

(n.)
Grammar
fér-clam, gen. -clammes; m. [fér- = fǽr- sudden, clam what holds]

A sudden seizingarreptio repentīna angustiæ perīcŭlōsæ

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A sudden seizing; arreptio repentīna angustiæ perīcŭlōsæ, Grn. Exod. 119. v. oferclamme, clam, clom

Linked entry: clam

ge-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fón, ic ge-fó; ðú ge-féhst; he ge-féhþ, pl. ge-fóþ; imp. ge-fóh; p. ge-féng, pl. ge-féngon; pp. ge-fangen

To takeseizecatchcapere

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To take, seize, catch; capere Ic sylle cync swá hwæt swá ic gefó ego do regi quicquid capio, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 27. He geféhþ ðæt ðæt he æfter spyreþ he seizes that which he tracks, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 1. Ðú byst men gefónde homines eris capiens,

fæc

(n.)
Grammar
fæc, (n. and) m.

distanceroom

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Add: temporal Fæce intercapedine, An. Ox. 2401. Þú byst æfter fæce ꝥ ic nú eom, Bl. H. 113, 24: 23, 30. Ofer ealne geáres fæc, Wlfst. 102, 15. Þá lǽcedómas ne sculon on áne þráge tó lange beón tó gedóne, ac sculon fæc habban betweónum, Lch. ii. 186,

un-ceás

(n.)
Grammar
un-ceás, -ceást, es (but ceás and ceást are both fem.)

Absence of quarrelinhostility

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Absence of quarrel, inhostility Se ðe þeóf slihð hé mót áðe gecýðan ðæt hé hine fleóndne for þeóf slóge, and ðæs deádan mǽgas him swerian unceáses (-ceástes, MS. H.) áð the kinsmen of the dead man shall swear to the slayer an oath that they will have