fón
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</b> add Hí féngon him sóna on, Hml. S. 23, 607. <b>III 2 a.</b> add: to lay hold of :-- Þá féng se portgeréfa tó þǽre tége, Hml. S. 23, 764. Fóh tó þínum hóde, Tech. ii. 127, 17
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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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
Absence of quarrel ⬩ inhostility
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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
peorð
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chess-man; but it is doubtful whether the knowledge of chess was early enough among the Teutons to allow of this interpretation. v. Zacher Das Runenalphabet, pp. 7-9. The verse which accompanies the Rune in the Runic poem is the following Peorð byþ symble
treów-gewrid
A thicket of trees
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A thicket of trees Ys on Bretone land sum fenn unmǽtre mycelnesse . . . Ðǽr synd . . . manige eáland and hreód and beorhgas and treowgewrido, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 7
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feolan
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and add: Grammar feolan, pl. fulgon, fúlon To make one's way, press to or from a place, get (lit. or fig.) Nú mé fealh on móde it has come into my mind, Gr. D. 17, 32. Hé hét rǽdan oð ðæt hé fulge on slǽpe he bade them read till he could get to sleep
bíg-nes
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Þæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum þurhwunað on norðsǽ, Guth. 20, 7. On liþa bígnyssum, 90, 21. Add
be-feallan
to fall ⬩ cadere ⬩ incidere ⬩ to fall off ⬩ cadere ab aliquo ⬩ deprived ⬩ bereft ⬩ orbatus ⬩ privatus
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to fall; cadere, incidere Án of ðám ne befylþ on eorþan unus ex illis non cadet super terram, Mt. Bos. 10, 29. Hie oft befeallaþ on micel yfel they often fall into great evil, Past. 40, 3 ; Hat. MS. 53 b, 8 : Cd. 18; Th. 21, 26; Gen. 330 : Lk. Bos. 10
fylgean
to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time
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Add: of movement, marking relative position Ꝥ ǽrre folc and ꝥ æfterre . . . wé synt þe þǽr æfter fylgeaþ, Bl. H. 81, 33. Seó menigo þe þǽr beforan férde and seó þe þǽr æfter fylgde, 71, 10. marking accompaniment Him fylgede mycel manigo þæs folces,
eges líc
Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus
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Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful; terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus Eorþscræf egeslíc a fearful cavern, Andr. Kmbl. 3174; An. 1590. Egeslíc æled eágsýne wearþ the terrible fire was visible to the eye, 3098; An. 1552:
EOLH
ELK ⬩ alces
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, wexeþ on wætere elk's sedge hath its place [earth] oftest in fen, waxeth in water, Hick.
or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 28 .
judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity
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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O. Frs., of a decision which follows an
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tóþ
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Add: v. cin-, elpend-, feng-tóþ
Granta-ceaster
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Ys sum fenn þæt onginneð fram Grante eá, náht feor fram þǽre cestre, ðǽre ylcan nama ys nemned Granteceaster est palus, quae a Grontae fluminis ripis incipiens haud procul a castello, quod dicunt nomine Gronte, Guth. Gr. 113, 3. Add
filmen
skin ⬩ membrane ⬩ scale ⬩ skin ⬩ shell ⬩ husk ⬩ a crack
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Take here examples given in Dict. under fylmen. of animal material, skin, membrane, scale Filmen (film̃ MS.) omentum, centipillium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 46. Se milte hæfð þynne filmene . . . and sió filmen biþ þeccende þá wambe, Lch. ii. 242, 14-17. Be
mórig
Marshy ⬩ fenny
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Marshy, fenny On mórium lande in locis palustribus, Gen. 41, 2
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páp-dóm
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The papacy Gregorius féng tó pápdóme, Chr. 592; Erl. 19, 33
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a-þierran
To wash off or away ⬩ rinse ⬩ make clean ⬩ purge ⬩ clear ⬩ diluere
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To wash off or away, rinse, make clean, purge, clear; diluere Hit is þearf, ðæt sió hond sié ǽr geclǽnsad, ðe wille ðæt fenn of óðerre aþierran necesse est ut esse munda studeat manus, quæ diluere sordes curat, Past. 13, 1 ; Hat. MS. 16 b, 8
íg
An island
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An island Wulf is on iége ic on óðerre fæst is ðæt églond fenne biworpen sindon wælreówe weras ðǽr on íge the wolf is on one island, I on another; closely is that island surrounded with fen, fierce men are there on the island, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 6
cwide-leás
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Gewát Eádríc ǽr Ælféh cwideleás, and Ælféh féng tó his lǽne, Cht. Th. 272, 20. Add