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hiw-leás

(adj.)
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hiw-leás, adj.

Wanting in form or in, colour

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hiwleáse hie beóþ how colourless the patients are, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 2

tídre

(adj.)
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tídre, tiédre, tédre, týdre, tiddre, tyddre, and tíder (? v. tidder, Hpt. Gl. 436, 59); adj.
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Gl. 436, 59. of immaterial things, frail, not lasting, fleeting lytel (fame) biþ, lǽne, tédre and bedǽled ǽlces gódes quam sit exilis et totius vacua ponderis, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 29.

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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H. 89, 15

Linked entry: for-nǽman

freónd

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His freónd him ætfeallað, oððe his feoh him ætbyrst. Wlfst. 142, 6. Ǽghwylcum men biþ leófre swá hæbbe holdra freónda má. Bl. H. 123, 1. Seó lícetung heora fieónda, 99, 33. gegæderaþ frínd and geféran, Bt. 21; F. 74, 38.

cúþ-líce

(adv.)
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H. 65, 14: 61, 30: 81, 3. Swá hwæt swá bið on marmstáne ic sóþlíce wyrce, and ic him cúðlíce tǽce, Hml. S. 36, 76. in a friendly manner Clipode seó wimman cúðlíce him tó, Jud. 4, 22. him cúðlíce sprǽcon . . .

ferþ-friðende

(v.; part.)
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ferþ-friðende, part. [friðian to protect]

Life-savingvītam servans

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Life-saving; vītam servans Forlét ferþfriðende wellan on gesceap þeótan he let his life-saving fountains be poured into a vessel, Exon. 109 b; Th. 419, 25; Rä. 39, 3

Linked entry: ferhþ-friðende

folc-stów

(n.)
Grammar
folc-stów, e; f.

A public placecountry placepublĭcus vel rustĭcus lŏcus

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A public place, country place; publĭcus vel rustĭcus lŏcus He ferde ge þurh mynsterstówe ge þurh folcstówe discurrĕre per urbāna et rustĭca lóca sŏlēbat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 27

Linked entry: folc

for-legenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-legenes, -legnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Fornicationfornĭcātio

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He swylce unalýfeddre forlegnesse and egeslícre wæs besmiten fornĭcātiōne pollūtus est tāli, Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 39

Linked entries: for-ligenes for-ligenes

forþ-becuman

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-becuman, -bicuman; p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen

To come forthproceedprocēdĕre

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To come forth, proceed; procēdĕre He gesyhþ fram hwylcum wyrttruman seó besmitenes forþbecom vĭdet a qua rādīce inquĭnātio illa processĕrit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 8: Ps. Th. 72, 6

Linked entry: forþ-bicuman

rád-stefn

(n.)
Grammar
rád-stefn, e; f.
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Gif þegen geþeáh ðæt þénode cyning, and his rádstefne rád on his híréde, L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 190, 19

sulh-hæbbere

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-hæbbere, es; m.
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One who holds a plough (cf. his sulh on handa hæfde, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 8), a ploughman Sulhhæbbere stibarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 24. v. next word

Linked entry: hæbbere

ymesene

(adj.)
Grammar
ymesene, (-séne?); adj.
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Sightless, blind Sum ymesene man mid wópe his fét gesóhte, biddende his hǽle. Laurentius mearcode ródetácen on ðæs blindan eágan, and ðǽrrihte beorhtlíce geseah, Homl. Th. i. 418, 22

á-cweccan

(v.)
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To quiver hine sylfne hetelíce ðýde, ðæt him on ácwehte, Hml. Th. i. 88, 10

and-fang

(n.)
Grammar
and-fang, es; m.
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acceptance Ꝥte hæbbe ondfong ðerh Godes milsæ on heofnum, Jn. Skt. p. 188, 10. in a personal sense. Cf. under-fang Andfang(a ?) appetitorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 17

ealning

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Ðú wuldres God ealning ábidde ꝥ þé ne forlǽte láðum tó handum, Dóm. L. 30, 28. Alning (ealling, v. l. ), Gr. D. 146, 8: 290, 14: 324, 11. Add

earme

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Judas wæs on ðǽra twelf apostola rím geteald ǽr hine sylfne swíðe earme and unlǽdlíce of ðǽre gemánan ealra Godes gecorenra ádwǽscte and ádílgode, Hml. A. 153, 48. Add

frófor-word

(n.)
Grammar
frófor-word, es; n.
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A word of consolation, consolatory talk nán fróforword ne onfó ne ne gehýre æt heora ǽniges múþe nec sermonem consolationis ex cujuslibet eorum ore percipiat, Gr. D. 344, 28

ge-hýþan

(v.)
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to plunder, spoil Hungor (the Pater Noster) gehídeð (áhýþeþ, v. l. [under á-hýþan this passage is wrongly translated]), helle gestrúdeð hunger it harries, hell lays waste, Sal. 73

Linked entry: hýþan

hirw-ness

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Ne ǽnig man ne gewunie þæt huxlíce onhisce, ne ðurh hyrwnesse (hyruw-, v. l. blasphemiam) God ne gegremie, Wlfst. 70, 12. Take here hyrw-ness in Dict., and add

sǽ-clif

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Swilce wylle weorþan uppe on sumum sǽclife, Solil. H. 45, 18. Add