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fiðru

(n.)
Grammar
fiðru, wings,
  • Exon. 60a
    • ;
  • Th. 218, 20
    • ;
  • Ph. 297: 65a
    • ;
  • Th. 241, 7
    • ;
  • Ph. 652
; pl. nom. acc.
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of fiðere

wer-lád

(n.)
Grammar
wer-lád, e; f. A 'lád' (q. v.) in which the number of those who supported the accused by their oaths is determined by the 'wer' of the accused. [See passages under wer, <b>IV,</b> wer-gild, <b>III,</b> and L. H. I. 64, 4; Th. i. 566, 18: Si quis de homicidio accusetur, et idem se purgare velit, secundum natale suum perneget, quod est werelada.]
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Búton hé geládige hine mid werláde, L. C. S. 39; Th. i. 400, 1. ¶ the equivalent Latin forms werelada negare or pernegare occur several times in L. H. I.; see 12, 3; Th. i. 523, 7: 66, 1; Th. i. 569, 4: 74, 1; Th. i. 578, 22: 92, 14; Th. i. 604, 14. Other

Linked entry: lád

dyrre

(v.)
Grammar
dyrre, durst, Beo. Th. 2763; B. 1379; subj. pres.
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of durran

fleág

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleág, flew,
  • Exon. 46a
    • ;
  • Th. 157, 9
    • ;
  • Gú. 889
    • ;
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p. of fleógan

Ealdulfes næs

(n.)
Grammar
Ealdulfes næs, Chr. 1052; Th. 321, 10. v. Eádulfes næs.

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helle-dor

Grammar
helle-dor,
  • Exon. 121 a; Th. 464, 14; Hö. 87.

helle-þegn

Grammar
helle-þegn,
  • Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 14; Gú. 1042.

eár

(prep.)
Grammar
eár, before. Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1.

Similar entry: ǽr

ge-hropen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hropen, Ps. Th. 17, 15. v. ge-hreosan; I.

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ǽ-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽ-hwǽr, = ǽg-hwǽr,
  • Ps. Th. 88, 31
    • .

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gyt-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
gyt-feorm, [?],
  • L. R. S. 21
    • ;
  • Th. i. 440, 26
    • .

nealles

(adv.)
Grammar
nealles, nalles, nallæs, nallas, nales, nalæs, nalas; adv.

Not ⬩ not at all

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Not, not at all Grammar nealles, in the second clause of a sentence. Ðonne telle ic ða weorþ-mynd ðæm wyrhtan, nealles ðé I ascribe the honour to the maker, not to thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 19 note. Swá sceal mǽg dón, nealles inwitnet óðrum bregdan, Beo

Linked entry: nalas

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for

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To suffer Ic ðrowige patior, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Zup. 286, 9. to suffer as opposed to to act Verbum ys word ... getácniende oððe sum ðing tó dónne oððe sum ðing tó þrowigenne oððe náðor, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 119, 10. to suffer what is painful. Grammar þrowian

Linked entry: a-þrówian

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, The Latin original of the passage is: Si pueritia, si adolescentia, si iuuentus eorum exstitit sine querela . . . qualis esse potuit eorum senectus?, Archiv cxxii. 247, 10-13.

cwýst

Grammar
cwýst, sayest, speakest, Homl. Th. i. 424, 9, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

Linked entry: cweðs ðú lá

elnes

(n.)
Grammar
elnes, of strength. Beo. Th. 3063; B. 1529; gen.
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of ellen

eótonisc

(adj.)
Grammar
eótonisc, Beo. Th. 5225; B. 2616: 5950; B. 2979.

Similar entry: eótenisc

feaht

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feaht, fought, Byrht. Th. 139, 14; By. 254; p.
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of feohtan

feáwera

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

feóllon

(v.)
Grammar
feóllon, fell,
  • Beo. Th. 2089
    • ;
  • B. 1042
    • ;
p. pl.
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of feallan

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