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nefa

(n.)
Grammar
nefa, an; m.

a nephewneposa grandsona step-son

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Heó wæs Édwines nefan ( nepotis ) dohtor, Bd. 4. 23; S. 593, 2. Hé swylces hwæt secgan wolde eám his nefan, Beo. Th. 1766; B. 881. a grandson Nefena bearnum pronepotibus, filiis nepotum, Hpt. Gl. 426, 50.

ge-cyndelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cyndelíc, adj. [cyndelíc natural]

Naturalaccording to naturenatūrālis

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Gecyndelíce dohtor fīlia natūrālis, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 21. Gecyndelíces gódes of natural good, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 100, 4. Hí nán gecyndelíc gód on him selfum nabbaþ they have no natural good in themselves, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 30 : 27, 4; Fox 100, 18.

Linked entry: ge-cundelíc

ge-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. feallen

To fallcaderedecidere

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Sóðlíce ðín dóhtor gefeól on swégcræft, ac heó næfþ hine ná wel geleornod thy daughter indeed has attempted [?] music, but she has not learnt it well, 16, 23

ge-sweostren

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sweostren, adj.
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Gesustrenu consobrini, i. 52, 5. sisters Twégra bróþor oþþe twégra gesweosterna (swustra, gesweostra v. ll. ) sunu and dohtor duorum fratrum vel duarum sororum jilius et flia, Bd. 1. 27 ; Sch. 69, 3.

Linked entry: ge-swystren

morgen-gifu

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Nabbe gé (the suitors for the speaker's daughter) ná gódne tíman áredodne . . . ac . . . áwrítað eówre naman on gewrite and hire morgengife, þonne ásænde ic þá gewrita mínre dohtor ꝥ heó sylf geceóse hwilcne eówer heó wille, Ap. Th. 20, 7 [v. N. E.

á-cennan

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His ácænnedan dohtor, Ap. Th. 24, 19. of things Ácennede exorti (flores ), An. Ox. 549. where the product is different, of men Ácende edidit (opera ), An. Ox. 2316. of things Ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind ácænð, Lch. iii. 276, 7.

Linked entry: on-cennan

fætels

Grammar
fætels, l. fǽtels and (?) fǽtel,

a vessela bag

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Deáðes dohtor and deófles fǽtels, Hml. S. 2, 175. a bag Ne fætels non peram, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 44: 60, 48. Fǽtel, 73, 56. In fǽtelsum in sitharciis, 45, 79. Twá hund mittan meluwes on fǽtelsum (on saccum in saccis, Gr. D. 145, 27), Hml.

cwén

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</b> a king's daughter :-- Þæs cynges dohtor cwæð: 'Ic gife þé . . .' Ðis weará þus gedón æfter þǽre cwéne hǽse . . . þá men ealle grétton þone cyngc and ðá cwéne . . . Apollonius cwæð: 'Ðú góda cyngc . . . and þú cwén.'

meówle

(n.)
Grammar
meówle, an; f.

A maiddamselvirginwoman

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Ceorles dóhtor, módwlonc meówle, 107 a; Th. 407, 18; Rä. 26, 7. Freólícu meówle a damsel fair, 124 b; Th. 479, 2; Rä. 62, 1. Marian, mǽrre meówlan, 14 a; Th. 28, 13; Cri. 446. In wífes lufan, fremdre meówlan, 80 b; Th. 302, 20; Fä. 39.

ge-eácnung

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Add: conceiving, conception. in active sense Þá æfter þan wǽron gefylde nigan mónað hire geeácnunge, þá cende Anna hyre dohtor, Hml. As. 125, 282. Þ hé bodige hire geeácnunge, Bl.

ánga

(n.)
Grammar
ánga, ǽnga, énga, m; ánge , f. n; def. adj.

one and no moreonlysolesinglesingularunicusullusquisquamanyevery oneallquisque

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Ðú eart dóhtor mín ánge for eorþan thou art my only daughter on earth, 67a; Th. 248, 13; Jul. 95.

un-maga

(n.)
Grammar
un-maga, an; m.: un-magu; f.

a person without meansa needy persona person who cannot maintain himselfone who is dependent upon others

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Spl. 36, 15. a person who cannot maintain himself, one who is dependent upon others Mardocheus hæfde Hester for dohtor, for ðan hire deád wæs ge fæder ge módor, ðá ðá heó unmagu (-maga, v.l. ) wæs, Homl. Ass. 94, 86.

Linked entry: un-mægness

EÁCAN

(v.)
Grammar
EÁCAN, p. eóc, pl. eócon; pp. eácen, écen

To be increased, augmented, enlarged, indued augēri, increscĕre

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Is dóhtor mín eácen, upliden my daughter is magnified, exalted, Exon. 109 a; Th. 416, 13; Rä. 34, 11

Linked entry: ǽcen

lícham-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líc [cf. cognates under líc-hama]; adj.

Bodilycorporealmaterialcarnal

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Hyre líchomlíce dóhtor filia ipsius carnalis, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 3. His lícumlíce untrumness corporea infirmitas, 4, 1; S. 564, 5. Oswald hæfde lícumlícre yldo xxxvii wintra anno ætatis suæ trigesimo octavo, 3, 9; S. 533, 53.

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Bráda hátte wæs gebúr tó Hǽðfelda, and Hwíte hátte ðæs Brádan wíf, wæs gebúres dohtor tó Hǽðfelda, 212, 15-17. Cynelm hátte Cénwaldes fæder, wæs gebúr intó Hæðfelda, and Manna hátte Cénwaldes sunu, sit æt Wádtúne under Eádwolde, 26.

Linked entry: ge-býr

twelf-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-wintre, adj.
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Hé hæfde áne dohtor neán twelfwintre filia unica erat illi fere annorum duodecim, Lk. Skt. 8, 42. Man ne sparige nánan þeófe ofer .xii. pæningas and ofer .xii.

inne

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(ii) relative :-- Hé eóde intó ðám búre þár his dohtor inne wæs, Ap. Th. 22, 18: Jud. 45: Bl. H. 217, 25.

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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His gingran dohtor hé nolde búton hæftniéde habban parvulas filias crudeli captivitate retinebat, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 19. On þám hæftnéde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 21. Ic on hæftnýd hider gelǽd wæs I was brought here into captivity, Hml. S. 30, 345.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

eáster

(n.)
Grammar
eáster, eástor; gen. eástres; pl. nom. acc. eástro; gen. eástrena; dat. eástron, eástran [ = eástrum]; n: eástre, an; n.

the passover, paschal lamb pascha

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Wæs ðære ylcan nihte ðara hálgan Eástrena ðæt seó cwén cende dóhtor ðæm cyninge it was on that same holy night of Easter, that the queen bore to the king a daughter, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 28. Æfter twám dagum beóþ eástro post bĭduum pascha fiet. Mt.

Linked entries: eóster éster

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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Putifares dohtor ðæs sacerdes of ðære byryg, Gen. 41, 45. Hé slóh ðæs sacerdes(héhsacerdas, Lind. Rush.) þeów, Mk. Skt. 14, 47. Ða word ðæs sacerdes vox praedicatoris, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 163, 1. Ðone clǽnan sacerd ( Christ ), Exon.