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ferh

(n.)
Grammar
ferh, gen. fetes; dat. inst. fere; n. m.

Lifevīta

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Life; vīta Ferh ellen wræc power drove out life, Beo. Th. 5406; B. 2706. He fromne ferdrinc fere beserode he deprived the brave warrior of life, Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22. Ealne wídan ferh to all eternity, Exon, 44 b; Th. 151, 3; Gú. 789

firne

(n.)
Grammar
firne, crime,
  • Cd. 227
  • ;
  • Th. 305, 3
  • ;
  • Sat. 641
; dat.
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of firen

un-gemetgung

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemetgung, e; f.

Want of moderationexcessintemperance

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Ðý læs ðæt innegeðonc sié gebunden ðære heortan for ðære ungemetgunge ðæs ymbehogan ðæra úterra ðinga ( per moderatam cordis intentionem non impeditur ), Past. 18; Swt. 141, 8

un-trum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trum, adj.

Weaksickillinfirm

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Nǽnig næs tó ðæs untrum, ðæt hé sóna hǽlo ne onfénge, 223, 23. Ðæt flǽsc is untrum caro infirma est, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 41. Man hwylcne dǽl his hrægles tó untruman men bróhte, ðæt hé wearð hál geworden, Blickl. Homl. 223, 25.

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Hé wæs án ðara twelfa (án of ðǽm twelfum, Lind.), Jn. Skt. 6, 71. Án of eów twelfum (ðǽm twelfum, Lind.), Mk. Skt. 14, 20. Hé ætýwde him twelfum (ðǽm tuoelfum, Lind.), 16, 14. Ðú ús twelfe trymman ongunne, Andr. Kmbl. 2837; An. 1421.

Linked entry: endleofan

be-neoðan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-neoðan, be-nyðan; prep. dat. [be, neoðan under]

BENEATHbelowunderinfra

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BENEATH, below, under; infra Hió biþ swíðe fior hire selfre beneoðan she is very far beneath herself Bt. Met. Fox 20, 444; Met. 20, 222. Gif se sconca biþ þyrel beneoðan cneówe if the shank be pierced beneath the knee L. Alf. pol. 63; Th. i. 96, 16,

gísel

(n.)
Grammar
gísel, gýsel; gen. gísles; dat. gísle; m.

A pledgehostageobses

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A pledge, hostage; obses Gýsel obses, Wrt. Voc. 72, 63: Byrht. Th. 139, 36; By. 265. Bútan ánum Bryttiscum gísle except one British hostage, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 8. Ecgferþ wæs to gísle geseald Ecgfrid obses tenebatur, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 26. Ðú eádige

Linked entry: gýsel

lǽþan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽþan, to cause to be hateful, cause a person (dat.)
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to shun Eal þæt hé forbeóde and his gingrum lǽþe omnia que discipulis docuerit esse contraria R. Ben. 11, 18

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shewguidedirectto shewshewpoint putguidedirectindicate

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Se ðǽm heaðo-rincum hider wísade, 746 ; B. 370. Him seleþegn forð wísade, 3595 ; B. 1795. Ðæt heáfod sceal wísian ðǽm fótum, ðæt hié stæppen on ryhtne weg. Past. 18 ; Swt. 131, 24.

Linked entry: riht-wísian

ge-helpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helpan, p. -healp, -heolp, pl. -hulpon; pp. -holpen; gen. dat.

To assistpreserveto be sufficientadjuvaresubveniresuppetere

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Ðæt wíf, ðe eówrum lífe geheolp the woman who preserved your life, Jos. 6, 22. He wolde gehelpan ðearfum he wished to help needy people, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 226

Linked entry: ge-heolp

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lightingshiningillumination

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Ðæt ða gesceaftu gesewenlíce wurdon þurh ðæs dæges líhtinge, Hexam, 4; Norm. 8, 3. Líhtunge coruscationes, Ps. Spl. T. 76, 18

Linked entries: a-líhting leóhting

geóguþ-feorh

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ-feorh, geógoþ-feorh; gen. -feores; dat. -feore; n. [geóguþ youth, feorh life]

Youthful life, youthjuventus

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Youthful life, youth; juventus Sumum ðæt gegongeþ on geóguþfeore, ðæt se endestæf weálíc weorþeþ it happens to one in youthful life that the end is miserable, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 1; Vy. 10: Beo. Th. 5321; B. 2664.

Linked entry: geógoþ-feorh

crundel

(n.)
Grammar
crundel, crundol, crundul; gen. crundeles, crundles; dat. crundle, crundelle; m.

a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them tumulus

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Yet the following example in this same vol. proves that a crundel could not be a meadow through which a stream flows, as it was on a hill On ðæt crundel to the barrow Cod. Dipl. 1283; Kmbl. vi. 120, 8.

Linked entry: morþ-crundel

ǽlc-hwega

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽlc-hwega, -hugu

every

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every Ðæt ic hwelcnehugu (ǽlcne-, Cott. MS.) dǽil gesecge Alexandres dǽda, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 13

Linked entry: hwega

feówerþe-móder

(n.)
Grammar
feówerþe-móder, indecl. in sing; but dat, sing. -méder; pl. nom. acc. -módra; gen. -módra; dat. -módrum; f.

A great-great-grandmotherăbăvia

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A great-great-grandmother; ăbăvia, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 13; Wrt. Voc. 51, 58

ofer-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-eáca, an; m.

an over-plus, a surplus, what remains over when apart has been takenan addition, augmentation

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Wé niman eall ðæt hé áge, and niman ǽrest ðæt ceápgyld of ðam yrfe, and dǽle man syððan ðone ofereácan on .ii., L. Ath. v. 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 16: v. 6, 1; Th. i. 232, 28: v. 6, 3; Th. i. 234, 6. Ðæs geáres ofereácan fæste hé reliquum anni jejunet, L.

un-rótness

(n.)
Grammar
un-rótness, e; f.

Sadnesssorrowtroublegloominess

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Ic hit wiste be sumum dǽle, ac mé hæfde ðiós unrótnes ámerredne, ðæt ic hit hæfde mid ealle forgiten; and ðæt is eác mínre unrótnysse se mǽsta dǽl, ðæt ... eaque mihi etsi ob injuriae dolorem nuper oblita, non tamen ante hac prorsus ignorata dixisti;

Linked entry: rótness

Baðan

(n.; prep.)
Grammar
Baðan, [dat. pl. of bæþ a bath, q. v.], Baðan-ceaster; g. -ceastre; acc. -ceastre, -ceaster; f.

The city of Bath, SomersetshireBathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi

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In illa famosa urbe, quæ nominatur calidum balneum, ðæt is æt ðæm hátum baðum, Cod. Dipl. 290: A.D. 864; Kmbl. ii. 80, 8.

winter-wille

(n.)
Grammar
winter-wille, an; f.
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Of ðǽm stáne, ðæt on winterwellan; of ðǽre wellan, ðæt on þeófdene, C. D. iii. 394, 7. Cf. winter-burna

ælmesse

alms, what is given in charitya charitable actionan offering

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Ðætdæg-hwámlíce dǽlan ælmessan be ðám dǽle ðe ǽlcum men tó onhagige, þeáh hit ne sý bútan feórðan dǽl ánes hláfes, Wlfst. 238, 26. Wé lǽrað ðæt preóstas swá dǽlan folces ælmessan ðæt hig . . . folc tó ælmessan gewænian.