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lǽmen

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽmen, adj.

earthen

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Made of clay, earthen Lǽmen fæt lagena, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 93; Wrt. Voc. 25, 33. Lémen fet vas fictile, Kent. Gl. 1001. Lǽmen crocca testa, Ps. Th. 21, 13. Lǽmen fæt a vessel of earth, Exon. 74 a; Th. 277, 2; Jul. 574 : L.

leðeren

(adj.)
Grammar
leðeren, liðeren, leðern, leðren; adj.

Leathernleather

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Leðren fæt scortia, 16; Som. 60, 75; Wrt. Voc. 25, 15. Liðerene trymsas asses corteas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 18. Lidrinae scorteas, Ep. Gl. 2 b, 10

Linked entry: liðeren

un-tóslegen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tóslegen, adj.

Not beaten to pieces

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Not beaten to pieces Þeáh ðæt scyp sí úte on ðære sǽ on ðám ýðum, hyt byð gesund untóslegen, gyf se streng áþolaþ, for ðam hys byð se óðer ende fæst on ðære eorðan and se óðer on ðam scype, Shrn. 175, 22

Linked entry: tó-sleán

seolfren

(adj.)
Grammar
seolfren, seolofren, seolfern, silfren, sylofren, sylfren; adj.
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Glæsen fæt on seolfrenre racenteáge, Blickl. Homl. 209, 4. In seolfren fæt belúcan. Elen. Kmbl. 2050; El. 1026. Hafaþ silfren (seolofren, MS. B.) leáf, Salm. Kmbl. 129; Sal. 64. Nim mínne sylfrenan læfyl. Gen. 44, 2 : Bd. 1. 25 ; S. 487, 3.

myne

Grammar
myne, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Wæs eall heora myne fæst on tóhopunge þæs écean Drihtnes, Hml. S. 23, 155. a memorial, memory Þá ðá hǽðenan menn crístendómes leóman mid ealle ádwǽscan woldon, and ǽlcne myne ofer eorðan ádýlgian, Hml. S. 23, 11

scyte

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D. 114, 34. v. fǽr-, wáse-scyte

fyrd-getrum

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-getrum, es; n. [getrum a band]

A martial bandcompany of soldiersagmencŏhors

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Héht his herecist healdan georne, fæst fyrdgetrum he bade his warlike band, the firm company, bear them boldly, 151; Th. 189, 1; Exod. 178

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fǽttian

(v.)

anoint

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Fǽt geworden wes and faettade pinguis factus est et incrassavit, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 193, 11. to make fat, anoint Ðú faettades in ele heáfud mín inpinguasti in oleo caput meum, Ps. Srt. 22, 5

nafu

(n.)
Grammar
nafu, e; f. : nafa (?), an; m.

A nave

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Fæst on ðære nafe, 222, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12

Linked entry: nafa

fore-bod

(n.)
Grammar
fore-bod, es; n.

preachingprohibition

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Him forebod cóm fram eallum Rómánum ꝥ hé ꝥ fær beginnan móste, ne him swá gecwéme folc gefaran, Lch. iii. 434, 3

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riht-gefég

(n.)
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26

Linked entry: ge-fég

rúm

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm, adj.
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</b> of degree :-- Micel rúmes fæces tódál larga spatiosę intercapedinis differentia, An. Ox. 1180. add: free from occupation Ðisra stafa tácna wé wyllað on rúmran fæce geswutelian, Angl. viii. 328, 11.

eln-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
eln-gemet, es; n.

An ell-measure, the length of an ell, two feet? cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra

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cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra Ðæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd, þrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta make the vessel fifty wide, thirty high, three hundred long, of ell measures, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 10; Gen. 1309. and III

fer

(n.)
Grammar
fer, es; n.

a goingjourneyitera vesselshipnāvis

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V. fær; n

læpeldre

(n.)

a dishplatter

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a dish, platter Læpeldre fæt paropsis vel catinus, Ælfc. Gl. 26; Som. 60, 89; Wrt. Voc. 25, 29. Se ðe bedypþ on disce mid mé his hláf on læpeldre qui intingit mecum manum in parapside [Mt. 26, 23], Homl. Th. ii. 244, 4

ge-þweran

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Fela henne ǽgru gesleá on án fæt, geþwere þonne and þicge, and gemenge ǽr wið flétan, Lch. ii. 264, 25. Geþworen (printed -þroren) flýte lectidiclatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 72: lactudiclum, 52, 6.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Add: of human beings. a parent Þonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ ꝥ his ful leóf fæder gefærþ, ne mæg ꝥ ná beón ꝥ þá bearn þe unblíþran ne sýn, Bl. H. 131, 24. Þæs fæder and þǽre módor mægen, 163, 25. Hwæðer þára twégra dyde þæs fæder (fadres, L., fæderes, R

ælmes-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
ælmes-georn, adj.

Diligent in giving almsbenevolentbeneficusliberalis

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Diligent in giving alms, benevolent; beneficus, liberalis Sum biþ ár-fæst and ælmesgeorn one is honest and diligent in giving alms, Exon. 79a; Th. 297, 13; Crä. 67.

forþ-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-heald, -heold; adj.

Bent forwardinclined downwardsstoopingincurvusprōnusproclīvus

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He lang fæc forþheald licgende wæs aliquandiu prōnus jăcens, 4, 31; S. 610, 14. Forþheold proclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39. Forðhald ł gebeged inclinata. Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 11

Linked entries: forþ-heold heald

cínu

(n.)
Grammar
cínu, e; f.

A chink, fissurerima, fissura

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Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál ðæt ðǽr nán cínu on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that there was no chink seen in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22