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FÍC

(n.)
Grammar
FÍC, es; m.

Figthe fruit of the fig-treefīcusa disease so called, the pileshemorrhoidsfīcus

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a Fig, the fruit of the fig-tree; fīcus: found at present only in the following compounds in the sense of a tree or fruit, etc. — fíc-æppel, -beám, -leáf, -treów. a disease so called, the piles, hemorrhoids; fīcus Wið seóndum ómum, ðæt is fíc for running

for-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sittan, he -siteþ; p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten

To mis-sitto be absent fromneglectdelaydeferdiminishobstructbesiegeabesse aneglĭgĕresupersĕdēredesĕrĕrepræstruĕreobsĭdēre

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To mis-sit, to be absent from, neglect, delay, defer, diminish, obstruct, besiege; abesse a, neglĭgĕre, supersĕdēre, desĕrĕre, præstruĕre, obsĭdēre Be ðon ðe gemót forsitte of him who is absent from the council, L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 25, 26. Be

GÁD

(n.; int.)
Grammar
GÁD, gǽd, es; n ?

A lackwantdesiredefectuspēnūriadesīdĕriumappĕtītus

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A lack, want, desire; defectus, pēnūria, desīdĕrium, appĕtītus Ðæt ðám géngum þrým gád ne wǽre wiste ne wǽde that there should be no lack of food or clothing to the three youths, Cd. 176; Th. 222, 10; Dan. 102 : Elen. Kmbl. 1981; El. 992. Ne biþ ðé ǽnigra

hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
hyldan, heldan; p. de; trans.and intrans.

To bendinclineheeltilt

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To bend, incline, heel, tilt Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíðe fæstlíce ðæt heó ne helt on náne healfe thou hast fixed earth very firmly, so that it does not incline to any side, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 36. Heldeþ, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 327; Met. 20, 164. Hylde hine

Linked entries: heldan hylde hyldere

midde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
midde-weard, adj.

Mid-wardmiddle of

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Mid-ward, middle of (the noun with which the word agrees) Middeweard hand vola vel tenar vel ir, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 54. Middewærd lencten vel foreweard lencten ver novum, 53, 26. Middeweard hit mæg bión þrítig míla brád oððe brádre Norway may be thirty

néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to doto dare to doto venture

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To have courage to do, to dare to do, to venture Néþeþ hwílum meówle ðæt heó on mec grípeþ the maiden has at times the courage to lay hold on me, Exon. Th. 407, 15; Rä. 26, 5. Néðde ðǽr ic Neron beswác I dared to go where I deceived Nero, 260, 24; Jul

Linked entry: ge-néðan

ge-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorpan, -worpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to throwcastjacereprojicereto turn one's self awaygo awaydepartpass byavertiabiretransire

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to throw, cast; jacere, projicere Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo, swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan they have an entrance of so much breadth, as one can throw with a sling, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11. Drihten hí gewyrpþ mid grine the Lord will cast a snare

Linked entry: ge-worpan

Boéties

(n.)
Grammar
Boéties, Boótes; m. Boätes; Bŏōtēs, æ; m. [ = βoώτηs, oυ; m. a ploughman, from βoυs an ox].

The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs

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The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, Similar entries v. arctos the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs Hwá ne

ge-cynde

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

Naturalinnateinborngenialnatūrālisinnātusingĕnĭtusingĕnuus

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Natural, innate, inborn, genial; natūrālis, innātus, ingĕnĭtus, ingĕnuus Gif se weorþscipe ðam wélan gecynde wǽre if dignity were natural to wealth, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 25, Swá him gecynde wæs as was natural to him, Beo. Th. 5386; B. 2690 : Bt. 36, 4;

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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to swell up Þindeþ him se milt his milt swells up, Lchdm. ii. 232, 11. Þint sió lifer, 198, 23. Gif innop þinde, i. 354, 1. Þindan, Exon. Th. 431, 17; Rä. 46, 2. Se streám ongan tó þindende ongeán swilce hit wǽre án heáh dún ( ad instar montis intumescentes

Linked entry: a-þindan

þracu

(n.)
Grammar
þracu, gen. þræce; f.
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not in a bad sense, power, force Þracu (-a, MS.) wæs on óre, heard handplega, hægsteald módige, wígend unforhte, Cd. Th. 198, 22; Exod. 326. Sigores tácn wið þeóda þræce a token of victory against the power of nations, Elen. Kmbl. 369; El. 185. Se cásere

Linked entries: ge-þracen þrece

un-sǽlþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-sǽlþ, e; f.

Unhappinessmisfortunemisery

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Unhappiness, misfortune, misery Ðæt is seó mǽste unsǽlð on ðís andweardan lífe, ðæt mon ǽrest weorþe gesǽlig and æfter ðam ungesǽlig in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum genus est infortunii, fuisse felicem, Bt. 10; Fox 26, 30. Him wǽre ealra

Linked entries: ge-sǽlþ un-gesǽlþ

á-cólian

(v.)
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Add: lit. Ðæt se líg in him sylfum ácólode ( refrigesceret ), Gr. D. 48, 10. Seó hǽto ðæs fýres ácólode, Hml. S. 30, 451. Se ofon ácólode sóna, Shrn. 31, 22. Ðú ðíne fét léte in deáðe ácólian, Angl. xii. 508, 15. Gif wund on men ácólod sý, Lch. i. 194

án-gild

Grammar
án-gild, l. án-gilde,
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and substitute for the passages from the laws the following Á sié ꝥ wíte .LX. sciłł. oð ꝥ ángylde áríse tó .XXX. sciłł.; siþþan hit tó þám áríse, ꝥ ángylde, siþþan sié ꝥ wíte .CXX. sciłł., Ll. Th. i. 68, 3-5. Þolie hé his ángyldes (-gildes , v. l. )

bold

a dwellinga town

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Add: a dwelling Þǽr wæs ðá kyninges bold (uilla regia), hét Eádwine þǽr cyrican timbrian, on Donafelda, þá þá hǽðenan mid ealle þí bolde [boðle, v. l.] forbærndon . . . For ðám þá æftercyningas him bold (uillam) worhton on ðám lande þe Loides hátte,

fore

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fore, adv.

in frontat the headbefore

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Substitute: local (lit. or fig.), in front, at the head, as chief Fore tó yrnenne prodeundi, Scint. 224, 7. Eorðcyningas þe folcum hér fore wísien kings that, placed at their head, direct the peoples, Ps. Th. 148, 11. temporal, before Fore ic cueð ł

ge-bisnung

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Add: — Leóde geneósian, and mid láre and gebysnunge þæs sóþan geleáfan and mid þweále fulluhtes geclǽnsian, Lch. iii. 434, 1. Beón eádmóde æfter his gebysnunge (-bisnunge, v. l.), Hml. A. 10, 258. Hé Crístes gebysnunge geefenlǽhte, Hml. Th. ii. 34, 15

ge-ner

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Add: refuge, safety, asylum Sý þú mé on húse generes esto mihi in domum refugii, Ps. L. 30, 3. Hý sceoldon fægnian, þonne hý on genere wǽron, Ps. Th. 39, arg. Betere wé faran ús intó þám niycclan scræfe . . . and ðǽr wé magon on genere wunian, Hml. S

ge-risenlíce

(adv.)
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Add: - I. suitably, appropriately Hwá mseg þá nú, þe ic beeóde, gerisenlícor tóweorpan bonne ic sylfa yuis ea, quae colui, aptiusquam ipse destruámf, Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 168. 3. Hwilc biscop . . gehálgad wǽre, ꝥ we on ðysse æfterfylgendan béc gerisenlícur

ge-þæf

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Add: not wishing for change Éþhelde vel geþæf contentus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 2. Gif munuc eáðhylde biþ and geþæf, þeáh híne man wácne talige si omni Militate contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 3. not wishing change in something, with gen. Hú hé his