fæst-heald
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Having fast hold, firmly joined, firmly cemented Hí swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, and ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 423
fen
mud ⬩ mire ⬩ dirt ⬩ fen
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Swá se hrefen þurh þá fennas upp áflígeð, swá þú him æfter rów, Guth. 50, 10
fenester
A window
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Ꝥ wæter becóm upp tó þám fenestrum (ad fenestras), 220, 15, 22
feng-tóþ
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Th. i. 94, 11, on which this passage is founded where the word wongtoþ is used), Schmid. 426, 18
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fen-ýce
A snail ⬩ tortoise
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A snail (?), tortoise (?) Fænúcæ testudo (cf. limax snægl, testudo gehúsed snægl, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 5; lumbricus rénwyrm, chelio, testudo sǽsnǽl, 32), Txts. 100, 997. Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra, regnwyrm, and fenýce fóre hreðre lumbricus et limax et
feóndulf
A felon ⬩ villain
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A felon, villain Feóndulf furcifer, furca dignus, Germ. 396, 317. Substitute:
feorh-lege
death
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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.
feówertigeda
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Add: alone Wé sceolon under þǽm feówerteóþan geríme (during Lent) syllan þone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda, Bl. H. 35, 18.
flot-man
a seaman ⬩ sailor ⬩ a pirate
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Ox. 4039. used of the Scandinavians ravaging England: Engle tó swýðe geyrgde, and flotmen swá strange, Wlfst. 162, 16. Þas flotmenn cumað and þé cucenne gebindað . . . ofslægene fram þysum flotmannum, Hml. S. 32, 70, 77.
flówing
A flowing ⬩ flux
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A flowing, flux Wíf sum wæs in flówing (fluxu) blódes. . . Astód ꝥ flówing (fluxus) blódes, Lk. L. 8, 43, 44. Flówing fluxum Mt. L. 9, 20
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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Ðú forcerdes úsic on bec avertisti nos retrorsum, 43, 11. to turn in a wrong direction, pervert, subvert Ðú bist forcerred subverteris, Ps. Srt. 17, 27. Cneóris forcerredu natio perversa, ii. p. 191, 40.
Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran
for-dyttan
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Hí fordytton ǽlc fær upp tó þám muntum praeoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium, Hml. A. 104, 70. Fordytte ꝥ eáre mid þǽre wulle, Lch. ii. 42, 25: 44, 3. Hé hét fordyttan þæs scræfes múð mid weorcstánum, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 26.
for-gíman
to neglect ⬩ to neglect ⬩ to disregard
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Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, 326, 24. Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte, ne forða músfellan, Angl. ix. 265, 7. to neglect to do (dat. infin.)
fird
an expedition ⬩ campaign ⬩ an army ⬩ a camp
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Fyrde, 993; P. 127, 27. regulations concerning the fird (see, too, the compounds): Gif þisses hwæt gelimpe þenden fyrd úte sié, hit sié twybóte, Ll. Th. i. 88, ii.
firdian
march
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Take here passages under flerdian, fyrdian, and add: To go on an expedition, march, be on active service Swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác, Wlíst. 106, 28. used of a leader Fyrdode (mid fierde férde, v.l. /
firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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S. 30, 300, Hí lágon úte on fyrdinge ongeán þone here, Chr. 1006; P. 136, 16. figurative: pá concurrentes gehwyrfað mid sóðre fyrdunge, ꝥ ys mid fullum gesceáde, Angl. viii. 302, 30. an expedition: Se cásere his fyrdinge geendode. Hml. S. 28, 118.
first
a rafter ⬩ a ceiling
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Fyrst on húse hoc tignum uel tigillum, An. Ox. 183, 92. Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð . . . and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9
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flége
a ship
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a ship Floege ł lyttel scipp óeth;er ne uæs ðér nauicula alia non erat ibi, Jn. L. R. 6, 22. [From Scandinavian (?), Cf. Icel. fley a ship.]
flíming
A fugitive ⬩ an exile ⬩ outlaw
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A fugitive, a banished person, an exile, outlaw Flými[u]g profugus i. expulsus. An. Ox. 2965
flíte
cream
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Fléte(-i, -u) verberalrum, Txts. 10J, 2100. Fléte crama, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 48: 15, 46. Fleóte, 136, 58. Geþuorne flete (-i) lectidiclatum, Txts. 75, 1205. Geþworen flýte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 72: lactndiclum, 52, 6.
Linked entry: flot-smere