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un-brýce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brýce, adj. (or subst.?)

Uselessunprofitable

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Nyle hé ða dærstan him dón unbrýce faex ejus non est exinanita, Ps. Th. 74, 8. [But calleth hym yn the gospel ryche, As unkynde and unbryche, Halliwell's Dict. Goth. unbrúkjai skalkós servi inutiles, Lk. 17, 10.]

Linked entry: un-briéce

wundor-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-cræft, es; m.

wondrous skillgreat cunningmiraculous power

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wondrous skill, great cunning Hé lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét wundorcræfte, Exon. Th. 277, 4; Jul. 575. miraculous power Hé cyninges bróðor áwehte wundor-cræfte þurh Dryhtnes miht, ðæt hé of deáðe árás, Apstls. Kmbl. 110; Ap. 55.

ge-temian

(v.)
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Ð áne mihtest getemian ꝥ pound; míre andetnysse leóht-fæt sceolde ácwyncan, Hml. S. 23, 810

fliéte

(n.)
Grammar
fliéte, an; f.

Creamcurdsflos lactiscoagŭlum

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Dó on ðæt fæt swá fela swá ðara fliétna ðǽron clifian mǽge put into the vessel as much of the curds as may cleave thereon, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 20

croc-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
croc-wyrhta, crocc-wyrhta, -wirhta, an; m.

A crockworkerpotter figulusluti figulus

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Fæt crocwirhtan vel tygelwirhtan vas figuli Ps. Lamb. 2, 9

sweofot

(n.)
Grammar
sweofot, es; n.
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Hé ( the panther ) þreó nihta fæc swefeþ on sweofote, slǽpe gebiesgad, Exon. Th. 358, 1; Pa. 39. Ðonne hé selþ gecorenum his swefetu (cf. fhe use of swefen in pl.) ł slǽp cum dederit dilectis suis somnum, Ps. Lamb. 126, 3

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fiþer-scíte

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Án fæt fýðerscýte and brád, Hml. S. 10, 85. Gefégde feoþersctte quadratur (durus scopulus calcis compage), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 68. Fiþerscýtes quadrati, An. Ox. 1702. On fiþerscítum dǽle in quadratapagina, 1589. On þám fyðerscýtum stánum, Hml.

æle-wealdend

(adj.)

almighty

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almighty Ælewealdend fæder cuncti parens, Germ. 401, 128

un-stillness

Grammar
un-stillness, <b>. V.</b>
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Add Sé færð and fandað þissera fíf andgita, sé ðe þurh fyrwitnysse and unstilnysse hí áspent on unnyt, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 2.

gearcian

(v.)
Grammar
gearcian, gærcian; p. ode; pp. od [gearo ready]

To preparemake readyprocurefurnishsupplypărārepræpărāreappărāreexhĭbērepræbēre

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On him gearcode fæt deáþes in eo părāvit vāsa mortis, 7, 14 : Gen. 19, 3

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féster

(n.)

foodnourishment

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food, nourishment, foster-, in the compounds féster-bearn, -fæder, -man, -módor

stride

(n.)
Grammar
stride, es; m.
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A stride, pace Faeðm vel tuegen stridi passus Txts. 85, 1510

fæstnes

stabilitytenacityresolutionvigourfirmness

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Similar entries Cf. fæst; I [Seó fastnysse þæs yfeles wǽtan on þan heáfede, Lch. iii. 130, 7.] resolution, vigour, firmness. Similar entries Cf. fæst; II. Sameramis féng tó þám ríce mid mycelre fæstnesse (réþnesse, v. l.) and wrǽnnesse (cf.

mǽg-myrþra

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Se treówleása fæder and mǽgmyrþra ( parri-cida ), Gr. D. 239, 4. Add

for-licgan

Grammar
for-licgan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Heora gedohtra ... forlæg se fæder fúllíce, Sal. K. p. 121, 35. Add

glæsen

(adj.)
Grammar
glæsen, adj.

Made of glassgreyvitreus

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Ðǽr is ahangen sum glæsen fæt there is hung a glass vessel, Homl. Th. i. 510, 1: ii. 158, 16: Blickl. Homl. 209, 4, 7. Hí toslógon his glæsenne calic they broke his glass chalice, Shrn. 114, 25. Sǽ glæsen mare vitreum, Mt. Kmbl. p 10, 3

fore-steall

Grammar
fore-steall, (for-).

preventionhindrance

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Add: prevention, hindrance to free progress Færð fýr ofer eall, ne byð þǽr nán foresteal, ne him man náne mæg miht forwyrnan ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis, Dóm. L. 146. fine for the crime of fore-steall.

fúlnes

(n.)
Grammar
fúlnes, fúllnes, fýlnes, -ness, e; f.

FOULNESSimpuritystenchfœditassordesfætor

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Unarǽfnendlíce fúlnes wæs upp aweallende fætor incompărābĭlis ebulliens ĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 25

Linked entries: fúllnes fýlnes

andgit-lic

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Fæder þæs angitlican leóhtes pater intelligibilis lucis, Shrn. 166, 8. Add

rǽd

(suffix)
Grammar
rǽd, rǽde,
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in composition of adjectives, v. án-, fæst-, heard-, hwæt-, læt-, wiðer-rǽd[e]