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FOLC

(n.)
Grammar
FOLC, es; n. [Folc being a neuter noun, and a monosyllable, has the nom. and acc. pl. the same as the nom. and acc. sing: it is a collective noun in English, and has not the plural form folks but by a modern corruption]

The FOLK ⬩ people ⬩ common people ⬩ multitude ⬩ a people ⬩ tribe ⬩ family ⬩ pŏpŭlus ⬩ gens ⬩ nātio ⬩ vulgus ⬩ plebs ⬩ cīves ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ multĭtūdo

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In. prm; Th. i. 102, 9. Beó se þeóf útlah wið eall folc let the thief be an outlaw to all people, L. C. S. 30; Th. i. 394, 24. He gesóhte Súþ-Dena folc he sought the people of the South-Danes, Beo.

Linked entries: folc-stów ge-folc

swerum

Grammar
swerum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 44,

Similar entry: swéte

ge-grelen

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-grelen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 60.

Similar entry: ge-galan

hrum

Grammar
hrum, = hórum, Lch. ii. 2, 3.

Similar entry: horh

wær-geápnis

(n.)
Grammar
wær-geápnis, (Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 1).

weel

Grammar
weel,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 79.

Similar entry: þel

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge

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In. 6; Th. i. 106, 6. Ðis is seó gerǽdnes ðe Engla cyng and ǽgðer ge gehádode ge lǽwede witan gecuran (cf. de Engla rǽdgifan gecuran, vi. 1; Th. i. 314, 3), L. Eth. v.tit.; Th. i. 304, 4. Miercna cyning and his weotan, Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 23.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease

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Rdr. 103, 18. a cure, remedy of disease Gif þás fultumas ne sýn helpe if these remedial measures are not effectual remedies. Lch. ii. 262, 15

Linked entry: helpe

tellan

Grammar
tellan, <b>. II.</b>
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In l. 4, col. 2, after hwíle insert: wiþ tén þúsend wintra, and add Tell þú swá fela daga, Angl. viii. 325, 8: 327, 9. <b>III a.

clifrian

(v.)
Grammar
clifrian, ic clifrige;ode; od [clifer a claw]

To claw, scratch ⬩ scabere

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To claw, scratch; scabere Ic clifrige scabo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 25

rawe

Grammar
rawe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 39.

Similar entry: rupe

wung

(n.)
Grammar
wung,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 26.

Similar entry: pung

ylpend

Grammar
ylpend, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 81.

Similar entry: elpend

genende

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
genende, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 34.

Similar entry: ge-nídan

ge-trummen

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-trummen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 59.

Similar entry: ge-crimman

met-cund

Grammar
met-cund, The Latin word glossed is
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catalectico

swun

(n.)
Grammar
swun, C. D. iv. 202, 11.

Similar entry: swín

ganet-fatu

(n.)
Grammar
ganet-fatu,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 59.

Similar entry: gemet-fæt

dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
dúfan, ic dúfe, ðú dýfst, he dýfþ, pl. dúfaþ; p. ic, he deáf, ðú dufe, pl. dufon; pp. dofen

DIVE, sink ⬩ mergi

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Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif ðú dýfst if thou sinkest, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 35. Mid ðam ðe he deáf when he was sinking, ii. 392, 2: 390, 21

Linked entry: dýfan

Aríus

(n.)
Grammar
Aríus, [ = 'Aρειοs], Arrius; g. ii; acc. um; m.

A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336

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every son is younger than his father in this life....

Linked entries: Arrian Arrius

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