FÓSTER
FOSTERing ⬩ nourishing ⬩ rearing ⬩ feeding ⬩ food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ provisions ⬩ edŭcātio ⬩ nutrīcium ⬩ pastio ⬩ alĭmentum ⬩ victus
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, that they afterwards may be for food, Homl.
séfte
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Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10 ; Fox 228, 10. <b>IVa.
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gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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Sceal gár wesan monig mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa, B. 3021. Gáras stódon ætgædere, æscholt ufan grǽg, B. 328.
wiht
a wight ⬩ creature ⬩ being ⬩ created thing ⬩ a whit ⬩ thing ⬩ aught ⬩ anything ⬩ without a negative ⬩ aught ⬩ alone ⬩ with a genitive
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Næs him wihte ðe sél it was not a whit the better for him Beo. Th. 5368 ; B. 2687. Nát ic hit be wihte ( at all; cf. be dǽle in part ), Exon. Th. 468, 7 ; Phar. 4.
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leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Ða ðe león wǽron ongunnon rýnan, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 165; Met. 26, 68. Tólýseþ leóna mægen molas leonum confringet, Ps. Th. 57, 5. Hwelpas leóna catuli leonum, Ps. Spl. 103, 22.
ge-macian
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</b> to arrange with a person that something shall be done :-- Hire wer gemacode wið þone cyning ꝥ man sette on cweartern þone apostol, Hml. S. 36, 275
ge-wit
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Ic mín gewit and ealle míne styrenesse forleás sensum motumque omnem perdidi, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 577, 9. <b>I a.</b> a a]um cunnan? familiarem tuum sensu vis nosse?, Solil. H. 18, 18, 20. <b>I b.
HÚSEL
The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist
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Understand that the Lord daily blesses, by the priest's hands, bread and wine so that they become his spiritual body and blood, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 15-24. Ðæm folce húsl syllan Eucharistiam populo dare, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507,13.
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rand
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a brink, edge, margin, shore Árás ðá bí ronde róf oretta (cf. gesæt ðá on næsse níðheard cyning, Beo. Th. 4825 : hlǽw holmwylme neáh, 4814), Ben. Th. 5069; B. 2538. Of ðam fúlan bróce wið westan randes æsc to the west of the ash tree on the bank (?)
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ge-hiwian
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THORN;ára treówa ǽcyrfe on fatu gehíwad (-e, -heówad, v. ll.) wǽron (formarentur ), Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 291, 6. to alter the form of, transform Drihten hine sylfne tó men gehíwode, Wlfst. 144, 31. <b>II a.
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æl-þeód
A foreign nation ⬩ foreign people ⬩ foreigners
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A foreign nation, foreign people, foreigners Ðonne ða rícan beóþ oððe on ælþeóde oððe on hiora ágenre gecýððe when the rich are among foreigners or in their own country, Bt. 27, 3 ; Fox 98, 34
an-bindan
To UNBIND ⬩ untie ⬩ solvere ⬩ absolvere ⬩ religare
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To UNBIND, untie; solvere, absolvere, religare Seó wiðerwearde wyrd anbint and gefreóþ ǽlc ðara ðe hió togeþiéþ adverse fortune unbinds and frees every one of those whom she adheres to, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 2
ǽwisc-nys
Disgrace ⬩ obscenity ⬩ filthiness ⬩ a blushing for shame ⬩ reverence ⬩ dedecus ⬩ obscenitas ⬩ pudore suffusio ⬩ reverentia
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On ǽwiscnesse openly, as not being ashamed to be seen; in propatulo. Cot. 110, 202
a-rédnes
A degree ⬩ condition ⬩ covenant ⬩ consultum ⬩ conditio
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A degree, condition, covenant; consultum, conditio Ðá geþafedon hí ðære arédnesse ea conditione consenserunt, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 20. Ðæt wíf he onféng ðære arédnesse uxorem ea conditione acceperat, 1, 25; S. 486, 33
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CÍNE
A chink, fissure, vault ⬩ rima, caverna
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A chink, fissure, vault; rima, caverna Ic geseah áne lytle cýnan [Cott. cínan] I saw a little chink, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 28. Cínan rimas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 5. Cínum cavernis, 148, 81
ciric-wæcce
A church-watch or wake ⬩ vigilia
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A church-watch or wake; vigilia We lǽraþ ðæt man, æt ciricwæccan, swíðe gedreóh sí we teach that a man, at the church-wakes, be very sober, L. Edg. C. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12
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dæg-hwamlíce
Daily ⬩ quotidie
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Bos. 14, 49. Se bróðor dæghwamlíce wæs wyrse and wyrse the brother was daily worse and worse, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 24
cum-líðnys
Hospitableness, hospitality ⬩ hospitalitas
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Þurh ða cumlíðnysse by hospitality, Homl. Th. ii. 286, 2, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 27
cwic-lifian
To live ⬩ vivere
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Ðǽr sceal fæsl wesan cwic-lifigendra cynna gehwilces there shall be food for each of living kinds, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 14; Gen. 1311
eádig-líc
Happy, prosperous ⬩ prosper, abundans, faustus
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Happy, prosperous; prosper, abundans, faustus Biþ ðæt ǽrende eádiglícre that errand will be more prosperous, Exon. 100 a; Th. 375, 1; Seel. 131. Cumaþ eádilíc wæstm on wangas convalles abundābunt frumento, Ps. Th. 64, 14
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