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feng

(n.)
Grammar
feng, es; m. [fón to take] .

a graspspanhugembraceamplexuscaptuswhat is takenbootycaptumpræda

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Kmbl. 707; Sal. 353. what is taken, booty; captum, præda Hí feng woldon fón they would take the booty, Chr. 1016; Th. 280, 30, col. 2: 33, col. 1

Linked entries: gearu-fang ge-feng

æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
æftan, adv.

Behindpostpone

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Behind; post, pone Earn æftan hwit the eagle white behind, Chr. 937; Th. i. 206, 29; Æðelst. 63, col. 1

Cyren-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Cyren-ceaster, Cyrn-ceaster

Cirencester, Cicester, Gloucestershire

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Cirencester, Cicester, Gloucestershire Æt Cyrenceastre at Cirencester, Chr. 1020; Th. 286, 12, col. 2: Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22

Frencisca

(n.)
Grammar
Frencisca, an; m.

A FrenchmanFrancus

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A Frenchman; Francus Ægebertus, se Frencisca, was gehádod Ægebert, the Frenchman, was ordained, Chr. 650; Th. 51, 2, col. 2

ge-cweden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-cweden, pp. of ge-cweðan.

spokencalledordained

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spoken, called, ordained, Chr. 456; Th. 22, 5, col. 2, 3 : L. Ath. v. § 12, 1; Th. i. 240, 32;

wilde-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
wilde-cyn, wilde-cynn, es; n.

A wild species

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A wild species Wildecynnes hors equifer (cf. hic equiferus a wyld hors, 187, col. l). Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 4

stycce

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Þurh sticceo per cola [cf. Ald. 4, 36: Grammaticorum regulas et orthographorum disciplinas . . . pedibus poeticis compactas per cola (per cola, i. membra þurh lim, An. Ox. 201)], Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 8. <b>II a.

friþ-stól

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-stól, fryþ-stól, es; m.

A peace-stool or seatpeace-placeasylumsanctuaryrefugepācis sēdes vel lŏcusasȳlumrefŭgium

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A peace-stool or seat, peace-place, asylum, sanctuary, refuge; pācis sēdes vel lŏcus, asȳlum, refŭgium Se here com to his friþstóle [fryþstóle,Th. 256, 18, col. 2; 257, 18, col. l] the army came to its secure quarters, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 18, col. 1.

Linked entry: fryþ-stól

ceallian

(v.)
Grammar
ceallian, ode; od;[calla = a caller, herald]

To CALL, cry out, shoutclamare

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To CALL, cry out, shout; clamare Ongan [MS. ongean] ceallian ofer cald wæter Byrhthelmes bearn the son of Byrhthelm began to shout across the cold river, Byrht. Th. 134, 28; By. 91

céle

(n.)
Grammar
céle, es; m.

A cold, coldnessfrigus

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A cold, coldness; frigus Fór andwlítan céles ante faciem frigoris, Ps. Th. 147, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 219; Met. 20, 110: 20, 225; Met. 20, 113: 2o, 315; Met. 20, 158

án-módlíce

(adv.)
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Ox. 2595; unanimiter, Coll. M. 36, 5: Wlfst. 68, 3: Ll. Th. i. 36, 11 : Hml. Th. i. 570, 23 : Bl. H. 219, 35 : 139, 20. Add

níd-þearf

(adj.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, adj.

Necessaryneedful

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Habban góde geféran and þearle neódþearfe ( necessarios ), Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 31

æl

(n.)
Grammar
æl, e; f.

An awlsubula

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An awl; subula Hwanon sceó-wyrhtan æl unde sutori subula, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33: L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10. Æl subula, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 27; Wrt. Voc. 16, 2

eofera

(n.)
Grammar
eofera, an; m.

A successor successor

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A successor; successor Æfter Eorpwalde Rǽdwaldes eoferan post Earpualdum Redualdi successōrem, Bd. 3, 18; S. 545, 35, col. I

of-rǽcan

(v.)
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Lbmn. 333, col. 2

Brǽden

(n.)

Bredon Forest

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Bredon Forest On Brǽdene ge ðǽr onbútan in Bredon and thereabout, Chr. 905; Th. 181, 23, col. 1, 2

a-þéstrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þéstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To be eclipsedobscurari

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To be eclipsed; obscurari Seó sunne aþéstrode the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 538; Th. 29, 4, col.1; Bodl. Laud. 636

a-þiéstrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þiéstrian, p. ode; pp. od

To overcloudto be eclipsedobscurari

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To overcloud, to be eclipsed; obscurari Seó sunne aþiéstrode the sun was eclipsed, Chr. 538; Th. 28, 6, 11, col. 1

ge-ménelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-ménelíce, adv.

In common, commonlycommūnĭter

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Catal. 111, 25, col. 2

ofer-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-geweorc, es; n.

a superstructurea tomb, mausoleum

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Voc. ii. 23, 15. a tomb, mausoleum Métton ofergeweorke depicto mausoleo Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 35. Gé sind gelíce geméttum ofergeweorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 404, 17

Linked entry: ofer-weorc