fóre-weard
A forewarder ⬩ scout ⬩ antecursor ⬩ explōrător
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A forewarder, scout; antecursor, explōrător Siððan Scipia geahsode ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness
fóster-módor
A FOSTER-MOTHER ⬩ nurse ⬩ altrix ⬩ nutrix
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Ic gean mínre fósterméder ðæs landes æt Westúne I give to my mother the land at Weston, Th. Diplm. 560, 25
Linked entries: fǽster-módor féster-módor fóstor-módor
FRÁSIAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ tempt ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ conquīrĕre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ tentāre
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Wæs mǽst Babilón burga, óþ-ðæt Baldazar, þurh gylp, grome Godes freásade [MS. frea sæde] Babylon was greatest of cities, until Belshazzar, through vain glory, fiercely tempted God, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 22; Dan. 695
Hreopa-dún
Repton
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Gúþlác férde tó mynstre ðe ys gecweden Hrypadún and ðǽr ða gerýnelícan sceare onféng Sce Petres Guthlac went to a monastery that is called Repton and there received the mystical tonsure of St. Peter Guthl. 23; Gdwin. 16, 20
mán
Wicked ⬩ false ⬩ base
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Mánum treówum woldon hié ðæt feorhleán, fácne gyldan, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 11; Exod. 149
Linked entry: wamm
micga
Urine
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Drince buccan micgan ... sélost ys se micga ðæt hé sý oftost mid féded, L. Med. ex Quad. 6, 16; Lchdm. i. 354, 12, 15. Fúles hlondes, miggan foetentis lotii, Hpt. Gl. 483, 19. Stingendum miggan putenti lotio (urina), 487, 65
Linked entry: migoþa
neom
am not ⬩ is not
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am not, is not Ðæs gescý neom (nam, Lind.: næm, Rush.) ic wyrðe tó berenne, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 11. Neam ic non sum, Ps. Surt. 118, 30. Sí eówer sprǽc: Hyt ys, hyt ys;nyt nys, hyt nys, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 37. Nis álýfed it is not allowed, Homl. Th. i. 94. 29
Linked entry: nis
níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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One who is forced into slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen;
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reáfung
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Plundering, spoiling Atheniensum se sige and seó reáfung ðæs Persiscan feós tó máran sconde wurde forðon siððan hié welcgran wǽron hié eác bleáðran gewurdon castra regiis opibus referta ceperunt, non parvo quidem antiquae industriae damno.
ge-wuldrian
To glorify
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Hie gesáwon ðæt heó wæs gewuldrod they saw that she was glorified, Blickl. Homl. 139, 25. Ðú eart gewuldrad mirificatus es, Ps. Th. 138, 12. Ðú gewuldroda cyning thou glorified king, Blickl. Homl. 147, 35
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ge-wunelíce
According to custom ⬩ ordinarily ⬩ commonly ⬩ rite
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Ðæt mynster ðe gewunelíce is Magigeo nemned monasterium quad Muigeo consuete vocatur, Bd. 4, 4; S. 571, 18. Heó oft gewunolíce cwǽde solita sit dicere, 4, 19; S. 589, 24
grimme
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Grimly, fiercely Hý him æfter ðæm grimme forguldon ðone wígeræft ðe hý æt him geleornodon they afterwards gave him grim requital for the military skill they learnt from him, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 30: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 15; Gen. 1275: 183; Th. 229, 2; Dan.
seám-penig
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A toll of a penny on a load (of salt) Se wægnscilling and se seámpending gonge tó ðæs cyninges handa swá hé ealning dyde æt Saltwíc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 143, 20.
bíge
A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a corner ⬩ flexus, sinus, angulus
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A bending, turning, bend, an angle, a corner; flexus, sinus, angulus Se engel eóde into ánum nyrwette, ðe he ne mihte forbúgan on náðere healfe, forðamðe ðǽr nán bíge næs angelus ad locum angustum transivit, ubi nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram poterat
bláte
Lividly, pallidly ⬩ livide, pallide
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Ðæt fýr ne mæg foldan and merestreám bláte forbærnan the fire cannot pallidly burn up earth and sea, 20, 229; Met. 20, 115
blíðe-líce
Gladly, joyfully, BLITHELY, merrily ⬩ læte, hilariter
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Ðæt he ðý blíðelícor þrówode that he the more gladly might suffer, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 42
ge-hǽlan
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ save ⬩ sanare ⬩ salvare
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Ðæt gé him sára gehwylc hondum gehǽlde that ye should heal with hands each of his sores, Exon. 42 b; Th. 144, 12; Gú. 677
Linked entry: ge-hélan
ge-pyndan
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Ðæt wæter biþ gepynd the water is shut up, 38, 6; Swt. 277, 6; Hat. MS. 51 b, 13
steóp-módor
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Ðæt mon hine menge mid his steópméder, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 11. Steópmódrum, S. 490, 35. Gé sume hæfdon eówre steópmódur, Past. 32; Swt. 211 9
west-ende
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Ðæt hire ǽwielme sié on westende Affrica, Swt. 12, 21. Hine man byrigde æt ðam westende, ðam stýple ful gehende, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 37. Æt ðam westænde, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 659, 30