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móraþ

(n.)
Grammar
móraþ, mórod, es; n.

A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries)a decoction of wine and herbs

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Ne ete fersce gós . . . ne fersc swín ne náht ðæs ðe of mórode cums.

dreó

Grammar
dreó, <b>; I.</b>
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Wiht ... fére fóddurwelan dreógeð the ship performs the office of providing a bountiful supply of food, Rá. 33, 10. Merrigenlice lofsangas sint tó dreógenne ( agendi sunt ), R. Ben. l. 37, 15. Add

ǽr-gedón

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr-gedón, adj.

Done beforeanteactusprior

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Done before; anteactus, prior Wæs seó éhtnysse unmetre and singalre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum quæ persecutio omnibus fere anteactis diuturnior atque immanior fuit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 24: 1, 12; S. 481, 25

Linked entry: ge-dón

fóddur-wéla

(n.)
Grammar
fóddur-wéla, an; m.

Abundance of foodcĭbi cōpia

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Abundance of food; cĭbi cōpia Fere fóddurwélan folcscipe dreógeþ [a ship] performs the bringing [i. e. a ship brings, Grn.] abundance of food to people, Exon. 108b; Th. 415, 12; Rä. 33, 10

ræscan

(v.)
Grammar
ræscan, p. te
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To move quickly (cf. rash), to quiver (of light), to glitter Fér ræscendum leóhte ignis vibrante lumine, Hymn. Sort. 94, 1

flyge-reów

(adj.)
Grammar
flyge-reów, adj. [reów wild, fierce, cruel]

Wild-flyingwild inflightvŏlātu férus

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Wild-flying, wild inflight; vŏlātu férus Flygereówe þurh nihta genipu neósan cwómon, hwæðere . . . the wild-flying [evil spirits] came in the darkness of night to find out, whether . . . Exon. 37b; Th. 123, 10; Gú. 320

ge-emnettan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 133, 7. to make equal Beóð ealle þá fers geemnytte be ánum getele, Ælfc. Gr.

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, <b>. IV.</b>
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Hwǽr him wǽre fultumes tó biddanne tó warienne (gewearnienne, v.l.) and tó wiðscú(f)enne swá réðum heregange ubi quaerendum esset praesidium ad enilandas uel repellendas tam feras inruptiones, Bd. l, 25 ; Sch. 39, 18. Add

a-tión

(v.)
Grammar
a-tión, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon ; pp. -togen

To draw outpull outabstrahereextrahere

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To draw out, pull out ; abstrahere, extrahere Atió of ðæm æcere fearn and þornas let him pull out from the field fern and thorns, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 3; Met. 12, 2 : 22, 53; Met. 22, 27

hám-fæst

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Sum deácon wæs feor þanon hámfæst (living far from the place; longe positus), sé gewilnode féran tó him, Gr. D. 208, 13. 'Gefyrn ic hine cúðe, leóf, ac hé férde heonon, and ic nát tó gewissan hwǽr hé wunað nú.'

wéstan

(v.)
Grammar
wéstan, p. te
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To lay waste, devastate, desolate Hine wilde deór wéstaþ and frettaþ singularis ferus depastus est eam Ps. Th. 79, 13. Hí his wícstede wéstan locum ejus desolaverunt 78, 7. Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20

segn-bora

(n.)
Grammar
segn-bora, an ; m.
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Segnbora draconarius (draconarius vexillifer, qui fert vexillum ubi est draco depictus), i. vexillarius, signifer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 5. Segnboran, tácnboran draconarii vel vexillarii vel signiferi, i. 21, 66

lǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
lǽwe, (?), es; m.
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ge-fére, ge-síþ for declension

FYRD

(n.)
Grammar
FYRD, fyrdung, e; f.

an armythe military array of the whole countryexercĭtusexpĕdītioan armyagmenexercĭtusan expeditionexpĕdītioa campcastrum

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[Laym. ferde, uerde, f. an army: Orm. ferd an army: Scot. ferde an army, host: O. Sax. fard, f. an expedition: Frs. feard: O. Frs. ferd, f. an expedition: Ger. fahrt, fart, f. ĭter: M. H. Ger. vart, f: O. H.

un-hírlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hírlíc, adj.

fiercesavagedismaldoleful

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Homl. 203, 7. dismal, doleful Ic forht and unrót ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange carmina prae tristi cecini haec lugubria mente, Dóm. L. 11

Linked entries: un-heórlíc hír-lic

bed

Grammar
bed, bedd.
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<b>I a</b>. of apparatus in or on which a body may be placed Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan, Shrn. 116, 3. v. fer-bed, fer-bedd.

berend

(adj.; part.)

ferox

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ferox (=-ax)

for-þerscan

(v.)
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Ger. fer-droskan attritus.]

ferþþes

(n.)
Grammar
ferþþes, ferþþe of a soul, to a soul,
  • Exon. 46 a
  • ;
  • Th. 157, 21
  • ;
  • Gú. 895: 14 b
  • ;
  • Th. 30, 7
  • ;
  • Cri. 476
  • ;
gen.
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and dat. of ferþ

forþ-here

Grammar
forþ-here, -herge.
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gt; and substitute: A host that marches forth Hié getealdon on ðám forðherge féðan twelfe ... on ánra gehwám ... fíftig cista, hæfde cista gehwilc gárberendra týn hund ( the passage corresponds with Exodus12, 37: Profecti sunt filii Israel sexcenta fere