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fryt

(v.)
Grammar
fryt, 3rd sing. pres. of fretan.

eats up ⬩ devours ⬩ consumes

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eats up, devours, consumes, Deut. 32, 22;

ge-siftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-siftan, p. -sifte; pp. -sifted, -sift

To sift

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To sift Gesyft [or gesyfl?] melu fine meal, Ex. 12, 34

Linked entry: ge-syft

-gilde

(adv.; suffix)
Grammar
-gilde, in composition with numerals, forming noun, adj., or adv. v. án-gilde, endleofan-gilde, feówer-gilde, nigon-gilde, six-gilde, twelf-gilde, twi-gilde, þri-gilde

fó

(v.)
Grammar
fó, 1st sing. pres. indic. of fón.

I take

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I take; Ne ne fó he he may not take, L. Ælf. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 2;

sígan

(v.)
Grammar
sígan, p. sáh, pl. sigon; pp. sigen.

to pass from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to sink ⬩ descend ⬩ decline ⬩ fall down ⬩ to sink as the sun to its setting ⬩ to move towards a point ⬩ of the movement of time ⬩ to ooze ⬩ run as matter ⬩ to strain ⬩ filter ⬩ act as a filter

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Sió æþele gesceaft (the sun) sáh tó setle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 17. [The sunne arist anes a dai and eft sigeð, O. E.

Linked entries: sígere sígend

císt

(v.)
Grammar
císt, 3rd sing. pres. of ceósan.

chooses

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chooses, Deut. 28, 9;

ge-hrán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hrán, p. sing. of ge-hrínan.

touched

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touched, Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 28; Gú. 1000;

bræc-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
bræc-seóc, adj. [bræc, seóc
sick, diseased
]

sick, diseased ⬩ Troubled with the falling sickness, epileptic, frantic, lunatic ⬩ epilepticus, phreneticus, lunaticus

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Troubled with the falling sickness, epileptic, frantic, lunatic; epilepticus, phreneticus, lunaticus Sum bræcseóc man becom ðyder phreneticus devenit ibi, Bd. 4, 3;Whelc. 267, 45, MSS. B. C

Linked entry: seóc

fóre-gewítnys

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-gewítnys, -nyss, e; f.

False witness ⬩ falsum testĭmōnium

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False witness; falsum testĭmōnium Ðæt heora ǽnig on fóre-gewítnysse sý quod eōrum ălĭquis in falso testĭmōnium sit, L. Ath. i. 10; Wilk. 58, 22; Lambd. 49, 12, = wóhre gewítnesse, Th. i. 204, 23;

ge-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]

To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ set as the sun ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ occĭdĕre ut sol

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To sink, fall, set as the sun; cadere, labi, occĭdĕre ut sol Ǽr heó [sunne] fullíce gesígan onginne before it [the sun] begin fully to sink, Herb. 19, 5; Lchdm. i. 112, 21.

Bosan-hám

(n.)
Grammar
Bosan-hám, Bosen-hám, es; m. [Flor. A. D. 1114; Sim. Dunelm. 1164 Bosanham: Hovd. 1204 Boseham]

BOSEHAM or BOSHAM in Sussex ⬩ in agro Sussexiensi

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BOSEHAM or BOSHAM in Sussex; in agro Sussexiensi Ðá gewende Swegen to his scypum [MS. scypon] to Bosanhám Swegen then went with his ships to Bosham, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 34. Gewende ðá Swegen eorl to Bosenhám earl Swegen then went to Bosham, 1048; Erl

æcst

(v.)
Grammar
æcst, 2nd pers. sing. pres. of acan.

akest

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akest

æcþ

(v.)
Grammar
æcþ, 3rd pers. sing. pres. of acan.

aketh

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aketh

ǽrne

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrne, acc. sing, m. of ǽt, adj.

Early

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Early On ǽrne mergen primo mane, Mt. Bos. 20, 1;

bealo-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
bealo-síþ, bealu-síþ, es ; m.

an evil fortune ⬩ misfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ calamitas ⬩ adversa fortuna ⬩ a destructive or deadly path ⬩ death ⬩ fatale iter ⬩ mors

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an evil fortune, misfortune, calamity; calamitas, adversa fortuna Bealosíþa hwón few [of] misfortunes, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 24; Seef. 28. a destructive or deadly path, death; fatale iter, mors, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 1 ; Exod. 5

Linked entry: bealu-síþ

for-brycst

(v.)
Grammar
for-brycst, 2nd sing. pres. of for-brecan.

breakest or shalt break

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breakest or shalt break, Ps. Th. 9, 35;

for-deáþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-deáþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-dón.

destroys ⬩ does for

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destroys, does for, Wanl. Catal. 112, 65, col. 2, = for-déþ;

for-déþ

Grammar
for-déþ, 3rd pres. sing, of for-dón.

does for ⬩ destroys

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does for, destroys, L. Edg. S. 14; Th. i. 278, i;

for-slyhþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-slyhþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-sleán.

smites

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smites, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 14, MS. H;

for-spenþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-spenþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-spanan.

entices

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entices, Homl. Th. ii. 226, 30;

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