féster
food ⬩ nourishment
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food, nourishment, foster-, in the compounds féster-bearn, -fæder, -man, -módor
eald-hettende
Old foes ⬩ antīqui inĭmīci
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Old foes; antīqui inĭmīci, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 11; Jud. 321
wist-gifende
fertile
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Yielding food, fertile Ðære wistgifendan opulenti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 47
Linked entry: gifan
feówer-dógor
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Lasting four days Feówerdógor (feóerdóger, L.) quadriduanus, Jn. R. 11, 39
Linked entry: fiþer-dógor
á-solian
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to get foul Hwít ásolað nitor squalescit, Angl. ii. 374. 3
Linked entry: solian
sceáp-wíc
A sheep-fold
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A sheep-fold Tó sceápwícan. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. Iii. 405, 5
fús-trendel
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Heofenlices fustran lígette coelestis foci (i. ignis) fulmine, An. Ox. 1428
fynt
A fount, spring(?)
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A fount, spring(?) Of fintes leáge, Cht. Crw. 7, 41, 54
a-fandian
To prove ⬩ try ⬩ to make a trial ⬩ to discover by trying ⬩ to experience ⬩ probare ⬩ tentare ⬩ experiri
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Ðú hit hæfst afandad be ðé selfum thou hast experienced ii of thyself, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 19. Seolfor afandod eorþan argentum probatum terras. Ps. Spl. 11, 7: 80, 7. Afandud, Gen. 43, 23.
be-lisnian
To evirate ⬩ emasculate ⬩ castrate ⬩ castrare ⬩ belisnod ⬩ belistnod ⬩ emasculated ⬩ A eunuch
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Sóþlíce synd belistnode, ðe of hyra módor innoðum cumaþ, and eft synt belistnode ða men ðe man belistnaþ, and eft synd belistnode ðe híg sylfe belismodon for heofona ríce sunt enim eunuchi, qui de matris utero sic nati sunt, et sunt eunuchi, qui facti
cyre-áþ
The select oath, the oath sworn by the accused, together with a certain number of consacramentals selected by him out of a fixed number of persons named to him by the judge ⬩ juramentum electum, quod quis præstabat cum aliquot coujura-toribus ab ipso selectis e quibusdam a judice nominatis [Schmd. 566]
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judice nominatis [Schmd. 566] Nemne him man x men and begite ðara twegen and sylle ðone áþ . . . and stande ðæs cyre-áþ ofer xx peninga let there be named ten men to him and let him get two of them and give the oath . . . and let his select oath stand for
CWALU
A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction ⬩ nex, cædes, exitium
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To cwale cnihta for the destruction of the youths, Cd. 184; Th. 229, 32; Dan. 226. To cwale syllan to give to death. Exon. 70a; Th. 259, 29; Jul. 289. To cwale lǽdan to lead to death, 74b; Th. 279, 14; Jul. 613
Linked entry: cwælu
dæg-rím
A number of days, a course of days ⬩ dierum numerus
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Fox 26, 66; Met. 26, 33: Cd. 47; Th. 60, 1; Gen. 975: 67; Th. 80, 20; Gen. 1331, On his dægríme in his number of days, Exon. 83 b; Th. 314, 10; Mód. 12. Dægríme fród wise in number of days, 130 a; Th. 498, 15; Rä. 88, 2: Cd. 99; Th. 131, 9; Gen. 2173
eofor-þrote
The carline thistle ⬩ carlina acaulis
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Wið heáfodece sceal eofor-þrote carline thistle shall [serve] for head-ache. Lchdm. iii. 12, 25: 24, 7: L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 74, 18: I. 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 13: 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 134, 19, 28: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 16.
ful-geare
Full well ⬩ very well ⬩ fully ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ sătis bĕne ⬩ plēne ⬩ pĕnĭtus
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Full well, very well, fully, thoroughly; sătis bĕne, plēne, pĕnĭtus Ic nát fulgeare ymbe hwæt ðú gyt tweóst I know not full well about what thou still doublest, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 12: Ps. Th. 117, 28.
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GEÁP
Open ⬩ spread out ⬩ extended ⬩ broad ⬩ roomy ⬩ spacious ⬩ wide ⬩ pătens ⬩ pătŭlus ⬩ amplus ⬩ lātus
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Fox 505; Gn. C. 23. Steáp and geáp high and wide, Salm. Kmbl. 827; Sal. 413. Reced hlifade, geáp and goldfáh the mansion towered, spacious and golden-hued, Beo. Th. 3604; B. 1800.
hú-meta
How ⬩ quomodo
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Ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú ne mihte witan húmeta hé his weólde oððe hú hé his weólde you said that you could not see in what manner or by what means he governed it [the world ]; quibus gubernaculis mundus regatur, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 25
Linked entry: hú
húsel-gang
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Se ðe hit singþ æt his endedæge ðonne forstent hit him húselgang he who sings it at his last day, for him it shall stand instead of receiving the Eucharist, Lchdm. iii. 288, 16. Gearwige tó húslgange oft and gelóme gehwá hine sylfne, L.
líg-ræsc
Lightning
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Ðæt leóhtfæt ðæs lígræsces lucerna fulgoris, 11, 36: For lígræsce præ fulgore, Ps. Spl. 17, 14. Lígrascas coruscationes, 76, 18. Lígræscas fulgura, 96, 4. Légræscas, 17, 16: coruscationes, Blickl. Gl.
Linked entries: ræsc líget-ræsc
mann-þwǽrness
Gentleness ⬩ meekness ⬩ courtesy
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Gentleness, meekness, courtesy Forðam oft gebyreþ ðæm monþwǽran ðonne hé wierþ riéce ofer óðre menn ðæt hé for his monnþwǽrnesse ásláwaþ and wierþ tó unbeald forðæm sió unbieldo and sió monnþwǽrnes bióþ swíðe anlíce nonnunquam enim mansueti, cum praesunt