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éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness ⬩ sălus, asȳlum

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Grn. corrected ed monne into edniowne renewed :-- Ða he hine [égor-here] upp forlét edniowne [acc. referring to hine = égor-here] streámum stígan when he allowed it [the water-flood-'host'] renewed to mount up in streams, Gen. 1405

efen-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-eald, efn-eald; adj.

Co-eval, of the same, age ⬩ co-ævus, co-ætāneus

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Th. ii. 134, 4

Linked entry: efn-eald

flán

(n.)
Grammar
flán, es; m. e; f. [flán; gen. flánes; m. flán; gen. e; f.]

An arrow ⬩ a dart ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum

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Ic afæstnie míne flána on him săgittas meas complēbo in eis, Deut. Grn. 32, 23

Linked entries: FLÁ flǽn flániht

flet-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
flet-sittend, es; m.

A court-resident ⬩ in aula sĕdens

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Ða ic Freáware fletsīttende nemnan hýrde whom I heard the court-residents call Freaware, 4049; B. 2022.

folcisc

(adj.)
Grammar
folcisc, adj.

Folkish ⬩ common ⬩ vulgar ⬩ popular ⬩ rustĭcus ⬩ plēbēius

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Folkish, common, vulgar, popular; rustĭcus, plēbēius Gif man folciscne mæsse-preóst mid tíhtlan belecge if a man charge a secular mass-priest with an accusation, L. Eth. ix. 21; Th. i. 344, 19: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 16.

for-wiernan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wiernan, -wirnan; p. de; pp. ed

To hinder ⬩ prevent ⬩ keep from ⬩ withhold ⬩ arcēre ⬩ rĕtĭnēre

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Ðæt mann forwierne his sweorde blódes, ðæt hwá forwirne his láre ðæt he mid ðære ne ofsleá ðæs flǽsces lustas keeping one's sword from blood is withholding one's instruction, and not slaying with it the lusts of the flesh, Past. 49; Hat. MS

frox

(n.)
Grammar
frox, es; m.

A frog ⬩ rāna

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Ic sende froxas ofer ealle díne landgemǽro I will send frogs over all thy borders, Ex. 8, 2, 5, 8. Ðæt flód awylþ eall froxum ebulliet flŭvius rānas, 8, 3, 12

Linked entry: FROGGA

gælsa

(n.)
Grammar
gælsa, an; m.

Luxury ⬩ extravagance ⬩ luxus ⬩ luxŭria

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Þurh fulne folces gǽlsan propter pŏpŭli luxum consummātum, Lupi Serm. i. 21; Hick. Thes. ii. 105, 39. Ic him monigfealde módes gǽlsan ongeánbere I present manifold mind's extravagances to him, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 19; Jul. 366 : Homl.

Linked entries: wrǽnsa gelsa

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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I. P. 22; Th. i. 332, 29

mearh-gehæcc

(n.)
Grammar
mearh-gehæcc, es; n.

A kind of pudding ⬩ a sausage

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Voc, ii. 48, 35. Mærhgehæc (-hæt, Wrt.) isicia, i. 27, 22.

Linked entry: ge-hæc

medumung

(n.)
Grammar
medumung, e; f.

the fixing of the measure of anything

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Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 5: L. E. B. 10; Th. ii. 242, 11. ? Ðonon á be ecge on ða medemuncga (medemunga); of ðære medemuncge (mædemunge) on ðone ealdan wiðig, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 25, 21-23: v. 286, 31-33

prættig

(adj.)
Grammar
prættig, pætig; adj.
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Voc. ii. 127, 50

Linked entries: pætig petig

þurh-geótan

(v.)

to pour over ⬩ cover by pouring ⬩ to fill ⬩ saturate ⬩ to fill ⬩ imbue ⬩ inspire

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Ic mid ða líffæstan ýþe ðurhgoten wæs vitali unda perfusus sum, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 18. to fill, saturate Ðonne se sacerd gehálgodne tapor in ðæt wæter déð, ðone wyrð ðæt wæter mid ðam hálgan gáste ðurhgoten, Wulfst. 36, 6. to fill, imbue, inspire : -

un-fæstrǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fæstrǽd, un-fæstrǽde, -rád; adj.

Infirm of purpose ⬩ inconstant ⬩ unstable ⬩ weak

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Voc. ii. 49, 4. Ðá ongon hé ǽresð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðrǽdes wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstrǽdes, Cott.

un-sceþþigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sceþþigness, e; f.

Innocence ⬩ harmlessness

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On unscæððignysse heortan in innocentia cordis, Ps. Spl. 100, 2. Gyt hé hylt his unscæððignysse adhuc retinens innocentiam, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 15: 210, 29. Habban ða unscæððignysse on heora móde ðe cild hæfð, i. 512, 18.

Linked entry: sceþþigness

un-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
un-leás, adj.

Not false ⬩ true

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Th. i. 586, 23. Wé willaþ eów gereccan óðres mannes gesihðe ðe unleás is, ii. 332, 26. Gelýf hys hálgum, for ðam hí wéron swíðe unleáse gewitan, Shrn. 199, 24. Unleásra manna sægena, 195, 29.

Linked entry: leás

be-heáfdian

(v.)
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Th. 3, II: Chr. 1076; P. 213, I. Add

deóp-líce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 154, 7

ge-beorhtnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beorhtnian, p. ode
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To make bright, splendid, to glorify Ic ðec geberhtnade ł wuldrade ego te clarificaui, Jn. L. 17, 4.) þte sune ðín ðec geberhtna (berehtnað, R.) ut filius tuus clarificet te, I. Ge*-*brehtnige clarificare, p. 6, 17.

ge-sígan

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) sý, Lch. i. 34, 6 : 188, 6. to sink, subside (?)