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æfter-weard

(adj.; adv.)

later, latterbeing behind (?), absentAfter

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Weorþan æfterweard to be after, to pursue, follow :-- Iohannes heów ðæt hors mid ðám spuran and wearð him æfterweard . . . and cwæð ðám fleóndum, Ælfc. T. 18, 22: Rä. 16, 14. Petrus wearð æfterweard Peter followed, Hml. Th. i. 374, 6

lust

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Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, An. 286. þæt ic þé mæge lust áhwettan that I may whet your appetite, i. e. make you more ready (to take us as passengers ), 303.

FLET

(n.)
Grammar
FLET, flett, es; n.

the groundfloor of a houseārĕaa dwellinghabitationhousecottagehallhăbĭtātiodŏmuscăsaaula

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Scilling agelde ðam ðe ðæt flet áge let him pay a shilling to him who owns the dwelling, L. H. E. 11, 12, 13; Th. i. 32, 6, 9, 12. Hí fǽrlíce flet ofgeáfon they suddenly gave up the hall, Exon. 77a; Th. 290, 7; Wand. 61:Beo.

Linked entries: fled flett

hefe-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hefe-líc, adj.

Weightyheavygrievousseriousgravetediouswearisome

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P. i. 6; Th. ii. 174, 17. Nú bidde ic ða ðe hit cunnon and ðis rǽdon ðæt hit him hefelíc ne beó now I beg that my explanation may not be tedious to those who know the subject and read this, Lchdm. iii. 280, l0

fæst-hafol

strongfirmsteadfasttenaciousretentiveparsimonious

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Th. ii. 118, 20. parsimonious, close-fisted For hwí wǽre þú swá fæsthafol mínra góda þe ic þé sealde?, Wlfst. 258, 12. Were grǽdigum and fæsthafelum uiro cupido et tenaci, Scint. 110, 15.

fandung

trialtestingtrialexperiment

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Th. i. 268, 7-19. trial, experiment Þá þe wé nú gyt ne magon mid gewislicre fandunge witan quae adhuc scire per experimentum non possumus, Gr. D. 261, 29

ge-swicennes

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Th. i. 268, 22

ǽ-lic

Grammar
ǽ-lic, (ǽw-).

of law, concerned with law, belonging to lawin accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate

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Add: of law, concerned with law, belonging to law Hé (John) wæs ǽgðer ge ǽlic ge godspellic, Hml. S. 16, 101. Ǽlice legalia (volumina), An. Ox. 4949. ðám fíf ǽlicum bócum, Hml. Th. i. 188, 20: 98, 33: Hml.

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plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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Th. ii. 162, 32. to play, to divert or amuse one's self Ða ðe dwollíce plegaþ æt deádra manna líce, and ǽlce fúlnysse ðǽr forþteóþ mid plegan, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 308.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

wíf

(n.)
Grammar
wíf, es; n.

a womana female persona being in the form of a womana married womana wife

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Se cyning mid his wífe and twám sunum. Homl. Th. i. 468, 1. Æt his méder ðe wǽre ǽwum wífe forgifen his fæder, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 29. Ðe wíf hæfð uxoratus Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 44. Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 3.

Linked entry: BRÝD

FEÓWER

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FEÓWER, feówere; nom. acc; gen. feówera, feówra; dat. feówerum:

FOURquătuor

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Felamódigra feówer scoldon geferian to ðæm goldsele Grendles heáfod four of those much daring ones must convey Grendel's head to the gold-hall, Beo. Th. 3279; B. 1637.

weorold-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-líc, adj.
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P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 27. Bót æt woroldlícan þingan, L. Eth. v. 20; Th. i. 308, 31

COSTIAN

(v.)
Grammar
COSTIAN, costigan, costnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od , ad, ed

To tempt, try, prove probare, tentare.

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To tempt, try, prove; probare, tentare. v. trans. gen. acc. with the genitive; cum genitivo Ðæs rinces se ríca ongan cyning costigan the powerful king began to tempt the chief Cd. 137; Th. 172 18; Gen. 2846.

Linked entries: costigan costnian

ge-trymman

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Add: of persons or things, to make strong; to fortify against attack (lit. or fig.) Man þá burh worhte and getrymode æt Witanhám, Chr. 913; P. 97, 33.

tilung

(n.)
Grammar
tilung, teolung, tiolung, tielung, e; f.

striving, endeavour, effort, laboura pursuitoccupationemploymentbusinesscareattentiontreatmentcuregain that comes from labouracquisitionfruit got by tilling the earth

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Th. i. 66, 10. Ða ðe ne sécaþ heora ágen gestreón ac smeágaþ ymbe Godes teolunge (gain to be made for God), ii. 76, 35: 558, 16. Ðú stunta, niht ðú scealt ðín líf álǽtan; hwæs beóþ ðonne ðíne teolunga whose shall thy gains be then?

Linked entries: teolung tylung

eall

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þe on ðá wítu ealles behreóseð, Wlfst. 26, 12. Ꝥ man crístene men for ealles lytlum deáðe ne fordéme, Ll. Th. i. 304, 19.

wyrd

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd, e; f.

What happensfatefortunechancefatethe otherwise than humanly appointed order of thingsone of the Fatesfatefortunean eventan eventoccurrencecircumstanceincidentfactwhat happens to a personfatefortunelotconditionfatedeathchanceaccident

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Th. i. 110, 8. Sceal heó (Lot's wife ) wyrde bídan, Drihtnes dómes, Cd. Th. 155, 10; Gen. 2570 : Exon. Th. 329, 29; Vy. 41. Hí wyrd ne cúþon, Beo. Th. 2471 ; B. 1233. in a personal sense, one of the Fates (the weird sisters) Wyrde Parcae, Wrt.

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geond

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Th. ii. 30, 28. of time, through Geond þá ( = þám; or? þane) ylcan tíman per idem tempus, An. Ox. 397

ǽrendian

(v.)

to go on an errand (acc.), act as emissary or advocate in a matterto go on an errand to (tó) a personto go on an errand for a person (dat.) to (tó) another, intercedeto go on a mission for an object (gen.), negotiate for

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Ðá se ærcebisceop and Eádberht hit wǽrun ǽrndiende cyninge when they were advocating the matter to the king, Cht.

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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Hé clypode Gode: 'Þú ælmihtiga God . . .' Æfter ðisre clypunge, Hml. S. 18, 132. Cleopodon þá gástas midmycelre cleopunge and þus cwǽdon, Guth. 38, 16. an appellation, name Gecíednysse, clipunge vocabulo, i. nomine, An. Ox. 1503.

Linked entries: cleopung clepung