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EODOR

(n.)
Grammar
EODOR, eoder, eodur, edor, eder, es; m. I.

a hedge, fence, enclosure, dwelling, house ⬩ sēpes, sēpīmentum, dŏmus, tectum

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III. a prince, sovereign, protector; princeps, tutor Ic ðé biddan wille, eodor Scyldinga, ánre béne I will entreat of thee, sovereign of the Scyldings, one boon, Beo. Th. 860; B. 428: 2092; B. 1044: Exon. 90a; Th. 339, 6; Gn. Ex. 90

Linked entries: eder edor eodur eðer

fægere

(adv.)
Grammar
fægere, fægre, fegere; adv.

Pleasantly, softly, gently, fairly, beautifully ⬩ suāvĭter, bĕnigne, cōmĭter, dĕcenter, pulchre

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He fægere mid wætere oferwearp wuldres cynebearn he gently sprinkled with water the royal child of glory, Menol. Fox 314; Men. 158. Him fægere éce Drihten andswarode the eternal Lord answered him fairly, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 27; Gen. 2351: Frag.

Linked entries: fægre fegere

FLINT

(n.)
Grammar
FLINT, es; m.

FLINT ⬩ a rock ⬩ sĭlex ⬩ petra

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Híg cómon to ðam flinte, and Moyses ætfóran him eallum slóh mid ðære girde túwa ðone flint, and fleów sóna of ðam flinte wæter they came to the rock, and Moses struck the rock twice with his rod before them all, and immediately water flowed from (he rock

folgaþ

(n.)
Grammar
folgaþ, es; m.

a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium

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Heó fægerne folgaþ hæfdon uppe mid englum they had a fair service above with angels, Cd. 220; Th. 284, 30; Sat. 329. Ic gewát folgaþ sécan I departed to seek my service, Exon. 115a; Th. 442, 8; Kl. 9.

Linked entry: þegnung

Fróm-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Fróm-múþa, Frómuþa, an; m.

The mouth of the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole Bay ⬩ Fromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat

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the river Frome in Dorsetshire, where the Frome discharges itself into Poole Bay; Fromi ostium in agro Dorsetensi, ŭbi se in sĭnum ilium ad quem Poole oppĭdumassĭdet, Fromus exŏnĕrat Hér wende se here eft eástweard into Frómmúþan, and up eódon swá wíde

Linked entry: Fróm

ile

(n.)
Grammar
ile, es ; m.

callosity

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Mid ísenum pílum heora ilas gefæstnode fastened the soles of their feet with iron nails, Homl. Skt. 5, 388. hard skin [such as comes on the sole of the foot?], callosity Ile callus, Ælfc. Gl. 78; Som. 72, 51; Wrt. Voc. 46, 11.

land-leód

(n.)
Grammar
land-leód, es; m.[?]: e; f.
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Ealle ðás landleóda belicgaþ ús all these people will surround us, Jos. 7, 9

lytling

(n.)
Grammar
lytling, es; m.

A little one ⬩ a young person ⬩ child

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Gif hwylc gódra wile his lytlingas hiom [priests ] tó láre befæstan, hig sceolon swíðe lustlíce hig onfón, and him tǽcan, L. E. I. 20; Th. ii. 414, 8

bóc-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-stæf, es; pl. nom. acc. -stafas; g. -stafa; d. -stafum; m.

A bookstaf, a letter, character ⬩ litera, character

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Wæs se beám bócstafum awriten the beam was inscribed with letters, Elen. Kmbl. 182; El. 91

ge-healdsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keeping ⬩ observance ⬩ preservation ⬩ abstinence ⬩ custōdia ⬩ observātio ⬩ conservātio ⬩ abstĭnentia

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Mid ðære gehealdsumnysse with abstinence, i. 318, 8

ge-líðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líðian, -líðegian; p. ode; pp. od

To soothe ⬩ soften ⬩ mitigate ⬩ relieve ⬩ appease ⬩ lēnīre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ plācāre

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Forðæm is swíðe micel néddearf ðæt mon mid micelre gemetgunge swelcra scylda ðreáunga gelíðige therefore it is very necessary that the chiding of such sins be tempered with great moderation, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 3; Hat. MS

Linked entry: líðigian

tam

(adj.)
Grammar
tam, adj.

Tame, the opposite of wild

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Tame, the opposite of wild Tam subjugalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 6. Wilde bár aper, tam bár verres, i. 22, 70-71. Seó leó, ðeáh hió wel tam sé, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 9. Tiles and tomes meares, Exon. Th. 342, 13; Gn. Ex. 142.

Linked entries: teoma tom

weorþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-georn, adj.
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Desirous of honour, noble-minded, excellent Se wísa and se weorðgeorna and se fæstrǽda folces hyrde . . . Caton, Met. 10, 48. Hý weorðgeornra sǽlþa tóslítaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 696; Sal. 347.

wirsian

(v.)
Grammar
wirsian, p. ode

To get worse

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To get worse Hit fareþ yfele ealles tó wíde. Swá swýðe hit wyrsaþ, ðæt ðæs hádes men, ðe hwýlum wǽron nyttoste, ða syndon nú unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 18. And aa hit wyrsode mid mannan swíðor and swíðor, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 23.

yfemest

(adv.)
Grammar
yfemest, yfmest; adv.
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Uton habban úre mód up swá swá wé yfemest mægen wiþ ðæs heán hrófes ðæs héhstan andgites, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 15. Ǽresð alra glengea and ymesð scolde scínan gold on his hrægle in sacerdotis habitu ante omnia aurum fulget, Past. 14; Swt. 85, 2

Linked entry: ufera

be-windan

girdle ⬩ encircle ⬩ surround

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Add: to wrap an object in or with something Heó bewand þá hand on godwebbe, Shrn. 59, 35. Hé hine biwand in líne turn involvit sindone. Mk. R. 15, 46. Biuundun (ligauerunt) mid hræglum, Jn. L. 19, 40.

bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bite ⬩ the bite

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and add: a bite Wiþ nǽdran bite, Lch. ii. 110, 19. Bite morsum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 60. Swá hwilcne swá þæt hors mihte, hit slát and wundode hiora lima mid bitum, Gr.

egesa

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Uton wé þæs dæges fyrhto and egsan on úre mód settan, 125, 6. what excites fear or horror, a terrible thing Mannum þincþ heora deáð leófra þonne ðone egesan tó gehýranne it will seem to men better to die than to hear that awful tempest, Wlfst. 196, 7

fadian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 306, 29. with acc. Se práfast þæt fadaþ and gegearewaþ praepositus omnia disponens, R. Ben. 137, 22. Hé wíslíce his líf ne fadað he orders not his life wisely, Wlfst. 52, 28. Fadode, 159, 18.

ge-hradian

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, (i) to cause a thing to be done rapidly Hé sóna getimbrian hét mǽrlic mynster on þreóra geára fæce. ꝥæt wile þincan ungeleáflic eallum þǽm þe þá stówe on uferum tídum geseóð and þis ne gemunaþ.