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firen-fremmende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
firen-fremmende, part.

Committing sins ⬩ scĕlĕra commitens

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Committing sins; scĕlĕra commitens Ðæt he for ælda lufan firenfremmendra fela þrówade that he suffered much for love of men committing crimes, Exon. 24a; Th. 69, 9; Cri. 1118

ge-crincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-crincan, p. -cranc, pl. -cruncon; pp. -cruncen

To yield ⬩ fall ⬩ occumbere ⬩ ruere

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To yield, fall; occumbere, ruere He under rande gecranc he fell beneath his shield, Beo. Th. 2423; B. 1209 : Byrht. Th. 139, 7; By. 250 : 141, 19; By. 324

wiþer-corenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-corenness, e; f.

Reprobateness

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Reprobateness Swá fela manna gebúgaþ tó geleáfan on ðissere andwerdan gelaðunge, ðæt hí sume eft út berstaþ ðurh wiðercorennysse and leahtrum heora ðwyran lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 290, 19

fyren-earfeðe

(n.)
Grammar
fyren-earfeðe, es; n.

A sinful woe ⬩ scĕlestum mălum

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A sinful woe; scĕlestum mălum Heó nyste ðæt swá fela fyrenearfeða fylgean sceolde she knew not that so many sinful woes must follow, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 14; Gen. 709

Linked entry: firen-earfeðe

slíþ-heard

(adj.)
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With baleful hand, animal, with fell paw Bera bið slíþhende deór (see Mod. Lang. Rev. xv. 70), Gn. Ex. 177

æg-lǽca

(n.)
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æg-lǽca, an; m.

A miserable being ⬩ wretch ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum

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A miserable being, wretch, monster; miser, perditus, monstrum Atol æglǽca the fell wretch, Beo. Th. 1188; B. 592 : Cd. 216; Th. 274, 28; Sat. 161: Andr. Kmbl. 2717; An. 1361

geó-sceaft-gást

(n.)
Grammar
geó-sceaft-gást, es; m.

A fatal, dire spirit[?] or ancient spirit[?]

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Ðanon wóc fela geósceaftgásta wæs ðæra Grendel sum thence arose many dire spirits, Grendel was one of them, Beo. Th. 2536; B. 1266

geógelere

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Substitute: A magician Fela þinga dydan þá geógeleras on Egypta land þurh drýcræft, Wlfst. 98, 9. Drýas, iúgeleras marsi, An. Ox. 4476. Iúgelera aruspicum, 4020: magorum, i. ariolorum, 4069: 4089

mynele

(n.)
Grammar
mynele, an; f.

Desire ⬩ longing

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Desire, longing Ðæt hé tó his earde ǽnige nyste módes mynlan so that he (Ulysses) felt no heart's desire for his native land, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 133; Met. 26, 67

ge-cwémlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-cwémlíce, adv.

Agreeably ⬩ acceptably

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Agreeably, acceptably Hú fela wítegan under ðære ǽ Gode gecwémlíce drohtnodon how many prophets under the old law passed their life acceptably to God, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 33; 576, 4

Linked entry: cwém-líce

weorold-stund

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-stund, e; f.
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Time spent in this world Mé ne woldon folc oncnáwan, ðeáh ic fela for him æfter woruldstundum ( in the hours I spent on earth ) wundra gefremede, Elen. Kmbl. 725 ; El. 363

twifildan

(v.)
Grammar
twifildan, p. de

To double

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. : -felde, MS. D.) duplico, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 138, 12: 49; Zup. 287, 4. Twyfeldende mæssehacelan duplicans casulam, Anglia xiii.406, 587

Linked entry: twifealdan

ge-wissung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wissung, e; f.

Direction ⬩ instruction ⬩ guidance

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Direction, instruction, guidance For fela gewissungum ðe seó in bóc hæfþ toforan ðám óðrum for many directions which that one book has above the others, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 65, 295

Linked entry: wissung

heáwan

(v.)

to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off

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Ðeáh þe láðra fela ðínne byrnhomon billum heówan, Vald. 1, 17. to shape with a cutting implement, Bd. 4, 11; Sch. 407, 21 (in Dict.). to hew, fell wood Hí slógon þá crístenan . . . swá swá mann wudu hýwð, Hml.

for-logen

(adj.)
Grammar
for-logen, for-logen; adj. (ptcpl.)
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Fela sýn forsworene and swíðe forlogene, 129, 7: 268, 27. Substitute:

lifer-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
lifer-seóc, adj.
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Having the liver diseased Gif se lifersióca mon blódes tó fela hæbbe, Lch. ii. 210, 7. Wyrce mon tó drencum liferseócum mannum, 212, 24. Heó liferseócum wel fremað, i. 236, 13

hleahtor-bǽre

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Productive of laughter: Ne sceal hé fela sprecan, ne ídele word ne hleahtorbǽre (leahtor-, v. l.) multum loqui non amare, verba vana aut risui apta non loqui R. Ben. 18, 8. Substitute:

spáca

(n.)
Grammar
spáca, an; m.

the spoke of a wheel ⬩ radius ⬩ radius, lignum in rota

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Ða felga hangiaþ on ðám spácan, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 1-13. Spácan radii, Wrt. Voc. 1. 16, 23: 284, 47: 66, 54. part of the body [= ribb-spácan] Spácan radioli, 65, 21

feorh-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

Living kind ⬩ vīventium gĕnus

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Living kind; vīventium gĕnus Bealocwealm hafaþ fela feorhcynna forþ onsended pernicious death has sent forth many living kinds, Beo. Th. 4524; B. 2266: Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 10; Gn. Ex. 14

earm-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
earm-beáh, gen. -beáges; dat. -beáge; m.

An arm-ring, bracelet ⬩ armilla

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Earmbeága fela many bracelets. Beo. Th. 5520; B. 2763