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þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
þeaht, e; f.
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Counsel Sum bisceop tó him férde, efne swá swá hé wǽre mid heofonlícre þeahte gelǽred, ðæt hé tó ðære sprǽce férde ðæs Godes mannes, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 8. Hí rǽddon ðæt man hine gebunde, and óð deáð swunge.

ǽrend-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrend-fæst, adj.

Bound on an errand

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Bound on an errand Férde sum ǽrendfæst ridda . . . and lǽdde hit forð mid him ðǽr hé fundode tó, Hml. S. 26, 221

Linked entry: -fæst

óre

(n.)
Grammar
óre, an; f.

A mine, place in which ore is dug

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A mine, place in which ore is dug ísern óre ferri fodina, in quo loco ferrum foditur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, II

Linked entry: óra

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughoutmplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

weorold-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wæter, es; n.
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Ic ðé secge, twá sindon sealte sǽ, and twá fersce, Salm. Kmbl. p. 186, 24)

un-cúþness

(n.)
Grammar
un-cúþness, e; f.
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Strangeness, novelty Ne mihte se cniht ádreógan þá neównesse and uncúþnesse swá mycelre gesihðe tantae visionis novitatem non ferens, Gr. D. 278, 15

weg-férend

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Þá þá se bróþor on þone weg férde, óþer wegférend (viator) hine sylfne tó him geþeódde, Gr. D. 138, 9 : 314, 12. Add

ǽfen-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-tíma, an; m.

Evening timeeventidevespertinum tempus

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Evening time, eventide; vespertinum tempus Ðá ǽfentíma wæs, he férde to Bethaníam cum jam vespera esset hora, exiit in Bethaniam, Mk. Bos. 11, 11

Linked entry: tíma

Eáster-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
Eáster-gewuna, an; m.
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An Easter custom Hé tó þám mynstre férde on þǽre ylcan tíde þe heora Eástergewuna wǽron (wæs ?) tógædere becuman, Hml. S. 23 b, 643

Linked entry: ge-wuna

Fríg-dæg

Grammar
Fríg-dæg, Fríge-dæg.
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Frigendei) sexta feria, R. Ben. I. 43, 12. Add

ge-sweorf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorf, es; n.
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Gesweorf ferruginem, i. rasura ferri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147. 65 : ferruginem, 35, 32. Add

níw-gehálgod

(adj.)
Grammar
níw-gehálgod, níw-hálgod; adj.
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Ðá Hieu se nígehálgode (níghál-goda, v. l. ) cynincg férde, Hml. S. 18, 326

þurh-leornian

(v.)
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See þurh-féran, and þurh-leóran; II

Linked entry: leornian

neán

(adv.)
Grammar
neán, adv.

from nearnearclose at handnearlyabout

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Ðá wæs neán seó syxte tíd erat autem fere hora sexta, 23, 44. Wé ðæs hereweorces neán myndgiaþ we bear that warlike deed in mind nearly as it happened, have an accurate remembrance of it, Elen. Kmbl. 1311; El. 657

Linked entry: neón

feorlen

(adj.)
Grammar
feorlen, adj.

Far offdistantremotelonginquus

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Far off, distant, remote; longinquus Se gingra sunu ferde wræclíce on feorlen ríce adolescentior fīlius pĕregre profectus est in rĕgiōnem longinquam, Lk. Bos. 15, 13

Linked entry: ferren

mann-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þrymm, es; m.
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Array of men, retinue, troop Se cásere férde mid ealle his manþrymme (cf. mid ealle his werede, 15), Verc. Först. 97, 11. Cf. here-þrymm

Linked entry: here-þrym

æt-hindan

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-hindan, adv.

At the backbehindaftera tergoponepost

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At the back, behind, after; a tergo, pone, post Se cyning férde him æthindan the king went after them, Chr. 1016; Th. i. 282, 17

ofermódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofermódlíce, adv.

Proudly, arrogantly, insolentlysuperbe, proterve, elate, hyperbolice

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Hit ofer-módlíce férde. Blickl. Homl. 199, 17: 201, 24

fold-grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
fold-grǽg, adj. [grǽg grey]

Earth-greyearth-colouredinstar terræ cānus

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Earth-grey, earth-coloured; instar terræ cānus Eá of dúne sceal foldgrǽg féran earth-coloured water shall proceed from a hill, Menol. Fox 521; Gn. C. 31

irfe-land

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-land, es; n.

heritable land

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Land that passes as an inheritance, heritable land Ic cýðo hú mín willa is ðet mín ærfelond fére ðe ic gebohte on ǽce ærfe I declare how my will is that my heritable land shall go, that I bought in perpetual inheritance, Chart. Th. 476, 12.