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féþe

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Petrus cwæð: 'Árís hál on þínum fótum' . . . and hé hleóp sóna cunnigende his féðes hwæðer hé cúðe gán, Hml. S. 10, 33. Mengu folgedun him on foeðe turbae secutae sunt eum pedestres, Mt. R. 14, 13. Þæt hé fǽrlíce his féðe forlure, Hml.

smolt

(adj.)
Grammar
smolt, smeolt; adj.

Serene, quiet, peaceful

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[With smeþe smylyng and smolt Gaw. 1763.]

Linked entry: smeolt

wer-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wer-fǽhþ, e; f.
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Gif hé (a man's foe) wille on hond gán and his wǽpenu sellan, and hwá ofer ðæt on him feohte, gielde swá wer swá wunde, swá hé gewyrce, Th. i. 90, 19] Be werfǽhðe tyhtlan. Se ðe bið werfǽhðe betogen, and hé onsacan wille ðæs sleges mid áðe, L.

dór

(n.)
Grammar
dór, dúru.
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R. 13, 25. ¶ Of secbróce tó þan heán dore (gate, Kemble: pass, Earle, Chr. p. 328); of þan (heán, C. D. iii. 79, 3) dore tó brýdbróce, Cht. E. 447, 8

gorettan

(v.)
Grammar
gorettan, p. te.
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Ne gán hí goretyndum eágum non vagis oculis incedant, Nap. 34. Gorettende passiuos (oculorum obtutus ), An. Ox. 5, 3. Wídlese ( = -lǽste ?) goretende passiuis, Archiv lxxix. 89. trans.

Linked entry: gorian

bær-fót

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Nime hé stæf him on hand and bærfót, 286, 20. Cume manna gehwilc bærefót tó circan, Wlfst. 181, 1. Bær-fisce (-fót?) nudapes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 19. Add

gagel-croppan

(n.)
Grammar
gagel-croppan, pl. m. [croppa the top of a flower or herb]

Catkins of galemyricæ panĭcŭlæ

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Catkins of gale; myricæ panĭcŭlæ Genim gagelcroppan take catkins of gale, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 20

oxa

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Exen, calfero boves, vitulos, Rtl. 119, 28. ¶ oxan gang an ox-gang (v. N. E. D. s. v.), an eighth of a carucate or plough-land, a bovate.

ge-lǽte

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Gif hwá gǽð út on strǽte oððe gǽð sittan æt wega gelǽtan ( in biuiis residere temptauerit ), Chrd. 61, 6. Add

ge-dwolian

(v.)
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., erraverit) án ðára scípa . . . hé gáð soece þætte gedwalode (ge-duolade, L., erravit) . . . hé máre gefeáþ be þǽm þonne be þǽm . . . þe ne gedwaladan (erraverunt), Mt. . . . 18, 12-13.

oxan-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-hirde, es; m.
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Oxanhyrde mót lǽswian .ii. oxan oððe má mid hláfordes heorde on gemǽnre lǽse . . . and his metecú mót gán mid hláfordes oxau, Ll. Th. i. 438, 12-16. Oxanhyrdas bubulcos (-as, MS.). oxanhyrde bubulcus, Hpt. 33, 238, 4-5: An. Ox. 23, 32

wilder

(n.)
Grammar
wilder, (-or ? cf. wildor-líc. v. next word) (and wild ? cf. O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n.

A wild beast

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At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10; Pa. 43.

Linked entry: wildor

orpedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
orpedlíce, adv.

Boldly, in full force

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Gaw. 2232. penne orppedly in to his hous he hyȝed to Sare, Allit. Pms. 56, 623.]

Linked entry: orped

ge-birhtan

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[Goth. ga-bairhtjan.] Cf. Beorhtian

stæf-plega

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-plega, an; m.

A letter-gamea literary game

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A letter-game or a literary game Staebplegan, staefplagan ludi litterari, ludi litterali, Txts. 72, 577. Stæfplegan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 17

feón

(v.)

to gain

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to gain

Gallisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Gallisc, adj.

Gaulishbelonging to GaulGallĭcus

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Gaulish, belonging to Gaul; Gallĭcus Ðǽr gefeaht Mallius wið ánne Galliscne mann there Manlius fought with a man of Gaul, Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 16

níten

(n.)
Grammar
níten, niéten, neáten, nýten, es; n.

An animalbeastcattle

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Ða nýtenu hé lét gán álotene, and hé forgeaf ðám nýtenum gærs, Homl. Th. i. 276, 3-6. Men and nýtenu sweltaþ homines et jumenta morientur, Ex. 9, 19. Swá stunte nýtenu sicut bruta animalia, Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 19.

ge-þafung

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On geþafunge gán to consent :-- Gif hé on geþafunge gǽð si consenserit, R. Ben. 103, 3 : 119, 15

þri-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-wintre, -wintra, -winter; adj.

Of three yearsthree years old

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Geoffra mé án þriwintre hrýðer and ǽnne þriwintre ramm and ánne þriwintre gát sume mihi vaccam triennem et capram trimam et arietem annorum trium, Gen. 15, 9. Hé ásende him tó án ðrywintre cild, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 7