for-wel
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Forwel oft interdum, i. aliquando, An. Ox, 3346. Add
symbel-gereorde
A feast, banquet
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A feast, banquet Biþ seó án snǽd sélre mycle tó þicganne ðonne him sýn seofon daga symbelgereordu, Salm. Kmbl. 816; Sal. 407
mirige
Pleasantly ⬩ sweetly ⬩ gladly
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Pleasantly, sweetly, gladly His módor gehýrde hú myrge hé sang mid ðám munecum and hyre wæs myrge on hyre móde his mother heard how sweetly he sang with the monks, and she was glad at heart, Wulfst. 152, 11-13
handfangen-þeóf
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The word seems to have the same force as infangeneþeóf (q. v.), which is the usual form in lists similar to those in which it occurs Hámsócn and forsteall, griðbrice and handfangenðeóf, C. D. iv. 233, 9. Handfangeneðeóf, 17: 23: 30
níd-niman
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Se biscop eóde tó þǽre cyste and árfullícenýdnimende (neódnymende, v. l. ) hé tóslóh þá locu þǽre cyste, and þǽr genam þá .xii. mancossas accessit ad arcam, et pie violentus claustra arcae comminuit, duodecim aureos tulit, Gr. D. 64, 13. Add
riht-gefég
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26
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scín-lác
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Add Wiþ fefre and wiþ scínláce and wið eallum gedwolþinge, Lch. ii. 288, 13. Add Of heáhnesse scýnláces his ab altitudinefaniasię suae Ps.
for-wyrcan
to do wrong ⬩ be guilty ⬩ to injure ⬩ destroy by wrongful working ⬩ to treat improperly ⬩ use badly ⬩ to bring to an end ⬩ to ruin ⬩ to make guilty ⬩ to commit crime against ⬩ guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ to bring to an ill condition ⬩ to lose by evildoing ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ to bring about ⬩ cause what is evil
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Tó ðám earde wé wǽron gesceapene, ac wé hit forwyrhton, ii. 222, 12. as a legal term Þá .iii. hída þe Wístán forworhte wið þone cyning mid unrihtum monslihte, Cht. Crw. 20, 27 (see note p. 113 on crimes for which forfeiture of land was a penalty).
þencan
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Riht is ðæt munecas dæges and nihtes inweardre heortan á tó Gode þencan and geornlíce clypian it is right that monks day and night ever earnestly direct their thoughts to God and diligently cry to him, L. I.
dysig
An error, ignorance, folly, foolishness ⬩ error, stultĭtia, insānia. insĭpientia
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Fægniaþ irmingas hiera ágnes dysiges and hearmes the wretches rejoice at their own folly and sorrow, Past. 35, 4; Hat. MS. 46 a. 14: Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 6.
ge-feormian
to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare
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Kmbl. 2181; An. 1092. Grendel unlifigendes gefeormod fét and folma Grendel devoured the feet and hands of the lifeless, Beo.
ge-þungen
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Add: in respect to age, advanced, mature Geþungen yld and swýðe eald yld ... hærfest and geþungen yld geférlǽcað, and winter and yld áteoriað, Angl. viii. 299, 25-27.
weorþan
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Add Heó mid þám cilde wearð sóna and þæt gebær, Wlfst. 22, 9. Hit is áwriten ðætte úre Hǽlend wurde beaftan his méder and his mágum. Past. 385, 20. add: (a) weorþan æt to be at something; cf.
tó-gædere
Together ⬩ union, ⬩ association, ⬩ joining, ⬩ mingling,
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In Danai ðære ié Asia and Europe hiera landgemircu tógædre licgaþ, Ors. I, 1; Swt. 8. Heofon and eorðe hreósaþ tógadore, Andr.
dott
DOT, small spot, speck ⬩ punctum
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ADOT, small spot, speck ; punctum Geopenige mon ðone dott and binde ðone clíðan to ðan swyle let the speck [at the head of a boil] be opened, and the poultice be bound to the swelling, Lchdm. iii. 40, 14
gæd
A being together ⬩ fellowship ⬩ union ⬩ sŏciĕtas
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A being together, fellowship, union; sŏciĕtas Nolde gæd geador in Godes ríce, eádiges engles and ðæs ofermódan there would not [be] any fellowship in God's kingdom, of the blessed angel and the proud together, Salm. Kmbl. 899; Sal. 449
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prod-bor
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bor and prod a pointed instrument; to prod to prick, Jamieson, and common in many parts of England, as if foro were connected with forare.] (?)
efen-blíþe
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Rejoicing with another Ne wépað git mé ná swá ic deád sý, ac beóð mé efenblíðe weep not for me as if I were dead, but rejoice with me (rejoice as I do), Shrn. 56, 19. [ Icel. jafn-blíðr.]
síd
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Ðiós síde gesceaft þénaþ and þiówaþ the wide world ministers and serves, Met. 29, 76. Eorþe and síd wæter earth and ocean broad, Cd. Th. 7, 2 ; Gen. 100. Geseah sceado swiðrian geond sídne grund, 8, 35 ; Gen. 134. Sǽs sídne grund, Exon.
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lenden-reáf
an apron
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A covering for the loins, an apron Lenden-, síd-reáf lumbare vel renale, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 112; Wrt. Voc. 40, 22