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Art ⬩ skill ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ artifice
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Hé fela onginþ leornian lista many arts doth he learn, 28, 153; Met. 28, 77: Cd. 13; Th. 16, 5; Gen. 239. Mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht with wiles he lured the woman to that wrong, 28; Th. 37, 12; Gen. 588: 32; Th. 43, 8; Gen. 687.
FEALO
FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? ⬩ flāvus, gilvus, fuscus
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Sax. falu: Dut. vaal: Kil. vael, vaeluwe: Ger. fal, fahl, falb: M. H. Ger. val: O. H. Ger. falo, falw: Icel. fölr pale, fallow: Lat. pallĭdus pale: Sansk. palita grey. ] DER æppel-fealu
reord
Speech, tongue, language, voice;
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Th. 89, 22; Gen. 1484 : 248, 10; Dan. 511. Wit scíran reorde song áhófan, Exon. Th. 324, 32; Víd. 103. Geác monaþ geómran reorde, 309, 7; Seef. 53.
Linked entry: ge-reord
a-wirgean
To accurse ⬩ curse ⬩ maledicere
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To accurse, curse; maledicere Nelle ic awirgean ða eorþan nolo maledicere terræ, Gen. 8, 21. Awirgede woruldsorga ye execrable worldly cares, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 25
éðel-seld
A native seat, settlement ⬩ patria sēdes, dŏmĭcĭlium
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A native seat, settlement; patria sēdes, dŏmĭcĭlium Sceoldon ða rincas sécan ellor éðelseld the chieftains must seek a settlement elsewhere, Cd. 90; Th. 113, 32; Gen. 1896
Linked entry: éðel-setl
flett-gesteald
Household goods ⬩ domestic wealth ⬩ domestĭcæ ŏpes
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Household goods, domestic wealth; domestĭcæ ŏpes Geomor fæder flettgesteald freóndum dǽlde Gomer distributed his father's domestic wealth to his friends, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 11; Gen. 1611
forþ-steallian
To come to pass ⬩ posthac lŏcum hăbēre
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To come to pass; posthac lŏcum hăbēre Sceal seó wyrd swá ðeáh forþsteallian that event shall yet come to pass, Cd. 109; Th. 144, 15; Gen. 2390
Linked entry: steallian
freoðo-þeáw
Peaceful behaviour or manner ⬩ pacĭfĭci mōres
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Peaceful behaviour or manner; pacĭfĭci mōres Ðá wæs sibb on heofnum, freoðobeáwas then there was agreement in heaven, peaceful manners, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 29; Gen. 79
hér-búende
People living in this world,
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People living in this world, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 4; Gen. 1079: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 38; Jud. 96: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 124; Met. 9, 62
giongra
A vassal ⬩ follower ⬩ attendant ⬩ assecla ⬩ sectātor
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A vassal, follower, attendant; assecla, sectātor Móton we hie us to giongrum habban we may have them as our vassals, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 16; Gen. 407
weorold-wǽpen
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A weapon used in this world's warfare Ðá wæs feówer geár ǽr his fulwihte, ðæt hé woroldwǽpno Wæg ( he bore this world's arms ), Blickl. Homl. 213, 4
ele-drósna
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Ger. oli-truosin amurca.] Cf. eles drosna under ele
gúþ-cyning
A warlike king
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A warlike king, Cd. 97; Th. 128, 8; Gen. 2123; Beo. Th. 401; B. 199: 3942; B. 1969: 4660; B. 2335: 5119; B. 2563: 5348; B. 2677
slincend
A crawling thing, a reptile
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Fram ðám slincendum óþ ða fugelas Gen. 6, 7
hneáw-líce
Sparingly, ⬩ stingily
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Sparingly, stingily; Him ðæs leán ágeaf nalles hneáwlíce to him for that the Lord gave reward with no sparing hand, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 20; Gen. 1809
blód-seten
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Blód-setena ge on tó bindanne ge on eáre tó dónne ge horse ge men, 4, 11
un-æþelboren
Not nobly born ⬩ not of noble birth
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Ealle cristene men, ǽgðer ge ríce ge heáne, ge æðelborene ge unæðelborene, and se hláford and se ðeówa, ealle hí sind gebróðra, Homl. Th. i. 260, 20
Linked entry: æþel-boren
for-scapung
Mishap ⬩ calamity ⬩ destruction
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Ungetíma and tibernessa ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce ge on mislicre forscapunge diuturnitatem illius obsidionis, eversionis atrocitatem, caedem, captivitatemque, 1, 11; S. 50, 20. Substitute:
nú
Now ⬩ at this time ⬩ Now ⬩ since ⬩ when
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Wá eów ðe nú hlihaþ, forðon gé eft wépaþ, Blickl. Homl. 25, 23. Ðú meaht geseón nú gén ( still ) swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 17; Cri. 1458 : Beo. Th. 5711; B. 2859. Micel is nú géna lád ofer lagustreám, Andr. Kmbl. 844; An. 422 : 950; An. 475.