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fant

a founta font

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Add: a fount Font gurges, An. Ox. 358. a font Heó eóde tó ðám fantfæte, and tólýsde hire feax, and bedýpte on ðám fante, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 17. Hí on fante gefullode wurdon, Hml. S. 2, 90. On þám háligan fante, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 14. Se ængel gehálgode

fíf-tyne

Grammar
fíf-tyne, l. -tíne,
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and add: with a noun in agreement Þæt wǽron fiéftiéne hund þúsend monna, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 22. Fífténa stód deóp se drenceflód monnes elna, Gen. 1397. Ofer fýftýne furlang (suælce spyrdum fífténum, L., swelce spyrdas fífténe, R.) quasi stadiis quindecim

fisc

a fish

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Add: a fish Gif þú finde fisc on óþrum fisce innan, genim þone and gebræd swíþe, Lch. ii. 90, 9. Wel meltende mettas, scellihte fiscas, Lch. ii. 196, 22. in a collective sense Ðá munucas habben þriddan dǽl ðæs fisces, and he ðá twá dǽl, C. D. vi. 147

for-leógan

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to accuse falsely, bear false witness against: Ic nelle secgan unsoð on me sylfe, ꝥ ic wið þé ne syngie, gif ic mé sylfe forleóge, Hml. S. 12, 196. Se cniht hine sylfne forleáh, 208. Ðá sǽdon þá hýrédmen ꝥ hit sóð wǽre, and ealle mid áðe Eugenian forlugan

ge-lífedlíce

(adv.)
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ge-lífedlíce, adv.
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With confidence in a person, trustfully, in good faith Mardonius hiene wæs georne lǽrende þæt hé hámweard fóre . . . Xersis swíþe geliéfedlíce his þegne gehiérde, and þonan áfór regem Mardonius adgreditur, suadens regem in regnum redire oportere . .

ge-lósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lósian, l. ge-losian,
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and add: intrans. To be lost, perish Gif ic forléto hiá fæstende in hús hiora, hiá gelosað (giloesigas, R., deficient) on woeg, Mk. L. 8, 3. Sunu mín gelosade (perierat) and gemoeted is, Lk. L. 15, 24. trans. to lose Sé ðe gelosas sául his fore mec,

ge-tawian

(v.)
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Add: I. to dress, prepare material Wulfes flǽsc wel getawod (conditam) and gesoden, Lch. i. 360, 14. Ðá þæt land ðá getawod wæs dum praeparata terra, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 521, 3. to treat a person (ill), bring or put to shame, of personal action Sume wurdon

hirde-leás

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Add: without a shepherd Swá swá hyrdeleáse sceáp sicut oves quibus non est pastor, Hml. A. 110, 260. without a pastor, without an ecclesiastical ruler Seó cyrice æt Hrofesceastre wæs hyrdeleás Hrofensis ecclesia pastorem minime habebat. Bd. 2, 20; Sch

hlútor-líce

(adv.)

clearlyplainlysimply

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Add: clearly, plainly, simply. Similar entries Cf hlútor; IV Ðis spell ic for þǽra hǽlo þe hit leornade oððe gehýrde hlúttorlíce áwrát and sǽde hanc historiam simpliciter ob salutem legentium siue audientium narrandam esse putaui, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 643

hyge-leást

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Add: hyge-líst. folly, buffoonery, extravagance ꝥ ne higeleást geméte (ge higeleás méte, MS.) tende ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, R. Ben. I. 75, 17. Hé ætbréde his líchaman . . . of sprǽce and of higeleáste ( de loquacitate, de scurilitate), 86

wác-lic

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Add: poor with regard to physical properties Hé wæs swíðe wáclic on his gewǽdum erat valde vilis in vestibus, Gr. D. 34, I. with regard to mental or spiritual properties Ic sylf, án wáclic man ( homuncio ), Gr. D. 7, 22. Hí unrǽdlíce férdon on heora

wafian

(v.)
Grammar
wafian, l. wáfian,
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and add: Hé forhtmód wáfode, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 43. Hé ðis gehýrende ongan micclum wáfian. Hml. S. 33, 311. (2 a) :-- On úrum tídum hí syndon ús swíðe tó wáfienne sunt haec nostris valde stupenda temporibus, Gr. D. 187, 8. Ðǽr gelamp wundorlic þing and

wedd

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wedd, <b>. I.</b>
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Ðonne cwið se éca cyning tó ánra gehwylcum : '. . . Hwet gedydest þú? Syle wedd be þissum eallum þe ic for þé dyde and for þe þrowade.' Ðonne andswaraþ se man úrum Drihtne and cwið: 'Nebbe ic ǽnig wedd tó syllanne nimþe míne (dǽda). 'Þonne bið bóc ontýned

rudu

(n.)
Grammar
rudu, e; f.

Red, redness, redness of the cheeks, the countenance

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Red, redness, redness of the cheeks, the countenance (?) Anwlita vel rudu vultus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 52. Mid rude rubore, Hpt. Gl. 507, 63. Ðá geseah se cyngc ðæt Apollonius mid rósan rude wæs eal oferbrǽded, Ap. Th. 22, 4. Gezabel gehiwode hire eágan

sam-mǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
sam-mǽle, adj.

Agreed, come to an agreement

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Agreed, come to an agreement Gif hý ðonne ǽlces þinges sammǽle beón if they then be agreed in everything, L. Edm. B. 6 ; Th. i. 254, 19. Ðæt dóm stande ðár þegenas sammǽle beón, L. Eth. iii. 13 ; Th. i. 298, 3. Hér swutelaþ on ðisum gewrite hú Wulfríc

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hláford-swice

(n.)
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hláford-swice, es; m.

Treachery to a lord, treason

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Treachery to a lord, treason Ealra mǽst hláfordswice se biþ on worulde ðæt man his hláfordes sáwle beswíce and full mycel hláfordswice eác biþ ðæt man his hláford of lífe forrǽde oððe of lande lifigendne drífe the greatest treachery in the world against

þæran

(v.)
Grammar
þæran, (? þærran)

to drywipe

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to dry, wipe Hé ðá hét geótan wæter on mundleów and ongan his þegna fét þweán and þæran (other MSS. have þar an, þær ana; the Latin in Jn. 13, 5 is extergere. The word intended seems to be one corresponding to Icelandic þerra, which, as well as the form

Linked entries: þerran þirran

for-weornian

(v.)
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Forweornaþ (-wurnað, Hpt. Gl. 436, 53 ) marcescit, i. arescit, An. Ox, 1273. Hraðe se líchama áswint and forweornað, gif him oftogen bið his bigleofa, Hml. Th. i. 266, 3. Róme burh on hire sylfre forweornað (weosnað and brosnaþ, v. l., marcescet), Gr.

wille

(n.)
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wille, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain

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A well, spring, fountain Se wylle fluvius, Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29 note. Hé is se libbenda wylle (-a ?) fons vivus Ps. Th. 41, 2. An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . . On hróces wylle, þanne up on ðæne weg . . . ; þanon

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óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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dele last passage, for which see ólehtan, and add Martianus cwæð ꝥ hé geare wiste his æðelborennysse, 'and ic þé for ðí tihte ꝥ ðú-þám godum geoffrige'. Iulianus him sǽde, 'Þu eart áblend for þínre yfelnysse, and for þí mé þus ólǽcst', Hml. S. 4, 133