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FÓSTER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓSTER, fóstor, fóstur; gen. fóstres; n.

FOSTERing ⬩ nourishing ⬩ rearing ⬩ feeding ⬩ food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ provisions ⬩ edŭcātio ⬩ nutrīcium ⬩ pastio ⬩ alĭmentum ⬩ victus

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Let six shillings be paid for the fostering of a foundling for the first year, twelve for the second, thirty for the third; afterwards, according to its appearance, L. In. 26; Th. i. 118, 17-20: 38; Th. i. 126, 5.

Linked entries: féster fóstor fóstur

be-ginnan

(v.)
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<b>II a.</b> to attack :-- Ymbe þreó mónað þæs þe hié mon ǽr ongon (began, v.l. ), Ors. 5, II; S. 238, II

genge

(n.)
Grammar
genge, f.
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In Layamon genge is used of military forces as in the Chronicle Nis þe (Hengest ) non neod to bringen mid þe muchel genge, 15025. He sende æfter genge, 28803. He somnede genge and wolde mid fehte faren, 29330.

sum

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Th. ii. 134, 25. Fulsóð hý secgað sumera þinga, Ll. Th. ii. 344, 23 n

fultum

help ⬩ assistance

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Voc. ii. 29, 29. Hé fultumes bæd solatium petivit, Past. 305, 3. Mundbyrde and fultome presidio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 41. Hannibal tó his fultume cóm, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 6. Fultum favorem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 53.

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e; and indecl.? f.

a saw, say (to say one&#39;s say), saying, statement, story, tale ⬩ saying, narration, telling, report ⬩ statement of a witness, testimony ⬩ a saying beforehand, foretelling

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Ic háte healdan hí óþ ðæt heora sagu áfandod sý. Homl. Th. ii. 484, 3. Teónan ðú wyrcst ús mid ðisse sage haec dicens nobis contumeliam facis, Lk. Skt. II, 45. Sagu(cf. gesægene dictu,28, 47), dictu Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 7.

sum

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sum, indef. prn.
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Th. i. 364, 18.

Linked entry: ÁN

ge-sprecan

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L. 4, 41. to talk, converse Mið ðý gespræce (wé gisprécun, R.) in woege dum loqueretur in via, Lk. L. 24, 32. (2 a) to talk with, converse together :-- Gesprécon betuién him conloquebantur ad inuicem, Jn. L. R. II, 56. Efne gesprécon, Lk. L. 4, 36.

un-tósliten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tósliten, adj.

Not torn asunder

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Voc. ii. 110, 60: inima (?), 45, 37. Hí heóldon his tunecan untóslitene, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 32. Untóslitenum indisruptis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 31: 47, 13

Linked entry: tó-slítan

ERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ERIAN, erigan, erigean, to erianne, eríganne, erigenne; part, erigende; p. ede; pp. ed; v. a.

To plough, EAR ⬩ iărāre

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Míne æceras ic erige mei agros ăro, Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Som. 19, 44. Ðú erast thou ploughest, Homl. Th. i. 488, 84. Ðǽr yrþling ne eraþ where husbandman ploughs not, i. 464, 25.

Linked entry: ærian

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus

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On ðam fracodan gilte in făcĭnŏre, Jos. 7, 15. On his fracedum dǽdum in his abominable deeds, Ælfc. T. 34, 25

meldian

(v.)
Grammar
meldian, p. ode, ede.

to declare ⬩ announce ⬩ tell ⬩ to inform against ⬩ accuse

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Ic sceal mód meldian swá ðú mé beódest I must tell all my mind, as thou dost bid me, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 10; Jul. 463. Ongan meldigan ðone hálgan wer the devil began to tell who the holy man was, Andr. Kmbl. 2341; An. 1172.

Linked entry: a-meldian

ge-þafung

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Geþafung byþ ðonne ðú cwyst, amor ic eom gelufod, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 9, 2-7. consent Ús is gecynde ðæt wé ǽlc yfel on ðrió wísan ðurhtión : ðurh gespan and ðurh lustfulnesse and ðurh geðafunga (consensu) . . .

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, es; m. [? or should the passages that follow be put under sand; f.? cf. the later application of witness to a person]

A messenger, envoy

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Euericb wo is Godes sonde. Heie monnes messager, me schal heiliche underuongen, A. R. 190, 15. In alle our neoden sendeð þeos sonden (prayers) touward heouene, 246, 22

Linked entries: sand sond

sín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sín, possess. pron.

His ⬩ her ⬩ its ⬩ their ⬩ suus

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His, her, its, their; suus. This pronoun, which is regularly used in the cognate dialects, rarely occurs in English prose, where its place seems to have been early taken by the genitive of hé, heó, hit. referring to a sing. masc.

ge-wemman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wemman, p. -wemde; pp. -wemmed, -wemd

To stain ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane ⬩ corrupt ⬩ vitiate ⬩ mar ⬩ injure ⬩ coinquĭnāre ⬩ turpāre ⬩ polluĕre ⬩ profānāre ⬩ corrumpĕre ⬩ vĭtiāre ⬩ contāmĭnāre ⬩ viŏlāre

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Ic honda gewemde I have polluted my hands, Cd. 52; Th. 672; Gen. 1094. Ðú gewemdest his hálignesse on eorþan profānasti in terra sanctĭtātem ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 32: Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 5; Cri. 1487.

Linked entry: wemman

þeów-racu

Grammar
þeów-racu, þíw-, þýw-[w]racu, e, an; f.

A threat ⬩ threatening

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Ic forseó ðíne þeówracan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 524. Ic gehýre hyra egeslícan þíwracan, 3, 432

Linked entry: þeów-racian

medu-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
medu-wyrt, e; f.

Meadow-sweet ⬩ mead-sweet

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Voc. ii. 59, 43: L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 94, 14. Medowyrt, Lchdm. ii. 96, 17: 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 11. Medewyrt malletina (?), Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 1: Lchdm. iii. 6, 12: 16, 9. Meodeuyrt mellauna, papamo, 304, 1, 35

ge-drófenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-drófenlíc, adj.

Troublous

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Troublous Ðeós world is gedrófenlíc this world is troublous, Blickl. Homl. 115, 3

Geransingas

(n.)
Grammar
Geransingas, gen. a; pl.
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The Gergesenes In lond Geransinga in regionem Gerasenorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 28