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un-hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwílen, adj.

Not temporaryeternal

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Ðǽr bið symle gearu freónd unhwílen, Andr. Kmbl. 2309; An. 1156. Ic mé sylfum wát æfter líces hryre leán unhwílen, Exon. Th. 167, 27; Gú. 1066. Hé him éce geceás langsumre líf, leóht unhwílen, Apstls. Kmbl. 40; Ap. 20

Linked entry: hwílen

hál-bǽre

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Hálbǽre salutiferam, Germ. 389, 6. of persons, that promotes the well-being of others : — Freónd hálbǽrne ic ná gescynde amicum salutarem non confundor, Scint. 195, 11

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

firen-lust

(n.)
Grammar
firen-lust, fyren-lust, es; m.

Sinful lustluxurywantonnesslĭbīdoluxŭria

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Hí firenlusta frece ne wǽron they were not desirous of luxuries, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 29; Met. 8, 15. Þurh firenlustas through sinful lusts, Exon. 29b; Th. 90, 32; Cri. 1483: 44a; Th. 150, 8; Gú. 775

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folc-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
folc-bearn, es; n.

A folk-childa child of manpŏpŭli fīliushŏmĭnis fīlius

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Þurh ðé eorþ-búende ealle onfóþ, folcbearn, freoðo and freóndscipe through thee all dwellers upon earth, the children of men, shall receive peace and friendship, 84; Th. 105, 28; Gen. 1760

un-gesib

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesib, un-gesibb; adj.

not relatedstrangenot at peace at variance

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not related, strange Hé bið fremede Freán ælmihtigum, englum ungelíc (ungesibb, MS. B.) ána hwearfaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 69; Sal. 35. Ic ( the cuckoo ) under sceáte ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Exon.

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Freó láca oblationes, Ps. L. 50, 21. Ic hatige þá lác þe bióð on wóh gereáfodu. ...

mann

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Habban þá . xii. men heora metscype tógædere, 236, 6: 230, 22. add: of free men Gif mon wille . . . hláford sécan . . . sé þe hine tó men feormie . . . se þe hine tó men onfó, Ll. Th. i. 86, 2-9.

firen-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
firen-dǽd, fyren-dǽd, -déd, e; f.

A wicked or sinful deedcrimescĕlestum făcĭnus

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A wicked or sinful deed, crime; scĕlestum făcĭnus Ðæt hie firendǽda tó frece wurdon that they were too audacious in wicked deeds, Cd. 121; Th. 155, 29; Gen. 2580: Exon. 118a; Th. 453, 35; Hy. 4, 25. Firendéda, Ps. C. 50, 44; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 44.

Linked entry: fyren-dǽd

ge-hremmed

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hremman;</b> p. ge-hremde; pp. ge-hremmed To hinder, impede, to prevent the free action of Dóð húru þæt hí ne magon úre tungan gehremman, ne ús áléfian, Hml.

FIRAS

(n.)
Grammar
FIRAS, fyras; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

Living beingsthe chief of living beingsmenmankindhŏmĭnesvĭrigĕnus hūmānum

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Teóde firum foldan freá Ælmihtig terram custos hūmāni gĕnĕris omnĭpŏtens creāvit, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 23

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teóðung-land

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung-land, es; n.
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hídan and biscop and eal híwan forgeáfan mé ða feówer and án wæs teóðinglond I resumed my land and sold it, the five hides to wit, to the bishop (of Winchester) for the land at Liddiard, for five hides, and the bishop and brethren granted me the four (free

wíte-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wíte-fæst, adj.

In slavery as a punishment for crime.

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Similar entries v. wíteþeów Hé wyle ðæt man freóge æfter his dæge ǽlcne wítefæstne man ðe on his tíman forgylt wǽre si quis, secundum patriae Anglie morem, in aliquam incurrisset servitutem tempore sue potestatis, libertate sibi penitus contributa, relaxatus

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wiþ-seón

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-seón, p. -seah, pl. -sáwon

To plot against

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Ðá ofþúhte heora ceorlum ðæt mon ða þeówas freóde, and hí nolde.

sigor

(n.)
Grammar
sigor, es ; m.
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Sigores ágend, ealdor, freá, fruma, God, weard, Cd. Th. 307, 11 ; Sat. 678 : Hy. 3, 20 : Exon. Th. 25, 21 ; Cri. 404 : 19, 2 ; Cri. 294 : Andr. Kmbl. 1519 ; An. 761 : Exon. Th. 15, 29 ; Cri. 243.

a-sígan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon ; pp. -sigen

To declinego downfall downdelabioccidere

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Lǽt ðínne sefan healdan freán dómas, ða ðe hér men forlǽtaþ asígan let thy mind observe the Lord's decrees, which here men permit to decline, Exon. 81, a; Th. 304, 24; Fä. 75

Linked entries: a-sáh a-sigen

fréfran

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., froe-fredon, L., freófradun, R.) consolabantur, Jn. 11. 31. ꝥ hí í Froefra consolari, Mt. L. 2, 18. Frófran, Ps. Srt. 76, 3. Ðá wǽdlan sint tó frébranne (fréfranne, v.l.) and tó rétanne (offerre consolationis solatium ), Past. 180, 6.

snóca

(n.)
Grammar
snóca, an; m.

A bend, bay forestum, nomine

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Of ðære díc on færscmærus westsnócan; of ðam snócan on fúlan mære eástweardnæ from the dike to the western bay of fresh mere; from the bay to the east side of the foul mere Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 344, 33.

toft

(n.)

a piece of ground, messuage, homesteada place marked out for a house or buildinga square piece of ground with walls but without roofan enclosed home-fieldcampusan elevated piece of grounda field where a house or building once stood.

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Alle míne men fré, and ilk habbe his toft and his metecfi and his metecú. And ic an þe préstes toft into þe kirke fre . . . And ic an Léfquéne fítténe acres and an toft . . .

nerian

(v.)
Grammar
nerian, p. ede

To save

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freá nerede fram hellcwale, Exon. Th. 73, 14; Cri. 1189. Ðín ealdor nere, Cd. Th. 152, 2; Gen. 2502. Ðæt ðú nerige ( eruas ) mé, Ps. Spl. 39, 18. Se ðe wyle oððe sceall nerian eruiturus, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Sons. 44, 26.