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fódder

(n.)
Grammar
fódder, fóddor, fóddur, fóder, fódor; gen. fódres; dat. fódre; n.

FODDERdry food for cattlehaycornprovenderfood generallyjūmenti pābŭlumfœnumĕdūliumpābŭlumescavictusa case from which anything is feda casecoversheaththācaθήκη

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Thes. i. 135, 49. Brúceþ fódres has an enjoyment of food, Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345, 6; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 55. Gif ðam ðe ðæs beþurfe fýr and fóddor let him give fire and food to him who needs it, L.

Linked entries: FÓÐER fóter

neótan

(v.)
Grammar
neótan, niótan; p. neát, pl. nuton

To enjoyhave the benefit of

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Niótaþ inc ðæs óðres ealles all other take for your use, Cd. Th. 15. 18; Gen. 235. Lífes, feores neótan to live. Hwylc is manna ðæt feores neóte quis est homo, qui vivet, Ps. Th. 88, 41 : Exon. Th. 328,14; Vy. 17. Niótan, Cd.

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

afflictionlabourmiseryafflictiontroublediseasehurt

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Eówre brocu nú lǽssan sindon þonne heora þá wǽre, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, ii. 14, 8. Ealle þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl.

Linked entry: bróc

fǽr-lic

(adj.)

suddensuddenfortuitous

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Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð if any sudden ill befall the nation, Wlfst. 271, 1. Ðá ðe mid fǽrlice luste (repentina concupiscentia) beóð oferswíðde, Past. 429, 33: 417, 5.

á-hwár

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwár, adv.

somewhereanywherealicubiin any wisequoquo modo

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G. 11; Th. i. 172, 21. in any wise; quoquo modo And se man, ðe wiðcwiþ ðínum bebodum [Grn. wordum] áhwár, beo he deáþes scildig and the man, who shall in any wise contradict [speak against] thy commands [Grn. words], he shall be guilty of death, Jos.

Angel

(n.)
Grammar
Angel, gen. dat. acc. Angle; f.

Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into BritainAngulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt

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Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into Britain; Angulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt Of Angle cómon Eást-Engle from Anglen came the East-Angles, Chr. 449; Ing.

CÝSE

(n.)
Grammar
CÝSE, cése,es; m:an; m.

CHEESEcaseus

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In. 70; Th. i. 146, 19

Linked entry: cése

dógor-rím

(n.)
Grammar
dógor-rím, es; n. [rím a number]
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Is ðes þroht to ðæs heard dógorrímum this suffering is so hard in the days of my life, Elen. Kmbl. 1406; El. 705

enge

(adj.)
Grammar
enge, def. se enga; adj.

Narrow, anxiousangustus, anxius

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Narrow, anxious; angustus, anxius Ufan hit is enge it is narrow above, Exon. 116a; Th. 446, 14; Dórn. 22: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970. Of ðam engan hofe from that narrow house, 73b; Th. 274, 12; Jul. 532: 8a; Th. 3, 6; Cri. 32.

forad

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
forad, part. adj.

Brokenweakenedvoidfractuslăbĕfactus

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Gif ða earmscancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, 55; Th. i. 94, 26. Beó ðæt ordál forad let the ordeal be void, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 9: iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 1

fóre-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-spræc, fóre-spæc, e; f. [fóre- fore-, spræc a speech]

A fore-speechprefaceintroductiona speaking before for anothera fore-promisepræfātiopræ-sponsio

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A fore-speech, preface, introduction, a speaking before for another, a fore-promise; præfātio, præ-sponsio Ðis is seó fórespræc hú S. Gregorius ðas bóc gedihte, ðe man Pastoralem nemnaþ this is the preface how St.

Linked entries: fóre-spæc for-spǽc

mid-hrif

(n.)
Grammar
mid-hrif, es; n. m. [mid middle, hrif ventus]

The mid-riffthe diaphragmseparating the heart from the stomachthe entrails

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Voc. i. 44, 51: exta, 44, 49. Wið ðæt mannes midrif ace, Herb. cont. 3, 6; Lchdm. i. 6, 21. Midrife, Lchdm. i. 88, 11. On ðam uferan hrife oððe on ðam midhrife, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm ii. 260, 20.

Linked entries: mid-rif hrif

nihte-gale

(n.)
Grammar
nihte-gale, an; f.

A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at nightthe night-raventhe nightingale

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A bird whose note (v. galan) is heard at night. the night-raven Naechthraebn, ali dicunt nectigalae noctua, Ep. Gl. 16 b, 15; but more generally the nightingale Naectegale luscinia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 30 : roscinia, 119, 23.

Linked entry: -gale

un-nytness

(n.)
Grammar
un-nytness, e; f.

Uselessnessfrivolityvanitytriviality

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Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 23

Linked entry: nytness

leahter-full

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Ne beó se carfulla leahterful, ne sé ne lufige ídelnysse, sé ðe on stilnysse is, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 34. Hé is Gode deád, for þan þe hé leahterfull and geleáfleás ætbærst, and hé ys geworden tó wealdgengan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5.

munt-clýse

(n.)
Grammar
munt-clýse, munt-clýsa ?, an; f. (m. ?).
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., no. 143. v. mann-cynn ; II.2.] —

Linked entry: clýse

siþþan

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Th. i. 276, 11. add: correlative, when . . . then Siþþan Metellus þá elpendas ofercóm, siþþan hé hæfde eác raðe þæt óþer folc gefliémed Metellus prius belluas vel in fugam vel in mortem egit, et sic magnam vim hostium superavit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 2-

útian

(v.)
Grammar
útian, p. ode

To put out.to put a person out of a placeto expelremoveto put a thing out of one's possessionto alienate

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Kmbl. iv. 208, 10

wealh-hafoc

(n.)
Grammar
wealh-hafoc, es; m.

A foreign hawk a gerfalcon herodius

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Voc. i. 188, col. 2: jarfawkon, 220, col. 2) Walhhabuc falc(o ), Txts. 61, 826. Walchhabuc, uualhhaebuc, uualh[h]ebuc, ualchefuc herodius, 67, 1016. Góshafuc accipiter, wealhhafuc herodius, spearhafuc alietum, Wrt. Voc. i. 280, 18-20: ii. 42, 67.

smeáþancollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smeáþancollíce, adv.

Exactly, in a searching manner, thoroughly subtiliter

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Skt. i. 3, 44. Hé hí gewissode swíðe smeáþancellíce ymbe ðæs mynstres gebytlungum he gave them most exact directions about the buildings of the monastery Homl. Th. ii. 172, 16. Hé lǽrþ manna mód mid godcundre láre smeáþancellíce i. 412, 32