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feor-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-cund, feorr-cund; adj.

Come from afarperĕgrīnus

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Come from afar; perĕgrīnus Gif feorcund mon, oððe fremde, bútan wege geond wudu gorge, and ne hriéme ne horn bláwe, for þeóf he biþ to prófianne, oððe to sleánne oððe to aliésanne if a far-come man, or a stranger, journey through a wood out of the highway

Linked entry: feorran-cund

prass

(n.)
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hwǽr ys heora rícetere and heora prass and orgol, búton on moldan beþeaht and on wítum gecyrred? Wulfst. 148, 32. Se cásere fór intó Efese mid ðrymme and mid prasse, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 26.

rǽde-here

(n.)
Grammar
rǽde-here, es; m.
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Of rádehere equitatu, Hpt. Gl. 525, 25. Alexandres næs ná má geslægen ðonne hundtwelftig on ðæm rǽdehere in exercitu Alexandri centum et viginti equites defuere, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 21. Ǽgðer ge an gangehere ge on rǽdehere (rád-, MS.

ge-nægled

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-næglian; p. ede, ode. to nail, attach one object to another by nails Hiá gelǽddon hine ꝥ hiá on róde genæglede duxerunt eum ut crucifigerent, Mt. L. 27, 31. Sié áhóen ł fæste genæglad on róde crucifigatur, 22. Genægled, 26.

hrægel-hús

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Ðá þe on ýtinge farað nimon him bréc of hrægelhúse . . . Sýn eác on hrægelhúse gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas beteran þonne þá þe hý gewunelíce weriað, 91, 1-12

brúnéða

(n.)
Grammar
brúnéða, an; m.

A disease called brunella or prunamorbus quidam, idem forte, qui Belgis bruyne, id est, Erysipelasἐρυσίπελαςcerebri. Oris vitium, cum linguæ tumore, exasperatione, siccitate, et nigredine, vulgo, inquit Kilianus, brunella,

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the jaws, or smothering, L.

beór-sele

(n.)
Grammar
beór-sele, biór-sele, es; m.

A beer-hallfeasting-hallhallmansionpalacecerevisiæ aulaconvivis recipiendis locusaulamansiopalatium

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Gesittaþ beórselas beorna they shall inhabit the beer-halls of chieftains Cd. 170; Th. 214, 2; Exod. 563

Linked entries: beór-tún biór-sele

fyðer-ríca

(n.)
Grammar
fyðer-ríca, an; m.

A ruler over a fourth parttetrarchtetrarchestetrarchaτετράρχηs

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. = τετράρχηs, ; m Ða sind gecwedene tetrarche, ðæt sind, fyðerrícan; fyðerríca biþ se ðe hæfþ feórþan dǽl ríces who are called tetrarchs, that is, rulers over a fourth; a tetrarch is he who has a fourth part of a kingdom, Homl. Th. i. 478, 21

íðan

(v.)
Grammar
íðan, p. de

To lay wastedesolatedestroy

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To lay waste, desolate, destroy Ic ýðde eotena cyn and on ýðum slóg niceras nihtes, Beo. Th. 846; B. 421. Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda scyppend the creator of men laid waste this world, Exon. 77 b ; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85.

leóna

(n.)
Grammar
leóna, an; m.

A lionlioness

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A lion or lioness Zosimus tó ðam leónan cwæþ: Eálá ðú mǽsta(e) wildeór [cf. l. 15 seó leó mid hire earmum], Glostr. Frag. 110, 9. Oft hálige men wunedon on wéstene betwux wulfum and leónum, Homl. Th. i. 102, 5: 488, 4: 572, 13: ii. 192, 24.

méðig

(adj.)
Grammar
méðig, adj.

Wearyexhausted

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Weary, exhausted Hié hiene méðigne on cneówum sittende métten, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 31.

gilpen

(adj.)
Grammar
gilpen, adj.

Boastful

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Boastful Ne mæg he geþyldgian ðæt he ðæt forhele ac wierþ ðonon gilpen he cannot bear to conceal it, but becomes boastful on account of it, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 9: Cot. MS.

Linked entry: gilpna

botl-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
botl-gestreón, es; n. [gestreón riches, wealth]

Household property, goods, or treasuredomesticæ opes

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Household property, goods, or treasure; domesticæ opes Chus wæs brytta bróðrum sínum botlgestreóna Cush was a dispenser of household treasures to his brothers, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 32; Gen. 1621.

telge

(n.)
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The forms of the whole piece are corrupt. (?)

wrǽsnan

(v.)
Grammar
wrǽsnan, p. de

To twistchange the character of

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Ic (a woodpigeon) þurh múþ sprece mengum reordum based on the Latin: Vox mea diversis variatur pulcra figuris, 390, 13 ; Rä. 9, l), Exon. Th. 406, 15; Rä. 25, I

amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
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A kind of corn, spelt. In C. D. iii. 118, 20 occurs omer-lond, and in iv. 157, 34 omer-mád. Could the omer in either case correspond to O. H. Ger. amer far, ador?: cf. O. H. Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld.

ang-ness

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Bróðer on angnyssum (angustiis) byð áfandud, Scint. 15, 4

Linked entry: agnes

brosnung

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Oferfæreld of brosnunga tó unáwem*-*mednysse, Angl. viii. 330, 10. Ne forrotige on brosnunge þeós hand, Hml. S. 26, 101. Se Hǽlend hæfde ðá ( after the resurrection ) oferfaren ðá brosnunga ðises andweardan lífes, Hml. Th. i. 222, 17. Add

felofor

Grammar
felofor, felofor, feal(e)-, fe(o)lu-, -fer

a bitternonocrotalusporphyrio

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Lev. 11, 18) Onocrotalum, avis quae sonitum facit in aqua, ráredumlæ vel felufor, Shrn. 29, 6 (a list of glosses on Lev. 11). Feolufer onocrotallus, Txts. 83, 1445. Felofor, feolufer porfyrio, 88, 807. Fealfor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 28.

ge-forewyrdan

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ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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., and add: To settle the terms of an agreement, agree Nú wille ic ðæt heora cwide stande swá swá hit geforewird wes on gódre manna gewitnesse, C. D. iv. 201, 4. Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5