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el-þeódig

foreignstrangerforeign

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Hé þæt folc on ellþeódge him wið feó gesealde reliquos sub corona vendidit, 3, 9; S. 124, 6. of a country, foreign Sum ríce man wolde faran on ælðeódigne eard, Hml. Th. ii. 548, 26

folgoþ

serviceofficeauthority

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Ðonne hié underfóð ðone folgoð cum regiminum loca percipiunt, 289, 5. the district over which authority is exercised Heom gebirad tó bestandenne þá men þe hírað intó heora mynstre, and ne sceal nán faran on oðres folgoð, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 5

FEOHTAN

(v.)
Grammar
FEOHTAN, part. feohtende; ic feohte, ðú feohtest, he feohteþ, fiht, pl. feohtaþ; p. ic, he feaht, ðú fuhte, pl. fuhton; pp. fohten

To FIGHTcontendmake warcombatstruggleprœliāripugnārebellārecontendĕredecertārecollīdĕre

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Gyf hwylc cyning wyle faran and feohtan agén óðerne cyning quis rex itūrus committĕre bellum adversus ălium regem, Lk. Bos. 14, 31. Ealle on ðone cining feohtende wǽron all were fighting against the king, Chr. 755; Erl. 49, 35: 994; Erl. 133, 11.

Linked entries: a-feohtan ge-feohtan

BÓSUM

(n.)
Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.

The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior partssinus, gremium, pectus, internasinus

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Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce, mid his bósum full goldes, ungederad a man might go over his kingdom, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 4.

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a halfside, part

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Gif ðú fǽrst tó ðære winstran hælfe ic healde ða swíðran healfe gif ðú ðonne ða swíðran healfe gecíst ic fare tó ðære winstran healfe if thou wilt take the left hand then I will go to the right hand; or if thou depart to the right hand then I will go

Linked entries: healfe half

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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Gif gesíþcund man fare, ðonne mót hé habban his smiþ mid him L. In. 63; Th. i. 144, 3. Weorc, handweorc smiþa Exon. Th. 408, 18; Rä, 27, 14: 388, 16; Rä. 6, 8: 401, 6: Rä. 21, 7.

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

outbeyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosedout on an expeditionoutoutoutoutforthto knock outpull outoutaway from homeabroadoutaway from landoutoutsidenot within doorsnot in the houseabroadoutexternally

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., out, beyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosed, with verbs of going. without words determining whence or whither motion proceeds Hé lǽteþ word út faran, Exon. Th. 315, 35; Mód. 41. Uton gán út egrediamur foras, Gen. 5, 8: 27, 3: Cd.

swíþ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-mód, adj.
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Folctogan faraþ him tógeánes, habbaþ swíðmóde sweopan, swenga ne wyrnaþ, 243; Sal. 121. in a bad sense, of violent mind, arrogant, haughty, high-minded Dryhtguman síne drencte mid wíne swíþmód (cf. stíþmoda, l. 19) sinces brytta ( Holofernes ), Judth

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

landcountry

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Héton lǽdan ofer landsceare ... drógon æfter dúnscræfum ymb stánhleoðo efne swá wíde swá wegas tólǽgon innan burgum strǽte stánfáge they bade lead him over the country ... they dragged him by mountain caves, across rocky slopes, far as the roads stretched

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.
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Icel. fara um tún to pass by a house) ðǽr him wát freónd unwiotodne often a man travels far, passing the dwellings of men, and knows that he has no friend for himself in them, Exon. Th. 342, 21; Gn. Ex. 146. Ǽr sumor on tún gá, Lchdm. iii. 6, 1, 3.

Linked entry: bold

geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughoutmplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

lange

(adv.)
Grammar
lange, adv.

Longa long timefar

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Long, a long time, far Lange diu; leng diutius; ealra lengst diutissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 10. Longe procul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 71: penitus, 72. Ðá hé ðá lange and lange hearpode when then he had harped a long, long time, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 5.

Linked entries: lencg leng

hergian

(v.)
Grammar
hergian, p. ode; pp. od

To harrypillageplunderravagewastedevastatemake an incursion or a raidmake war

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Hí sceoldan ealle ætgædere faran and hergian they should go all together and harry. Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 3. Hé wæs heriende and feohtende fíftig wintra arma foras extulit, cruentamque vilam quinquaginta annis bellis egit, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 28, 28

ge-neósian

(v.)
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Hé wearð geneósod þurh God, and se hálga gást hét hine faran tó Alexandria byrig, Hml. S. 15, ll. to visit a place or thing, come for the sake of doing Hé geneósode Benedictes mynster gelómlíce ejus monasterium frequentabat, Gr. D. 170, l.

wíglung

(n.)
Grammar
wíglung, , e; f.

Divinationsoothsayingsorceryaugury

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Se ðe hwider faran wille . . . clypige ng tó his Dryhtne . . . and síðige orsorh þurh Godes gescylclnysse bútan ðæra sceoccena wíglunga.

Linked entry: wílung

a-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gifan, -gyfan, -giefan, -geofan; p. -gæf, -geaf, -gef, pl. -géfon, -geáfon; pp. -gifen, -giefen, -gyfen

To restoregive backgive upleavereturnrepayrenderpaygivereddererestitueretradererelinquereexsolveredare

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Siððan ge eówre gafulrǽdenne agifen habbaþ after ye have paid your fare, Andr. Kmbl. 592; An. 296. He him leán ageaf he gave him a gift, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 19; Gen. 1808: 97; Th. 128, 3; Gen. 2121: Th. Diplm. A.D. 830; 465, 31.

DIHT

(n.)
Grammar
DIHT, es;

a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purposedisposĭtio, excogitātio, consĭlium, propŏsĭtum a dictating, direction, order, commanddictātio, directio, jussum, mandātum

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Saul wearþ Gode ungehýrsum and nolde faran be his dihte Saul was disobedient to God and would not walk by his direction, Homl. Th. ii. 64, 3: L. E. G. pref; Th. i, 166, 19: L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 30.

Linked entry: dyht

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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Th. 1493; B. 744. to cleanse, farm or cleanse out, Provncl; mundare Ðæt hí ða bán woldon upádón, and onþweán and gefeormian that they would take up the bones to wash and cleanse, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 11.

trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
trúwa, trúa, an; m.
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Th. 527, 3. a solemn assurance of good faith, a covenant, word Se Frysa lét hine faran on his trúwan, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 22. Ic sette mín wedd on écne trúwan ( in foedus sempiternum). Gen. 17, 19. Ic behét mínne trúwan pepigi foedus, Ex. 6, 4.

Linked entry: trúa

riht-wís

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Þá rihtwísan farað on ǽce líf ibunt iusti in vitam aeternam, Solil. H. 62, 1: Mt. 25, 46. Þú eart án þára rihtwísena, Bt. 5, 1; S. 11, 17: 23.