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hrǽw

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Se feónd gespearn fleótende hreáw, Gen. 1447. Eów in beorge bǽl fornimeð, and eówer hrá bryttad lácende líg, El. 579

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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Be ðám ðe munecum heora feoh bútan leáfe befǽstaþ. Gif mon óðres monnes munuce feoh óðfæste, bútan ðæs munuces hláfordes léfnesse, L. Alf. pol. 20; Th. i. 74, 13-16. Swá swá dafnaþ munuce, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5.

Linked entry: munec

fleótan

(v.)
Grammar
fleótan, part. fleótende; ic fleóte, ðú flýtst, he flýt, pl. fleótaþ; p. fleát, pl. fluton; pp. floten [fleót a stream]

To FLOATswimfluctuārenătārenāvĭgāre

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Nó he fram me flódýðum feor fleótan meahte he could not float far from me on the waves, Beo. Th. 1089; B. 542. Se feónde [MS. feond] gespearn fleótende hreáw the exulting [fowl] perched on the floating corpses, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 12; Gen. 1447.

Linked entry: a-fleótan

for-wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrecan, p. -wræc, pl. -wrǽcon; pp. -wrecen [wrecan to drive]

To drive outbanishexpelexpellĕrepropellĕrefŭgāre

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He hine feor forwræc he banished him far, 219; B. 109. Hý forwrǽcon wícinga cynn they expelled the race of the vikings, Scóp Th. 95; Wíd. 47. Eart ðú ána forwrecen on Hierusalem tu sōlus peregrīnus es in Jerusalem? Lk. Bos. 24, 18

burg-geat

Grammar
burg-geat, (burh-).
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Add: the gate of a burg (v. burg, Ia) Ðus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate þǽr hé is sittende, Ll. Th. i. 224, 7. þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele, Lch. i. 328, 24.

philosoph

(n.)
Grammar
philosoph, es; m.
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Hié sealdon Demostanase ðæm philosophe licgende feoh, 3, 9 ; Swt. 124, 1

land-firding

(n.)
Grammar
land-firding, e; f.
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Military operations on land Æt ðám ende ne beheóld hit nán þing seó scipfyrding ne seó landfyrding búton folces geswinc and feós spylling, Chr. 999; Erl. 134, 36

Linked entry: firding

trendan

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Se æppel nǽfre þæs feorr ne trenddeð (trendleð?) hé cýð hwanon hé cóm pomum licet ab arbore igitur unde reuoluitur tamen prouidit unde nascitur, Angl. i. 285. Add

feórþung

(n.)
Grammar
feórþung, e; f.

A quarterfarthing

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Feórðungas twoege (feórð ł án feorðungc, L.) minuta duo, Lk. R. 21, 2. Substitute:

frófur

(n.)

comfortconsolation

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comfort, consolation Feoh byþ frófur fira gehwylcum money is a consolation to every man, Runic pm. 1; Kmbl. 339, 1; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 1: 4; Kmbl. 340, 8; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 7

gafol-gildere

a debtor

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a debtor, v. gafol,(8),(7), Gif ðú wilt þæt þis feoh becume tó ðínre sáwle ðearfe, tódǽl hit ðearfum and wanhálum, wydewum and steópbearnum and hafenleásum gafegyldrum, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 33. Add:

Linked entries: gildere gafol-gilda

déma

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Mid him ( Judas ) byrnan sceolan þá þe heora sylfra sáula forhycggaþ for feós lufan . . . Hí habbaþ démena naman and sceaþena dǽda. . . . þonne hié for feós lufan earmne fordémaþ búton scylde, Bl. H. 63, 9. Add

an-wedd

(n.)
Grammar
an-wedd, (and-?), es; n.
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Security for a loan, recognizance Hire fæder áborgude XXX punda æt Godan and betǽht him þæt land þæs feós tó anwedde ( pro vadimonio eidem dedit terram). Cht. Th. 201, 17

dígan

(v.)
Grammar
dígan, (?); p. deóg
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To die Deáðfǽge deóg, siððan dreáma leás in fenfreoðo feorh álegde, hǽðene sáwle deathdoomed he died, after he joyless in the fenfastness life laid down, his heathen soul, B. 850

Linked entries: ge-dígan deágan deóg

for-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽded; or p. -reord, -réd; pp. -ræden,

to give counsel againstto condemnplot againstdeprive by treachery, wrongcondemnāreinsĭdias părāre

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Gif man gehádodne man forrǽde æt feó oððe æt feore if any one wrong a man in holy orders as to money or as to life, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 5: L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 6

ed-niwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-niwe, ed-neowe; adj.

New, again new, renewedrenŏvātus

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New, again new, renewed; renŏvātus Eft cymeþ feorh edniwe renewed life returns, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 12; Ph. 223: 61 a; Th. 224, 4; Ph. 370: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 77; Met. 11. 39

Linked entry: ed-neowe

tæl-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
tæl-cræft, es; m.

Arithmetic

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Arithmetic Mæg geseón ǽlc man ðe telcræftas ǽnig gesceád can ( that knows anything of arithmetic ), ðæt hit máre is ðonne þreó hund geára syððan ðyllíc feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 699

mid-winter

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Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreð midwintres feorm, Ll. Th. I. 436, 33. Se kyng wæs þone midwintres dæig on Eoferwíc, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 27. Se kyng wæs þone midwinter on Westmynstre, 1076; P. 212, 23. Add

óþ-éhtian

(v.)
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to drive away Se ðe ðis feoh óþfergean þence, oððe ðis orf óþéhtian þence he that thinks of carrying off this cattle, or of driving it away Lchdm. i. 384, 15

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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S. 6, 89. of money, to be current, be in use Hit máre is þonne ccclxxii wintra syððan ðyllic feoh wæs farende on eorðan, Hml. S. 23, 702

Linked entry: farnian