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FÓSTER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓSTER, fóstor, fóstur; gen. fóstres; n.

FOSTERingnourishingrearingfeedingfoodnourishmentprovisionsedŭcātionutrīciumpastioalĭmentumvictus

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A FOSTERing, nourishing, rearing, feeding, food, nourishment, provisions; edŭcātio, nutrīcium, pastio, alĭmentum, victus Ic gegaderige in to ðé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne gemacan, ðæt hí eft to fóstre beón I will gather in to thee mates of beast-kind

Linked entries: féster fóstor fóstur

hróðor

(n.)
Grammar
hróðor, es; m.

Solacecomfortbenefitpleasure

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Solace, comfort, benefit, pleasure Ic ðé Andreas onsende tó hleó and tó hróðre I will send Andrew to you to protect and comfort you, Andr. Kmbl. 221; An. 111: 1133; An. 567.

irgþ

(n.)
Grammar
irgþ, e : irgþu, irgþo ; indecl ; f.

Sluggishnesscowardicetimorousnesspusillanimity

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Þurh lyðre yrhþe Godes bydela ðe clumedon mid ceaflum ðǽr hí scoldon clipian through the vile sluggishness of God's messengers, who mumbled with their mouths when they should have cried aloud, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 202

Linked entry: irhþ

land-búend

(n.)
Grammar
land-búend, es; m.

husbandmana native

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Ðǽm scipmannum is beboden gelíce and ðǽm landbúendum ðæt ealles ðæs ðe him on heora ceápe geweaxe hig Gode ðone teóþan dǽl ágyfen it is commanded to those who trade with ships, just as to those who cultivate land, that they give to God the tenth part

Linked entry: búend

merigen

(n.)
Grammar
merigen, merien, mergen, es; m.

morningthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Spl. 89, 6. the morning of the next day, morrow Ðú ðe nást hwæðer ðú merigenes gebíde thou that knowest not whether thou wilt live to see the morrow, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 26. Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes, Homl. Skt. 3, 585. In merne in crastinum, Mt.

Linked entries: mergen merne

næs

(adv.)
Grammar
næs, adv.

Not

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Grammar næs, with another negative Ábréd of ða fiðeru, næs ne cerfe, Lev. 1, 17. Ic ondrǽde ðæt hé wirige mé, and næs ná bletsige, Gen. 27, 12. Ðonne telle ic ða weorþmynd ðæm wyrhtan, næs ná ðé, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 19.

gífre

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
gífre, adj.

Greedycovetousvoraciouseagerdesirousavidus

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Gífrum grápum with greedy clutches, 38 b; Th. 126, 28; Gú. 378: Andr. Kmbl. 2671; An. 1337. Gesyhst ðú nú ða sweartan helle grǽdige and gífre seest thou now the black hell greedy and ravenous?

Linked entry: gífer

seám

(n.)
Grammar
seám, es; m.
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Nællaþ gié gebeara seám (seóm, Rush.) nolite portare sacculum, 10, 4. as a technical term, a service which consisted in supplying the lord with beasts of burden ; summagium, sagmegium Hé sceal beón gehorsad, ðæt hé mǽge tó hláfordes seáme ðæt ( the

scín-cræft

Grammar
scín-cræft, scinn-cræft, es: m.
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O. ) him ðæt mǽden mihte gemacian tó wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 365. Beó ic scyldig, gif ic his scýncræft ne mæg ádwæscan mid mínum drýcræfte, 14, 57.

úhta

(n.)
Grammar
úhta, an; m.

the last part of the nightthe time just before daybreakthe time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturnsDe nocturna celebratione.

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Cymð on úhtan eásterne wind, Cd. Th. 20, 26; Gen. 315: 289, 31; Sat. 406: Exon. Th. 443, 24; Kl. 35. On úhtan very early in the morning; ualde mane (Mk. 16, 2), ualde diluculo (Lk. 24, 1), Exon. Th. 459, 17; Hö. 1: 460, 14; Hö. 17.

ymbren

(n.)
Grammar
ymbren, es; pl. ymbrenu (the reading ymbren fæstena, L. Eth. vi. 23; Th. i. 320, 20, should rather be ymbrenfæstena, as in Wulfst. 272, 16) ; n.
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. ¶ the form occurs also with riht prefixed :-- Áðas and wífunga ǽfre sindan tócwedene heáhfreólsdagum and rihtymbrenum, L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 25: Wulfst. 117, 15 note

Linked entry: riht-ymbren

ágnian

(v.)
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Gif hwá ná furðor teám ne cenð ac ágnian wile if any one does not carry the teám further, but declares himself to have been the owner , i. 290, 19. to appropriate to one's self, usurp, arrogate Gif hé ðá gód þe ús God tó gemánan sealde him synderlíce

an-weald

(n.)
Grammar
an-weald, m. f. n.
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wile reáfian ðone ðe hié him sealde his anwaldes jus dantis invadit, Past. 371, 25. On ǽlcum ende mínes anwealdes, Ll. Th. i. 274, 2. Hú Assael hine unwærlíce mid anwealde ðreátode hunc cum Assael vi incautae praecipitationis impeteret.

bícnan

(v.)
Grammar
bícnan, (-ian).

signifyindicateportend

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Add to make a sign to a person (dat. or prep, tó) with something Hé bícneð mid ðǽm eágum annuit oculis, Past. 357, 20. Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde, Hml. A. 97, 180. þá becnade Sanctus Petrus him, 162, 239.

Linked entry: bécnan

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
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., in accordance with prescribed or requisite order Ðæt is tó tacne ðæt mon endebyrdlíce (-byrð-, v. l.) ðone biscepdóm halde, Past. 52, 23. Sé ðe gedafenlíce and endebyrdlíce tó cymð qui ad regimen ordinate pervenerit, 75, 1.

ende-dæg

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Ic gefremman sceal eorlic ellen oððe endedæg mínne gebídan I will do or die, B. 637. the last day, Similar entries cf. ende, II, 1 a Ne lǽt láðe cwellan and bærnan sáwla úre . . . ne lǽt swá heánlíce þín handgeweorc on endedæge forwurðan, Hy. 7, 112

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Th. 28, arg. þéh þe hié swíðe gebrocode wǽren on hiora licgendan feó cum pudenda penuria esset aerarii, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 17. þone mete dǽle man swá gebrocedum mannum þe swá fæstan ne magon let the food be distributed to men so afflicted with infirmity

Linked entry: brócian

hǽr

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L. 23, 5. with collective force, hair of persons Hǽr cesaries, pilos, Wülck Gl. 290, 11. Unbeganum locca fexe and fúliendum hǽre inculta criniculorum cesarie et squalente capillatura, An.

stefn

Grammar
stefn, voice.
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Hig stódon feorran and hyra stefna úp áhófon, Lk. 17, 13. of sound produced with an instrument Heofonbýman stefn, Cri. 949. of sound made by inanimate objects Geómen cwǽdon ꝥ ðrittegum geárum ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes and ceoriendes

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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Wélandes Met. 10, 33, 35, 42 in local names of England: Ðis sint ðæs landes gemǽre æt Cumtúne (Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire) . . . hit cymð on ðæt wíde geat be eástan Wélandes smiððan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 332, 23.

Linked entry: Weolud