or-wíge
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Æfter ðære ilcan wísan mon mót feohtan mid his geborene mǽge, gif him mon on wóh on feohteþ.
mete-leást
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Hú mage wé þus feáwa feohtan ongeán þás meniu, nú wé synd gewǽhte mid gewinne and meteleáste, Hml. S. 25, 306. Add
un-sceþþigness
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Hí noldon feohtan on þám freólsdæge, ac léton hí ofsleán on unscæððignysse (cf. They said, We will not come forth. . . to profane the Sabbath . . . Let us die all in our innocency, I Macc. 2, 34-37), Hml. S. 25, 239.
æt-steall
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Ðú feohtan sóhtest æt ðám ætstealle, Vald. 1. 21. Hé gyrede hine mid gǽstlicum wǽpnum, wong bletsade him tó ætstealle (v. Stephens' Waldere's Lay, p. 83), Gú. 150
ge-wǽpnung
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Hé næfde náht bútan his gewǽdum and his gewǽpnunge, 67. spiritual, v. ge-wǽpnian; 2 Feohtan mid Godes gewǽpnunge ongeán ðone ungesewenlican feónd, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 18
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reówe
A rug, mantle, covering;
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Mon mót feohtan orwíge gif hé geméteþ óðerne æt his ǽwum wífe betýnedum durum oððe under ánre reón, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 27. Reówan and hwítlas wacsan ;lenas sive saga lavare,; Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, ii
torn-wyrdan
To address abusive words to ⬩ to vituperate
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To address abusive words to, to vituperate Hiera wíf him ongeán iernende wǽron, and hié swíþe tornwyrdon, and ácsedon, gif hié feohtan ne dorsten, hwider hié fleón woldon; ðæt hié óðer gener næfden búton hié on heora wíf hrif gewiton (the Latin, however
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híréd-mann
A member of a 'híréd:' —
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Ongunnon ða hírédmen heardlíce feohtan the [earl's] household retainers began to fight stoutly, Byrht. Th. 139, 28; By. 261. Hæbbe ǽlc hláford his hírédmen [hírdmen (MS.
for-sewenlic
contemptible ⬩ abject ⬩ despised
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deserving contempt, contemptible Forsewenlic biþ ꝥ werod ꝥ wífmenn feohtað that army is contemptible in which women fight, Hml. S. 31, 1097.
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un-síþ
an evil ⬩ ill-advised expedition ⬩ a mishap ⬩ misfortune
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an evil, ill-advised expedition Wearð ofslegen Ecgfridus on his unsíðe, ðá ðá hé on Peohtum begann tó feohtanne tó dyrstelíce ofer Drihtnes willan (cf.
fægen
glad
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Wǽron þá burgware tó þon fægene and tó þon blíðe þæt hié feohtan móston, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 4.
hwæt
Quick ⬩ active ⬩ vigorous ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ brave
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Ne scyle se hwata esne ymb ðæt gnornian hú oft hé feohtan scule virum fortem non decet indignari, quoties increpuit bellicus tumultus, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 10: Beo. Th. 6048; B. 3028. Hwatum Heorowearde, 4328; B. 2161.
wíg-hús
A war-house ⬩ a tower ⬩ fortification
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Menn wyrcaþ wíghús him ( elephants ) on uppan, and of ðám feohtaþ, Hex. 9 ; Norm. 16, II
FRÉCNE
Horrible ⬩ savage ⬩ audacious ⬩ wicked ⬩ daring ⬩ dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ asper ⬩ austērus ⬩ atrox ⬩ audax ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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Horrible, savage, audacious, wicked, daring, dangerous, perilous; dīrus, asper, austērus, atrox, audax, perīcŭlōsus Ðǽr ðú findest frécne feohtan there thou wilt find a savage contest, Andr. Kmbl. 2699; An. 1352.
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wíg-cræft
war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power
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Voc. ii. 58, 33. warlike force, military power (abstract or concrete) On Thessali hé ðæt gewinn swíþost dyde for ðære gewilnunge ðe hé wolde hî him on fultum geteón for heora wígcræfte, for ðon hié cúþon on horsum ealra folca feohtan betst Thessaliam
heardlíce
boldly ⬩ hardily ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ inflexibly
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Ongunnon hí heardlíce feohtan, By. 261. Ic nimo ł heartlíce (geteá (?), cf. 21, 6 geteá trahere) traham, Jn. L. 12, 32. Hé genam þá heardlíce þurh heora láre on his orþance þá egeslican dǽda, Ælfc. T.
sécan
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Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest, Vald. 1. 18. Add Hié Læcedemonie mid gefeohte sóhton, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 11. Darius hié mid gefeohte sécan wolde, 2, 5; S. 78, 23
ge-camp
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Wé magon ðá feóndlican leahtras mid gecampe oferwinnan, gif wé cénlíce feohtað, Hml.
metod
fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death
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The earlier meaning of the word in heathen times may have been fate, destiny, death (cf. metan), by which Grein would translate metod in Wald. 1, 34; Val. 1, 19 Ðý ic ðé metod ondréd ðæt ðú tó fyrenlíce feohtan sóhtest (Stephens here takes metod as vocative
same
Similarly, in the same way
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Ðǽr wífmenn feohtaþ swá same swá wǽpnedmen. Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 27