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ferd-mon

(n.)
Grammar
ferd-mon, -monn, es; pl. nom. acc. -men; m.

A soldiermīles

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A soldier; mīles Ðæt feoh mon ðám ferdmonnum sellan sceolde the money should be given to the soldiers, Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 14. Cyning sceal hæbban ferdmen a king must have soldiers, 17; Fox 58, 33, MS. Cot

ur

(adv.)
Grammar
ur, (occurring only as it is represented by the U-rune); adv.

Formerly

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ᚢ wæs longe laguflódum bilocen lífwynna dǽl, feoh on foldan, Exon. Th. 50, 25; Cri. 806

Linked entry: or

un-gesadelod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gesadelod, adj.

Not saddled

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Not saddled Eahte hors, feówer gesadelode and feówer ungesadelode (unsadelode, MS. G.) ... feówer hors, twá gesadelode and twá ungesadelode (unsadelode, MS. G.), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414. 5-10

Linked entry: un-sadelod

wraþu

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Add Hé gesomnode mycel feoh him tó bryce and tó wræþe þæs langan lífes cum multas pecunias pro longioris vitae stipendiis collegisset, Gr. D. 339, 27.

spildan

(v.)
Grammar
spildan, p. de

To wastedestroymake away witheffundere, expendere

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Ðú wilnast, ðæt ðú ðíne feore spilde, Andr. Kmbl. 568; An. 284

toll-sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
toll-sceamol, es; m.

A seat where a receiver of toll sits, a place for receiving contributions

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Ðæt folc hyra feoh torfude on ðone tollsceamul (in gazophilacium), Mk. Skt. 12, 41, 43

Linked entry: toll-setl

hú-hwega

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Voc. ii. 24, 35. of space measurement Is ꝥ eáland fram þǽre cyricean feor út on gársecge seted húhugu (-hwega, húru, v. ll.) on nygan mílum (nouem ferme milibus passuum ), Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 511, 7.

uncer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
uncer, pron. poss.

Of us twoour

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Wit geseágon uncre feónd forwordene, Shrn. 43, 2-21. Uncres gewinnes, Exon. Th. 254, 1; Jul. 190. Of uncrum wege, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 18. Of uncrum feó, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 8. Uncerne hwelp, Exon. Th. 380, 31; Rä. 1, 16.

Linked entry: úser

a-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, pl. -scédon; pp. -sceáden, -scáden; v. a. [a from, sceádan to divide]

To separatedisjoinexcludedistinguishsepararesegregare

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Ðæt eálond is feor asceáden fram Hibernia insula ab Hibernia procul secreta est, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 40

Linked entries: a-scádan a-scéd

láþ

(n.)
Grammar
láþ, es; n.
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Gif hit ꝥ wǽre, swá hit feor þám sý, ꝥ þín dohtor on ǽnig láð ásliden wǽre, Hml. S. 33, 223. Ðá fugelas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle ne wǽron aues non nobis perniciem ferebant Nar. 16, 18. Add

a-þolian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þolian, p. ode, ude; pp. od

To sustainenduresuffersustinereperdurarepati

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Ðæt him frécne on feorh aþolude that their soul in them suffered violently; anima eorum in ipsis defecit, Ps. Th. 106, 4

gúþ-frec

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The epithet is applied to the cannibals who, distressed by hunger, were eager for the death of the victim they meant to eat Þá wæs rinc manig, gúðfrec guma, ymb þæs geongan feorh breóstum onbryrded tó þám beaduláce, An. 1119

wæstm-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
wæstm-sceatt, es; m.

Usury, interest

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Se ðe his feoh tó unrihtum wæstmsceatte (tó westemscette ad usuram, Ps. Surt.) ne syleþ, Ps. Th. 14, 6. Of westemsceattum ex usuris, Ps. Surt. 71, 14

Linked entry: wæstm

ge-strúdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-strúdan, p. -streád, pl. -strudon; pp. -stroden

To destroyplunderraperespoliare

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Feoh gestrúdaþ they destroy the cattle, Salm. Kmbl. 310; Sal. 154. Ða wígan gestrudon [MS. gestrudan] gestreóna the warriors plundered the treasures, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 27; Dan. 61

Linked entry: ge-strúd

of-swingan

(v.)

to scourge to death

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to scourge to death Sume hié ofslógon sume ofswungon sume wið feó gesealdon omnes bello utiles caesi, reliqui pretio venditi sunt, Ors. 4, I; Swt. 154, 8

un-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tíme, adj.

Unhappyunfortunateill-timed

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Man slǽtte ðá ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, and hine ðýde ðæt hé his feorh forlét, and gebohte swá ðone untíman drenc, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 74

Linked entry: tíme

un-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-meahtig, -mehtig, -mihtig; adj.

not mightyweakimpotentof little power or meansimpossible

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Ðé læs ðe unmihtig man feorr for his ágenon swince, L. Ff.; Th. i. 224, 27. Tó ánum mǽdene unmihtigum tó wíge, Homl. Skt. i. 10, 257. Ðý læs mon unmihtigne man tó feor for his ágenan swencte, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 3.

fur-lang

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Ðus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate þǽr hé is sittende on feówer healfe his, ꝥ is .III. míla and .III. furlang ( quarentenis, Lat. vers.) . . ., Ll. Th. i. 224, 9. translating Latin stadium Furlang stadium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 9.

tapor-æx

(n.)
Grammar
tapor-æx, e; f.

A small axe

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A small axe Swá feorr swá mæg án taperæx beón geworpen út of ðam scipe up on ðæt land quam longius de nave potest securis parvula, quam Angli vacant tapereax super terram projici, Chart. Th. 317, 30.

on-égan

(v.)
Grammar
on-égan, p. de

To fear

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Ic mé onégan (onagen, MS.) mæg, ðæt mé wráðra sum wǽpnes ecge feore beneóte, 109, 28; Gen. 1829. Ni anoegun (anoegu ná?) ic mé aerigfaerae egsan brógum, Txts. 151, 13