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earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Hú ne witon wé ꝥ nán nearewnes, ne nán earfoþu, ne nán unrótnes, ne nán sár, ne nán hefignes nis nán gesǽlð, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 21. Is him óðer earfeðu . . ., ꝥ hí scoma mǽste dreógað, Cri. 1273. Þæt his earfeðu eal gelumpe, módcearu mǽgum, Gú. 165. Orsorg

Eást-Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Eást-Dene, pl.
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The East-Danes Aldor Eást-Dena, B. 392: 616. Eást-Denum, 828: Rún. 22

eást-leóde

(n.)
Grammar
eást-leóde, pl. m.
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Eastern people, orientals Hé scare hæfde eást*-*leóda þeáwe habuerat tonsuram more orientalium, Bd. 4, 1; Sch. 339, 15

eást-Wille

(n.)
Grammar
eást-Wille, (-as?); pl.
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The people of some district in England Eást-Wlla landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 29

Ebréas

(n.)
Grammar
Ebréas, pl. m.
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The Hebrews Ebréos, Jud. 218. Ebréa God, Bl. H. 177, 14. Ebréa leód, Gen. 2165: Dan. 97. Æfter Ebréum, 78. For Ebréum and Israhélum swylce . . . Judéa galdorcræftum, An. 165

ele-drósna

(n.)
Grammar
ele-drósna, pl.
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Lees of oil, oil-dregs Genim þysse wyrte seáw mid eledrósnum gemencged, Lch. i. 310, 17. [O. H. Ger. oli-truosin amurca.] Cf. eles drosna under ele

Elmed-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
Elmed-sǽte, (-an); pl.
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The inhabitants of Elmet, the ancient British Loidis, an independent district in Yorkshire Elmedsǽtan (Elmet-, Elmeth- in Latin MSS.) landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Cf. In monasterio . . . quod est in silua Elmete, Bd. 2, 14

epactas

(n.)
Grammar
epactas, (-e, -an ?); gen. pl. epacta, epactana,

epacts

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epacts Þæs geáres ne beóð náne epactas, Angl. viii. 301, 29. Tó geáre synd feówertýne epactas, 327, 11. Hú fela epactas beón on geáre, 329, 35: Lch. iii. 228, 5, 8. On grécisc hí synt gecwedene epacte, Angl. viii. 302, 32. Swá fela epacte beóð, 301,

Færpingas

(n.)
Grammar
Færpingas, Fæppingas; pl.
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The people of a district of Mercia Færpinga landes is þreó hund hýda (in margin: Is in Middel-Englum Færpinga), C. D. B. i. 414, 27. [In Latin forms of this list Fferpinga, Ferpinga, Ferwinga, Fearfinga are variants of the word.] Hé (Diuma) forðférde

Fariséos

(n.)
Grammar
Fariséos, gen. o ; pl.

The Pharisees

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The Pharisees Swá dydon Fariséos, Past. 59, 24. Þá Fariséos (Farisséos, v. l.) geliéfdon, 362, 6. Ðæt folc Fariséo (Phariséo, v. l.), 360, 25

Linked entry: Fariséisc

feón

(v.)
Grammar
feón, p. feah, pl. fǽgon; pp. fegen, fægen

To rejoice

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To rejoice Swá mycle má wé feógað on ðám tóweardan lífe, An. Ox. 1118 note. Þý lǽs on Þ fǽgon Þ ic swá lytle hwíle lifgean móste, Nar. 32, 20

for-bredan

(v.)
Grammar
for-bredan, for-bregdan.

transform ⬩ to corrupt

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Substitute: to destroy by dragging about, v. bregdan; I. I a Hé wæs fram deóflum forbróden and hé sweolt he was dragged about by devils and he died, Mart. H. 214, 31: 28, 2. to hurl to destruction Forbregd praecipita, Ps. Srt. 54, 10. to snatch away

fneósan

(v.)
Grammar
fneósan, p. fneás, pl. fnuron; pp. fnoren

To sneeze

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To sneeze

Linked entries: fneósung fnora

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, n.
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Forligr fornicatio, Scint. 86, 17. Forligref[s ?] fornicationis, 57, 4. Forligres, 88, 5. Forligeris prostibuli, fornicationis, Hpt. Gl. 435, 42. Forligeres, hǽmedes, An. Ox. 4219. Fúles forligeres lupanaris incesti, 4221. Forligres, 2, 307. Forlegores

for-líþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-líþan, p. -láþ, pl. -liton, -liþon; pp. -liden, -liþen
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To suffer shipwreck Forliþan naufragaverant, An. Ox. 4490: 4621

Linked entries: for-liden for-lidennes

ge-myþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-myþe, es; n. [Theform and gender of the word are not quite certain. A dat. sing. fem, occurs once, but it is in a rather late charter with corrupt forms; all other instances are in dat. pl. Corresponding forms in other languages are neuter, so probably the English.]
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A mouth of a river, valley, opening of one road into another, of an enclosure. where one stream joins another Of Temede gemýðan; andlang Temede in wynnabæces gemýðan . . . in Temede múðan (cf. of Temede streáme in wynnabæce . . . in Temede streám, 386

geohhol

(n.)
Grammar
geohhol, gehhol, gehol, geól; n. pl. (cf.
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Icel.). Take here <b>geól</b> in Dict., and add Þý twelftan dæge ofer geohhel (geohol, ge(o)h(o)l (the o's above the line), geochol, v. ll.) epifaniae, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 9. On Gehhol (Geól, Geohhol, v. ll. ), Ll. Th. i. 64, 23. On Gehhol

Linked entry: geól

ge-sídan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sídan, (?); pl.
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The sides of an object On gesíitum húsys þínys in lateribus domus tue, Ps. Cam. 127, 3

Linked entry: síde

ge-feá

Grammar
ge-feá, d. gefeán, gefeáne; d. pl. gefeán, gefeánum.
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Add: joy; — Mid mycle gefeán gewuldrad, Bl. H. 139, 1. Ðám unblíðum sint tó cýðanne ðá gefeán (laeta) ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 187, 16. Þéh þe hé úte wǽre belocen fram neorcxnawanges gefeán (gaudiis), hé gemunde þá ylcan gefeán, for þon þe hé ǽr

ge-dohtra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dohtra, pl. (dual ?) [Two]
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daughters Heora (Jupiter and Juno) gedohtra wǽron Minerua and Uenus (cf. heora twá dohtra wǽron Minerua and Uenus, Wlfst. 106, 15), Sal. K. p. 121, 33

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