híw-fæger
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Fair of form, Verc. Först. 166
Linked entry: fæger
heáfod-lencten-fæsten
The chief Lent fast
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The chief Lent fast, R. Concord
ge-mǽrsian
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III. to celebrate a fast, festival, rite, & c., perform with due honour: — Þ te ðis fæstin oestlicre hérnise wé gimérsia, Rtl. 9, 31.
mǽl-gesceaft
That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate
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That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate Ic bád mǽlgesceafta I waited for that which in due time fate would assign me, Beo. Th. 5467; B. 2737
rifter
An instrument for reaping, a sickle, scythe
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An instrument for reaping, a sickle, scythe Riftr falx Txts. 62, 430. Rifter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 1. Wíngeardseax, rifte[r] vel sicul falx 146, 76. Riftre falce 79, 69. Riftras falcis 108, 19
clencan
To CLINCH, hold fast ⬩ prehendere, prensare
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To CLINCH, hold fast; prehendere, prensare., Supl
ehsýne
a face, countenance ⬩ făcies
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a face, countenance; făcies, Som. Ben. Lye
be-wyrded
de fatu
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de fatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 60
and-sýn
A face ⬩ facies
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A face; facies Woldon hí ðæt hí mihton geholene beón fram andsýne ðæs cyninges they wished that they might be hidden from the face of the king, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 25
neb-wlitu
The form of the face ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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The form of the face, the face, countenance Heora nebwlitu sceán swá swá sunne, Homl. Th. ii. 426, 10. Ic ne mæg on his nebwlite beseón, Homl. Skt. 7, 104. Hí gesáwon his nebwlite swylce sumes engles ansýne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 5.
sige-hréð
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fame gained by victory Onsǽl sigehréð secgum tell men of the fame you have won (cf. the account of his deeds which Beowulf had given to Hrothgar), Beo. Th. 984 ; B. 490. Cf. gúþ-hréð
hreósan
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Voc. ii. 129, 19. to fall into a state or condition, fall into a person's hands Hrure incidisti (in manum proximi tui, Prov. 6, 3), Kent.
dros
filth, lees ⬩ sordes, fæx, aurĭcŭla
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filth, lees; sordes, fæx, aurĭcŭla, Cot. 14
fere-scæt
Fare-scot ⬩ passage-money ⬩ naulum
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Fare-scot, passage-money; naulum, Cot. 138
gryre-fæst
Terribly fast
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Terribly fast, Elen. Kmbl. 1516; El. 760
rysel
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Add: fat Hrisel cada, lytel hrisel cadula (cada arvina; cadula guttae quae cadunt ex pingui carne, cum assatur; frusta ex adipe, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 1. Hrysel arvina vel adeps vel axungia vel abdomen, 20.
breóst-geþanc
the heart, mind ⬩ thought ⬩ The thought of the heart or mind, a thought ⬩ cordis vel animi cogitatio, cogitatio
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Breóstgeþoncum, Exon. 80 b; Th. 302, 8; Fä. 33
Linked entry: ge-þanc
hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Sound, rumour, report, reputation, renown, fame, glory Hlísa fama, Wrt. Voc. 76, 1. Ðá férde hys hlísa intó ealle Syrian, abiit opinio ejus in totam Syrian, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24.
fill
death ⬩ destruction
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Eal gesceaft cwíðdon cyninges fyll, Kr. 56. a fall in a moral sense Hí ðone fiell fleóð ðǽre synne, Past. 399, 17. Similar entries v. fǽr-fill; ge-fill; and see fell, fyl, fyll in Dict. for other passages
fæsten-dæg
Fast-day ⬩ jējūnii dies
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Fast-day; jējūnii dies, C. R. Ben. 54