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FÓÐER

(n.)
Grammar
FÓÐER, fóður, es; n.

foodfood for cattlefodderălĭmentumjūmenti pābŭlumthat in which food is carrieda basketcophĭnusκόφĭνosthat in which food for cattle is carrieda cartcart-loadvĕhesplaustrumnunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi

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If he have not, let him pay half in fodder, and half in other goods, 60; Th. i. 140, 8-11. that in which food is carried,-a basket; cophĭnus = κόφĭνos Genómon ceawlas vel fóðer tŭlērunt cophĭnos, Mt. Lind.

Linked entry: fódder

hærean-fagol

(n.)
Grammar
hærean-fagol, Have the glossers misunderstood the word herinaciis, and supposed it to be the name of a bird ? Can the hærean represent herin and fagol be a mistake for fugol? and in the other gloss, hâtte-fagol, is hatte = hatte, andfago/ for fugol, so that the gloss would mean
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herinacius is the name of a bird ?

ge-þíwe

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., and add Sume dæge sænde se hálga wer þǽra muneca sumne, swá him geþýwe wæs quadam die misit ex more, Gr. D. 142, 31

Linked entry: ge-þýwe

háligdóm-hús

(n.)
Grammar
háligdóm-hús, es; n.
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A place where holy things are kept, a sacrarium Beón út ágáne diácon and pistelrǽdere of (on, MS. ) hálig*-*dómhúse mid líchaman Drihtnes egrediantur diaconus ac subdiaconus de sacrario cum corpore Domini, Angl. xiii, 422, 818

un-þæslic

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;Þá cwæð se hálga wer ;ꝥ Add

un-staþolfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæstness, e; f.

Instabilityinconstancy

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Se hálga wer swíðe mid wordum ðreáde his unstaðolfæstnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 17

un-gewitt

Grammar
un-gewitt, <b>. I.</b>
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Heó út eóde mid swá hálum and gesundum andgyte, swylce heó nǽfre ǽnig ungewit oððe unhǽle hire heáfodes næfde ita sanato sensu egressa est, ac si eam numquam insania capitis ulla tenuisset, Gr. D. 176, 25. Add

Linked entry: un-gewitness

treddan

(v.)
Grammar
treddan, p. de.

to tread under foottrample upon to investigateexamine

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to tread under foot, trample upon Treddun proterunt, Txts. 84, 749. to investigate, examine, v. á-treddan Weorð mé heorte forht ðǽr ic ðín hálig word tredde ii verbis tuis formidavit cor meum, Ps. Th. 118, 161

Linked entry: a-treddan

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Lowsituated beneathbottom of

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Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299. On nyþewerdum ðam munte ad radices montis, Ex. 19, 17. Hé ( Noah's ark ) wæs on nyþe-weardan wíd, and on ufeweardan nearo, Homl. Th. i. 536, 9.

seóslig

(adj.)
Grammar
seóslig, adj.
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Afflicted, troubled, vexed Se hálga wer ælda gehwylces ðe hine seóslige sóhtun hǽlde líc and sáwle the holy man healed body and soul of all that in affliction sought him , Exon. Th. 157, 29; Gú. 899. Cf. súsl

lim-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
lim-rǽden, The passage where this word is given as a gloss to chlamide is: Pro chlamide, quam angelicae puritatis liniamento . &#39;. . adsciscebat, Ald. 35, 10. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47, which refers to the same passage, liniamento is glossed by lim-gelecg : it is probable, then, that lim-rǽden is a gloss to liniamento rather than to chlamide, and has the same meaning as lim-gelecg (q. v.

wel-wyrcende

(adj.)

well-doing

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well-doing Ic ðé hálsie, ðú árfæsta, welwilende and welwyrcende Shrn. 169, 19. Ǽlcum welwyrcendum God myd beó midwyrhta 179, 29. Se freódóm ðæs deófollícan onwaldes wæs seald eallum welwyrcendum Blickl. Homl. 137, 14

hangian

(v.)
Grammar
hangian, p. ode; pp. od

To hang, be suspended, depend

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Ðes hálga Hǽlend hangaþ unscyldig this holy Jesus hangeth guiltless, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 14: Beo. Th. 4886; B. 2447.

Linked entry: hongian

a-seóðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-seóðan, p. -seáþ, pl. -sudon; pp. -soden

To boilseethescorchto purify by seethingcoquere

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Ealle we lǽtaþ to viii healf-marcum asodenes goldes we estimate all at eight half-marks of pure gold, L. A. G. 2 ; Th. i. 154, 2

innan-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
innan-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinterior

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Flet innanweard the interior of the hall, Beo. Th. 3957; B. 1976 : 1987; B. 991. Breóst innanweard the breast within, Andr. Kmbl. 1294; An. 647 : Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 19; Jul. 400.

Linked entries: inne-weard in-weard

BOD

(n.)
Grammar
BOD, es; pl. u, o, a; n.

A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, messagejussum, mandatum, edictuma commandment

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Hwá swá halt ðis bod [bode MS.] wurðe he éfre wunnende mid God whosoever observes this command, may he ever dwell with God, Cod. Dipl. 990; A. D. 680; Kmbl. v. 29, 23. We ðíne bodu brǽcon we broke thy commandments, Hy. 7, 109; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 109

ge-sete

Grammar
ge-sete, l. ge-set,
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Where are the joys of the banqueting-hall ?, Wand. 93. Hwylc sý Meotodes gesceaft sigefolca geseta, þǽr hé sylfa wunað, Gn. C. 66. Tó heallicum geseton ad palatinas aulas, An. Ox. 2997 : 7, 215.

on-þeón

(v.)

to prosperto be successful in ones efforts, to prove serviceable

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Oft ic secga seledreáme sceal fægre onþeón ðǽr guman drincaþ oft must I prove of excellent service to festivity in hall, where men drink, Exon. Th. 480, 14; Rä. 64, 2

tappa

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tappa, teappa?
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Ad Tapan halan, ii. 344, 6

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beorhte

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His geearnunga wǽron beorhte gecýþed, Shrn. 52, II. clearly, of physical or mental vision Hé wearð hál, beorhte lócigende, Hml. S. 22, 182. His andgit bið tó ðon beorhte scínende, ðæt hé mæge ongietan sóðfæstnesse, Past. 69, 24