frófur
comfort ⬩ consolation
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comfort, consolation Feoh byþ frófur fira gehwylcum money is a consolation to every man, Runic pm. 1; Kmbl. 339, 1; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 1: 4; Kmbl. 340, 8; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 7
ǽr-dǽd
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Hú micel is ðæt wíte ðe byð for ǽrdǽdum . . . cyningc wile déman ánra gehwylcum be ǽrdǽdum quanta malis maneant tormenta . . . adveniet judex mercedem reddere cunctis, Dóm. L. 93, 96: Wlfst. 137, 1, 3. Add
sin-snǽd
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A huge bit Grendel slǽpendne rinc slát . . . syn*-*snǽdum swealh ( swallowed by huge bits, or by bits that followed each other continuously ? ), Beo. Th. 1490 ; B. 743
Linked entry: snǽd
ǼS
Food ⬩ meat ⬩ carrion ⬩ a dead carcase ⬩ esca ⬩ cibus ⬩ pabulum ⬩ cadaver
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Food, meat, carrion, a dead carcase; esca, cibus, pabulum, cadaver Earn ǽses georn the eagle eager for food, Byrht. Th. 134, 60; By. 107.
folme
The hand ⬩ mănus
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Forlét drenga sum daroþ fleógan of folman one of the warriors let fly a dart from his hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 12; By. 150. Ða ísenan næglas, ðe wǽron adrifene þurh Cristes folman the iron nails, which were driven through Christ's palms, Homl.
hearra
A lord
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Th. 137, 51; By. 204: Chr. 1065; Erl. 198, 13
Linked entry: herra
hláford-leás
Lordless, ⬩ not having a lord
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Lordless, not having a lord Ætwítan mé ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie to taunt me that I return home without my lord, Byrht. Th. 139, 8; By. 251: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 35; Rä. 21, 22: Beo. Th. 5863; B. 2935: Andr. Kmbl. 810; An. 405.
FERSC
FRESH ⬩ pure ⬩ sweet ⬩ dulcis
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Gyf se wǽta sealt byþ of ðære sǽ, hit byþ þurh ðære sunnan hǽtan to ferscum wæterum awend if the moisture be salt from the sea, it is turned to fresh water through the heat of the sun, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 278, 9-12; Wrt. popl. science 19, 3
ge-unstillan
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Ne hé ne beó andig and fǽcne, for ðám á byð geunstilled (-od, v. l.) and restleás þe mid ðám unþeáwum beléd byð non sit zelotipus et nimis suspiciosus, quia nunquam requiescit, 120, 14. ꝥ ðá gebróðra ne beóh geunstilde ut non inquietent fratres, 84, 8
Linked entry: un-stillan
eá-fisc
A river-fish ⬩ flăviālis piscis
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A river-fish; flăviālis piscis Iór byþ eáfixa [sum] eel [?] is a river-fish. Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345, 4. Eáfiscas sécan to seek river-fishes, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 48; Met. 19, 24
slidor
Slippery ⬩ lubricus
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Slippery Ýs byþ ungemetum slidor Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 15;Rún. 11. Slideres lubrici Hpt. Gl. 405, 46. Sýn heora wegas þýstre and slidore fiant viae eorum tenebrae et lubricum Ps. Th. 34, 7
hlæsting
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toll claimed by the king in harbours, and on transport by read or stream Nomina consuetudinum Anglice praecepi ponere, scilicet ... hlæstinge, Cht. Th. 411, 30. Hleastynge, 359, 4
here-rǽs
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An inroad by an army, a raid by the Danes Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, beón hit miswyderu, Wlfst. 271, 2
FORD
A FORD ⬩ vădum
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Gr. 47; Som. 47, 38: Byrht. Th. 134, 22; By. 88: Beo. Th. 1140; B. 568. He oferfór ðone ford transīvit vădum, Gen. 32, 22.
Linked entry: fyrd
eal-geleáflíc
believed by all ⬩ catholĭcus
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believed by all; catholĭcus
ge-hyrned
Horned ⬩ cornūtus
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Byþ he ymlíce gehyrned he is equally horned, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 2; Lchdm. iii. 266, 22
híred-leóf
friendly ⬩ familiar
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bróþor ǽnig gecýdd byþ forþfaren si ex alio monasterio noto ac familiari frater quis nuntiatus fuerit defunctus, Angl. xiii. 445, 1146
Linked entry: híred-lof
torhtness
Glory
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Gyf him þince (seem in a dream) ðæt his hús byrnþ, micel blǽd and torhtnes him byþ tóweard, Lchdm, iii. 170, 10
ánan
by this alone ⬩ only
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by this alone, only;
geár-rím
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Add: reckoning by years