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FǼHÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FǼHÞ, fǽgþ, e; f: fǽhþe, an; f: fǽhþo, fǽhþu; indecl. f.

Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum

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Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge if a man in holy orders be charged with deadly feud, L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 21: L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 25.

Linked entries: fǽhþe fǽhþo

a-sterfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sterfan, p. de; pp. ed

To cause deathkilldestroynecareeradicare

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To cause death, kill, destroy; necare, eradicare, Mt. Rush. Stv. 15, 13

Linked entry: a-styrfan

a-syndran

(v.)
Grammar
a-syndran, -syndrian; íc asyndrige; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od [a from, syndrian to sunder, part]

To put ASUNDERto separatedisjoinseverseparare

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Se deáþ asyndreþ líc and sáwle death sunders body and soul, Soul Kmbl. 7 ; Seel. 4

Linked entries: a-sindrian ge-asyndrod

ildu

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</b> of a thing :-- On n old age Hí ( Adam and Eve ) ne mihton forealdian, ne deáde beón . . . Ðá underðeóddon hí selfe . . . tó eldo and tó deáðe, Shrn. 66, 20. <b>III a.

dæg-hwamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíc, dæg-hwomlíc; def. sedæg-líca, seó, ðæt dæg-líce; adj.

Daily diurnus, quotidianus

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Daily; diurnus, quotidianus Hit ealle beorhtnysse dæghwamlíces leóhtes ofer-swýðde it overshone all the brightness of the daily light, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20. Syle us to-dæg úrne dæghwamlícan hláf panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Lk. Bos. 11,

Linked entry: dæg-hwomlíc

hwǽten

(adj.)
Grammar
hwǽten, adj.

Wheaten

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Ic secge eów ðæt hwǽtene corn wunaþ ána búton hyt fealle on eorþan and sý deád dico vobis nisi granum frumenti cadens in terram mortuum fuerit ipsum solum manet, Jn. Skt. 12, 24. Mid hwǽtenan meluwe, Herb. 184, 4; Lchdm. i. 322, 13.

delfan

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Srt. 93, 13. to bury Ic ásende ofer eów mancwealm, . . . and þá deádan man nát hú man delfe, Wlfst. 296, 16

æfter-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æfter-boren, [=æftergenga, q. v.] part.

Born after the father's deathposthumus

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Born after the father's death; posthumus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 32

ban-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
ban-fáh, -fág; adj. [ban, bana a killer, fág stained]

Death or murder stainedhomicidio pollutuslethifer

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Death or murder stained; homicidio pollutus, lethifer, Beo. Th. 1564; B. 780

weorc-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
weorc-sum, adj.
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Grievous, noxious Deáðes beámes weorcsumne wæstm, Cd. Th. 37, 23; Gen. 594

ge-cwealmfull

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwealmfull, ge-cwelmfull; adj.
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Deadly Cwylmbǽre ł gecwelm-fulle perniciosa, pestifera, mortifera, Hpt. Gl. 428, 32

súpan

(v.)
Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
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Skt. ii. 26, 264. used figuratively Ðeáh ic hine súpe, ic hine wille eft út áspíwan of mínum múðe, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 1. Ða ðe ne suppas deáð qui non gustabunt mortem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 16, 28.

Linked entries: sype sypian sopa

sceand-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceand-líc, j adj.

infamous, base, viledisgraceful, foul, shameful, obscene disgraceful

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Wið scondliche deaðe, Laym. 2274

ofer-ild

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ild, e; f.

Very great age

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Very great age Him se deáþ geneálǽcþ for ðære oferylde, Wulfst. 147, 27

Linked entry: for-ildu

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to buryto bearbe pleased withto apply oneself earnestly to somethingto be urgent with a personto press to persistpersevere with something to persist incontinue

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trans. to bury Mon sceal morðor under eorðan befeólan þe hit forhelan þenceþ, Gn. Ex. 115. [Cf. O. Sax.] to bear, be pleased with Ne eaþmódnesse iuc ná leng befeólan nellaþ nec iugum humilitatis diutius sustinere contenti sunt (contendunt, v. l. ),

weorold-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gedál, es; n.
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Parting from the world, death Tó woruld-gedále. Elen. Kmbl. 1159; El. 581

wæl-bleát

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-bleát, adj.

Causing mortal weaknessdeadlymortal

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Causing mortal weakness, deadly, mortal Benne, wunde wælbleáte, Beo. Th. 5443; B. 2725

Linked entry: bleát

dyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
dyrstig, adj.

Daring, bold, rash audax, ausus

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Ðeáh ðe he dyrstig wǽre though he were daring, Beo. Th. 5669; B. 2838

eft-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
eft-cyme, es; m.

A coming again, returnrĕdĭtus, reversio

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A coming again, return; rĕdĭtus, reversio Ðæt eorlwerod sæt on wénum eftcymes leófes monnes the warrior band sat in expectation of the return of the dear man, Beo. Th. 5785; B. 2896: Exon. 121 b; Th. 466, 33; Hö. 130.

myrre

(n.)
Grammar
myrre, myrra, an; f.

Myrrh

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Myrra déþ ðæt ðæt deáde flǽsc ne rotaþ, 118, 11. Murre myrra, Ps. Spl. 44, 10. Wín gemenged mid myrran myrratum vinum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 59. Uton him bringan myrran, Homl. Th. i. 116, 25 : 118, 17

Linked entry: murre