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hlísa

famereputationreputegloryreputationreportfameapprobationapplause

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Þone eádegan hlísan faustam famam (Ald. 161, 12), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 16: 37, 31. report of those who no longer exist Hwæt is hiora here búton se hlísán ?

ende-dógor

(n.)
Grammar
ende-dógor, es; m. n.

The final day, day of one's deathfinālis dies, mortis dies

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Nis nú swíðe feor ðam ýtemestan endedógor it is now not very far to the utmost final day. Exon. 49 b; Th. 172, 8; Gú. 1140. Bád se endedógor he awaited [his] final day, 51b; Th. 179, 10; Gú. 1259

Linked entry: ende-dæg

feorrian

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

depart

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To go far away, depart Fearras discedit, Lk. L. R. 9, 39. Hiá fearrageð ł fléað recedunt, 8, 13. Feorriað hí and fleóð longe fugiunt, Nar. 35, 32: 36, 22. Ic feorude fleógende elongavi fugiens, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 7.

be-gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gyldan, p. -gylde; pp. -gylded

To gildinauraredeaurare

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To gild; inaurare, deaurare Begylded fatu vasa deaurata Lye

Linked entry: gyldan

or-læg

(n.)
Grammar
or-læg, -leg, es; n. (?)

Fateto 'dree' one's 'weird'

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Fate Nó ic (Daniel) wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas, ac ðé ( Belshazzar) unceápunga orlæg secge, worda gerýnu I will tell thee thy fate (by explaining the writing on the wall), Cd. Th. 262, 19; Dan. 746.

Linked entries: -læg or-lege

a-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen

To liefailconfineperishjacereconquiesceredeficereaboleri

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To lie, fail, confine, perish; jacere, conquiescere, deficere, aboleri Nú sceal eall éðelwyn alicgean now all joy of country shall fail, Beo. Th. 5764; B. 2886. His dóm alæg its power failed, Beo. Th. 3061; B. 1528

Linked entry: a-legen

FREMEDE

(adj.)
Grammar
FREMEDE, fremde, fremþe, fræmde; adj.

Strangeforeignestranged fromdevoid ofaliēnusperegrīnusaliēnātusaversusremōtusexpers

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On fremdes fæðm into the embrace of a strange [man ], Cd. 92; Th. 118, 26; Gen. 1971. Fremdre meówlan of a strange damsel, Exon. 80 b; Th. 302, 20; . 39: Bt. Met. Fox 3, 21; Met. 3, 11. On fremedum in aliēno, Lk. Bos. 16, 12.

fríþ

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Substitute: Fair Mec (the cuckoo) seó friðe mǽg (the bird that hatches the cuckoo's egg) fédde oð þæt ic áweóx the fair lady (cf. freólec mǽg used of a woman) nurtured me, till I grew up, Rä. 10, 9

dryre

(n.)
Grammar
dryre, es; m.

Fall, decline, ceasing cāsus, lapsus, cessātio

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Fall, decline, ceasing; cāsus, lapsus, cessātio Hrímes dryre a fall of rime, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 27; Ph. 16. Ðǽr wæs ne dreámes dryre there was no ceasing of joy, 44 b; Th, 152, 1; Gú. 802

hleór-sceamu

(n.)
Grammar
hleór-sceamu, e; f.

Shame or confusion of face,

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Shame or confusion of face, Ps. Th. 68, 8

fære-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
fære-sceat, -sceatt, es; m.

Fare-scot, passage-money naulum, prĕtium transĭtus

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Fare-scot, passage-money; naulum, prĕtium transĭtus, Som. Ben. Lye

ge-wifsǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wifsǽlig, adj.

Fortunatefatofortuna felix

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Fortunate; fato vel fortuna felix, Cot. 88, 194, 196, Lye

fægrian

(v.)

adorn

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to make fair, adorn Fægeredre falerata, An. Ox. 5309. Add:

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idollucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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A temple, an idol Se ylca hearh quod fanum, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 35.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

tǽlende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
tǽlende, adj.

prone to blame, censoriousslanderous, backbiting

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Th. 305, 18; . 90. Cf. Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse and wið twysprǽcnysse caveamus nobis a vituperatione et a biloquio, L. Ecg. P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 31. slanderous, backbiting Ða aefstigan men and ða tǽlendan, Blickl. Homl. 65, 10

gimmisc

(adj.)
Grammar
gimmisc, adj.

Jewelledgemmeus

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Jewelled; gemmeus Monige fatu gimmiscu gemmea vasa, Nar. 5, 13

wíngeard-seax

(n.)
Grammar
wíngeard-seax, es; n.

A pruning-knife

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A pruning-knife Wíngeardseax falx, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 76

slídan

(v.)
Grammar
slídan, p. slád; pp. sliden

To slide, slip, fall to slide, glideto make a mistake, to fail, errto fall into an unhappy conditionto pass away, be transitory or perishable

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To slide, slip, fall. of actual movement to slide, glide Ðá cómon twegen deóflu tó him of ðære lyfte slídan Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 16. fig. to make a mistake, to fail, err Ðonne hé geong fareþ, hafaþ wilde mód, slideþ geneahhe (makes many a slip)Salm.

Linked entry: sliden

an-wlita

(n.)
Grammar
an-wlita, an; m.

The countenancefacevultusfacies

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The countenance, face; vultus, facies, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 44

fæst-hafolnes

(n.)
Grammar
fæst-hafolnes, -ness, e; f.

Fast-havingness, sparingness, economyparcĭtas

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Fast-havingness, sparingness, economy; parcĭtas Fæsthafolnesse parcĭtātem, Past. 60; Hat. MS

Linked entry: be-hæfednes