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hunig-camb

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-camb, e; f.

Honey-comb

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Honey-comb Hunigcamb teáres favum nectaris, Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1

Linked entry: camb

stride

(n.)
Grammar
stride, es; m.
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A stride, pace Faeðm vel tuegen stridi passus Txts. 85, 1510

swǽslǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽslǽcan, p. -lǽhte
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To flatter, cajole, speak fair Hió swéslécþ blanditur Kent. Gl. 194

Corinthisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Corinthisc, Corrinthisc; adj.
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Corinthian Corrinthisce fatu Corinthia vasa, Ors. 5, 2; S. 216, 4

feallettan

(v.)
Grammar
feallettan, p. te
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To fall to the ground Falletande concidens, Mk. L. 5, 5

Linked entry: falletan

picen

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Picen fæt culleum, uas pice oblinitum, Hpt. 31, 10, 197. Add

ge-feallan

(v.)
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(a γ) to fall dead or wounded, fall in battle :-- Gefallas hiá in múðe suordes, Lk. L. 21, 24. Micel wæl gefeól, Chr. 943; P. 111, 12: 1004; P. 135, 36. Þǽr on greót gefeóll se hýhsta dǽl, Jud. 308.

ancor

(n.)
Grammar
ancor, ancer, oncer; g. ancres; m. [ancŏra = ἄγκυρα : uncus = ὄγκος a hook, v. DER.]

An anchorancora

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An anchor; ancora Ðín ancor is git on eorþan fæst thine anchor is yet fast in the earth, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 5. On ancre fæst fast at anchor, Beo. Th. 611; B. 303. On ancre rád rode at anchor, 3771; B. 1883.

Linked entries: ancer ancra

fæsten-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-tíd, e; f.

Fast-tide or time jējūnii tempus

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Fast-tide or time; jējūnii tempus Man sceal freólstídum [MS. -tidan] and fæstentídum [MS. -tidan] geornlícost beorgan one ought most earnestly to take care at festival-times and fast-times, L. C. S. 38; Th. i. 398, 17.

bi-hlǽman

(v.)

to fall uponstrepitu obruere

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to overwhelm with noise, to fall upon; strepitu obruere Ðonne foldbúende se micla dæg meahtan Dryhtnes mægne bihlǽmeþ then the great day of the mighty Lord will fall with might upon the earth's inhabitants, Exon, 20 b; Th. 54, 18; Cri. 870

Linked entry: be-hlǽman

staþol

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</b> an estate, a farm :-- Se fæder náht elles hire ne sealde búton .vi. ynstan ánre ǽhte (cf. staþol-ǽht) (unius possessiunculae) . . . Cóm án ceorl mid láce of ðám ylcan staðole (ex eodem fundo ) þe heó ǽr onféng vi yntsan æt hire fæder, Gr.

DREÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
DREÓSAN, ic dreóse, ðú drýst, he dreóseþ, drýst, pl. dreósaþ; p. dréás, pl. druron; pp. droren

To rush, fall, perish cadĕre, ruĕre

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To rush, fall, perish; cadĕre, ruĕre Wæstmas ne dreósaþ the fruits do not fall, Exon. 56 a; Th. 200, 2; Ph. 34. Dreóseþ deáw and rén dew and rain fall, 16 b; Th. 38, 19; Cri. 609. Druron dómleáse they fell ingloriously, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997.

feolu-fór

(n.)
Grammar
feolu-fór, e; f?

A field-fareturdus pĭlāris?torax?

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A field-fare; turdus pĭlāris?-Feolufór torax? Wrt. Voc. 289, 17

Linked entry: feala-fór

líc-hryre

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hryre, es; m.

death

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Fall of the body, death, s; Th. 67, 11; Gen. 1099

wan-hæfenness

(n.)
Grammar
wan-hæfenness, e ; f.
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Want, need Wanhæfænysse and metelǽste famis inedia, Hpt. Gl. 480, 33

Linked entry: hæfenness

hioful

(n.)

the face

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the face Ondwlita ł hioful facies, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, ll

gin-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
gin-fæst, adj.

Very fastlastingfirmissimus

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Very fast or lasting; firmissimus Onfón ginfæstum gifum to receive very fast gifts. Cd. 141; Th. 176, 28: Gen. 2919; Beo. Th. 2546: B. 1271: 4370; B. 2182: Exon. 68 a: Th. 252, 24; Jul. 168: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 453; Met. 20, 227

for-weosnian

(v.)

to pinefadewither awaytābescĕrelanguescĕremarcescĕre

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to pine, fade or wither away; tābescĕre, languescĕre, marcescĕre, Som. Ben. Lye

wín

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Hé untýnde ꝥ wínern (apothecam) and gemétte þá fatu swá genihtsumlíce mid wíne gefyllede . . . efne ꝥ swá þá weaxendan wínu (wín, v.l.) woldon feallan ofer þá fatu on þone flór ( ita ut pavimentum excrescentia vina invaderent), Gr.

fæsten-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
fæsten-lic, adj.

Lenten

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Of a fast, Lenten Fæsternlicre bihaldnisse quadri*-*gesimali observatione, Rtl. 14, 8