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ge-sellan

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L. 22, 17, to give up, surrender, lose Þǽr hé his feorh gesealde, Chr. 855; P. 66, 18: Gen. 1739. Manig man his feorh for cyle gesealde, Bl. H. 213, 32.

from-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
from-weard, adj.

From-wardturned from or awaydepartingabout to departaversusabĭtūrusmorĭtūrus

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Ádl fǽgum fromweardum feorh óþ-þringeþ disease will expel life from the fated, about to depart, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 7; Seef. 71

Linked entries: fram-weard fram-weard

drepan

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Hé wæs in feorh dropen, B. 2981. On gemynd drepen stupefied, Gen. 1571. Add

hæfen-leás

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Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum hafenleásum mannum. Hml. S. 14, 15 : 23, 200: Hml. Th. ii. 400, 1

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herigendlíce

(adv.)
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Án ðǽra is þes hálga wer þe wé nú tódæg wurðiað, for ðan ðe hé áspende swíðe herigendlíce þæt feoh þe him God befæste, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 9. For last passage substitute

hæt

(n.)
Grammar
hæt, hætt, es; m.

A hat, covering for the headpileus, mitra, tiaraa hood, cowlhat

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Terrentius bær hæt on his heáfde, for ðon Rómáné hæfdon gesett ðæt ða ðe hæt beran móston móston ǽgþer habban ge feorh ge freódóm Terentius pileatus, quod indultæ sibi libertatis insigne fuit, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 25-29

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hund-endlefontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-endlefontig, num.

One hundred and ten

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One hundred and ten Feówer and hundændlæftig ealdra swína one hundred and fourteen old swine, Chart. Th. 163, 3

stán-scilig

(adj.)
Grammar
stán-scilig, adj.
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Shaly, stony Sum feóll ofer stánscyligean ... ofer ða stánscylian super petrosa, Mk. Skt. 4, 5, 16. v. preceding word

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un-weorclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-weorclíc, adj.

Unsuitable for work

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Unsuitable for work Seó niht hafaþ seofon tódǽlednyssa ... seó feórðe is intempestivum, ðæt ys mid niht oððe unworclíc tíma, Anglia viii. 319, 30

Linked entry: weorc-líc

land-bóc

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Ðis is ðǽra feówer hýda landbóc æt Wíðigleá ðe Eádgár cing hæfð gebócod Cénulfe on éce yrfe, C. D. iii. 457, 23. Add

mynet-ísen

(n.)
Grammar
mynet-ísen, mynet-ísern, es; n.
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A die for stamping coin Feówer síðon man áwende mynetísena (minetíserna, v. l. ) on his dagum, Hml. S. 23, 477. Cf. stemping-ísern

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Add: physical. of metal, free from dross or alloy Fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós, Cht. Th. 168, 16.

sæc

(n.)
Grammar
sæc, sæcc, e; f.

Strife, contest, conflict

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Hí hæfdon sæcce gesóhte, sceolde sweordes ecg feorh ácsigan, Andr. Kmbl. 2265; An. 1134. Hé wælfǽhþa dǽl sæcca gesette he composed many a deadly feud and quarrel, Beo. Th. 4062; B. 2029

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ge-rǽdod

Grammar
ge-rǽdod, ge-rǽded.
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Feówer hors, twá. gerǽdede (cf. in the article on heriots: Feówer hors, twá gesadelode, Ll. Th. i. 414, 10), C. D. ii. 380, 27. Hú ú

be-delfan

to dig a graveto dig aboutto buryput under ground,to buryput in a grave or tomb

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Add: to dig a grave Þá byrgena mon feor on eorðan bedelfe, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12. to dig about Þæt treów bið bedolfen, Hml.

wǽðan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽðan, p.de

To hunt

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To hunt Ic wiht (a rake ) geseah . . . seó ðæt feoh fédeþ, hafaþ fela tóþa . . . wǽþeþ geond weallas, wyrte séceþ aa. Exon. Th. 416, 27;Rä. 35, 5. Winde gelícost, ðonne hé hlúd ástígeþ, wǽðeþ be wolcnum, Elen. Kmbl. 2545;El. 1274.

Linked entry: wǽðe-burne

deór

(n.)
Grammar
deór, an animal.
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Hálig feoh and wilde deór, Gen. 202. Holmes læst and heofonfuglas and wildu deór, 1516. Manna pað semila, deóra pað callis, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 42. Dióra, Met. 26, 92. Leó, deóra cénost, Exod. 322.

be-ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
be-ceápian, p. ode; pp. od

To sellvendere

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Se ðe sóþfæstnysse beceápaþ wið feó he who sells truth for money, ii. 244, 24. Hí beceápodon heora ǽhta they sold their possessions, i. 316, 4,11, 31. Beceápa ealle ðíne ǽhta sell all thy possessions, ii. 400, 12

ge-fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fricgan, -fricgean; p. -fræg, pl. -frǽgon; pp. -frigen

To learn by asking or by inquiryhear of

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We feor and neáh gefrigen habbaþ Moyses dómas hæleðum secgan we far and near have heard that Moses gave laws to men, Cd. 143; Th. 177, 28; Exod. 1

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hlifian

(v.)
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Swá be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 5-11. Þǽre byrig hlifað án munt urbi mons praeeminet Gr. D. 225, 14. Of ðám munte þe ofer his mynstre hlifade ex eo monie qui ejus monasterio in excelso prominet 12, 8.