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miltestre-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
miltestre-ærn, miltestre-ern (?)
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a brothel [Tó] myltest[re]erne (cf. mel*-*testrun. húse, 4018) [ad] lupanar, An. Ox. 8, 225. Cf. miltestre-hús

un-gerýdelíce

(adv.)
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Add: of dress, roughly, v. un-gerýdelic; Martinus rád him wið ungerýdelíce gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum, Hml. S. 31, 970

FEALO

(adj.)
Grammar
FEALO, fealu, feale; def. se fealwa; adj.

FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? ⬩ flāvus, gilvus, fuscus

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FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? flāvus, gilvus, fuscus Fealo líg feormaþ and fénix byrneþ the yellow flame consumes and burns the Phœnix, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 1; Ph. 218: 104b; Th. 396, 8; Rä. 16, 1.

FÚL

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚL, adj.

FOUL ⬩ dirty ⬩ impure ⬩ corrupt ⬩ rotten ⬩ stinking ⬩ guilty ⬩ convicted of a crime ⬩ fœdus ⬩ immundus ⬩ sordĭdus ⬩ obscœnus ⬩ spurcus ⬩ pūtĭdus ⬩ fœtĭdus ⬩ culpæ conscius ⬩ crīmĭne convictus

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Ic eom wyrslicre ðonne ðes wudu fúla I am viler than this rotten wood, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 33; Rä. 41, 48. Fúl fýr of heora múþe bláwende de ōre ignem pūtĭdum efflantes, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41: 5, 12; S. 630, 12.

lagu

(n.)
Grammar
lagu, lago; m.

sea ⬩ water

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Kmbl. 343, 19; Rún. 21. Swá ᛚ tóglídæþ, Elen. Kmbl. 2536; El. 1269

stæppan

(v.)
Grammar
stæppan, steppan; p. stóp; pp. stapen
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Steppeþ, 499, 33; Rä. 88, 25. Rúmaþ, steppaþ cedunt; Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 19: 87, 64. Stóp forð ( prodiit ) se ðe deád wæs, Jn. Skt. 11, 44. Deáð neálǽcte, stóp stalgongum, sóhte sáwelhús, Exon. Th. 170, 17; Gú. 1113.

stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
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Th. 405, 6; Rä. 23, 19

ǽtrian

(v.)
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Grammar ǽtrian, ǽt(t)ran. to make poisonous. Cf. ge-ǽttred. to become poisonous or corrupt Ǽttredon tabescerent, Angl. xiii. 366, 14

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt

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Th. 249, 31; Jul. 120: 393, 14; Rä. 12, 10: 410, 6; Rä. 28, 12. Hí geeácnodon heora yfel and God mid weorcum gegremedon ... swá ðæt hig Eglone þeówodon for heora unrǽde, Jud. 3, 14: Thw. p. 162, 29.

BEÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÁTAN, part. beátende ; ic beáte, ðú beátest, býtst, he beáteþ, být, pl. beátaþ ; p. beót, pl. beóton ; pp. beáten.

to BEAT ⬩ strike ⬩ lash ⬩ dash ⬩ hurt ⬩ percutere ⬩ tundere ⬩ verberare ⬩ cædere ⬩ pulsare ⬩ quatere ⬩ lædere ⬩ to tread ⬩ trample ⬩ tramp ⬩ calcare ⬩ proculcare

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Streámas staðu beátaþ streams beat the shores, Exon. 101 a ; Th. 382, 4; Rä. 3, 6. Sǽ on staðu beáteþ the sea lashes against the shore, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 30; Met. 6, 15. Beóton brimstreámas the sea-streams dashed, Andr.

Linked entries: a-beátan býtl

FÆTT

(adj.)
Grammar
FÆTT, fett, fæt; adj.

FAT, fatted ⬩ pinguis, săgīnātus, crassus

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Mára ic eom and fættra ðonne amæsted swín I am larger and fatter than a fattened swine, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 8; Rä. 41, 105. Bringon eall ðæt ðǽrinne fættest sí offĕrent quidquid pinguēdĭnis est intrinsĕcus, Lev. 3, 3

Linked entries: fæt fett

freórig

(adj.)
Grammar
freórig, adj.

freezing ⬩ chilled ⬩ frigid ⬩ frozen ⬩ frīgens ⬩ frīgŏre rīgens ⬩ frīgĭdus ⬩ gĕlĭdus ⬩ chilled with fear or sorrow ⬩ trembling ⬩ sad ⬩ trĕmens ⬩ tristis

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Mec se wǽta wong, wundrum freórig, ǽrist cende the humid field, wonderously frigid, first brought me forth, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 8; Rä. 36, 1. Land wǽron freórig cealdum cýlegicelum the lands were frozen with cold icicles, Andr.

lagu-streám

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-streám, es; m.

Sea ⬩ stream ⬩ river ⬩ water

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Lagustreáma full full of water, 502 a; Th. 385, 1; Rä. 4, 38. Álýs mé and genere wið lagustreámum manegum wæterum eripe me, et libera me de aquis multis, Ps. Th. 143, 8: Cd. 91; Th. 115, 21; Gen. 1923.

lilie

(n.)
Grammar
lilie, lilige, an; f.

A lily

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Ðeáh ðe lilie sý beorht on blóstman ic eom betre ðonne heó, Exon, 110 b; Th. 423, 24; Rä, 41, 27. Drince hé lilian wyrttruman áwylledne on wíne, L. M. 1, 37; Lchdm. ii. 90, 13. Genim neoþewearde lilian, Lchdm. i. 374, 6.

wrigian

(v.)
Grammar
wrigian, p. ode

To turn ⬩ wend ⬩ hie ⬩ go ⬩ move

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Th. 403, 9; Rä. 22, 5

wrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽd, wrǽð, es; m.

a bandage ⬩ band ⬩ fillet ⬩ what is bound together ⬩ a bundle ⬩ a band ⬩ company ⬩ flock

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Th. 383, 20; Rä. 4, 13. Genim nioþowearde wrætte, dó on reádne wrǽd, binde ðæt heáfod mid, Lchdm. ii. 304, . 26. Wrǽdas redimicula, Hpt. Gl. 527, 7. Wrǽda fasciarum, vinculorum, 488, 48. Sume heora fnada and wrǽdas gerriiccliaþ, R.

ge-belgan

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Hé wearð yrre gebolgen, Jul. 58. þonne hí weorþaþ gebolgen (gebolgene, Met. 25, 45),, of animals Eofore cénra, þonne hé gebolgen bídsteal giefeð, Rá. 41, 19. Wæs gebolgen beorges hyrde ( the firedrake ), B. 2304.

sæl

(n.)
Grammar
sæl, sel, es; n.

A hall

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Th. 435, 3; Rä. 53, 2. Gæst yrre cwom, ðǽr wé sæl weardodon, Beo. Th. 4157; B. 2075. Ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeþ, 4520; B. 2264. Hý sæl timbred (æltimbred, MS., the alliteration requires s) ongytan mihton; ðæt wæs foremǽrost receda, 620; B. 307.

Linked entries: sales salor sel

wæd

(n.)
Grammar
wæd, es; n.

A ford ⬩ shallow water ⬩ water that may be traversed ⬩ a body of water ⬩ sea

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Th. 389, 24; Rä. 8, 2

Linked entries: ge-wæd wæð

sóþ-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ-cwide, es; m.

a true saying ⬩ a truth ⬩ a righteous saying

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Th. 418, 2; Rä. 36, 13.