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FRETAN

(v.)
Grammar
FRETAN, ic frete, ðú fritest, fritst, he freteþ, friteþ, fritt, fryt, pl. fretaþ; p. ic, he fræt, ðú frǽte. pl. frǽton; pp. freten [for-, etan to eat?].

to eat up ⬩ gnaw ⬩ FRET ⬩ devour ⬩ consume ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ comĕdĕre ⬩ to break ⬩ burst ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ rumpĕre

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to eat up, gnaw, FRET devour, consume; devŏrāre, consūmĕre, comĕdĕre Ða ðe wilniaþ fretan mín folc qui devŏrant plēbem meam, Ps. Th. 13, 9: 26, 3: Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 11; Rä. 76, 5: 87 b; Th. 329, 34; Vy. 44: Beo. Th. 6021; B. 3014: 6220; B. 3114.

Linked entry: gefrett

land-wela

(n.)
Grammar
land-wela, an; m.
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The wealth of this earth, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 11; Ph. 505

weorold-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-bearn, e; n.
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A child of earth, a man, Exon. Th. 493, 9 ; Rä. 81, 27

á-deáfian

(v.)
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Gif eáran willen ádeáfian oþþe yfel hlyst sié, Lch. ii. 40, 22. Add

and-wist

(n.)
Grammar
and-wist, e; f.
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Sustenance Eorþan andwist the sustenance that earth supplies, An. 1542. Cf. and-leofen

Linked entry: wist

ár-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ár-lic, adj.
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Early Árlic morgen aurora, Rtl. 69, 2. Tíde árlica horam matutinam, 171, 37

Linked entry: ǽr-lic

be-heldan

(v.)
Grammar
be-heldan, [= be-healdan?]

To attend ⬩ intend ⬩ attendere ⬩ intendere

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To attend, intend; attendere, intendere Wesan ðíne eáran gehýrende and beheldende fiant aures tuæ intendentes Ps. Th. 129, 2

grund-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
grund-sceát, es; m.
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A region of earth, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 27; Cri. 42: 17 a; Th. 41, 2; Cri. 649

hrís-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrís-weg, es; m.
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A road made by laying down brushwood, and covering it with earth(?) On hrísweg, C. D. iii. 384, 6

nos-þyrel

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God gesceóp ús twá eágan and twá eáran, twá nosþirlu and twégen weleras, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 16. Add

samnian

(v.)
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Add Swá hwǽr swá bið líc, þider somnigaþ earnes ubicumque fuerit corpus, illuc congregabuntur aquilae, Mt. R. 24, 28

eahtan

(v.)
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Þæt wé magon eahtan ( this point we can appreciate ) ... þæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, sé þe nú ne giémeð hwæðer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, 1550

Linked entry: eahtend

heáh-biscop

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Þú eart sácerd æfter endebryrdnesse þæs heáhbiscopes ( Melchisedech ), Ps. Vos. 109, 4

scapulare

(n.)
Grammar
scapulare, es; n. : <b>scapularie,</b> an; f.
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A scapular, scapulary, a short cloak Gif þú tó hwilcere gehírsumnesse scapulares beþurfe, þonne stríc þú eclinga mid ǽgðere hande ofer ǽðerne earm ymbe ꝥ útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað, Tech. ii. 127, 18-20.

talu

Grammar
talu, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án torswíþe leás man, Hml. S. 23, 687. Add Talu disputatio, An. Ox. 27, 18.

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

ǽr-margen

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr-margen, es; m.

The early morning ⬩ the day-break

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The early morning, the day-break, Ps. Surt. 56, 9: 107, 3: 118, 148

grund-búende

(adj.)
Grammar
grund-búende, pl.
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Inhabitants of the earth, Beo. Th. 2016; B. 1006; Salm. Kmbl. 578; Sal. 288

sculdor-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
sculdor-wærc, re, es; m.
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Pain in the shoulders Wið sculdorwærce and earma, Lchdm. ii. 340, 12 : 6, 2

eorþ-gemǽre

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-gemǽre, es; n.
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An end of the earth Eall eorðgemǽru universi fines terrae, Ps. Th. 21, 25

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