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wearn

(n.)
Grammar
wearn, es; m. (?)

A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal

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Hió innwit feala ýwdan on tungan, and mé wráðra wearn worda sprǽcon locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa, et sermonibus odii circumdederunt me, 108, 2. Ic on unriht oft lócade and wiðercwyda wearn gehýrde vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem, 54, 8.

Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn

of-faran

(v.)

to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack

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Se cyng ofslóh heora swá feala swá he offaran mihte, 1016; Erl. 157, 8. Ic tó fare adeo, ic eom offaren adeor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 1

seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
seóþan, p. seáþ, pl. sudon; pp. soden.
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2479; An. 1241. (2 a) to reduce by pain or disease :-- Heó swá swýðe mid ða untrumnysse soden wæs ðæt ða bán án tó láfe wǽron in tantum ea infirmitate decocta est, ut vix ossibus haereret, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 15. to prepare food for the mind, to make fear

Linked entry: for-seóþan

first

timerespite(additional) timein time

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Hé hæfde fyrst áne feáwa geára, Hml. S. 12, 121. Áge hé þreóra nihta fierst him tó gebeorganne, Ll. Th. i. 62, I. Hé ongan cleopian: 'Fyrst la oð morgen' coepit clamare: 'Inducias vel usque mane,' Gr. D. 326, 13.

Linked entry: fyrst

on-drǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-drǽdan, p. -dréd, -drǽd, -dreard, -dreord; pp. -drǽd

to dread, feartimeoto be afraid

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to dread, fear; timeo. with construction undetermined Ondrét obstupuit, Hpt. Gl. 510, 23. Ondreard timuit, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 22. Ic ondreord timui, Ps. Surt. 118, 120. Ondreord timuit, 63, 10. Ondreordun, 63, 6. Ondreardon timuerunt, Mt. Kmbl.

Linked entries: an-drǽdan á-drǽdan

FREÓLS

(n.)
Grammar
FREÓLS, es; m. sometimes, but rarely, n.

freedomimmunityprivilegelībertasimmūnĭtasprivĭlēgiuma time of freedoma holy dayfeastfestivalthe celebration of a festivalfestumfesti celebratio

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To ðam eáster-lícan freólse to the paschal feast. Lk. Bos. 2, 42; L. Eth. v. 14; Th. i. 308, 14, 16, 17: L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 25.

Linked entries: friólsend heals

med-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
med-micel, adj.

not greatmoderatesmallnot greattriflingvenialnot importantnot greatlowlymeanpoor

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Ða gód ðe ic ǽfre dyde wǽron swíðe feáwe and medmicle ( nimium pauca et modica ), Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 38. Ne mágon we búton ðǽm medmyclum synnum beón, Blickl. Homl. 37, 10. On mycclum gyltum oððe on medmycclum, 107, 14.

hwilc-hwega

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Hé hí hwylcehwugu (-hugu ; feáwa, v. ll. ) dagas mid him gehæfde eos aliquot diebus secum retinuit Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 601, 8. with indefinite force, some, any Sum hálig man hwylchugu (-hwugu, v. l.) sanktus uir aliquis . Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 6.

lind

(n.)
Grammar
lind, e; and linde, an; f.

a shield

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On fyrd wegan fealwe linde, Cd. 94; Th. 123, 14; Gen. 2044. Under lindum, 154; Th. 192, 7; Exod. 228: 155; Th. 193, 23; Exod. 251. Bordum beþeahte, hwealfum lindum, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 30; Jud. 214. Beraþ linde forþ, Thw. 24, 16; Jud. 191.

nett

(n.)
Grammar
nett, es; n.

a neta mosquito-netnet- workweb

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On feala wísan ic beswíce fugelas, hwílon mid nettum, 25, 11. Hí forléton hyra nett (netta, Lind.) relictis retibus, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 22 : Homl. Th. i. 578, 21. a mosquito-net Nette, fleógryfte conopio, Wrt.

boga

an archa vault

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Hé gebende his bogan and mid flán ðone fearr ofsceótan wolde, Hml. Th. i. 502, 18 : Bl. H. 199, 18. folded parchment [cf. Ger. bogen]: Cine quaternio, boga diploma, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 12.

be-rǽdan

(v.)

to dispossessbetray

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(gen. or æt) of thing Þone gelpscaðan ríce berǽdan (cf. áfyrran, Bt. 16, 4 ; F. 58, 13), Met. 9, 50. to take by treachery : Se deófol á sǽtaþ hwǽr hé mæge unware men beswícan, and hé nǽfre tó þæs feala berǽdeð þæt hé ǽfre ful sié daemones insidiantur

helan

to conceal from

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Sió heá lár is betere manegum monnum tó helanne, and feáwum tó secganne, Past. 459, 9. with preps, to conceal from (wiþ, fram): Ðonne hí he[o]lað (the o is written above the line) from monnum (hominibiis occultando) ðæt hí secggan scoldon, and secgað

ge-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen

To speakspeak withagree

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Feala worda gespæc se engel many words spake the angel, 15; Th. 18, 11; Gen. 271. Adam gespræc Adam spoke, 27; Th. 36, 31; Gen. 580.

hwón

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Add: : [For construction cf. feáwa.] substantival of number, alone, a few persons or things Ofer lytla ł huón ðú wére leáffull, ofer monigo ðec ic setto super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam Mt. L. 25, 21. with gen.

ge-endian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endian, -endigan, to -endianne; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad.

To endfinishcompleteaccomplishfīnīreconsummāreperfĭcĕreto come to an end

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Ðe nó geendad weorþeþ which shall not be ended, Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 12; Cri. 1640 : 63 a; Th. 232, 1; Ph. 500. to come to an end Ðá geendode se gebeorscipe then the feast came to an end, Th. Apol. 18, 8.

Linked entry: endian

seax

(n.)
Grammar
seax, es; n.
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Nim ðæt seax ðe ðæt hæfte sié fealo hrýðeres horn and sién .III. ǽrene næglas on, Lchdm. ii. 290, 22. Sting ðín seax on ða wyrte, 346, 12. Hý begyrde resten and náne sex (seax, MSS. T. F.) be heora sídan næbben cultellos ad latus non habeant, R.

Linked entries: sex sæx CNÍF

seofon

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon, syfon ; when used without a following noun it is declined, nom. , acc. seofone; g. seofona; d. seofonum.
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Mid feáwum bróðrum, ðæt is seofonum oððe eahtum, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567,4. Ðú seofone genim tudra gehwilces, Cd. Th. 80, 27; Gen. 1335. Geseh hé hyrdas standan seofone ætsomne. Andr. Kmbl. 1987; An. 996. Syfone, Beo. Th. 6235 ; 8. 3122. [Goth. sibun: O.

Linked entries: seofan sibun

hǽmed

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. ¶ a marriage feast; nuptiae :-- Of hǽmdum ł of brýdlðpurn de nuptis, Jn. p. i. 3. Tó ðǽrn færmum ł hǽmdum ad nubtias, 2, 2. <b>I a.</b> of the intercourse of animals :--- of illegitimate connexion Hǽmed incestum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 44.

DOCCE

(n.)
Grammar
DOCCE, an; f.
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Seó fealwe docce the fallow dock; rumex marĭtĭma vel palustris, L. M. 1, 49; Lchdm. ii. 122, 19. Seó reáde docce the red dock; rumex sanguĭnea, L. M. 1, 49; Lchdm, ii. 122, 19: 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 124, 2.