feter
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Add Feotur, fetor pedo vel paturum, Txts. 85, 1552. a fetter for a person Sum man gesette his ðeówan man on fetera. Hé sæt lange on þám láðum bendum, oð þæt hé bestæl út mid his stafe hoppende and gesóhte ðone sanct . . .
neowol
prone ⬩ prostrate ⬩ deep down ⬩ low ⬩ profound
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Ðǽrrihte férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse niwel on sǽ ecce impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 32. Neól ic fére, Exon. Th. 403, 2; Rä. 22, 1. Hít swá niowul ( prostrate ) up árǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 26.
stræc
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strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard Hú se reccere sceal bión wið ðara yfelena unðeáwas stræc for ryhtwíslícum andan ut sit rector contra delinquentium vitia per zelum justitiae erectus, Past. 17 ; Swt. 107, 6. Stræc (strec, Cott.
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á-meldian
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Hit wearð þurh þá ámeldad þe hé geþóht hæfde þæt him tó þǽre dǽde fylstan sceolde quae res per ministros prodita, Ors. 4, 5; S. 166, 29. to give information that leads to discovery or detection, about persons, to denounce, betray, inform against Sume
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Debet serpentis astutiam columbae simplicitas temperare, quatenus nec seducti per prudentiam calleant, Past. 35; Swt. 237, 15-24.
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hálsian
To beseech, entreat, implore, adjure, conjure, exorcise ⬩ augurari ⬩ to salute, greet
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Ic hálsige ðé þurh ðone lifiendan God adjuro te per Deum vivum, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 63: Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 6; Jul. 446: Blickl. Homl. 151, 22.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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Pen. ii. 4; Th. ii. 184, 2. Cristes þegnas cweþaþ ðæt ðú síe hlǽfdige wuldorweorudes Christ's servants say that thou [the Virgin Mary] art the queen of the glorious host, Exon. 12 a; Th. 18, 15; Cri. 284. Hlǽfdige mín O lady mine! Elen.
hnesce
Nesh, ⬩ soft, ⬩ delicate, ⬩ tender, ⬩ effeminate
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Hwæt getácnaþ ðonne ðæt flǽsc búton unfæsð weorc and hnesce quid enim per carnes nisi infirma quædam ac tenera, 34, 6; Swt. 235, 15. Ðonne hys twig byþ hnesce cum ramus ejus tener fuerit, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32.
tíþian
To grant, ⬩ concede, ⬩ of that which is granted
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Lamb. 18, 8. with a clause Nolde se cyning him tíðian ðæt Israel férde forð ofer his gemǽru qui concedere noluit, ut transiret Israel per fines suos, Num. 21, 23. used absolutely Ðonne ðú him tíðast, Hy. 7, 56.
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symbel
a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,
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Rush. 12, 36. a feast, religious festival Ðerh ðone dæg symbles (symbel, Lind.) per diem festum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15, 6. Ðý ylcan dæge ealra wé healdaþ sancta symbel, Menol. Fox 397; Men. 200
weg
- Kent. Gl. 207 :
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a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Sceáweras, ðæt cýðon ús, on hwilcne weg wé faran sceolon (per quod iter debeamus ascendere), Deut. 1, 22. Ðú weg nimest geond deóp wæter, Cd. Th. 80, 16; Gen. 1329. Wǽrun wegas ðíne on wídne sǽ in mari viae tuae, Ps. Th. 76, 16.
alýfan
To give leave ⬩ permit ⬩ grant ⬩ permittere ⬩ concedere ⬩ tradere
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Wearþ Cartainum friþ alýfed peace was granted to the Carthaginians, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 96, 12: Exon. 31a; Th. 96, 12; Cri. 1573. Hyt ys alýfed it is permitted, Mt. Bos. 12, 12. Alýfþ licet? Mk. Bos. 3, 4: 10, 2
FLINT
FLINT ⬩ a rock ⬩ sĭlex ⬩ petra
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FLINT, a rock; sĭlex, petra Flint sĭlex, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 94; Wrt. Voc. 38, 19: 85, 21. Flinte ic eom heardra I am harder than flint, Exon. 111b; Th. 426, 23; Rä. 41, 78.
healt
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Hé wæs healt claudicabat pede, Gen. 32, 31. Gif ðín fót swicað þé, ceorf hine of; betere þé is ꝥ þú healt (halt, L., R.) gá on éce íf. . .
éce
Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually ⬩ in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo
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Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually; in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo Hie on friþe lifdon éce mid heora aldor they lived ever in peace with their chief, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 16; Gen. 20.
ge-freoðian
To protect ⬩ guard ⬩ free ⬩ keep
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He lýfde ðæt friþ wiþ hý gefreoðad wǽre he allowed that peace should be kept towards them, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 7; Gú. 382. Ðæt lond Gode gefreoðode he kept that land for God, 34 b; Th. 111, 7; Gú. 123
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sibbian
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To make people friends, make peace between disputants, reconcile Se seðe ða unryhtwísan tósomne sibbaþ ( pace social ), hé seleþ ðære unryhtwísnesse fultom, Past. 47, 3; Swt. 361, 22. Sipbade paciscitur. Lk. Skt. p. 11. 2.
un-weorþlíc
of little value or importance ⬩ humble ⬩ that has little honour ⬩ not famous or splendid ⬩ poor ⬩ ignoble ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous
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has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor Hié lange wǽron ðæt dreógende ǽr heora áðer mehte on óþrum sige gerǽcan, ǽr Alexander late unweorðlícne sige (a by no means famous victory) gerǽhte commissoque praelio diu anceps pugna tandem tristem pene
ymb-habban
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Ispania land is eall mid fleóte útan ymbhæfd, ge eác binnan ymbhæfd ofer ða land ǽgþer ge of ðám gársecge ge of ðam Wendelsǽ Hispania circumfusione oceani Tyrrhenique pelagi pene insula efficitur, Ors. 1, I ; Swt. 24, 1-3. to, contain Beféhð ł emhæfð
hǽðen-gild
Heathen worship, idolatry ⬩ idol
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Tó ðam hǽðengilde bugon they turned to the idol [Baal-peor], Num. 25, 2 : 31, 16.