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æf(e)stig

Grammar
æf(e)stig, æfestig.

envious zealous (against)

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Add: in a bad sense, envious Beón andetta ðæt hé æfestig sý, Bl. H. 65, 4. Ne sý hé æfestig zelotipus R. Ben. 121, 13. Æfstig emulus Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 46. Se æfæstiga mæssepreóst. Gr. D. 117, 18. Æfestiga, æfstigea, 118, 20.

wine-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wine-leás, adj.

Friendless

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Wreccan wineleásum bana, Beo. Th. 5219; B. 2613. Se ðec (Nebuchadnezzar) wineleásne on wræc sendeþ (they shall drive thee from men, Dan. 4, 25), Cd. Th. 251, 25; Dan. 569

ge-þofta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þofta, an; m.

A companioncomradesŏdāliscontŭbernālis

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He gesomnode wered his geþoftena he collected a band of his companions, Guthl. 2; Gdwn. 14, 2: Shrn. 196, 20. Geþofta cliens, Wrt. Voc. 291, 33

Linked entry: þyften

hold

(n.)
Grammar
hold, es; m.
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It is the Norse höldr which is thus defined 'sá er höldr er hann hefir óðöl at erfðum tekit bæði eptir föður ok möður, þau er bans forellrar hafa átt áðr fyrir þéim,' see Cl. and Vig. Dict. höldr.

Linked entries: a-hold holde

gelimplic

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Gelimplice daele conpetenies portiunculas, 104, 78: 132, 65. of material things Þá gebróhte se bisceop ealle þá hálgan bán on gelimplicum scrýnum, Hml.

FREÁ

(n.)
Grammar
FREÁ, [ = freaha], freó; gen. freán; m.

A lordmasterthe Lorddŏmĭnus

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Ðis is hold weorod freán Scyldinga this is a band attached to the lord of the Scyldings, 587, B. 291. Wígheafolan bær freán on fultum he bore the helmet to bring aid to his lord, 5316, note; B. 2662.

sweord-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-bealu, (-o), wes; n.
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Bale or hurt caused by the sword, Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147

healf-wudu

(n.)
Grammar
healf-wudu, a; m.

Field-balmcalamintha nepeta

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Field-balm; calamintha nepeta, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 1

eft-agyfan

(v.)

To give back reddĕre, i. e. re-dăre

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To give back; reddĕre, i. e. re-dăre. Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 19

wyn-ele

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-ele, es; m.

Pleasant oil

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Pleasant oil Wynele se ðe bánes byrst béteþ and hǽleþ, Ps. Th. 108, 18

biddan

Grammar
biddan, <b>; II a</b> 2.
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bæd þone hálgan wer sumne dǽl eles, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16. Add

EÁCA

(n.)
Grammar
EÁCA, an; m.

An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantageadditāmentum

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An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage; additāmentum Ðeáh mín bán and blód bútú geweorþen eorþan to eácan though my bones and blood both become an increase to the earth, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 10; Gú. 352.

fæt

a vesselutensila receptacleboxcasketa compartment

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Similar entries v. bán-, hord-, máþm-, sinc-fæt " Drihten, þú þé gecure ꝥ fæt (the body of the Virgin Mary) on tó eardienne " . . . þá wæs Drihten cweþende tó Marian líchoman: " Þú eart lífes fæt, and þú eart ꝥ heofenlice templ, " Bl. H. 157, 1-13.

ge-cennan

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Th. i. 288, 18. to make an (exculpatory) statement about a person Gif se bana oðbyrste, feórðe manwyrð hé ( the man who allows the escape ) tó gedó, and hine gecænne mid gódum ǽwdum ꝥ hé þane banan begeten ne mihte, Ll. Th. i. 28, 2, 8

heáfod-mann

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<b>II a</b> α the head, captain of a band :-- ' Alǽdað mé tó . . . eówerne ealdor.' Hig (the robbers ) clipodon þone cniht him tó þe hira heáfodman wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 19

helle-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
helle-bealu, gen. wes; n.

Hell-balewoe of hell,

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Hell-bale, woe of hell, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 18; Cri. 1427

hreðer-bealo

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer-bealo, n.

caregrief

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Breast-bale, hurt to the mind, care, grief, Beo. Th. 2690; B. 1343

hring-mere

(n.)
Grammar
hring-mere, es; n.

a bath

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A round pool, a bath, Exon. 124 b; Th. 478, 21; Ruin. 45

wiþ-styllan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-styllan, p. de

To leap backretreat

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To leap back, retreat Wiðstylde descivit, pedem retraxit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 25

Linked entry: stellan

sceád

(n.)
Grammar
sceád, scád, es; n.

Sheda divisiondistinctionreasonreckoning

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Niss bitwenen ȝutmc and hemm nan snæd i manness kinde, 6229, Schead ba of god and of uvel, Kath. 240