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for-feran

Grammar
for-feran, l. -féran,

to perishperish

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Hé féng stíð weder and him þǽr micel forférde, 1052; P. 176, 16: Hml. S. 11, 202: 28, 118: Hml. A. 46, 549. Ealle þá forférdon þe æt þám rǽde wǽron, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 16: Hml. Th. ii. 384, 4: Hml. S. 4, 379: 17, 122: Forférdon naufragauerant, An.

ellen

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen, adj.

Of elder, elder-sambūceus

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Of elder, elder-; sambūceus Genim ellenne sticcan take an elder-stick, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 104, 7

be-sylian

(v.)
Grammar
be-sylian, p. -ede; pp. ed

To soil, stainmaculare, inquinare

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To soil, stain; maculare, inquinare Besyled stained; maculatus Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58, 18: Elen. Kmbl. 1390; El. 697

Linked entry: sylian

stuðan-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
stuðan-sceaft, es; m.
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A prop, stay Ic gaderode stuþansceaftas, Shrn. 163, 5. Tó ðam ilcan wuda ðár ic ðás stuðansceaftas cearf, 14

fram-eald

(adj.)
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very old, ancient Seó stów wæs gehálgod in framealdum dagum, C. D. iii. 60, 17. [Cf. Goth. fram-aldrs.]

Linked entry: eald

fóre-stæppan

(v.)

to step or go beforeprecede

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to step or go before, precede, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 30: Ps. Lamb. 88, 15

stæpe-gang

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe-gang, es; m.
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A step Ic stepegongum weóld I had control of my steps, Exon. Th. 353. 34; Reim. 22

stán-burh

(n.)
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Steápe stán-byrig, Cd. Th. 133, 17; Gen. 2212

smoltlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
smoltlíce, adv.

Gently, quietly

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Stud. viii. 477, 10

tó-namian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-namian, p. ode

To surname

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To surname Simon ðone getónomade (getornomade, MS.) stán Simonem quem cognominauit Petrum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 14

Linked entry: tó-nama

ge-stillan

(v.)
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B. trans. to cause to be still, stop Gestillende conpescens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 47. to prevent motion Ðára unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg ná weorþan gestilled. Bt. 21; F. 74, 4. to stop action Hé ðá ealdan onsægednyssa ealle gestilde, Hml.

gidding

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., and add: of metrical composition Béda þises hálgan líf ǽgðer ge æfter ánfealdre gereccednysse ge æfter leóðlicere gyddunge áwrát Bede wrote St. Cuthbert's life both in prose and in verse Hml.

wǽr-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr-fæst, adj.

Faithful,

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Wǽrfæst (St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 2621; An. 1312: (Abraham) Cd. Th. 1091, 7; Gen. 1819. Fæder Abrahames, wǽrfæst hæle, 104, 24; Gen. 1740.

tó-scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scǽnan, p. de

To break to pieces

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Corineus smat in enne stane . . . þe stan al tosceande (þat þe ston al tobrac, 2nd MS.), 2309-15. In Layamon the word is intransitive

ǽrest

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽrest, adj.

firstERSTprimus

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first, ERST ; primus Weorpe ǽrest stán primus lapidem mittat, Jn. Bos. 8, 7: Cd. 52; Th. 66, 5; Gen. 1079

Linked entry: érest

irre-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
irre-mód, adj.

Of angry moodangry-minded

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Of angry mood, angry-minded Eode yrremód, him of eágum stód líge gelícost leóht unfæger, Beo. Th. 1456; B. 726

óþ-stillan

(v.)
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to put a slop to, to stop Ðonne biþ hit (hæmorrhage) sóna óþstilled. Lchdm. i. 82, 5. Cf. æt-stillan

ge-cleofian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cleofian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [clifan, cleofian to cleave, adhere]

To cleaveadherestickadhærēre

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To cleave, adhere, stick; adhærēre Geþeódde oððe gecleofede on fíóre sáwle mín adhæsit pāvīmento anĭma mea, Ps. Lamb. 118, 25

streng-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
streng-líc, adj.
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Strong, flrm Hú hé him strenglícran stól geworhte, heáhran on heofonum, Cd. Th. 18, 14; Gen. 273. Cf. strang-líc

steding-líne

(n.)
Grammar
steding-líne, an; f.
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A rope that supports a mast, a stay Stedinglíne opisfera, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 61. S[t]edinglíne, 57, 2

Linked entry: seding-líne