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fana

(n.)
Grammar
fana, fanu(-e) ; f.

a flagfane

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Similar entries v. wind-fana. fane, flower de luce Fana (fanu, v. l.) citsana (a 12th cent. MS. has fæarn gitsana ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 2: An. Ox. 56, 397. Fanu cittasana, Lch. iii. 301, col. 2. Fane, Lch. ii. 136, 30. Fone nioþoweard, 350, 24.

Linked entry: fan-byrd

fiþer-féte

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fiþer-féte, -fóte.
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Se wind ússe feþerfót niétenu swencte quadrupedia uexabantur, 22, 30. used substantivally: Feoðorfðta (-o. R.) his ł néteno pecora ejus, Jn. L. 4, 12. Fyþerféte swá hwilc swá gesihð, uneáðnysse getácnað . . .

Linked entry: feówer-féte

tó-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-beátan, p. -beót

To beat to pieces,destroy by beating

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Com him swilc wind ongeán, swilce nán mann ǽr ne gemunde, and ða scipo ealle tóbeót, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 5. Scipia hét ǽlcne hiéwestán tóbeátan omni murali lapide inpiilverem comminuto, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 212, 10.

ge-drincan

(v.)
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Add: absolute. to take liquid as nourishment or to quench thirst Þá hé þone mete bróhte, hé bróhte him eác wín.

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, -styllan; p. de; pp. ed [stillan to rest] .

To restceasebe stillquietmutequiescĕresĕdārisĭlēreobmutescĕrerētĭcēreTo restrainstillstopstaycalmkeep incompescĕrecŏhĭbēresĕdāremītĭgārerĕtĭnēre

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He bebeád ðæm winde ðæt he gestilde he commanded the wind to be still, Blickl. Homl. 235, 8. Ic bebeóde ðé ðæt ðú fram ðisse ungeþwǽrnysse gestille I command thee to cease from this troubling, Guthl. 8; Gdwn. 48, 17. v. trans.

Fornétes folm

(n.)
Grammar
Fornétes folm, e; f.

Fornet's palmFornēti palma

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Fornjótr's three sons had control over air, fire, and wind. In the Gl. Cleop. folm is glossed mănus, the hand or palm. As this refers to the palm only, it leaves us in difficulty what variety is intended by Fornet's palm.

gærs-stapa

(n.)
Grammar
gærs-stapa, gærstapa, an; m.

A GRASS-STEPPERlocustlŏcusta

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Se byrnenda wind brohte gærstapan ventus ūrens levāvit lŏcustas, Ex. 10, 13, 19 : 10, 4

súþan

(adv.)
Grammar
súþan, adv.
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Gif hér wind cymþ westan oððe eástan, súðan oððe norðan, 50, 11; Gen. 807. Súþan, Exon.

hreóh

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Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorþe, Bt. 41, 3; F. 250, 14. fierce, cruel of pain, &amp;c. Take here <b>reów</b> in Dict., and add Swá se þeódsceaða reów rícsode, An. 1118.

eágh-þyrl

(n.)

a window

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a window, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 6

níw-soden

(adj.)
Grammar
níw-soden, adj.
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Newly-boiled Nísodenes wínes defruli, An. Ox. 326

westerne

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Westernes windes Zepheri, An. Ox. 23, 17. Add

ge-feðeran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feðeran, -feðran; p. ede; pp. ed

To feathergive wings toālas addĕre

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To feather, give wings to; ālas addĕre Ic sceal ǽrest ðín mód gefeðeran I shall first give wings to thy mind, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 31, MS. Cot. Gefeðran, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 8; Met. 24, 4

lyft

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Efne ðá árás se wind, Hml. S. 18, 150. Ne windig wolcen, ne þǽr wæter fealleð lyfte gebysgad, Ph. 62. Hé gesette ýsta his on lyftu ( auram ), Ps. L. 106, 29. v. ǽr-lyft, un-lyft, úp-lyft

ge-reord

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reord, -reorde, es; n.

Language, speech, tongue, voice

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Hwílum ic gereordum rincas laðige to wíne sometimes with voices I invite men to wine, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 31; Rä. 15, 16

Linked entries: reord reord

ge-mengan

(v.)
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Ne dranc hé wínes drenc, ne nánes gemencgedes wǽtan, Hml. Th. i. 352, 6.

hrenian

(v.)
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Lye' substitute: to smell of something Ǽfæst nǽfre wín hrenige, ꝥ hé ná gehýre þæt þeódwitan: 'Ꝥ nys coss rǽccean ac scencan' religiosus nunquam uinum redoleat, ne audiat illud philosophi: 'Hoc non est osculum porrigere, sed propinare,' Scint. 106, 5

húsel

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Hé gehálgode húsel of hláfe and of wíne, Angl. vii. 44, 415. tó húsle (ge)hálgian to consecrate (bread and wine) for the Eucharist Hí hálgodon hláf and wín tó húsle, Hml.

eást-norþerne

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-norþerne, adj.
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North-east Cóman eástnorþerne windas, Ap. Th. 11, 2

Linked entry: norþerne

fæðer-homa

(n.)

a feather-covering, the wings

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a feather-covering, the wings, Cd. 22; Jun. 11, 1