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fúl

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
fúl, adj.

offensive to the senses ⬩ dirty ⬩ miry ⬩ filthy ⬩ dark ⬩ ugly ⬩ morally polluted ⬩ guilty of a charge ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous ⬩ to bury ignominiously

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Þás fúlan wuhta þú sceoldest áwurpan of ðínum ríce, Hml. Th. ii. 488, 12. ¶ used substantively, on fúl lecgan, on fúlan lecgan to bury ignominiously (of burial in unconsecrated ground, the opposite of clǽne leger).

FEOH

(n.)
Grammar
FEOH, fioh; gen. feós; dat. feó; n.

cattle ⬩ living animals ⬩ pĕcus ⬩ jūmenta ⬩ Money ⬩ value ⬩ price ⬩ hire ⬩ stipend ⬩ FEE ⬩ reward ⬩ pĕcūnia ⬩ merces ⬩ Goods ⬩ property ⬩ riches ⬩ wealth ⬩ bŏna ⬩ dīvĭtiæ ⬩ ŏpes

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Ne wilniaþ nánes óðres feós wish for no other riches, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 22.

Linked entries: feá fioh feoh-fang

Agustin

(n.)
Grammar
Agustin, es; m: Agustīnus, Augustīnus, i; m:

St. Augustine ⬩ Augustinus

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sended wæs, and fram Gode mid wundra wyrcnesse awreðed wæs, Æðelbyrht cyning and his þeóde fram deófulgylda bigonge he to Cristes geleáfan gelǽ dde, and on sibbe gefyldum dagum his þénunge forþféred wæs ða ðý dæge septima Kl Junias on ðæs ylcan cyninges ríce

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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Membrað], se ent, ongan ǽrest timbrian Babilónia; and Ninus, se cyning æfter him, and Sameramis, his cwén, hí ge-endade æfter him, on middeweardum hire ríce. Seó burh wæs getimbred on fildum lande, and on swíðe emnum.

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-líc, adj.
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Wæs his ríce brád, wíd and weorðlíc, Exon. Th. 243, 11 ; Jul. 9. Treów in ðé weorðlícu wunade, 6, 12; Cri. 83. Ðín heáhsetl is heáh and mǽre, fæger and wurðlíc, Hy. 7, 40. Wé ðé þanciaþ ðínes weorðlícan wuldordreámes, 8, 10.

cniht

(n.)
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Cniht, 169, 16. a soldier of rank, a knight Ealle þá ríce men, arcebiscopas, and leódb̃s, abbodas and eorlas, þegnas and cnihtas, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 2.

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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Wearþ þæt ríce tódǽled on .v., and .v. kyningas tó gehálgode, Chr. 887; P. 80, 20. to honour as holy, reverence Sí þín nama gehálgod, Mt. 6, 9. Se gehálgoda Hǽlend, Cri. 435. to keep holy a day Gehálga þone reste*-*dæg, Ex. 20, 8

ge-stígan

(v.)
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Úpcund ríce gestígan, Sch. 35.

ge-timbran

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Th. ii. 586, 29. to build a town, to found On middeweardum hire ríce hió getimbrede Babylonia þá burg ( Babylonem condidit ), Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 15.

ge-wemman

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His miht bið á éce, his ríce ne bið gewemmed, Bl.

ge-wunelic

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A. 157, 129. of a class Hit is swíðe gewunelic ðætte dómeras and ríce menn on setelum sitten cathedra judicis esse vel praesidentis solet, Past. 435, 20.

tó-stencan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stencan, p -stencte; pp. -stenced, -stenct.

to scatter the parts of a whole ⬩ disperse a number of objects gathered together ⬩ to destroy the integrity of a whole ⬩ dissipate ⬩ bring to nought ⬩ overthrow

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Se (Edwy) þurh his cildhádes nytenesse his ríce tóstencte and his ánnesse tódǽlde, Lchdm. iii. 434, 36. Tóstencton (dissipaverunt) unrihtwíse ǽ ðíne. Ps. Spl. 118. 126. Hí munucregol myrdon and mynstra tóstæncton, Chr. 975; Erl. 127. 21.

for-seón

to despise ⬩ hold in contempt ⬩ to reject ⬩ to reject ⬩ to refuse

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Forseó ðysse worulde wlence, gif ðú wille beón welig on ðinum móde thou shalt despise this world's pride, if thou wilt be rich in thy mind, Prov. K. 50. Gif ðæt mód ǽr ne forsáwe ðá écan edleán, Past. 435, 3. Forseónde spernendo, R. Ben. I. 61, 11.

weorþ-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ-mynd, (-mynt), es; m. : e; f. : -myndu (-o); indecl. f. Honour
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Wolde reordigean ríces hyrde hálgan stefne, werodes wísa wurðmyndum ( nobly, with dignity ) spræc, Cd. Th. 194, 10; Exod. 258

Linked entry: wirþu

ge-bídan

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Hé lytle stilnesse gebád, þá hwíle hé ríces weóld, Chr. 1065; P. 195, 26. Ic mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan, B. 934. Sé þe áh lífes wyn gebiden in burgum, Seef. 28. (1 b) to endure, undergo, suffer ill :-- Fela ic weána gebád, Fins. 25.

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode

To treat ill ⬩ to afflict ⬩ harass ⬩ vex

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Noldon hí ná cweþan ðæt hit wǽre wíte . . . and noldan nǽnne þingere sécan, ac lustlíce hí woldan lǽtan ða rícan hié tucian æfter hiora ágnum willan nec hos cruciatus esse dicerent, defensorumque operam repudiarent, ac se totos accusatoribus judicibusque

Linked entry: ge-tucian

wita

(n.)
Grammar
wita, an; m.

one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge

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Grammar wita, in reference to other than Teutonic people Se ríca Rómána wita Brutus, Met. 10, 44. Hié sendon .x. hiera ieldstena wietena (decem principes), Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 11. Witena, 4, 10; Swt. 196, 29.

Linked entries: weota wieta wiota

weard

(n.)
Grammar
weard, es; m.

a guard, warder, watchman, sentinel ⬩ a guardian, protector, lord

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Ríces weard, 2784; B. 1390. Folces weard, 5019; B. 2513. Weard servatorem (animae tuae, Prov. 24, 12), Kent. Gl. 932. Rodera weard, Cd. Th. 1, 2; Gen. 1. Lífes weard, 9, 20; Gen. 144. Sigores weard, Exon. Th. 15, 29; Cri. 243.

folc-lic

public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous

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Hé næs begangende ídele spellunge folclicra (-ric-, MS. ) manna, Guth. 12, 17. having many people, populous Folclicere populosae (civitaiis), An. Ox. 4887. Betwyx twám folclicum inter duo populosa (praedia), 3789

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Ðáh sé á half ríces mínes licet demedium regni mei, Mk. L. 6, 23. Half (hlaf, R.) gódra mínra ic sello ðorfendum demedium bonorum meorum do pauperibus, Lk. L. 19, 8.

Linked entry: healf