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FÓDA

(n.)
Grammar
FÓDA, an; m.

FOODnourishmentălĭmentum

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Fóda fýres, holt food of fire, wood, Scint. 12. Búton ðam gódspellícan fódan without the evangelical food, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 31

Linked entry: FÓSTER

ge-wealcan

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Add: to roll together, press together Heorotes horn gebærned tó ahsan, gegniden on mortere, and þonne ásift and mid hunige gewealcen tó snǽdum, Lch. ii. 238, 2. [O. H.

feorh-lege

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-lege, es; m. [lege = leg, lagu law]

Life-lawfatedeathvītæ lexfātummors

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Ic on máþma hord mínne bebohte feorhlege I have bought my fate for treasures' hoard, Beo. Th. 5592; B. 2800

Linked entries: fróde -lege

mynegung

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Add Tóforan eallum þingum wé ðæs mynegunge dóð ꝥ hý bútan ceorunge sýn hoc ante omnia ammonentes, ut absque murmuratione sint, R. Ben. 65, 10. Minegungum oraculis, i. sermonibus An. Ox. 3384. Add Þý lǽs seó mynugung forlǽge.

ge-tígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tígan, pp. -tíged

To tiebind

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Ðǽr stód án ramm getíged be ðam hornum there stood a ram tied by the horns, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 3: i. 206, 10: Lk. Bos. 19, 30: Mt. Bos. 21, 2

wundorlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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In ðis tó uundranne ł uundorlíce is in hoc mirabile est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 30. And eác ðæt wunderlícor wæs, ðá ðá heora án bodade mid ánre sprǽce, ǽlcum wæs geðúht swilce hé sprǽce mid his gereorde, Homl. Th. i. 318, 26.

ge-leáfful

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáfful, -full; adj.

Full of beliefbelievingfaithfulholyfĭdēliscrēdŭlus

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Full of belief, believing, faithful, holy; fĭdēlis, crēdŭlus Heó wundrade hú he swá geleáfful, on swá lytlum fæce, and swá uncýðig, ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered how he, so full of belief, in so short a space, and so ignorant, could ever

teón-full

(adj.)
Grammar
teón-full, adj.
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Hí ðurh*-*wunedon on heora teónfullum wordum they persisted in their insolent language, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 14

ful-swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-swíðe, adv.

Very muchveryvalde

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Very much, very; valde Wéne ic fulswíðe I think very much, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 4; . 30

reón

(n.)

mourning, lament

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Th. 459. 27; . 6. Cf. rýn

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, e; f.
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A city; urbs Sceal seó burg bÍdan the city shall remain, Exon. 121b; Th. 466, 30; . 129

ge-dwyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dwyld, es; n.

Errorheresyerrorhærĕsis

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Ðæt he mid his hálgan láre middaneardlíc gedwyld adwæscte that he might extinguish worldly error by his holy doctrine, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 13 : Deut. 4, 19

wæl-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.

Cruelbarbarousbloodthirsty

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Hé wunaþ wælrǽw deófol, Homl. Th. i. 192, 21. Se wælhreówa Antecrist, 6, 16. Se wælhreówa cyning, Ðeódríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 24. Wælhreówes (Nero's) gewéd, Met. 9, 5. Ne lǽt ðú on ðæs wælhreówan hond (crudeli) ðín geár, Past. 36; Swt. 249, 11: Homl.

un-rím

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rím, and un-ríme; adj.

Innumerableincalculablenot to be numberedan immense, incalculable good

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Ðǽr is máðma hord, gold unríme, Beo. Th. 6016; B. 3012. Mid ða unríman mænigeo innumerabilis multitudo, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 4. Wǽron on ðyssum felda unríme gesomminge erant in hoc campo innumera conventicula, S. 629, 24.

hú-hwega

(adv.)
Grammar
hú-hwega, -hugu; adv.

About

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Homl. 201, 14

potian

(v.)
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to push, thrust, strike, butt Hwæt wǽron hí, búton fearra gelícan, ðá ðá hí, mid leáfe ðære ealdan ǽ, heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon? Homl. Th. i. 522, 25.

be-leán

(v.)
Grammar
be-leán, p. -lóh, pl. -lógon; pp. -leahen

To hinder by blamereprehendreproveforbidprohiberereprobarereprehendere

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He him ðæt swýðe belóh hoc multum illi prohibuit Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 28, note : Beo. Th. 1027; B. 511

forþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-genge, adj.

Progressiveincreasingeffectivepŏtens

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Progressive, increasing, effective; pŏtens Hú mæg se leáfa beón forþgenge, gif seó lár [MS. lare] and ða láreówas ateoriaþ how can the faith be increasing if the doctrine and the teachers fail? Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 34.

ge-lagian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lagian, p. ode; pp. od

To establish by lawconstitutedecreelēge sancīre

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Hú hit gelagod wæs how it was constituted, L. Ælf. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 17. Ðe gelagod is to gedwolgoda weorðunge that is appointed for the worship of false gods, Swt. Rdr. 105, 27

Linked entries: lagian lagian

stirne

(adj.)
Grammar
stirne, adj.
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Stern, hard, austere, rigorous, severe Ic wát ðæt ðú eart swíðe styrne mann scio quia homo durus es (Mt. 25, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 552, 31. Cyning sceal beón milde ðám gódum and styrne ðám yfelum, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 1 : Wulfst. 267, 3.

Linked entry: styrne