ræfnan
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Th. 302, 3; Fä. 30. v. á-ræfnan and cf. dreógan for the same two meanings
Linked entry: a-rǽfnan
næced
Nakedness
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Nakedness Gif hwylc man stele mete oððe cláðas and hine hungor oððe næced ðǽrtó drife ( fames vel nuditas eum coegerit ), L. Ecg. P. iv. 25; Th. ii. 212, 4. Drihten ásent hungor on eów and þurst and næcede, Deut. 28, 48
ge-fóg
A joining ⬩ joint
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A joining, joint Ðæt ðú gesomnige síde weallas fæste gefóge that thou unite the spacious walls with a fast juncture, Exon. 8 a; Th. 1, 10; Cri. 6. From eallum heora gefógum from all their joints, Blickl. Homl. 101, 4
wlite-wamm
A disfigurement of the face ⬩ personal disfigurement
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A disfigurement of the face, personal disfigurement Æt ðám læsestan wlitewamme .iii. scillingas, and æt ðám máran .vi. scill. L. Ethb. 56; Th. i. 16, 15. Wlitewomma nevorum (nullis naevorum maculis deformatos, Aid. lo), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 27: 60, 56
Linked entry: wamm-wlite
hlǽn-nes
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Mid hlǽnnesse macie (me dira fames macie torquebit, Ald. 272, 16), An. Ox. 23, 33. Hlǽnnesse atrophiam, lenuitatem corporis, Hpt. 31, 14, 338. Add
scip-gefére
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A going by ship Hé him mid fare gehwearf (in scipgefære hwearf, on his scypgefere hwearf, v. ll.) eft tó Centlande rediit Cantiam nauigio, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 186, 24. (?)
ælmes-leóht
Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast
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Light brought to church by one keeping a vigil during a fast Ðonne man fæste . . . forlǽte man ǽlce worldbysga, and læges and nihtes swá man oftost mæge on cirican gewunige, and mid ælmesleóhte wacigan ðár georne, Ll. Th. ii. 288, 1
fellan
To cause to fall ⬩ to fell ⬩ cut or throw down ⬩ strip off ⬩ destroy ⬩ cædĕre ⬩ sternĕre ⬩ projĭcĕre ⬩ abjĭcĕre ⬩ dejĭcĕre ⬩ destruĕre
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To cause to fall, to fell, cut or throw down, strip off, destroy; cædĕre, sternĕre, projĭcĕre, abjĭcĕre, dejĭcĕre, destruĕre Gefered ðǽr hit felde borne where it was thrown down, Exon. 109 b; Th. 419, 11; Rä. 38, 4. feallan
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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epithets of the helmet are brún, Jud. 318: brún-fáh, B. 2615: entisc, B. 2979: gold-fáh, B. 2811: heard, B. 2255: heaþo-steáp, B. 1245: 2153: hefig, Hml.
el-boga
ELBOW ⬩ cŭbĭtum, ulna
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Fæðm betwux elbogan [MS. elboga] and hand-wyrste a cubit, between the elbow and wrist; cŭbĭtum, 72; Som. 70, 126; Wrt. Voc. 43, 51
eówer
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Sceal eall éðel-wyn eówram cynne leófum alicgean all joy of country shall fail to your beloved kindred, Beo. Th. 5763; B. 2885
fyrn-geflít
An ancient strife ⬩ old conflict ⬩ vĕtus lis vel rixa
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Hí guldon hyra fyrngeflítu fágum swyrdum they requited their ancient strifes with stained swords, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 17; Jud. 264
ge-feaxode
Having hair ⬩ haired ⬩ cŏmātus
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Th. ii. 120, 19] they were men of white complexion and fair countenance, and having noble hair, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 12, 1
burg-gemet
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20
fore-bod
preaching ⬩ prohibition
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Him forebod cóm fram eallum Rómánum ꝥ hé ꝥ fær beginnan móste, ne him swá gecwéme folc gefaran, Lch. iii. 434, 3
riht-gefég
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a proper joining Eall þæs scipes fæt wæs ácweht and for ðám mycclum ýþum tólýsed and tósloþen fram eallum his rihtgefégum (rihtgefongum, v. l.) totum vas navis quassatum nimiis fluctibus, ab omni fuerat sua compage dissolutum, Gr. D. 248, 26
Linked entry: ge-fég
ge-þeówan
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Tó geþýdum, 2, 411. to compel, force a person to do something Ðá clericas þe Ceólnóð þár sette far swylcre neóde geðý[ed] ( compulsus ) swá wé seggan wyllað, Chr. 870; P. 283, 29. to oppress, subjugate Geðédum subjugatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 69
ge-nearwian
To narrow, straiten, constrain, confine, oppress, afflict
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Fæste genearwad fast confined, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484, 8; Rä. 70, 4. Mid eofer-spreótum hearde genearwod hard pressed with boar-spears, Beo. Th. 2881; B. 1438.
Linked entry: nearwian
leðeren
Leathern ⬩ leather
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Leðren fæt scortia, 16; Som. 60, 75; Wrt. Voc. 25, 15. Liðerene trymsas asses corteas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 18. Lidrinae scorteas, Ep. Gl. 2 b, 10
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GREÁDA
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Ða ðe beraþ on hira greádum ða á libbendan fatu those who bear in their bosoms the ever-living vessels, Past. 13, 1; Swt. 77, 6; Hat. MS