fæstan
to fast ⬩ to abstain
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Þonne hié woldon sylfe firene fæstan (abstain from sin), Dan. 592. with prep. Þá fram middangeardes gyrninge fæstað qui a mundi ambitione jejunant, Scint. 53, 18.
lám
Clay ⬩ mud ⬩ mire ⬩ earth
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Ic áworpe ða myht fram mé ðe mé fram ðé geháten ys swá ðæt lám ðe ic myd mýnum fótum ontrede I cast away from me the power that is promised me by thee, as the dirt that I tread upon with my feet, Shrn. 151, 22
Dene
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Fram Anglum ge fram Denum, Chr. 1039; P. 161, 25. Hé Dene weorðode, B. 1090
for-hwǽga
somewhere
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Hí álecgað hit ðonne forhwæga on ánre míle fram þǽm túne . . . Ðonne sceolon beón gesamnode ealle ðá menn . . . forhwæga on fíf mílum oððe on syx mílum fram þǽm feó, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 30-36. Substitute:
á-spanan
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Be þám men þe wífman fram his hláforde áspaneð (allicit) for unrihtum hǽmede, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 24. Sicilie healfe áspónan (-speónnon, v. l.)
níw-cumen
newly come (to a particular belief) ⬩ a neophyte
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Be nígcumenra (nícumenra, Wells, Frag.) gebróðra andfenge, 97, 2. Tǽce him mon siððan tó nígcumenra manna húse, 97, 11
þegnung-gást
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A ministering spirit Englas beóþ tó ðéninggástum fram Gode hider on worulde ásende, ðæt hí beón on fultume his gecorenum ( nonne angeli sunt administratorii spiritus, in ministerium missi propter eos, qui haereditatem capient salutis?
be-leógan
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Wé, ðe men syndon, beóþ ful oft belogene fram óþrum mannum fallimur qui homines sumus, Gr. 0. 40, 23. ¶ used impersonally, to be mistaken :-- Gif þú wilt geþencean hú mycel hine beleáh (hole much he was mistaken ), Bl. H. 189, 24. Add
eges-ful
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Ne bið ús ( devils) freá milde egesful ealdor (the Devil ), Jul. 329. Egesful eorla drihten ( Holofernes ), Jud. 21. Þæt egesfulle horrendus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 43. Egesfulra terribilium, Ps. L. 144, 6
ge-hlów
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Wearð hé geþreád fram þám áwyrg-dan gáste . . . and ongan beón swíðe geswænced mid gehlówum ( balatibus ), Gr. D. 223, 8
huntnaþ
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Wearð se cyng Willelm on huntnoðe fram his ánan men mid ánre flá ofsceoten, 1100; P. 235, 16
on-hildan
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Add Fram dómum þínum ic ne anhylde (declinaui), Ps. L. 118, 102
tó-beátan
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ꝥ scip becóm tó Ostican swíðe tóbrocen and tó-beáten fram þám ýþum ( fluctibus quassata ), Gr. D. 347, 7. Ðá cempan hine lange swungon ... þá cómon his geféran and fundon hine licgendne on blódigum limum and tóbeátenum líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 981. Add
holm-clif
A sea-cliff, ⬩ cliff by the water-side
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A sea-cliff, cliff by the water-side On, fram ðam holmclife [the holm is the lake where Grendel dwelt ], Beo. Th. 2846, 3274; B. 1421, 1635. Se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde he who had to guard the sea-cliffs, 465; B. 230
á-stundian
To take upon one's self
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Substitute: To take upon one's self Eal hé mót ástundian swá hwæt swá fram his gingrurn, forgýmeleásod bið ad ipsum respicit quicquid a discipulis delinquitur, R. Ben. 61, 7. Búton gé hí ámeldian, gé sceolon heora wíte ástundian, Hml. S. 23, 299
Linked entry: stundian
searu-cræftig
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.), cunning (in a good sense) Snottor, searocræftig sáwle rǽdes, Frag. Kmbl. 80; Leás. 42. Sum biþ searocræftig goldes and gimma, Exon. Th. 296, 29; Crä. 58. wily, cunning (in a bad sense), 416, 7; Rä. 34, 7
ge-hæftnan
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Fram deófle hí beóð hæfde and gehæftnede a diabolo captivi tenentur, 336, 5. Þám gehæftnedum mannum captivis, 293, 3. Add
sceó-ness
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Gebí[gað] eów fram þæs líchoman sciónesse, Verc. Först. 145, 15. Add
Linked entry: scý-nes
þwang
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a strip of skin Befleh ǽnne þwang ( corrigiam ) þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh, Gr. D. 198, 4. a shoelace 'Cum and unscó mé' . . Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslúpan, Gr. D. 221, 22
trahtere
One who treats a subject ⬩ an expositor ⬩ interpreter ⬩ commentator
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Fram trehterum a commentariis, 7, 28. Of flítendum trachterum a vitiosis interpretibus, Mt. Kmbl. p. i. 14