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fóre-weard

(n.)
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fóre-weard, es; m.

A forewarderscoutantecursorexplōrător

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A forewarder, scout; antecursor, explōrător Siððan Scipia geahsode ðæt ða fóreweardas wǽron feor ðam fæstenne gesette, he ðá dýgellíce gelǽdde his fyrde betuh ðám weardum when Scipio learned that the scouts [forewarders] were set far from the fastness

fóre-wítigian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-wítigian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To foresayprophesyprænuntiāre

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To foresay, prophesy; prænuntiāre Se mycla hunger, ðe wæs fórewítegad on Actĭbus Apostŏlōrum the great famine, which was foretold in the Acts of the Apostles, Chr. 47; Erl. 7, 24

fóre-witig

(adj.)
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fóre-witig, -wittig; adj.

Foreknowingpræscius

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Foreknowing; præscius Fórewitig towerdra þinga præscius fŭtūri, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 12; Hpt. Gl

fóre-witol

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-witol, adj. [witol knowing]

Foreknowingpræscius

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Foreknowing; præscius, Lye

fóre-witung

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-witung, e; f.

A foreknowingforetellingpresagepræsāgium

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A foreknowing, foretelling, presage; præsāgium, Som. Ben. Lye.; Hpt. Gl

fót-bred

(n.)
Grammar
fót-bred, es; n.

A foot-boardstirruptăbella in qua pĕdes requiescuntastrăba

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A foot-board, stirrup; tăbella in qua pĕdes requiescunt, astrăba [q. v. in Du Cange] Fótbred [MS. fótbret] astrăba, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 67; Wrt. Voc. 16, 40

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fót-gemearc

(n.)
Grammar
fót-gemearc, es; n.

A foot-marklength of a footūnius pĕdis longĭtūdo

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A foot-mark, length of a foot; ūnius pĕdis longĭtūdo Se légdraca wæs fíftiges fótgemearces lang the fire-dragon was fifty feet of measure long, Beo. Th. 6077; B. 3042

fót-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
fót-gewǽde, es; n.

Foot-clothingpĕdum indūmentum

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Foot-clothing; pĕdum indūmentum, R. Ben. 55

fót-lǽst

(n.)
Grammar
fót-lǽst, -lást, es; m.

A foot-stepfoot-tracevestīgium pĕdistrāmes

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A foot-step, foot-trace; vestīgium pĕdis, trāmes Se wyrm onfand feóndes fótlást the worm found the foe's foot-trace, Beo. Th. 4567; B. 2289. Fótlǽstas [MS. fótlǽst] ðíne ne beóþ oncnáwen vestīgia tua non cognoscentur, Ps. Spl. 76, 19: Blickl. Homl. 203

fót-sceamel

(n.)
Grammar
fót-sceamel, -sceamol, -scamel, -scamul, es; m.

A footstoolpĕdum scăbellumsubpĕdāneum

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A footstool; pĕdum scăbellum, subpĕdāneum Óþ-ðæt ic asette ðíne fýnd to fótsceamele ðínra fóta dōnec pōnam inĭmīcos tuos scăbellum pĕdum tuōrum, Lk. Bos. 20, 43: Ps. Lamb. 109, 1. Ge-eádmédaþ fótsceamol his fóta adōrāte scăbellum pĕdum ejus, Ps. Lamb

Linked entry: sceamol

fót-spor

(n.)
Grammar
fót-spor, es; n.

A foot-trackfoot-tracepĕdis vestīgium

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A foot-track, foot-trace; pĕdis vestīgium On ðæt fótspor on the foot-track, Lchdm. iii. 286, 3

Gaful-ford

(n.)

CamelfordCornwall

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Camelford, Cornwall, Chr. 823; Th. 110, 111, 17, col. 1

león-fót

(n.)
Grammar
león-fót, es; m.

alchemilla vulgaris

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Lion's foot [plant name]; alchemilla vulgaris Leónfót leontopodium, Wrt. Voc. 67, 50: Herb. 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 12. Liónfót leontopedium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 48

mis-fón

(v.)

to fail to taketo mistake

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to fail to take, to mistake Ic hwílum gecoplíce funde ac ic nú gerádra worda misfó once I readily invented, but now I fail to get appropriate words, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9. Be ðǽm ðe on cyricean misfón. Gif hwylc bróðor wǽgþ and misféhþ ( makes a mistake )

Linked entries: mis-cirran fón

fore-hradian

(v.)
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to hasten before Forehradedon preuenerunt. Chrd. 26, 18

fore-hús

(n.)
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a porch Þǽr wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, Vis. Lfc. 33

fore-weard

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Dele'(?)', and add Ymb þá foreward þe wǽron geworhte ... And sé ðe þás foreward tóbreke, C.D. iv. 263, 13-21

fore-weard

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Add Hí mid forewerdum tán stæppað uix imprimunt summa uestigia, Chrd. 64, 35. ¶. add :-- Gif hí standað on foreweardan on ðǽre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 241, 10

bi-fón

(v.)
Grammar
bi-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen, -fongen.

to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnarecomprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capereto surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, contain, invest, clothe, case, receive, conceivecircumdare, amplecti, capere, cingeretegere, operire, accipere, concipere

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to comprehend, grasp, seize, take hold of, attach, catch, ensnare; comprehendere, apprehendere, reprehendere, deprehendere, capere Folm mec mæg bifón the hand may grasp me, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 6; Rä. 41, 52. to surround, encompass, encircle, envelop

wíþig-ford

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-ford, es; m.

A ford by which willows grow

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A ford by which willows grow On wíðigford, of wíðigford, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 14: 252, 20, 36