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manigfeald-líce

(adv.)
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manigfeald-líce, adv.

Manifoldlyin many waysin the plural

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Frag. 110, 18. Mænifealdlíce, Menol. Fox 185; Men. 94

frécne

(n.)
Grammar
frécne, es; n.
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., and add Byþ lytel frécne (frǽcne, v.l. ) frani fýre, Lch. i. 330, 2

of-ferian

(v.)

to bear off

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to bear off Hé fræt fíftýne men, and óðer swylc út offerede láðlícu lác, Beo. Th. 3171; B. 1583

ofet

(n.)
Grammar
ofet, es; n.

Fruit, pulseobaz, obez pomum, grosa

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Fruit, pulse Obet fraga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 20. Ofet fraga (cf. streówberge, fraga,) (59), 36, 9: 150, 28. Ofet, wæstm fruges, frumenta, 151, 31. Ofet legumen, i. 38, 54. Ðis ofet the fruit of the tree of knowledge, Cd. Th. 46, 12; Gen. 655.

Linked entry: ofæt

cyric-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
cyric-líc, circ-líc, cyrc-líc; adj.

Like a church, ecclesiastical ecclesiasticus wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books

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Fram ǽlcere cyriclícre gesamnunge a quaque ecclesiastica congregatione, L. Ecg. P. A. 30; Th. ii. 236, 35. Hie heóldan ða cyriclícan sceare they observed the ecclesiastical tonsure, Chr. 716; Th. 70, 34, col. 2.

land-fird

(n.)
Grammar
land-fird, e; f.

An expeditiona land force

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Se man ðe ætfleó fram his hláforde sý hit on scypfyrde sý hit on landfyrde þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge and his ágenes feores, L. C. S. 78; Th. 1. 420, 9.

Linked entry: fird

setl-gang

(n.)
Grammar
setl-gang, es; m.
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Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang from the east unto the west, Ps. Th. 49, 2

ticcen

(n.)
Grammar
ticcen, es; n.
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Swá swá se hyrde ásyndraþ ða scép fram tyccenum (ticgenum, Lind.: ticnum, Rush.: ticchenan, later MS. ), Mt. 25, 32. The word occurs in local names, e. g. Ticcenes-, Ticnes-feld. v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342

Linked entry: tyccen

tíd-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tíd-líc, adj.
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Fram tídlícra þinga geþance, Scint. 34, 8. Tídlícum temporalibus, Rtl. 8, 9: 18, 23: Anglia xiii. 381, 230. seasonable, opportune Seó tídlíce oportunus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 27: 80, 41.

a-fligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fligan, l. á-flígan, -fífan,
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Sume menn áflýað þá áwyrgedan gástas fram ofsettum mannum, 344, 28. Áflýgde abigit, repellit , An. Ox. 50, 41. Hé áflýgde þá crístenan of Alexandria, Hml. S. 2, 33, Gé áflígdon deóflu, Hml. Th. i. 64, 22.

fǽmne

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Fram wǽpenleásre fémnan e virgine inermi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 39. ¶ referring to the Virgin Mary: Heó is seó clǽneste fǽmne, and heó wæs fǽmne ǽr hire beorþre and heó wunaþ fǽmne æfter hire beorþre, Bl. H. 155, 33.

flota

a shipa fleeta sailor

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Se cyning gewende fram þám flotan, Chr. 1013; Th. 272, 12, 19. the crews of the skips Se flota eall gecuron Cnut tó cyninge. Chr. 1014; P. 144, 28.

frécednes

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Beón hý álýsede fram ǽlcere frécednysse. Hml. S. 30, 437. Bútonftácednysse. Ll. Th. ii. 370, 27. Frécednysse discrimen. An. Ox. 1595. On heora frécednyssum and on earfoðnyssum hí wǽron getrýwe Gode, Hml. A. 109, 222. Frǽcednyssum, Hml.

húsel-hálgung

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For ' Se . . . gehálgaþ' in 1. 4 substitute þæt fulluht ús áþwehð fram eallum synnum, se húselgang ús gehálgað, seó dǽdbót gehǽlð úre misdǽda. (From this passage it would seem that húsel-hálgung and húsel-gang have the same meaning.)

stæpe

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Trum stǽger mid gewissum stapum fram þǽre nyþerflóra tó þǽre úpflóra, Gr. D. 170, 19

tweógan

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tweógan, <b>I c.</b> add after Swt. 192, 15: 5, 7; S. 230, 20. <b>II a.</b>
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Hit mæg beón tweód fram unstrangum módum hwæþer hí sýn þe ne sýn þǽr andwearde ab infirmis potest mentibus dubitari utrumne ..., 177, 8.

tyhtan

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Hí tihton heora geféran ꝥ hí unforhte wǽron, and bǽdon ꝥ hí áwurpon heora wǽpna him fram, 28, 61. with dat. of person, to urge something on a person Hé arn swá swá him his nytenlice yld tihte plegende mid his efenealdum, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 4

ofer-geótan

(v.)

to cover by pouring, to suffuse

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Frag. 104, 17. Mid wópe ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 2

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, -tión; p. -teóde; pp. -teód

To makeformframeappointdeterminedecreeordainassignfăcĕrestătuĕreconstĭtuĕredecernĕre

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To make, form, frame, appoint, determine, decree, ordain, assign; făcĕre, stătuĕre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre Ðe him to gode geteóde which he had formed to himself for a god, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 19; Dan. 204.

práfost

(n.)
Grammar
práfost, práfost, es; m.
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Se sylfa práuost dó mid árweorðnesse eal ðæt him fram ðam abbode getǽht biþ... forði swá miclan swá he furður on weorðmynte forlǽten biþ, swá miclan hé sceal geornlícor healdan regules beboda, R. Ben. pp. 124-125 : 46, 21.

Linked entry: prófast