er-bleadd
A stalk, stem, blade, haulm, straw, stubble ⬩ stĭpŭla
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Moys. Ex. 15, 8; Thw. 29, 8
fǽr-wyrd
A terrible fate, destruction, perdition ⬩ terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio
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A terrible fate, destruction, perdition; terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Hat. MS
fearm
A freight, cargo, load ⬩ ŏnus nāvis
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A freight, cargo, load; ŏnus nāvis Ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste fór mid fearme the most excellent house [the ark] sailed over the ocean's orb with its freight, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 7; Gen. 1394
flyhte
A patch
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Nǽnig mon setteþ cláþ flyhti neówenne in hrægl ald nemo inmittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Mt. R. 9, 16
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ge-þeóstrian
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., and add Ðá mód ðe nán sceadu geðiéstrað ðǽre twiefealdnesse, Past. 243, 23. Sunna ofer geðióstrad bið sol obscurabitur, Mt. L. 24, 29
Linked entries: ge-þiéstrian ge-þióstrian
lyffetung
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Ðæt mód undercrýpð seó leáse liffetung (adulatio), 3r. D. 35, 16. Manna lyffetunge ic lufode tó swíðe, Angl. xi. 113, 51. Þás magon þyllice óðre mid lyffetungum tó leahtrum gehnexian, Hml. S. 16, 174. Add
mónaþ-seóc
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Wiþ þon þe mon sié mónaþseóc; nim mere-swínes fel, wyrc tó swipan, swing mid þone man; sóna bið sél, Lch. ii. 334, i. Mónoþseóc inerguminum (cf. deófelseócne, 4934), An. Ox. 2, 404. Man ferode . .
á-ceorfan
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Ðæt hé ealle ðá geþóhtas of his móde ne áceorfe, Past. 139, 26. Ðæt him man heáfod of áceorfe, Bl. H. 189, 33. Gif mon áceorfe án treów, Ll. Th. i. 130, 2. Áceorfan fram ússe heortan unclǽne geþóhtas. Shrn. 47, 23
be-byrgan
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Ꝥ hé móste his fæder bebyrgean, Bl. H. 23, 14. Hine besmyrwian and bebyrwan (-býwan?; -byrian, v. l.), Gr. D. 318, 3. Hé bebyrged wæs, Bl. H. 177, 25: Chr. 789; P. 55, 18. Add
be-drífan
to drive game ⬩ to follow up a track
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M. 22, 15. where something is done or suffered under compulsion Ðonne mon byð tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 142, 1, 5. Bedrífe man hine tó swingum, 132, 10.
Athlans
Mount Atlas, in West Africa ⬩ Atlas mons
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Mount Atlas, in West Africa; Atlas mons Hyre west-ende is æt ðæm beorge, ðe man Athlans nemneþ its west end is at the mountain, which is called Atlas, Ors. 1, 1 ; Bos. 16, 6
ende-líf
An end of life, death ⬩ vīta fīnīta, mors
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An end of life, death; vīta fīnīta, mors Wurdon hie deáþes on wénan, ádes and endelífes they were in expectation of death, of the funeral pilē and end of life, Elen. Kmbl. 1166; El. 585
fúllnes
Foulness ⬩ stench ⬩ fætor
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Foulness, stench; fætor Seó wundriende swétnes ðæs miclan swæcces sóna ealle ða fúllnessa ðæs þýstran ofnes on weg aflýmede omnem mox fætōrem tenebrōsæ fornācis effŭgāvit admīrandi hūjus suāvĭtas ŏdōris, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21
manigfeald-ness
Multiplicity ⬩ complexity ⬩ abundance ⬩ great number
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Moys. 7
un-ástyrod
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Þonne wuniað þá gesewenlican stánas ealle þára andweorca unástyrede (-onstyrede, v.l.) þá þe wǽron ǽr gesewene ꝥ hí wǽron onstyrede mox immobilia remanent cuncta quae moueri videbantur, visibilia corpora metallorum, Gr. D. 270, 9. Add
weolma
Desire(?) ⬩ what of its kind is most to be desired (?), ⬩ what is best.
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, what of its kind is most to be desired (?), what is best. Similar entries Cf. cyst Siþþan hé Marian, mægða weolman (best of maidens), mǽrre meówlan, mundheáls geceás Exon. Th. 28, 12; Cri. 445
ǽ-fest
Fast or firm in the law ⬩ religious ⬩ devout ⬩ religiosus
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Fast or firm in the law, religious, devout ; religiosus Wæs se mon swýðe ǽfest erat vir multum religiosus, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 20. Ongunnon ǽfeste leóþ wyrcean religiosa poemata facere tentabant, id; S. 596, 38
and-giet
understanding ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ intellectus
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understanding, intellect, knowledge; intellectus Ic ðec, mon, ǽrest geworhte, and ðé andgiet sealde I first wrought thee, O man, and gave thee understanding, Exon. 28a; Th. 84, 30; Cri. 1381: 117a; Th. 449, 16; Dóm. 72
cyne-word
A proper speech or word ⬩ proprium verbum
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A proper speech or word; proprium verbum Mon cýðe cynewordum, hú se cuma hátte let a man make known in fitting words, how the guest is called, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 29; Rä. 44, 16
frǽcenful
Dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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Dangerous, perilous; perīcŭlōsus Móna se þreótteóða frǽcenful ys to angennene þing the thirteenth moon is perilous for beginning things, Obs. Lun. § 13; Lchdm. iii; 190, 11: 15; Lchdm. iii. 190, 30: 17; Lchdm. iii. 192, 14