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for-lǽtan

Grammar
for-lǽtan, <b>; II.</b>
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For bóte úrra synna þises lífés dagas ús tó fyrste forlǽtene synt, R. Ben. 4, 18. Add

for-lǽþan

(v.)
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to loathe, detest Man forlǽþeð þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3

Linked entry: lǽþan

for-licgan

Grammar
for-licgan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Heora gedohtra ... forlæg se fæder fúllíce, Sal. K. p. 121, 35. Add

for-nirwian

(v.)
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Dele the bracket in l. 2, and add: to diminish the productivity of. The Latin original is: Fructus arborum deficiunt, Archiv cxxviii. 57

for-sceáwere

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for-stregdan

(v.)
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to destroy Ðý lǽs hé forstrugde hié, Ps. Vos. 105, 23

for-swarung

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For &#39;,Nap. 25&#39; l. periurium, Chrd. 40, 34

for-sweotole

(adv.)
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very plainly Forsweotole ongytan, Solil. H. 2, 23

for-wirnedness

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Add: abstinence from (gen. ) Heora forwyrnednesse þyssa woruldlicra þinga, Verc. Först. 118, 31

for-wyrd

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Add Hú unásecgendlica synt þysses lífes ídelnessa and forwyrda. Verc. Först. 131, 9

for-wyrht

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Add: ruin, destruction Eallwihtna hryre and eorþan forwyrht, Verc. Först. 74, 4

fǽr-deáþ

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For hwon ne ondrǽdest þú þé ꝥ þé férdeáð bereáfe þæs dæges þínre gehwyrfednesse?, Archiv cxxii. 257, 10. Add

fǽr-lic

Grammar
fǽr-lic, <b>. II.</b> add: <b>II a.</b> of movement,
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quick, rapid Hé mid fǽrlicum (swiftum, v.l.) ryne (rapido cursu ) gecyrde, Gr. D. 115, 22. Cf. fǽrlíce; IV

ge-féra

Similar entry: simbel-geféra

fearr-hríþer

(n.)
Grammar
fearr-hríþer, es; n.

A bull

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A bull Sum fearhrýþer (cf. se fear, 6) þæs óþræs ceápes geférscipe oferhogode, Bl. H. 199, 4. Gif him þince ꝥ hé hæbbe ferrhrýðer, Lch. iii. 174, 21

feng

a taking ⬩ embrace ⬩ game ⬩ capture ⬩ seizure

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L. 123, 6. of concrete things. that which grasps, embraces, catches Arpax geara feng vel lupus, arpago hooc, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 42. Geara feng peeris (cf. gearufang proceris, 63, 75), 57, 14.

fearn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
fearn-leás, -lés; adj.

Fernless, without fern ⬩ sine fĭlĭce

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Fernless, without fern; sine fĭlĭce, Hem. p. 86

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plain ⬩ field

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Geond þæs muntes feld mid þý feó oferbrǽded, 199, 3. On middum úrum wintra beóð hyra (the Egyptians') feldas mid wyrtum blówende, Lch. iii. 252, 21. Feltha saltuum, Wrt.

gomel-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
gomel-feax, gomol-feax, gamol-feax; adj.
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Hoary-locked, grey-haired; cānus Gomelfeax gnornaþ the hoary-locked grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92

Linked entries: gomol-feax gamol-feax

fearn-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
fearn-lǽs, gen. -lǽswe; f.
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A fern-pasture; the right to pasture swine in such a pasture Illam terram liberabo a pascua porcorum regis quod nominamus fearnlesuue, C. D. ii. 59, 19. v. Sax. Engl. ii. 87

Linked entry: fearn-edisc

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