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ge-fic

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fic, es; n.

Frauddeceitfraus

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Fraud, deceit; fraus Mid fǽcne gefice with fraudulent deceit, Elen. Kmbl. 1150; El. 577

ge-firn

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-firn, adv.

Long ago

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Long ago, Th. Apol. 19, 25

ge-flýt

(n.)
Grammar
ge-flýt, es; n.

Contentionstrifeschismcontentiolisschisma

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Contention, strife, schism; contentio, lis, schisma Geflýt schisma, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1; Som. 8, 23

hám-faru

(n.)
Grammar
hám-faru, e; f.
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Forcible entry into a man's house; the same as hám-sócn, q. v. [Trev. hamfare 'Hamsokene oðer Hamfare a rese imade in house, a fray made in an howse, ' ii. 95: Icel. heim-för an inroad.]

hasu-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
hasu-fág, adj.
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Grey-coloured Hrægl is mín hasofág my raiment is grey, Exon. 103 b; Th. 392, 23; Rä. 12, 1

huntaþ-faru

(n.)
Grammar
huntaþ-faru, e; f.

hunting

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A hunting expedition, hunting Cýpinga and folcgemóta and huntaþfara and woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let people diligently abstain from marketings and folk-moots and hunting expeditions and secular employments on the holy

in-faru

(n.)
Grammar
in-faru, e ; f.

Invasioninroad

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Invasion, march into a country, inroad Se cyng bæd hine faran intó Cent ... ac se eorl nolde ná geþwǽrian ðære infare the king bade him [Godwin] march into Kent . . . but the earl would not assent to the invasion, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 11

Linked entry: in-fær

mann-faru

(n.)
Grammar
mann-faru, e; f.

A going of mena moving band of men

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A going of men or a moving band of men, Wé ðás wic mágun fótum áfyllan, meara þreátum and monfarum, Exon. 36 b; Th. 119, 20; Gú. 257

meter-fers

(n.)
Grammar
meter-fers, es; n.

Hexameter verse

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Hexameter verse Be his lífe wé áwriton ge meterfers ge gerǽdre sprǽce de vita illius et versibus heroicis et simplici oratione conscripsimus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 13. Meterfersum versibus hexametris, 5, 18; S. 636, 6

ofer-fére

Grammar
ofer-fére, v. un-oferfére
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or-firm

(n.)
Grammar
or-firm, or-firmu f.
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Squalor Orfiermae, orfermae squalores, Txts. 96, 933. v. preceding word

gold-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fáh, adj.
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Variegated or adorned with gold Hió becwiþ him hyre goldfágan treówenan cuppan she bequeaths to him her wooden cup ornamented with gold, Th. Chart. 536, 17: Beo. Th. 621; B. 308: 5615; B. 2811. Goldfág scinon web æfter wagum the hangings along the walls

hægl-faru

(n.)
Grammar
hægl-faru, e; f.
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A hailstorm, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 26; Wand. 105

searu-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
searu-fáh, adj.
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Curiously, cunningly coloured (cf. gold-fáh) Herebyrne síd and searofáh, Beo. Th. 2892; B. 1444

sinc-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
sinc-fág, -fáh ; adj.
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Variegated with costly ornament Ic winde sceal sincfág swelgan, Exon. Th. 395, 29 ; Rä. 15, 15. Heorot, sincfáge (cf. goldfáh applied to Heorot, 621 ; B. 308) sel, Beo. Th. 336 ; B. 167

scip-fird

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fird, e; f.
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A naval force or expedition, a fleet Ðá ðeós scipfyrd ( the naval expedition described in the preceding paragraph ) ðus geendod wæs, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 15. Wé næfdon ða gesélþa ðæt seó scipfyrd nytt wǽre ðisum earde, 1009; Erl. 141, 26. Ðá cýdde man

spec-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
spec-fáh, adj.
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Speckled, spotted, full of spots Specfaag maculosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 25

streám-faru

(n.)
Grammar
streám-faru, e; f.
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The going or flowing of a stream of water, a current: — -Se æðeling hét streámfare stillan the prince bade the rush of waters cease, Andr. Kmbl. 3150; An. 1578

stán-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
stán-fáh, adj.
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Many-coloured with stones, epithet of a road, Beo. Th. 645; B. 320: Andr. Kmbl. 2473; An. 1238

syn-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
syn-fáh, adj.

Stained with sin

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Stained with sin Synfá men, Exon. Th. 67, 3; Cri. 1083