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ge-bodian

(v.)
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Add: to announce a fact Hí genamon twégen cnihtas. . . þis wæs gebodod (nuntiatum) Furtunato, Gr.

máge

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Ꝥ nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, búton hit sý his módor oððe his swustor, faðu oððe móddrige, oððe máge of þám þe ne mage nán unhlísa áspringan, Ll. Th. ii. 376, 23.

hryre

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from an independent status, fall of a town, country, &c.

fæsten

(n.)
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Fæstern jejunium, Mk. p. 1, 16. a fast on grounds of health. Similar entries v. dæg-fæsten; fæstan, I a. a fast as ecclesiastical discipline Hié gulpun hiera fæstennes (-enes, v. l.), Past. 313, 1.

þeóden-hold

(adj.)
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þeóden-hold, adj.
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Hé wígena fand æscberendra .xviii. and .ccc. eác þeódenholdra (þeonden, MS.), 123, 10; Gen. 2042. Hé mid wuldre geweorðode þeódenholde, 183, 5; Exod. 87. Cf. dryhten-hold, Cd. Th. 137, 32; Gen. 2282

dæg-tíd

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dæg-tíd, day, time.
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Nyste ic on þám þingum þe þú ymbe specst fúl ne fácn tó þǽre dæigtíde þe ic hit þé sealde, Ll. Th. i. 182, 4

fracoþ-lic

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Ǽlc fracodlic fácn áweorpe man, 73, 16. Hí ongunnon hine onscunian mid máran orwyrðum fracoðlicra (fraceð-, v.l.) worda majoribus hunc verborum contumeliis detestari coeperunt, Gr. D. 251, 1.

hinder-genga

(n.)
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hinder-genga, an; m.

an apostate

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Ox. 26, 23. one that goes back from the faith he has professed, an apostate (cf. Manega his leorningcnihtas cyrdon onbæc and ne eódun mid him, Jn. 6, 66. Homo apostata, i. retrogradiens, Kent. Gl. 141) Hindergengena apostatarum. An. Ox. 5, 16

Linked entry: genga

óm

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Ꝥ hé ná tó swíðe ne gewilnige up áwyrtlin rust oððe óm sí tóbrocen fæt ne dum nimis cupit eradere eruginem frangatur vas, R. Ben. I. 108, 7. Hóm rubiginem, Kent. Gl. 954. Hé sealde ómum (erugini) wæstmas heora, Ps.

ofer-stige

(n.)
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ofer-stige, es; m.

Astonishment, extasy

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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige

Linked entries: stige ofer-stigenness

of-fillan

(v.)

to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy

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to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy Gif mon óðerne æt gemǽnum weorce offelle (-fealle, MSS. B. H.), L. Alf. pol. 13; Th. i. 70, 9.

wén-líc

(adj.)
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wén-líc, adj.

fairhandsomecomelyconveniens

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fair, handsome, comely Stranglíc on wæstme and wénlíc on nebbe Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis Homl.

Linked entry: wénþ

féþa

a footmana foot-soldiertroopsinfantry

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Rídende oþþe féþan fær dónde equitando vel pedites iter agendo, Angl. xiii. 373, 116. Féþan pedestres, An. Ox. 61, 17. Féþena peditum, 826. Foeðan statores, Ps.

grundsópa

(n.)
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This meaning would not be far from that given for the word in Prompt. Parv. — growndesope (growndsope, grounsop) of any lycoure fex, sedimen, a meaning belonging also to Dutch grondsop.

magu

(n.)
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magu, a; m.

A child,sona young persona servanta youngstrong mana man

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Eald fæder ongon his mago monian, Exon. 80 b; Th. 303, 28; . 60. Ðínum magum (mágum?) lǽf folc and ríce, Beo.

ge-risene

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risene, -risne, -rysne, es; [seems to occur only in pl.] n.

What is fitting, decent

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Ryhtum gerisnum right fittingly, Exon. 80 b; Th. 302, 2; . 30

eaht

(n.)
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Ne gewuna wyrsa(n) ǽngum eahta (gen. pl. cf. ænige þinga) don't make a companion of an inferior on any consideration, . 24. reckoning, valuation Micel ígland, ðǽr synt syx hund hýda æfter Angelcynnes æhte ( juxta consuetudinem aestimationis Anglorum

Andefera

(n.)
Grammar
Andefera, an; m.

ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Antonoppidum in agro Hamtunensi

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About the year 1164 Simeon Durham writes it Andeafara = Ande-eá-fara a farer over the river Ande, on the bank of which Andover is built, v. fara a traveller, faran to go, travel, sail. From the A. Sax. of the MS. Cott. Tiber. B.

Frig-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Frig-dæg, Frige dæg, es; m.

FRIDAYFriga's daydies Vĕnĕris

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Ǽlces Frige dæges fæsten every Friday's fast, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264. 23: L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 25. Fæstan ǽlce Frige dæg to fast every Friday, L. Eth. v. 17; Th. i. 308, 23: vi. 24; Th. i. 320, 22.

eóh

(n.)
Grammar
eóh, = iw; m.

The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = eó, the name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree taxus

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name of which letters in Anglo-Saxon is eóh = íw a yew-tree; taxus, — hence this Rune not only stands for the diphthong eo, but for eoh a yew-tree, as, — RUNE [Eóh] biþ útan unsméðe treów, heard, hrusan fæst yew is outwardly an unsmooth tree, hard, fast