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forþ-asliden

(v.; part.)

passed or gone before ⬩ tumbled or fallen down ⬩ prælapsus ⬩ prolapsus

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Ben. Lye

forþ-teón

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-teón, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen

To lead forth ⬩ make known ⬩ discover ⬩ betray ⬩ render up ⬩ prōdĕre

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Ben. Lye

galdere

(n.)
Grammar
galdere, es; m.

An enchanter ⬩ a charmer ⬩ sorcerer ⬩ diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ incantātor ⬩ augur ⬩ haruspex

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Ben. Lye

úht-wæcce

(n.)
Grammar
úht-wæcce, an; f.

A nightly vigil

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Ben. 40, 10

bel-hringes beácn

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Ben. 67, 20. Add

wígbed-sceáta

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceáta, an; m.

An altar-cloth

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Ben. Inter. 99, 10

Linked entry: sceáta

ge-tíþian

(v.)
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Hé him þǽre béne getygðade, 4, 10; S. 200, 32. Hié him þæs getygðedon, 2, 2; S. 64, 30: 3, 10; S. 140, 18. Ic bidde ꝥ þú me ánre lytelre béne getýðige, Hml. S. 23 b, 712. Him þæs getygðian, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 31.

heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclined ⬩ leaning, sloping ⬩ clivus, obliquus, pronus

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Bent, inclined Ðeáh hí síen ásigen tó yfele and ðider healde though they are sunk to evil and thither inclined, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 29. Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28.

fácen-lic

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Ben. 95, 12, 15. Fácenlicu dolore (misread dolosa ? ), Ps. L. 106, 39. For 'R. Ben. . . . Lye' substitute

tíþ

Grammar
tíþ, l. tygþ, týþ.
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Æfter sumum fyrste hé ástód úp anbidigende unforht his béna tíða, Hml. S. 31, 219. See next word. Add

glædman

(n.)
Grammar
glædman,
  • Beo. Th. 740
    • ;
  • B. 367
    • .
Thorpe and Kemble take this word as the oblique case of a noun =

gladness ⬩ pleasure

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gladness, pleasure; but see 'glæd.'

fælg

(n.)
Grammar
fælg, e; f: fælge, an; f.

A felly, a part of the circumference of a wheel ⬩ canthus

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Ben. Lye

fald-wurþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fald-wurþ, adj.

Fold-worthy, liberty of folding ⬩ falda, sive lībertāte faldagii dignus, dōnātus

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Ben. Lye

Farnea eálond

(n.)
Grammar
Farnea eálond, es; n.

Farn island, on the coast of Northumberland, near Lindisfarne ⬩ Farnensis insŭla

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Ben. Lye

for-dician

(v.)
Grammar
for-dician, p. ode; pp. od

To obstruct, shut, or fence off with a ditch ⬩ fossâ obstruĕre

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Ben. Lye

fóre-ætýwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-ætýwian, p. ede; pp. ed

To fore-show ⬩ to go before and show the way ⬩ præmonstrāre

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Ben. Lye

fyðerling

(n.)
Grammar
fyðerling, es; m.

The fourth part of a number or measure ⬩ a farthing ⬩ quadrans

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Ben. Lye

eald-writere

(n.)
Grammar
eald-writere, es; m.

An antiquarian, one that writes of old or ancient matters ⬩ antīquārius

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Ben. Lye

Linked entry: wrítere

cyne-bænd

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Ben. Lye' substitute His þegnas geworhton þyrnene beáh for cynebænd, Nap. 15

hwǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
hwǽde, adj.
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Ben. I. 4, 8

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