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earc

(n.)
Grammar
earc, e; f.
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Add: arc, es; m. a chest Hú seó earc ( arca ) wæs áworpen of Æquities byrigene . . . Sum ceorl ásette his earce mid hwǽte gefyllede ofer his byrgenne . . . þoden feorr áwearp þá earce, Gr. D. 41, 23-42, 6. the ark of Noah. v. arc in Dict. Hú wæs Nóes

eard-wunung

(n.)
Grammar
eard-wunung, e; f.
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Living in one's native land Þolige sé ðe hit on gelang sý ǽlcere eardwununge and wræcnige of earde, oððon on earde swíðe deópe gebéte, Wlfst. 120, 13: 300, 24

earg-ness

(n.)
Grammar
earg-ness, e; f.
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Profligacy Dernegiligru and arognisse adultera et peccatrice, Mk. R. 8, 38

edmǽl-tíd

(n.)
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edmǽl-tíd, e; f.
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A festival-time Ǽlce geáre tó ðǽre edméltíde (cf. man his gemynd dó, 15), Cht. Th. 158, 21

ed-sihþ

(n.)
Grammar
ed-sihþ, e; f.
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A looking again, respect Etsith respectus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 11

efen-hleóþrung

(n.)
Grammar
efen-hleóþrung, e; f.
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A singing together, concert Efenhleóþrung vel dreám concentus, i. adunationes multarum vocum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 8

Linked entry: hleóþrung

efen-sárgung

(n.)
Grammar
efen-sárgung, e; f.
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Compassion Þá heó þis gehýrde, heó wénde ꝥ hit má wǽre bysmrung þonne efensárgung quod audiens irrisionem potius credidit quam compassionem, Gr. D. 180, 8

Linked entry: sárgung

efen-þeówen

(n.)
Grammar
efen-þeówen, e; f.
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A female fellow-servant Ætfæste hé mé míne efenþeówene, Hml. A. 203, 256

Linked entry: þeówen

efestung

(n.)
Grammar
efestung, e; f.
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Haste Swá þæt nánra þinga mid ǽnigre efestinge mannes hí mihton beón undón ut dissolvi tam concite nulla hominum festinatione potuissent, Gr. D. 164, 15. Mid oefestunge cum festinantia, Ps. Srt. 77, 33

eft-bétung

(n.)
Grammar
eft-bétung, e; f.
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Restoration to health Eftboeteng restitutio (manus aridae ), Mk. p. 2, 17

Linked entry: bétung

eft-flówung

(n.)
Grammar
eft-flówung, e; f.
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Redundance Eftflówu[nga] redundantia, i. flumina, Hpt. Gl. 418, 45

eft-níwung

(n.)
Grammar
eft-níwung, e; f.
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Renewal, restoration Eftnívuwunges reparationis, Rtl. 7, 27. Eftníwawnges, 31, 1

egeleásness

(n.)
Grammar
egeleásness, e; f.
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Confidence, presumption Þá þíne welan þe þú ( the devil) on fruman begeáte æt þæs ǽrestan mannes egeleásnesse (from his not having the fear of God before his eyes ) and unhýrsumnesse, Bl. H. 85, 31

egle

(n.)
Grammar
egle, an; f.

fǽring

(n.)
Grammar
fǽring, e; f.

ecstasyraptureaccusation

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ecstasy, rapture. Similar entries v. fǽran; II. Fǽrenga extaseos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 67. accusation Féringe insimulatione (v. accusantes publica insimulatione (ǽswice, wróhte, An. Ox. 4842), Ald. 69, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 20

Linked entries: fǽran færeng

fealle

(n.)
Grammar
fealle, an; f.

A trap

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A trap Feallan muscipulam, An. Ox. 4979. Feallum muscipulis, i. decipulis 4074

Linked entry: feall

féþung

(n.)
Grammar
féþung, e; f.

walking

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Going on foot, walking Wearð his cneów áléfed swá þæt hé mid criccum his féðunge underwreðode . . . Hé cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 23-32

Linked entry: féðan

finding

(n.)
Grammar
finding, e; f.

A deviceinvention

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A device, invention Nán ágenre findincge dón geþrístlǽce nullus propria adinventione agere presumat, Angl. xiii. 441, 1051

for-spildness

(n.)
Grammar
for-spildness, e; f.
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Destruction, perdition Þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hé sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (-spildnyssum, -spilnisse, -spillednysse, v. ll.) ne ipse postmodum in immane praecipitium totus iret, Gr. D. 95, 24. Seó nǽdre sende hí selfe in forspildnesse

Linked entries: for-spilness -spildness

Fríg

(n.)
Grammar
Fríg, e ; f.
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The name of a Teutonic goddess to whom in the Roman mythology Venus was considered most nearly to correspond. The name occurs only in connexion with the sixth day of the week, the dies Ueneris, which is called Fríge dæg