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fór-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
fór-áþ, es; m.

A fore-oathan oath first takenpræjūrāmentumantejūrāmentum

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A fore-oath, an oath first taken; præjūrāmentum, antejūrāmentum Ofgá his spræce mid fóráþe let him begin his suit with a fore-oath, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31

Penwiht-steort

(n.)
Grammar
Penwiht-steort, es; m.
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The Land's End in Cornwall Se here ... wendon eft ábútan Penwiht-steort (Penwið-, MS. C. : Penwæd-, MS. D.) on ða súþhealfe, and wendon in Tamermúþan, Chr. 997; Erl. 135, l0

twifildan

(v.)
Grammar
twifildan, p. de
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To double Ic twyfylde (-fealde, MSS. J. O. T. : -felde, MS. D.) duplico Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 138, 12: 49; Zup. 287, 4. Twyfeldende mæssehacelan duplicans casulam Anglia xiii. 406, 587

Linked entry: twifealdan

á-beornan

Grammar
á-beornan, (-bi(e)rnan).
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Ábyrnð exardescit Ps. L. 38, 4. ábarn ( exarsit ) mid ðý bryne wælhreównesse, Gr. D. 162, 22. Ðæt his mód áburne ( exardesceret ), 337, 33. Áburnon exarserunt Ps. L. 117, 12. Add

béna

(n.)
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Add:, béne (?); f. áforhtode for ðǽre geornfullan bénan (for hire hálsiendlican béne, v. l.) and wolde wíf forbúgan expavit petitionis illius juramentum, declinare mulierem voluit, Gr. D. 17, 30

el-hygd

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Substitute: Alienation of mind, ecstasy, and add Se engcel his mód gegráp and gelǽdde in ellhygd búton him sylfum angelus ejus mentem in ecstasim rapuit extra se, Gr. D. 108, 4

eornoste

(adv.)
Grammar
eornoste, adv.
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Swá hwæt swá ǽfre gecwæð bodiende, þeáh þe hit eorneste (on eornost, v. l.) gecwǽde siquid umquam non jam decernendo, sed minando, diceret, Gr. D. 151, 8. Add

fihtling

(n.)
Grammar
fihtling, es; m.

A warrior

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A warrior Fihtling bellator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 39. bið unearh fihtling, Lch. iii. 158, 11. Se stranga Godes fyhtling (wiga, v. l.) fortis praeliator Dei, Gr. D. 110, 13

Linked entry: fyhtling

fore-seón

to foreseeto despise

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Add: to foresee Be þám sáwlum þe foreseóð and forewiton monige wísan de animabus quae multa praenoscunt, Gr. D. 301, 14. Grammar fore-seón, = for-seón; P. 217, 7. to despise

gegaf-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
gegaf-sprǽce, adj.
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Given to buffoonery, scurrilous wæs gegaf-sprǽce (cf. nunquam se ad sanctae conversations habitum venire, jurando, irascendo, deridendo testabatur, Gr. D. bk. 4, c. 38), Hml. Th. i. 534. 2

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ge-strúd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-strúd, es; n.
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Robbery, rapine Wæs onbærned mid þǽre hǽte his gítsunge and higiende gestrúde (gestreóne, reáfláce, v.ll.) manna ǽhta suae avaritiae aestu succensus, in rapinam rerum inhians, Gr. D. 162, 32

ge-bridlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bridlian, l. ge-brídlian,
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and add Ne gebrídlode (frenaret) no mid swá swíðlicre ðreáunga his láre, Past. 391, 33. sint gebrídlod (-ð, MS.) mid ðám brídle Godes beboda, Solil. H. 10, 16

hord-ern

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Add: — Hordren proma cella prumptuaria. Hpt. 33, 245, 41. Se munuc þe hordern heóld monachus qui cellarium tenebat (cf. Hml. Th. ii. 178, 22 under hordere), Gr. D. 159, 15

latian

(v.)
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Gr. D. 88, 33. Ne lata þú mínum fultume, Ps. Th. 39, 15. Uilesceret, i. tardaret vel latode, Angl. xv. 208. 100 b. Add

mǽd-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-æcer, es; m.
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A meadow Þæne hagan þe Eádwerd áhte, and þæne mǽdæcer þe þǽr hýrð, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 13. .viii. rnǽdæceras. . . gebyriað Cenelmestúne, C. D. vi. 33, 28

lísan

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Lýs þíne synna mid ælmessum on þearfena gemiltsunge (peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum, Dan. 4, 24), Ll. Th. ii. 434, 25. [v. N. JS. D. leese.] Add: —

luf-lic

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Críst hlinode on his (John's) luflicum breóste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 2. fréfrode mid luflicum wordum eos verbis consola-batur, Gr. D. 251, 20: Hml. A. 73, 9. Add

nytlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
nytlíce, adv.
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Usefully þinceð ic full nyttlíce (fornytlíce and nýdþearflíce, v. l.) ne undergite þá þing þe þú sǽdest videor mihi utiliter non intellexisse quae dixeras, Gr. D. 174, 18

on-wæcenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-wæcenness, e; f.
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Excitement, excitation sóhte dǽdbóte and inbryrdnesse wóp, ðon þurh þá onwæcenesse his mód áburne fletum compunctionis inquirebat; quatenus per haec excitata mens ejus inardesceret, Gr. D. 337, 37

Linked entry: -wæcenness

snǽd

(n.)
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the handle of a scythe. þæt íren ford áhleóp of þám hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 27. (This is the same incident as that described in Hml. Th. ii. 162.) Add: Cf