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feter

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Mið feoturum (feotrum, L. compedibus) gibunden . . . ðá feoturo (fattro, L. compedes) forbræc, Mk. R. 5, 4. Mið fatrum, Lk. L. 8, 29. a shackle for an animal Gyf feoh sý underfangen.

ge-dafenlic

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Weorþiaþ God mid gedafenlicum þingum. Bl. H. 41, 9. Add

Linked entry: ge-défelic

wyrt-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-gemang, es; n.

A spice

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Mid wyrtgemangum cum aromatibus, Jn. Skt. 19, 40: Anglia xiii. 427, 885. Hig bǽron mid him ða wyrtgemang aromata Lk. Skt. 24, 1. Hig gearwodun wyrtgemang (wyrta gemong, Lind.) aromata 23, 56: Mk. Skt. 16, 1. Similar entries v. next word

for-drencan

(v.)
Grammar
for-drencan, p. -drencte; pp. -drenced, -drenct

To make drunk ⬩ inebriate ⬩ intoxicate ⬩ madefăcĕre ⬩ inebriāre

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Ðás men sindon mid muste fordrencte these men are drunken with new wine, i. 314, 22, 23

pic

(n.)
Grammar
pic, es ; n.
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Heó smirode hine mid tyrwan and mid pice, Ex. 2, 3. Ðá hét se cásere meltan on hwere leád and scipteoran and pic, Shrn. 91, 7 : Lchdm. ii. 318. 4

beót-líce

(adv.)

threateningly ⬩ boast-ingly ⬩ vauntingly ⬩ arrogantly

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Substitute: threateningly Hé férde beótlíce mid wíge ascendit vallatus auxilio pugnatorum, Jos. 8, 10. boast-ingly, vauntingly, arrogantly 'Ne fare gé, ic bidde". . . Hig swáþeáh áblende beótlíce ástigon. Num. 14, 44.

gegaf-sprǽc

Grammar
gegaf-sprǽc, buffoonery.
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Sume menn drincað æt deádra manna líce ofer ealle þá niht and gremiað God mid heora gegafsprǽce, Hml. S. 21, 315. Hí willað wacian and wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and mid gegafsprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan, 13, 78.

ge-bǽdan

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Hé wæs mid nýde gebǽded and mid his ágnum wíte ꝥ hé ongan swerian ꝥ . . . poena sua exigente compulsus est jurare . . . 255, 10 : Bl. H. 83, 32. Add: —

lot

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Þú wylt þysre byrig ealde witan mid þínan lote bepǽcan, Hml. S. 23, 711. Of lote astu, astutia doli, An. Ox. 50, 48, Lotu (locu, MS. ) uersutias, i. callidates (Zabulus . .

Linked entry: lutian

racent-teáh

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Mið hracentégum gebunden catenis uinctus, 4. Add

reáf-lác

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Add Ðæt hé for ðý reáfige ðý hé tiohchie ðæt hé eft scyle mid ðý reáfláce ælmessan gewyrcean, Past. 341, 22: 343, 13. Reáflácas (rapinas) nylle gé gewilnian, Ps. L. 61, 11

récan

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Add: to expose to smoke or steam, fumigate: — Lege stór on þá gléda and réc hine mid ꝥ hé swǽte, Lch. ii. 348, 5.

rúm-gifol

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-gifol, adj.

Liberal, bountiful, munificent

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Hé gewende of Róme mid ðam rúmgyfolan (-geofolan, MS. V.) þegne, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 330

Linked entries: gifol rúm-gifa

BRǼÞ

(n.)
Grammar
BRǼÞ, bréþ, es; m.

An odour, a scent, smell good ⬩ bad, a savour, BREATH ⬩ odor, odoramen

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Ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod the plaster [lit. chalk] began to smell excessively, and Jovian was smothered with the smell, Ors. 6, 32; Bos. 129, 12. Bréþ odor, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Wrt. Voc. 42, 58

Linked entries: ǼÐM bréþ

stræc

(n.)
Grammar
stræc, es; n. (?)

strictness, rigour ⬩ violence, force

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Hér man ýtte út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán mid strece þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058; Erl. 192, 36

a-behófian

(v.)
Grammar
a-behófian, p. ode

To behove ⬩ concern ⬩ decere

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To behove, concern; decere Mid máran unrǽde ðone him abehófode with more animosity than it behoved him, Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 4

ést-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ést-líce, adv.

Gladly ⬩ lĭbenter, bĕnigne

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Gladly; lĭbenter, bĕnigne We ðé éstlíce mid us willaþ ferigan we will gladly convey thee with us, Andr. Kmbl. 583; An. 292

fýr-bryne

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-bryne, es; m.

A fire burning ⬩ incendium

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A fire burning; incendium Wearþ ungemetlíc fýrbryne mid Rómánum an immense fire happened among the Romans, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 87, 18

Linked entry: bryne

geaplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
geaplíc, adj.

Crafty ⬩ cunning ⬩ deceitful ⬩ subdŏlus ⬩ callĭdus

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Crafty, cunning, deceitful; subdŏlus, callĭdus Hí mid geaplícre fare ferdon to Iosue they went to Joshua with deceitful expedition, Jos. 9, 6

níd-gripe

(n.)

a violent grasp

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a violent grasp Hyne ( Grendel ) sár hafaþ in níd-gripe (MS. mid gripe; Th. níþgripe) nearwe befongen, Beo. Th. 1956; B. 976. (?)