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fremian

(v.)
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Hit him náwiht tó hǽlo ne fremede, Guth. 96, 16. (2 b) where means or manner of benefit is given :-- Þæt hé oðrum fremige on worde and on weorce, Hml. Th. ii. 556, 15.

lóc

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Lóca nú be þǽre sunnan . . . Bt. 6 ; F. 14, 21. Ac lóca nú hwæþer ðú wille . . . sed visne . . . 35, 5 ; F. 162, 30. forming indefinite relatives Lóca hwylce concurrentes beón, Angl. viii. 302, 23. Lóca hwylce hig beóð, 304, 46.

fyll

Grammar
fyll, fyllu(-o).

fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety

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Þæt þǽr nǽfre seó fyl be fullum ne weorðe ut non usque ad satietatem (oferfylle, R. Ben. I. 72, 12) bibamus, R. Ben. 65, 2. Sió wamb bið áðened mid fylle for giéfernesse venter ingluvie extenditur, Past. 311, 12.

geáp

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geáp, glosses cornas, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 39 : ii. 16, 76. [Sievers, Angl. xiii. 325, would read coruas=curuas; but the list of words in which the first example occurs contains no other instance of an adjective, and the second example occurs among a group of words very similar to that in which the first is found: so that cornas seems meant for a noun. Perhaps geáp might be the same form as in earn-geáp; or could it be connected with Icel. gaupa a lynx ?]

Hungerie

(n.)
Grammar
Hungerie, the Hungarians; later,
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Þes folces þe be Hungrie fór fela þúsenda þǽr earmlíce forfóran, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 36

-metod

(suffix)
Grammar
-metod, [In the phrase se metoda drihten, metoda is not a gen. pl., as suggested in Dict., but either a wk. noun or adjective, as will be seen from the following examples
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Micel mildheortnys þæs metodan Dryhtnes, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 21. Menigfealde beóð þæs metodan Drihtnes egsan and swingla ofer scyldigum mannum, 328, 32 (both passages are alliterative).] Add: :-- Se metod eallra gesceafta (cf. se milda metod.

witon

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Næse, lá, nese; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc ǽr ic sweotolor ongytan magæ þæt þæt wit embe sint concludamus hoc primum volumen . . . Non sinam omnino concludi hunc libellum, nisi mihi modicum quo intentus sim de vicinia lucis aperueris, Solil.

ge-nyhtsum

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þæs yfeles copia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 18. Is þín milde mód genihtsum tu copiosus misericordia, Ps. Th. 85, 4. Þæt hé dó his ðeówan ríce for worulde, genihtsume on welan, Hml. Th. i. 64, 17. Mid þǽm genihtsumestan opimis, Wrt.

cwic-súsl

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On þǽm hellefýre[s ?] cwicsúsle his líf geendaþ, Bl. H. 61, 2. Seó menigo háligra sáula wǽron of þǽm cwicsúsle áhafena, 87, 19. Intó écere cwicsúsle, Wlfst. 289, 9. Uncyst hine besencte on cwycsúsle, Hml. Th. i. 328, 22.

fræt

(adj.)
Grammar
fræt, ... superbus.
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Wanton, shameful, foul; fedus, turpes, and add Þæt ne blissige [þé] frǽte bǽr ne letetur te fedus (obscenus, turpis) sandapila, Hpt. 31, 4, 12. Þæt bið feóndes bearn ..., hafað frǽte líf, Mód. 48. Frǽtum fugitivus (-is? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 40.

stǽnan

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Seó ǽ tǽhte þæt man sceolde ǽlcne wímman þe cild hæfde bútan rihtre ǽwe stǽnan (cf. eam lapidibus obruent viri civitatis, Deut. 22, 21). Nú ðonne gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde, þonne wolde þæt Iúdéisce folc mid stánum hí oftorfian, Hml.

dreám

Grammar
dreám, <b>; II a.</b>
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ꝥ þǽra hlystendra eáran of þám dreáme ( psalmorum pronuntiationi ) beón ábryrde. Chrd. 57, 16. Add

coren-beág

(n.)
Grammar
coren-beág, es; m.
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A crown Be þǽm þyrnenan corenbége ofer Crístes hǽfde on róde, Angl. xi. 172, 32

fell-stycce

(n.)
Grammar
fell-stycce, es; n.
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A piece of skin Hafa þǽre hýde fellsticceo on þínum sceón, Lch. i. 330, 5

hundteóntigfealdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
hundteóntigfealdlíce, adv.
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A hundredfold þá englas sǽdon þæt him wǽre hundteóntigfealdlíce máre myrhð toweard, Wlfst. 237, 9

leáh-tric

Grammar
leáh-tric, l. leahtric, take here <b>leác-tric</b>
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., and add Be þǽre nunfǽmnan þe bát þone leahtric, Gr. D. 30, 33

middan-sumor

Grammar
middan-sumor, middan-winter.
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Ingang þǽre middanwintres (this seems certainly a compound) tídæ, Chr. 1016 ; P. 147, 19. Add

midde

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On middan þǽre flóre his botles in medio tuguriunculi, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 3. Add

ofer-fylness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-fylness, e; f.
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Overfullness Hwílum þá swefn for oferfylnesse ( plenitudine ) þǽre wambe . . . beóð ácende, Gr. D. 339, 3

Samaritanisc

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Þá Júdéiscan cwǽdon be Críste þæt hé wǽre Sarnaritanisc, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 29. Add

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