wæl-fel
Cruel to the slain ⬩ very cruel
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Cruel to the slain (?) or very cruel. Cf. wæl-hreów Hræfen uppe gól, wan and wælfel, Elen. Kmbl. 105; El. 53
æl-fer
gryre-fáh
Terribly hostile ⬩ terrible in its variegated colouring
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Terribly hostile or terrible in its variegated colouring, Beo. Th. 5146; B. 2576
hǽðen-feoh
A heathen sacrifice
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A heathen sacrifice, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 31; Jul. 53
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' The word occurs in the following passages Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum
ofer-feng
A clasp, buckle, latchet of a shoe
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A clasp, buckle, latchet of a shoe Oferfeng fibula, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 53. Oferfengc, 74, 60: ligulam, fibulam, Hpt. Gl. 523, 2
Linked entry: ofer-fón
innan-fortog
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where read Wiþ innanfortoge
fore-seón
to foresee ⬩ to despise
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Grammar fore-seón, = for-seón; P. 217, 7. to despise
fore
in front ⬩ at the head ⬩ before
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.), in front, at the head, as chief Fore tó yrnenne prodeundi, Scint. 224, 7. Eorðcyningas þe folcum hér fore wísien kings that, placed at their head, direct the peoples, Ps. Th. 148, 11. temporal, before Fore ic cueð ł ǽr ic sægde praedixi, Mt.
ge-fér-scipe
Society ⬩ fellowship ⬩ brotherhood ⬩ sŏciĕtas ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ clērus
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Fox 11, 185; Met. 11, 93. Of hiora gefoerscipe de eorum societate, Rtl. 75. 28
Linked entries: ge-fǽrscipe ge-fér-rǽden
forne
For ⬩ pro ⬩ propter
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For; pro, propter Gif hwá hine forne forstande if anyone will stand up for him, L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 284, 3, note 8
FOLM
The palm of the hand ⬩ the hand ⬩ palma ⬩ mănus
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Ne hafaþ hió fót ne folm it has not foot nor hand, Exon. 110a; Th. 420, 27; Rä. 40, 10. Heó genam cúþe folme she took the well-known hand, Beo. Th. 2610; B. 1303: Salm. Kmbl. 339; Sal. 169: Ps. Th. 128, 5.
Linked entry: folme
hǽþan
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and two preceding words
Linked entry: hǽðung
a-telan
to reckon
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to reckon,Bt. 8 ; Fox 24, 21 ;
atelucost
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R. Ben. 1 ;
folc-cúþ
Known to the people ⬩ folk-known ⬩ well-known ⬩ public ⬩ celebrated ⬩ pŏpŭlis nōtus ⬩ publĭcus ⬩ cĕleber
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Folc-cúþne rǽd a discourse known to nations, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 18; Met. Einl. 9. Be folc-cúþum strǽtum by the public roads, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 4
fóre-sceáwung
A FORESHEWING ⬩ foreseeing ⬩ foresight ⬩ providence ⬩ provĭdentia
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Þurh godcundan fóresceáwunga through divine providence, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 6: fóresceáuung prudentia, Rtl. 108, 25
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be-fóran
in the presence of ⬩ in front of an object ⬩ a-head of ⬩ over against ⬩ before ⬩ in advance of: ⬩ into the presence of ⬩ before ⬩ in advance
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Iohannes gǽþ be-foran (takes precedence of) eallum óþrum wítgan, Bl. H. 167, 22. Ðæs menniscan lífes gecynd is ꝥ hí sién beforan eallum óþrum gesceaftum humanae naturae conditio est, ut ceteris rebus excellat, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 4.
leósan
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Huberd wæs leósende þǽre wífmannefor his unrihtcræfinge, Cht. Th. 633,26
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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Ðá hié tógædere woldon, ðá com swá ungemetlíc rén, ðæt heora nán ne mehte nánes wǽpnes gewealdan, and for ðæm tófóran, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 194, 19. Tófóran on feówer wegas ætfelinga bearn they went off in four different directions, Cd.