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ge-féran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred.

To gotravelgo onbehavefareget oncomeget to a placeTo perform a journeyreach or get by goingobtainattainexperiencesuffer

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Ðá férdon ða Pyhtas and geférdon ðis land norðanweard then the Picts went and got the north part of this land, Chr. Erl. 3, 13. Hafast ðú geféred ðæt ðé weras ehtigaþ thou hast attained [this] that men will esteem thee, Beo. Th. 2446; B. 1221.

leód

(n.)
Grammar
leód, e; f,

A peoplenationracecountry

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Hé wæs ealle ða land and leóde þurhfærende omnia pervagatus, 3, 30; S. 562, 13.

oxa

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.), an eighth of a carucate or plough-land, a bovate. [The carucate was the extent of land ploughed by one plough with its team of eight oxen] :-- On hillum twégra oxena gang, and on Lundbý twégra oxena gang, C. D. B. iii. 346, 20-21. Add

feaxede

(adj.)
Grammar
feaxede, fexede; adj.

Having long hairlong-hairedcŏmātus

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Having long hair, long-haired; cŏmātus Sume men cweðaþ ðæt cométa síe feaxede [fexede, Th. 162, 9, col. 2, 3; 163, 10] steorra, forðæm ðǽr stent lang leóma of, hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe some men say that a comet is a long-haired star

Linked entries: ge-feaxode fexede

for-gyfendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
for-gyfendlíc, -gyfenlíc; adj.

Forgivingpardonabletolerableremissus

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Sodomwara lande byþ forgyfenlícreon dómes dæg, ðonne ðé terræ Sŏdŏmōrum remissius ĕrit in die jūdĭcii, quam tĭbi, Mt. Bos. 11. 24: Lk. Bos. 10, 14

fyrd-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-færeld, es; n. [fyrd an army; færeld a journey]

A military expedition or servicemīlĭtāris expedītio

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Ðæt he þreó þing of his lande dó, fyrdfæreld, and burhbóte, and brycgeweorc ut ĭta făciat pro terra sua, scīlĭcet, expĕdītiōnem, burhbōtam, et brigbōtam, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 2

Linked entry: fird-færeld

hergian

(v.)
Grammar
hergian, p. ode; pp. od

To harrypillageplunderravagewastedevastatemake an incursion or a raidmake war

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Gif ǽnig sciphere on Engla lande hergie if any fleet commit ravages in England, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 15, 18.

leóma

(n.)
Grammar
leóma, an; m.

Lightradiancesheensplendourlightningray

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Seó sunne byþ swá feorr súþ ágán ðæt hyre leóman ne mágon tó ðam lande gerǽcan the sun is gone so far south, that its rays cannot reach that land, Lchdm. iii. 260, 10: Cd. 148; Th. 184, 25; Exod. 112. Leóman fulgura, Hymn. T. P. 73: Ps.

scip-here

(n.)
Grammar
scip-here, es; m.
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Ðæt on land Dena láðra nǽnig mid scipherge sceðþan ne meahte, Beo. Th. 491; B. 243. Ne gehérde nón mon ðáget nánne sciphere, ne furþon ymbe nán gefeoht sprecan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 14.

swán-riht

(n.)
Grammar
swán-riht, es; n.
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On manegum landum gebyreþ deópre swánriht, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 15

Wigestas

(n.)
Grammar
Wigestas, (-e ?); pl. m.
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The name of some people in England Wigesta landes is nygan hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20

Gifle

(n.)
Grammar
Gifle, Giflas ?; pl.
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The people of a district in England Gifla landes is þryú hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 22

unwit-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
unwit-weorc, es; n.
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A work of folly, foolish work Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ðæt wé tó lange ne fylgeon unwitweorcum, Blickl. Homl. 111, 2

West-Wille

(n.)
Grammar
West-Wille, (-as?); pl. m.
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The people of some district in England West-Willa landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 29

flǽsc-mangere

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Flǽscmangere lanio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 38. Macerarii, quos Angli uocant flaismangeres (fleis-, fles-, v.l.), Ll. Lbmn. 669, 17. Add

ge-drohtnian

(v.)
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Mid þan þe hé þuss lange gedrohtned hæfde . . ., Shrn. 13, 26.] [

Linked entry: drohtnian

æl-þeódig

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-þeódig, æl-þiódig; adj.

Strangeforeignexterusperegrinusbarbarus

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Ne geunret ðú ælþeódige, ge wǽron ælþeódie on Egipta lande advenam non contristabis, advenæ enim et ipsi in terra Ægypti, Ex, 22, 21. Ðám ælþeódegan to the foreigners, Bt. 27, 3 ; Fox 100, 2

lid

(n.)
Grammar
lid, es; n.

A vesselship

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Lǽt nú geferian flotan úserne, lid tó lande, Andr. Kmbl. 795; An. 398

West-Wixan

(n.)
Grammar
West-Wixan, pl. m.
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The people of some district in England West-Wixna landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20

eást-Wille

(n.)
Grammar
eást-Wille, (-as?); pl.
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The people of some district in England Eást-Wlla landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 29