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fóre-mǽrnes

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-mǽrnes, fór-mǽrnes, -ness, e; f.

Greatnesseminencerenowngloryclārĭtas

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Greatness, eminence, renown, glory; clārĭtas Weorþscipe and fóremǽrnes dignity and renown, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 7: 33, 1; Fox 122, 12

Linked entry: fór-mǽrnes

for-trúwung

(n.)
Grammar
for-trúwung, e; f.

Over-confidencepresumptionpræcĭpītātio

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Over-confidence, presumption; præcĭpītātio On ðære fortrúwunga and on ðam gilpe by presumption and by arrogance, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 6, 4

fugol-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
fugol-cyn, -cynn, -cinn, es; n.

Fowl-kindvŏlucrium gĕnus

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Fowl-kind; vŏlucrium gĕnus Micel fugolcyn much fowl-kind, Ex. 16, 13. Fisccinn and fugolcinn fish and fowl, Ælfc. T. 8, 26

fyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrstig, adj. [forst frost]

Frostygĕlĭdus

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Frosty; gĕlĭdus Ðæt se winter wǽre ceald and fyrstig that the winter was cold and frosty, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 27

Linked entry: forstig

ge-ascung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ascung, e; f. [acsung asking]

An askinginquiryinterrogātioinquīsītio

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An asking, inquiry; interrogātio, inquīsītio Búton be gemynde and be geascunga except by memory and by inquiry, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 25

Linked entries: geacsung áscung

mod-staþolfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
mod-staþolfæstness, -staþolness, e; f.

Stability of mind

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Stability of mind Ongeán módstaþolnysse (-staþolfæstnesse, MS. C.) and módes strencþe se mánfulla deófol sendeþ wácmodnysse and lyðerne earhscype, Wulfst. 53, 10

scitel

(n.)
Grammar
scitel, scytel
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dung (?) Nim heortes scytel and cnuca tó duste, Lchdm. i. 336, 18. Nim fearres scytel, cnuca and gníd swíðe smale, 368, 12

Linked entry: scytel

ge-bytlu

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Wyrcan þá healle ǽrest and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan ... twelf hús tógædere, Hml. S. 36, 96. Add

Biedan heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
Biedan heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; m. [Biedan Bieda's, heáfod head : Flor. Bidanheafod, A.D. 1114]
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BIEDA'S HEAD = Bedwin, Wilts? - Hér Wulfhere and Æscwine gefuhton æt Biedan heáfde here, Wulfhere and Æscwine fought at Bedwin A. D. 675

Linked entry: Bedan heáfod

genge

(n.)
Grammar
genge, f.

A GANG, flock, companygrexa host, retinue

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A GANG, flock, company; grex Ðæt wæs Hereweard and his genge that was Hereward and his followers, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 29

Linked entry: sceadd-genge

un-forbúgendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forbúgendlíce, adv.

Without turning asideconstantlyfixedly

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Without turning aside, constantly, fixedly Ic cwæð tó hire geornlíce and unforbúgendlíce behealdende and cweðende: Eálá..., Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 431

Linked entry: for-búgendlíce

un-teóðod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-teóðod, -tiogoðad; adj.

Untithed

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Untithed Gé tiogoðiaþ eówre mintan and eówerne dile, and lǽtaþ untiogoðad ðætte diórwyrðre is eówra óðra ǽhta, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 29

wit-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-leás, adj.

Witlesssenseless

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Witless, senseless On ðam fíftan mónþe hé (the fœtus) biþ cwica and weaxeþ and seó módur líð witleás, Lchdm. iii. 146, 12

breáþ

(adj.)
Grammar
breáþ, adj.

Brittle

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Brittle Se wyrttruma byð breáþ and tídre þonne hé gedríged byð, and þonne hé tóbrocen byþ hé rýcþ, Lch. i. 260, 7

Linked entry: bríþel

deáfu

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Add: [and diéfu, dífu (?). Cf. Goth. daubei, and v. beorhto, bi(e)rhto for the absence as well as presence of mutation]

ge-hror

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Mancwealm and ádla and gehrora (-o, -hrero, v. ll.) þǽre þeóde pestilentia et exterminium gentis, Bd. I. 14; Sch. 37, 25. Add

oll

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Dele the bracket, and add On ol, ídel nequiquam, frustra, An. Ox. 2000. On oll and on edwít ( note to the preceding)

réwett

(n.)
Grammar
réwett, m. n. (?).l. n.
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and add Hí ꝥ líc tó scipe bǽron . . . and efeston mid reówte (reówette, v. l. ) on þǽre eá, Hml. S. 31, 1478

Linked entry: reówtt

riht-sinscipe

(n.)
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lawful matrimony Ðrý hádas sindon þe cýðdon gecýðnesse be Críste; þæt is mæigdhád, and wudewanhád, and rihtsinscipe, Hml. Th. i. 148, 7

Súþ-healf

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On eásthealfe þeningden, and seó burhstrǽt on súþhealfe, Ælfríces mearc on westhealfe, and hamingford on norðhealfe, C. D. iii. 15, 11. Add