efen-líc
Even, equal ⬩ æquālis
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Even, equal; æquālis Nǽnig efenlíc ðam in worlde gewearþ wífes gearnung a woman's desert was in the world not equal to that, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 20; Cri. 39: Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 38
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ferþ-loca
The soul's enclosure ⬩ bosom ⬩ mentis clausūra ⬩ pectus
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The soul's enclosure, bosom; mentis clausūra, pectus Hyre wæs Cristes lof in ferþlocan praise of Christ was in her soul's inclosure, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 19; Jul. 234: 76 b; Th. 287, 12; Wand. 13
fóre-rynel
A fore-runner ⬩ præcursor
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A fore-runner; præcursor Iohannes his fórerynel wæs on lífe ge on deáþe John was his fore-runner both in life and in death, Ælfc. T. 24, 20: Bt. 36, 1; Fox 170, 28, MS. Cot
neáhness
Nearness ⬩ neighbourhood
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Nearness, neighbourhood Hwylc tóweard yfel ðú ðé on neáhnysse forhtast quae ventura tibi in proximo mala formidas, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 1. On néhnesse his cytan in vicinia cellae illius, 5, 12; S. 630, 42
tíd-regn
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A seasonable rain Drihten geopenaþ heofunan his sélustan goldhord and sent tídrénas on ðín land ( to give the rain unto thy land in his season; ut tribuat pluviam terrae tuae in tempore suo), Deut. 28, 12
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wiþ-gán
to go against ⬩ act in opposition to ⬩ in contravention of
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to go against, act in opposition to, in contravention of. Similar entries Cf. wiþ, II. 13 Nǽfre míne lástweardas geðrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit (a grant ) onwenden oððe ðon wiðgǽn, Chart. Th. 29, 14. v. next word
eofot
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Flítere in eobotum (in ebhatis, v. l.) rabulus, Txts. 93, 1705. Dele 'debt' (the various readings to the passage from the Laws are: Be cynincges geréfan þýfðe, be þeófes andettan, and þeófðe for eofot), and add
fisc-wér
a fishing-ground ⬩ captura
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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4
ge-leáffullíce
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confidently Geleáfullíce fidenter, An. Ox. 1335. in accordance with faith, faithfully Woerc geleáffullíce ué biseno niomað opus fideliter imitemur, Rtl. 62, 23. in accordance with the Christian faith Þú eart gelǽred geleáffullíce, Hml. S. 29, 130
ofer-sáwan
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Add: to sow ground with seed in addition to some already sown. v. Dict. to sow seed over other seed Cuóm feónd his and oferseów (ofergeseáw, L. ) weód in midle þæs hwǽtes, Mt. R. !3. 25
díglian
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Add In þissum þe hý dígledon in isio quem occultauerunt, Ps. Rdr. 9, 16. <b>I a.</b> to hide something from a person :-- Of þysum þe hý dýgledon mé, 30, 5
fóre-
before
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before, used in composition as the English fore-
Hróð-
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in proper names, e.g. Hróð-gár, -mund, -wulf
-leás
-less
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-less. It is found in the cognate dialects
ge-wǽpnian
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In l. 7 after 333 add: 3, 273
gebirg
Taste
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Taste On gebirge in gustu, Rtl. 116, 5
ge-bygeþ
buys
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buys,L. In. 56; Th. i. 138, 10;
gees
geese
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geese,L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18
-syringas
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in Exsyringas, Exon. Th. 323, 22; Víd. 82
æwul
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cawl in Cornish dialect for a fish-basket