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geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughoutmplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

hú-hwega

(adv.)
Grammar
hú-hwega, -hugu; adv.

About

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Húhwego fíf hund manna, Blickl. Homl. 201, 14

un-stillness

Grammar
un-stillness, <b>. V.</b>
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Add Sé færð and fandað þissera fíf andgita, sé ðe þurh fyrwitnysse and unstilnysse hí áspent on unnyt, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 2.

ge-hyhtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hyhtlíc, adj.

Seasonablefitcommodiousopportunus

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Seasonable, fit, commodious; opportunus, R. Ben. 53

and

(prep.)
Grammar
and, prep. dat. acc.

WithcumAgainstbeforeonintocontraapudin

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Ymb twentig and fíf nihtum after twenty with five nights, i. e. after twenty-five nights, 373; Men. 188. with the accusative; cum accusativo Against, before, on, into; contra, apud, in; κάτα Hæfdon dreám and heora ordfruman had joy before their creator

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Dǽl cýna fífe iuga boum quinque, Lk. R. 14, 19. Add

un-wríþan

(v.)
Grammar
un-wríþan, p. -wráþ; pp. -wriðen

To untwist, unbind (lit. or fig.)

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To untwist, unbind (lit. or fig.) Unwríþan distringere, Scint. 232, 2

cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
cwéme, adj. [cwéman to please]

Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit gratus, acceptus, congruus

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Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit ; gratus, acceptus, congruus

bæftan

(adv.)
Grammar
bæftan, bæfta; adv. [be-æftan, q. v.]

Afterbehindhereafterafterwardspostea

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After, behind, hereafter, afterwards; postea Git synd fíf hungor gér bæftan adhuc quinque anni residui sunt famis, Gen. 45, 11. He ána beláf ðǽr bæfta he alone was left there behind, Gen. 32, 24.

þǽr-tóeácan

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Ðreó hund daga and fíf and syxtig daga and þǽrtóeácan syx týda, Lch. iii. 246, 13. Add

wíc

Grammar
wíc, <b>.
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Ðænne þæs embe fíf niht ꝥ áfered byð winter of wícum (cf. tún; ), Men. 24. v. bere-, ceaster-, Lunden-, Norþ-, sunder-wíc

ge-bígednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bígednys, -nyss, e; f.

A bendinginflectiondecliningdeclensioncasedeclīnātiocāsus

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Ða pronōmĭna ðe habbaþ vŏcātīvum, ða habbaþ six casus, and ða óðre ealle nabbaþ búton fíf gebígednyssa the pronouns which have a vocative have six cases, and all the other have but five cases, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 20, 55.

Linked entries: cásus ge-býgednys

híréd-mann

(n.)
Grammar
híréd-mann, hírd-man, es; m.

A member of a 'híréd:' —

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His hírédmen férdon út mid feáwe mannan of ðam castele and geslógen and gelǽhton fíf hundred manna the members of his household sallied out with few men from the castle, and slew and captured five hundred men, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 29.

six

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
six, siex, syx six.
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On ðam mynstre wǽron fíf brð þra oððe syxe, Bd. 4, 13 ; S. 582, 22. Hé sǽde ðæt hé syxa sum ofslóge syxtig, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 18, 7. Ymbsealde sint mid sixum. Elen. Kmbl. 1481; El. 472. [Goth. saihs: O. Sax. sehs: O. Frs. sex: O. H.

Linked entries: siex syx

ge-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽte, adj.

Moderate, meet, fitmodicus, aptus

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Moderate, meet, fit; modicus, aptus, Mod. Conf. 1; C. R. Ben. 55

tó-bríting

(n.)
Grammar
tó-bríting, e; f.

Crushing,destruction

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Crushing, fig. destruction Tóbrýtincge forestæpþ ofermódignyss contritionem precedit superbia, Scint. 82, 12

Linked entry: bríting

ge-mǽran

(v.)

to fix limits, determine

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to fix limits, determine Gimǽrende diterminans, Rtl. 164, 38

Linked entry: mǽran

GYR

(n.)

a fir treeabies

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a fir tree; abies, Lchdm. iii. 328, col. 1

Linked entry: gyr-treów

un-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-brád, adj.

Not broadnarrow

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On brǽde, ðár hit brádest is, fíf geurda, and ðǽr hit unbrádost is, ánne geurde, Chart. Th. 156, 29. Ðǽr ðæt land unbrádest is, ðér hit sceol beón eahtatýne fóta brád, 236, 8

brǽd

Grammar
brǽd, (-u, -o)

breadth

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Seó eorþe wæs fíf æcra brǽde tó axan geburnen flamma quinque agri jugera in cinerem extorruit, Ors. 4, 2; S. 160, 25. Add