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æt-berstan

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Þá hé ne ætburste on wætere, Chr. 1050 ; P. 167, 34. fig. to escape, be free from the power of a person (dat.) Ic ne mæg þám Almihtigan ætberstan on lífe oþþe on deáðe, Hml. S. 25, 100. to escape, be safe from danger, evil, &c. with dat.

streáw-berige

(n.)
Grammar
streáw-berige, (streá-, streów-, stréu-), an; f.
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A strawberry (plant or fruit) Streáwberige fraga. Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 71. Streáberige, 31, 69. Streówberian wíse (streáwberge, MS. H. ). Ðeós wyrt ðe man fraga and óðrum naman streáwbergean nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 138, 20. Streówberge fraga. Wrt.

frioh

(adj.)
Grammar
frioh, adj.

Freelīber

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Free; līber Beó he frioh he shall be free, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3: L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 3

hweorfan

(v.)
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Lǽtaþ hine eft hweorfan tó minium lárum, 3, 1; F. 4, 24. of things, to pass to or from the possession of a person Þonne þá þing hwám from hweorfende beóð, hé hí sceal mid þám mǽstan sáre his módes forlǽtan. . .

ge-frige

(n.)
Grammar
ge-frige, es; n.

Inquiryknowledge resulting from inquiry

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Inquiry, knowledge resulting from inquiry Gefreogum gleáwe men wise from the knowledge obtained by their inquiries, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 22; Ph. 29

Linked entry: -frige

hlystere

(n.)
Grammar
hlystere, es; m.

A hearer,listener

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A hearer,listener Ðæt áþweahþ his hlysteras from synna horewum that washes its hearers from the foulnesses of sins, Homl. Th. ii. 56, 7

frignes

(n.)
Grammar
frignes, freedom. l.
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fríg-nes

Germania

(n.)
Grammar
Germania, e [ = æ]; f.

Germany

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The Germania of Alfred extended from the Don on the east to the Rhine and the German Ocean on the west; and from the Danube on the south to the White Sea on the north; it therefore embraced nearly the whole of Europe north of the Rhine and the Danube.

méðe

(adj.)
Grammar
méðe, adj.

wearyexhaustedweary in mindtroubledsadtroublesomecausing weariness

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Ongunnon sorhleóþ galan, ðá hié woldon síðian méðe fram ðam mǽran þeódne, Rood Kmbl. 137; Kr. 69.

Linked entry: méðig

mis-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
mis-, mist-, misse-líc; adj.

wanting in likeness or unityunlikediversevariousdiverging from the usual courseerratic

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Gl. 524, 33. diverging from the usual course(?), erratic (v. mis-líce, II) Mistlícum errabundis, vagabundis, Hpt. Gl. 493, 20

flór

Grammar
flór, flóre.
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from flóre) (the tesselated pavement[s] t cf. flðr-stán); ðonne be ðám twám lytlan beorgan, C. D. in. 404, 9. Add:

wǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
wǽr, (?); adj.

True

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True Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681

tóbrocen-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tóbrocen-líc, adj.

Frail,perishable

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Frail, perishable Ðysse worulde wela is hwýlwendlíc and feallendlíc and tóbrocenlíc the wealth of this world is transitory and decaying and frail, Wulfst. 263, 13

from-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
from-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

a from-kinoffspringprogenyposterityprōgĕniesprōlesthe race from which one springsancestryorigingĕnusŏrigo

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Fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas fill the regions of the earth with your offspring, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 25; Gen. 1534: 100; Th. 133, 1; Gen. 2204. the race from which one springs, ancestry, origin; gĕnus, ŏrigo Fród wæs mín fromcynn my ancestry was

from-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
from-weard, adj.

From-wardturned from or awaydepartingabout to departaversusabĭtūrusmorĭtūrus

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From-ward, turned from or away, departing, about to depart; aversus, abĭtūrus, morĭtūrus Ǽlc ðara ðe ðís woruldgesǽlþa hæfþ, he wát ðæt hi [MS. he] him fromwearde beóþ every one who possesses these worldly goods, knows that they will be departing from

Linked entries: fram-weard fram-weard

sigor

(n.)
Grammar
sigor, es ; m.
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Sigores ágend, ealdor, freá, fruma, God, weard, Cd. Th. 307, 11 ; Sat. 678 : Hy. 3, 20 : Exon. Th. 25, 21 ; Cri. 404 : 19, 2 ; Cri. 294 : Andr. Kmbl. 1519 ; An. 761 : Exon. Th. 15, 29 ; Cri. 243.

hæc

(n.)
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Forð tó bindhæcce ; fram bindhæcce tó tudanhæcce; fram tudanhæcce tó giddincgforda, iii. 275, 6. Innan þone reádan weg ; ollung þæs reádan weges; ꝥ innan þá hecce; ollung þá hecce; ꝥ innan þá hecce firn igeán þǽre cyrcan. Swt.

á-styrian

(v.)

to move a thing from its placeto cause a living creature to move itself:--to stir up,to cause motion in somethingto cause emotion in a personto cause strifepassionTo stirmove one's self

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Add: to move a thing from its place Hé ástirode his geteld movens tabemaculum suum. Gen. 13, 18. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc forð tó Jordanen, Jos. 3, I. Fram ástere remove, Kent. Gl. 78. Ne bið ástered nou commovebitur, 340. Fram ðé ástyred, Hml.

Linked entry: á-styrung

á-teón

to draw (out),to protractto deal with,to treat a personto employ propertytimetalents

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Fæla þe ic hæfde tó mé gewyld and tó átogen, ... ealle hé from ðé átýhð. Nic. 13, 40. Forþ áteáh edidit (opera), An. Ox. 2316. Þæt hé ðá deádan fram mé ne áteó. Nic. 14, 23. Sió scyld hine suíðe feorr of ealra háligra ríme átuge. Past. 37, 9.

wirdness

(n.)
Grammar
wirdness, e; f.

injuryhurtannoyance a vice

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From woerdnissum, a noxiis, 17, 15. a vice From sceððendum woerdnisum a noxiis vitiis Rtl. 16, 25