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feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plainfield

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Ic (the ploughman) út þýwende oxan tó felda, and jugie hí tó syl, Coll. M. 19, 15. Þæs muntes cnoll is sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Hml. Th. i. 508, 24: Bl. H. 207, 28.

healf

(n.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

Sidepartsidehandbesidedisputebehalfaccountsidequarterdirection

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Gán twégen menn of ǽgðre healfe, Ll. Th. i. 226, 19, 20. Gerǽdden þá witan on ǽgðer halfe ꝥ man yfeles geswác, and geaf se cyng his freóndscipe on ǽgðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 17-19.

un-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
un-strang, adj.

Not strongweakfeeble

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Hé ( Peter ) mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce. Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum. Ðá ðá him twýnode, ðá getácnode hé ða unstrangan. Hwæt sind ða unstrangan?

fremming

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Se Hálga Gást is genemned tó ðǽre fremminge Crístes menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 196, 22 (cf. 198, 31 supra ). Ðurh geswicenysse yfeles and ðurh fremminge gódes, 332, 4. Fremmincgum effectibus (operum ), An. Ox. 1332.

pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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seó wǽge wulle tó .cxx. p. (tó healfan punde, MS. G.), L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3. Tén hund (pund?) peñd ... Gedǽle hé ǽlcum Godes þiówe peñd ... þreóténe hund (pund ?) pending, Chart. Th. 471, 5-26. xiii. pund pendingæ, 474. 9.

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flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Þá andswarode se biscop: ' and cweð tó ðǽre eá: "Geblin ðú þyses flódes,"' Gr. D. 193, 19. Flódes cataclismi, i. diluuii, An. Ox. 2477. Ðá cóm rén, and mycele flód, Mt. 7, 25.

helpan

to succourto be serviceableto profitavail

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Wisse hé ꝥ him holtwudu helpan ne meahte, B. 2340: 2684. given in a clause Ic wát ꝥ þé ná ne helpeð (fremað, v.l. expedit) ꝥ þú fram mé þus unrótum, Gr. D. 8, i, 13.

wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrcan, weorcan ; p. worhte ; pp. worht.

to worklabourto maketo makeformconstructto be the sourcecause of, to produceto makeconstituteto workdoperformto perform a ritekeep a seasonto workeffect a purposeattain an object,

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and wyrce (wyrc, Rush.: wuirc, Lind. operare) on mínum wíngerde, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 28. Gáð and wircaþ, Ex. 5, 18. Wyrceaþ eów syx dagas, L. Alf. 3; Th. i. 44, 10. Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæge, L. In. 3 ; Th. i. 104, 2, 4, 6 : L. E.

Beormas

(n.)
Grammar
Beormas, gen. a; pl. m.

The Biarmians

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In the Middle Ages, the Scandinavian pirates gave the name of Permia to the whole country between the White Sea and the Ural, Malte-Brun's Univer. Geog. vol. vi. p. 419.

DIM

(adj.)
Grammar
DIM, def. se dimma, seó, ðæt dimme; adj.
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Drihten sealde him dimne and deorcne deáþes scúwan the Lord gave them death's shadow, dim and dark, Cd. 223; Th. 293, 14, note; Sat. 455.

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Him ( Nebuchadnezzar on recovery from his madness ) in gást becwom rǽdfæst sefa, 257, 2 ; Dan. 652. Næs him hreó sefa, Beo. Th. 4367 ; B. 2180. Gif ðín hige wǽre, sefa swá searogrim, swá ðú self talast, 1192 ; B. 594.

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ge-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cweðan, he -cweðeþ, -cwyþ; p. ic, he -cwæþ, ðú -cwǽde, pl. -cwǽdon; pp. -cweden

To sayspeakcallpronounceagreeresolveorderdīcĕrelŏquiprofāripronunciārepangĕrestătuĕre

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Iulianus se cásere gecwæþ to gefeohte the emperor Julian gave order for a battle, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 4. Swá hit gecweden wæs as it was agreed, L. Ath. v. § 12, 1; Th. i. 240, 32 : L. A. G. prm; Th. i. 152, 4.

swápan

(v.)
Grammar
swápan, p. sweóp; pp. swápen
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Ic sweóp gást mínne scopebam spiritum meum, Ps.

þreátung

(n.)
Grammar
þreátung, e; f.

compulsionforceviolenceoppressionill-treatmentrebukereproofthreatening

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Ðonne of ðære ðreátunga gáþ tó stíðlíco word cum de correptione sermo durior excidit, Swt. 167, 10. Ðurh ðæt ísern is getácnod ðæt mægen ðara ðreátunga per ferrum increpationis fortitado signatur, Swt. 163, 24. <b>II a.

dreórig

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Se deópa seáð dreórge fédeð, Cri. 1545. causing grief, cruel, horrid, grievous, of persons Spreceð grimlíce se gást tó þám duste: '. . . dreórega (dreórga, v. l. ), tó hwan drehtest þú mé?', Seel. 17.

ge-hál

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Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. <b>II a.

ge-défe

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His gást wunað ofer ðone eádmódan and ofer þone gedéfan, Hml. A. 40, 394. Gedéfe mód tranquillam mentem, Wülck. 01. 252, 20. Þá gedéfan quietos, Hy. S. 3, 23. III. of things. quiet On tídum gedéfum horis quietis, Hy. S. 4, 30.

ge-tæl

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Syððan lǽt gán ꝥ getæl swá wé nú cwǽdon then let the counting go on as we have just said, Angl. viii. 326, 30. þ á ealdan Rómáne ongunnon þæs geáres ymbryne on ðysum dæge . . . Þá Egyptiscan ðeóda ongunnon heora geáres getel on hærfeste . . .

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Ða men, ðe bearn habban, lǽran hié ðám rihtne þeódscipe, and him tǽcean lífes weg and rihtne gang tó heófonum, Blickl. Homl. 109, 17.

hand

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Gif hé bóclanð hæbbe ꝥ þám cyninge tó handa, Ll. Th. i. 420, 12. He him tó honda húðe gelǽdeð, Gú. 102.