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FORCA

(n.)
Grammar
FORCA, an; m.

A FORKfurca

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A FORK; furca Litel forca furcilla, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Wrt. Voc. 41, 37

a-borgian

(v.)
Grammar
a-borgian, p. ode; pp. od

To be suretyto undertake forto assignappointfidejubere

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To be surety, to undertake for, to assign, appoint; fidejubere Gif he nite hwá hine aborgie; hæfton hine if he know not who will be his borh, let them imprison [lit. have, detain] him L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i 210, 8

hunig-swéte

Grammar
hunig-swéte, For Th. An. 45, 4' substitute: Hml. Th. ii. 118, 22,
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and add: lit. Gutta, ꝥ ys hunigswéte dropa, Angl. viii. 299, 48. Huniswéttre mellite (dulcedinis gustum), An. Ox. 336. fig. Huniswé[te] lippan mellea labia, An. Ox. 3183.

bennian

(v.)
Grammar
bennian, bennegean; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ben a wound]

To woundvulnerare

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I saw a block [wood] wound [lit. to wound = wounding] a striving creature 114 a; Th. 438, 4; Rä. 57, 2

LIFIAN

(v.)
Grammar
LIFIAN, leofian; p. ode

To LIVE

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To LIVE Ne swelte ic ac ic lifige non moriar, sed vivam, Ps. Th. 117,17: 118, 93. Ðú eádig leófast, 127, 2. Ðenden ðú hér leofast, Cd. 43; Th. 57, 29; Gen. 935. Ðǽr hit lifaþ swá unnyt swá hit wæs where it continues as useless as it was before, Beo.

Linked entries: leofian LIBBAN

tó-gán

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Add Hetelíce ástreccað ealle his lima ꝥ þá liþa him tógaan, Hml. S. 37, 99. Add Swilce man bláwe áne bytte fulle windes and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 319

hlýdig

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Wordig gehlýd oððe hlýdig gewyrd uerbosa garru-litas aut garrula uerbositas, An. Ox. 1418. Add

geonge-wifre

(n.)
Grammar
geonge-wifre, an; f.

A ganging-weaver, spiderviātĭca arānea

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A ganging-weaver, spider; viātĭca arānea Wǽron ánlícast úre winter geongewifran, ðonne hió geornast biþ, ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette our years [lit. winters] were most like to a spider when it is most eager to terrify flies into its net; anni nostri

EÁRE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁRE, an; n: nom. acc. sing, eáre; nom. acc. pl. eáran

The EAR of man or an animalauris

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Ger. óra, n: Goth. auso, n: Dan. öre, n : Swed. öra, n: Icel. eyra, n: Lat. auris, f: Grk. οὖς, n: Lith. ausis, f,]

Linked entries: éran eár eárede

á-bered

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Ábered, litig callidus Germ. 390, 41. Add

eáþ-hylde

(adj.)
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Lit. easy to hold (cf. ge-healden), content Gif munuc eáðhylde bið and geþæf si contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 2: 109, 6. Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4

ǽwnung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwnung, e; f.
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Ox. 416: juga-litas , 1370. Ǽwnunge jugalitatis , 440: 1168

Bedewinda

(n.)
Grammar
Bedewinda, an; m.

BEDWIN, Wilts

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BEDWIN, Wilts Ic, Ælfréd, West-Seaxena cining [MS. cingc], an Eádweade, mínum yldran suna, ðæs landes æt Bedewindan I, Alfred, king of the West-Saxons, give the land at Bedwin to Edward, my elder son [lit. made a grant of the land at Bedwin ], Alfd.

þurh-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-beorht, adj.

Very brightsplendid

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Very bright, splendid, lit. Heora nebwlite ongann tó scínenne swilce seó þurhbeorhte sunne, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 820. fig. Swá micele máran eádmódnysse ðú sý þurhbeorht ( perspicuus ), swá micele swá máran wurþnysse foresett ðú eart, Scittt. 22, 17.

Linked entry: þurh-scínendlíc

un-gefére

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefére, adj.

impassableimperviousimpenetrable

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lit. impassable Ungefére vel wegleás pæð invium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 61. On ungeférum in invio, Ps. Spl. C. 106, 40.

fóster-módor

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Z. 71, 3. lit. His fóstormóder ( nutrix ) áne wæs him fylgende, for þon þe heó hine swýðe geornlíce lufode, Gr. D. 96, 20: 152, 28. Fóstermóder, Hml. A. 171, 49. fig. Sió fóstermódur ǽlces cræftes virtutum nutrix, Past. 215, 23.

fræfele

(adj.)
Grammar
fræfele, adj.
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Cunning, crafty; wanton :-- Frævol oððe litig procax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 48. v. following words

setl-gang

(n.)
Grammar
setl-gang, es; m.
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Ðá se æþela glǽm setlgong sóhte, Exon Th. 178, 32; Gú. 1253. marking place, the west Be ðam wege ðe líþ tó sunnan setlgange by the road that runs to the west, Deut. 11. 30. Fram sunnan upgange óþ hire setl-gang from the east unto the west, Ps.

here-beácen

a war-signala beaconan ensigna lighthouse

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Substitute: a war-signal (lit. or fig.) Herebaecon, -bécon, -bénc simbulum, Txts. 96, 919. Herebǽcun, 101, 1971.

wundel

(n.)
Grammar
wundel, e: wundle, an; f.

A woundsore

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A wound (lit. or fig.), sore Gif hwylc lǽwede man óðerne wundige, gebéte wið hine ða wunde (wundlan, wundlác, v.ll.), L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 25. Wið níwe wundela (wunda, v.1. ), Lchdm. i. 8, 14: 10, 9: 92, 21: 100, 1: 108, 19: 296, 6, 17.

Linked entries: wund-lác wyndle