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101. everi-daies adj. (orig. noun phr.)

Additional spellings: everidaies
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Daily; also, continual, constant.

102. fā̆der in laue, fā̆der in lei n. & phr.

Additional spellings: fader-in-laue, faderinlaue, fader in lei, fader-in-lei, faderinlei
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The father of one's wife or husband, father-in-law.

103. fẹ̄somned ?phr.

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104. fīf-lēved gras, fīf-lēves ~ phr.

Additional spellings: fifleved gras, fif-leves ~, fifleves ~
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The plant five-leaf or cinquefoil [cp. five-lef].

105. first fruit(es phr. or cpd.

Additional spellings: first fruites
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(a) The earliest ripe fruit of field or orchard, or the first young of a domestic animal, as an offering of thanks to the deity; fig. any product or accomplishment so offered; (b) a customary gift or…

106. flẹ̄men(e fremth, flẹ̄men-fremth, flẹ̄menes-fremth phr. & n.

Additional spellings: flemene fremth, flemen-fremth, flemenfremth, flemenes-fremth, flemenesfremth
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(a) Law The right of jurisdiction over cases involving the harboring of fugitives or outlaws, the right to collect fines in such cases [orig. prob., the offence of entertaining an outlaw]; (b) in…

107. fule fluðrunges phr.

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?Unseemly movements, flirting.

108. fọ̄le-viles laues phr.

Additional spellings: foleviles laues
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Extralegal justice, lynch law; ?the laws of Fool-town. [See Skeat's note in parallel-text ed.]

109. for as much adverbial phr. & conj.

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As adv. with as: (a) as much as, as far as; (b) even as, just as.

110. for fēble phr.

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Because of feebleness or weakness.

111. further mō(re, further-mō(re phr. & adv.

Additional spellings: further more, further-mo, further-more
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(a) Farther away, farther forward, beyond; (b) later (in time), afterward, hereafter, thereafter; (c) further on (in a story), at a later point; further (in a book, a process, etc.).

112. gai hors phr.

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?A ludicrous image with great jaws and teeth; ?a clown or jester; ?a decorated horse used in pageants.

113. ǧibbe hors phr.

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?A decorated horse used in pageants or the like.

114. gọ̄d dai, gọ̄d(d)ai phr. & n.

Additional spellings: godai, goddai
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A fortunate day; also, good fortune.

115. gọ̄der hēle, gọ̄der-hēle phr. & n.

Additional spellings: goder-hele, goderhele
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(a) Good fortune; advantageously, fortunately; as interj.: Good luck!; (b) to goder hele, fortunately; (c) with dative: fortunately for (sb.); to goder hele, to goder hele to, fortunately for (sb.)…

116. gọ̄d man, gọ̄d-man phr. & n.

Additional spellings: god-man, godman
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(a) A good man, righteous man; excellent or worthy man; valiant man; god man and treue; god man of armes; (b) as item of address.

117. gọ̄d spẹ̄de, gọ̄̆d-spẹ̄de phr. & n.

Additional spellings: god-spede, godspede
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(a) Quickly, speedily; a god spede; (b) as interj.; (c) as surname.

118. gọ̄d wīf, gọ̄d-wīf phr. & n.

Additional spellings: god-wif, godwif
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(a) A good woman, a virtuous wife; (b) the mistress of a household; a female citizen; (c) as surname.

119. gọ̄d wil(le, gọ̄d-wil(le phr. & n.

Additional spellings: god wille, god-wil, godwil, god-wille, godwille
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(a) A good disposition, goodness, piety, virtue; men of god wil, good men; (b) benevolence, kindness; friendliness; generosity; (c) don god wil, to act virtuously.

120. habeās corpora phr.

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Law A process issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, directing the sheriff to compel the attendance of reluctant jurymen.