gneáð
- adjective
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Næs hió to gneáð gifa
she was not too sparing of gifts,
- Beo. Th. 3864 ;
- B. 1930 .
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He self lifde on gneáðum woroldlífe án tunece wæs his gegerela and ðæt wæs hǽren and beren hláf wæs his gereorde
he himself lived a frugal life in the world, one tunic was his raiment, and barley bread was his food,
- Shrn. 110, 4 :
- 77, 4 .
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He ðám ðe on scearan máran wǽron on ðám mægnum eáðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte ðon læssa ne gnéðra wæs
eis quæ tonsura majores sunt virtutibus, humilitatis et obedientiæ, non mediocriter insignitus,
- Bd. 5, 19 ;
- S. 637, 18 .
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Of gnéðum, of lytlum
parcis,
- Gl. Prud. 227 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “gneáð.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17271.
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