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ge-dírsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dírsian, Take here ge-dýrsian in Dict. , and add:

Linked entries: dírsian ge-dýrsian

ge-dríme

Grammar
ge-dríme, Take here ge-dréme, ge-drýme in Dict., and add

musical, melodious, harmonious

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musical, melodious, harmonious. Stefn gedrýme (-dréme, v.l.) vox canora, Hy. S. 2, 28. Mid gedrémum swége eque sonore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 68. Mid gedrémre swinsunge, [gedrê]mum sange consona melodia. An. Ox. 4911. Gedrémere, 2593. Mid gedrémere stefne

Linked entry: ge-dréme

frætwian

(v.)
Grammar
frætwian, Take here frættewian in Dict., and add
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Frætwian comere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 47

friþu

Grammar
friþu, Take here freoþo in Dict. and add
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Þú mé wǽre freoða fultumiend refugium meum es tu, Ps. Th. 70, 3

ge-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dirnan, Take here ge-diernan, ge-dyrnan in Dict. , and add:

To hide ⬩ To hide oneself, lie hid

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trans. To hide Gedyrned appilatum (silentio ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 74: 64, 23. intrans. To hide oneself, lie hid Ge-diernan dilituisse (Apollonius delituisse fertur haud procul a delubro), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 9 : 26, 61. Gedyrnan, 140, 40

ge-drípan

Grammar
ge-drípan, Take here ge-drypan (l. ge-drýpan) in Dict., and add:

to cause to fall in drops ⬩ to wet with drops, moisten

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to cause to fall in drops Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan, Solil. H. 67, 29. Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle þú tæppian wille, and wænd þínne scytefingre ádúne and twængc hine

Linked entry: ge-drypan

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place, ⬩ to every place, in every direction ⬩ in every case ⬩ in every respect

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local, in every place, referring to the whole of space God bið á wesende and ǽghwǽr ondweard, Bl. H. 19, 26. Ǽghwár, 23, 21. of limited space Oeghuer, -huuér, óghuuaer vulgo, passim, Txts. 107, 2173. Ǽgiwern passim, An. Ox. 11, 160. Wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr

stán-geweorc

Grammar
stán-geweorc, Add: v. ge-weorc;
and <b>VI c.</b>

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þrægan

(v.)
Grammar
þrægan, (cf. Goth. þragjan, and for conjugation cf. plegan); p. de

To run ⬩ proceed in a course

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To run, proceed in a course Sume tungul læsse gelíðaþ, ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende, oððe micle máre geféraþ, ða hire midore ymbe þearle þrægeþ (-aþ?) (cf. sume tunglu habbaþ lengran ymbhwyrft ðonne sume habban, and ða lengestne ðe ymb ða eaxe middewearde

hilde-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
hilde-deór, [Thorpe and Kemble take deór to be a noun.]

Stoat in war, ⬩ brave,

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Stoat in war, brave,, Beo. Th. 629; B. 312: 1672; B. 834: 4220; B. 2107: 4372; B. 2183. Hæle hildedeór a warrior brave, 3296; B. 1646: 3636; B. 1816: 6213; B. 3111: Andr. Kmbl. 2003; An. 1004: Elen. Kmbl. 1868; El. 936. Hildedeóre brave men, Beo. Th.

ge-cweccan

Grammar
ge-cweccan, for gecwecton read gecoecton, and for 7 read 6.

to shake

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Add: to shake Gecwehton uibrato, Germ. 401, 28. Efne gequoeccad (-gicwæceð, R.) bið conquassabitur, Lk. L. 20, 18

slǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽtan, p. te [causative of siítan; cf. bait an animal, and bite]

To slate ⬩ bait ⬩ set dogs on ⬩ hunt with dogs

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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss. B. 17 the form

Linked entry: slǽting

bǽdling

Grammar
bǽdling, Dele: bædzere. v. bæzere: bæfta; m. Dele, and see bæftan.

tabellarius.

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tabellarius

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other

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Grammar ÁN, m. f. n. Grammar ÁN, gen. m. n. ánes; f. ánre of one; unius: dat. m. n. ánum; f. ánre to one; uni: acc. m. ánne, ǽnne; f. áne, n. án one; unum, unam, unum: instr. m. n. áne; f. ánre with one; uno, unó, uno: pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. áne each,

Linked entries: ǽn ain án ána án-for-lǽtan ánga án-ne ánra ánra-gehwá feáwa for án

hosa

(n.)
Grammar
hosa, an; m. [or hose; f. (?) v. next word, and cf. other dialects] .

a covering for the leg, HOSE ⬩ caliga ⬩ breeches, hose.] ⬩ a husk, a covering for a grain or seed

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a covering for the leg, HOSE Hosa caliga vel ocrea, Wrt. Voc. 81, 48. [Prompt. Parv. hose caliga, p. 248, see note: Laym. hose, v. 15216: R. Glouc. (in the corresponding passage) hose: A. R. hosen; pl: Chauc. hosen: Icel. hosa; f. a covering for the

Linked entry: leðer-hose

luh

(n.)
Grammar
luh, (a borrowed word apparently, Welsh llwch; cf. pól and Welsh pwll]; n.

A loch ⬩ lough

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A loch, lough Ofer ðæt luh trans fretum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 34: Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 13: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 22. Ofer luh ł lytel sǽ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 22: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 1

ána

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
ána, m.

One ⬩ sole ⬩ single ⬩ solitary ⬩ unus ⬩ unicus ⬩ solus ⬩ solitarius

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One, sole, single, solitary; unus, unicus, solus, solitarius: Ðæt [treów, a.] se ána is ealra beáma beorhtast geblówen that is the oae of all the trees most brightly flourishing, Exon. 58b; Th. 209, 27; Ph. 177. God ána on écnysse ríxaþ

fugeles leác

(n.)
Grammar
fugeles leác, viumum (vicium? v. preceding word, and cf. O. H. Ger. fogal-krút viciam).

ann

Grammar
ann, = an; pres. of unnan.

he gives

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he gives Ðé he ann he gives thee, Ps. Th. 74, 7

anda

(n.)
Grammar
anda, onda, an; m.

Malice ⬩ envy ⬩ hatred ⬩ anger ⬩ zeal ⬩ annoyance ⬩ vexation ⬩ rancor ⬩ invidia ⬩ indignatio ⬩ ira ⬩ zelus ⬩ molestia

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emotion of mind, — Malice, envy, hatred, anger, zeal, annoyance, vexation; animi emotio, — rancor, invidia, indignatio, ira, zelus, molestia Anda rancor, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 93. Næfst ðú nánne andan to nánum þinge thou hast not any envy to anything

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