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glómung

(n.)
Grammar
glómung, glómmung, e; f.

Twilight ⬩ gloaming ⬩ crepusculum

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Twilight, gloaming; crepusculum, Lye

Linked entry: gleómung

glydering

(n.)
Grammar
glydering, glyderung, e; f.

What glides away ⬩ a vision ⬩ an illusion ⬩ visio

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What glides away, a vision, an illusion; visio, Cot. 84

þeóstrung

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstrung, þýstrung, e; f.

Darkness, ⬩ gloom ⬩ obscurity

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Darkness, gloom, obscurity Hí on ðære þýstrunge hine swencton, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 14. Næhtes [ðió]strung noctis caliginem, Rtl. 182, 35

Linked entry: þýstrung

will-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
will-weorþung, e; f.

Worship paid to springs

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Worship paid to springs Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc ǽlcne hǽðendóm ádwæsce, and forbeóde wilweorðunga (cf. Hǽðenscipe biþ... ðæt man weorðige hǽiene godas, and sunnan oþþe mónan, fýr oþþe flód, wæterwyllas oþþe stánas, C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 20. See also

wil-þegu

(n.)
Grammar
wil-þegu, e; f.

A grateful repast

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A grateful repast Tólýsan líc and sáwle, and þonne tódǽlan werum tó wiste and tó wilþege fǽges flǽschoman, Andr. Kmbl. 306; An. 153

wind-gerest

(n.)
Grammar
wind-gerest, e; f.

A windy resting-place (?) ⬩ a hall open to the winds (?)

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A windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?) Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall

wind-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
wind-scofl, e; f.

A fan

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A fan Winds(c)obl ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 66

Linked entry: windwig-scofl

windwig-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
windwig-scofl, e; f.

A winnowing-fan

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A winnowing-fan Windiuscoful (windui-? = windwig-) ventilabrum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 3, 12

Linked entry: wind-scofl

winn-stów

(n.)
Grammar
winn-stów, e; f.

A wrestling-place

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A wrestling-place Winstówe scammatis, Hpt. Gl. 405, 40. On winstówe in scammate, 489, 59. Winstówe palaestrarum, 478, 50

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wine-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wine-treów, e ; f.

Faith between friends

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Faith between friends (between husband and wife; cf. wine 3.) Ðæt hé (the man) ða wǽre and ða winetreówe be him lifgendum lǽstan wolde, ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Exon. Th. 475, 20; Bo. 50

winter-dún

(n.)
Grammar
winter-dún, e; f.

A down or hill on which there is pasturage for sheep during the winter(?)

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A down or hill on which there is pasturage for sheep during the winter(?) On manegum landum tilð bið redre ðonne on óðrum, ge yrðe tíma hrædra, ge mǽda rædran, ge winterdún (the sheep can be sent on to the hills earlier (?), cf. Sunt pascua ouium in

wín-þegu

(n.)
Grammar
wín-þegu, e; f.

Wine-taking ⬩ drinking ⬩ feasting

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Wine-taking (v. þicgan, II.), drinking, feasting Sum bið gewittig æt wínþege, beórhýrde gód, Exon. Th. 297, 27; Crä. 74. Hié wlenco anwód æt wínþege, Cd. Th. 217, 4; Dan. 17

BYDEN

(n.)
Grammar
BYDEN, bydenn, e; f.

a bushel ⬩ modius ⬩ a barrel, tun, butt ⬩ dolium, cupa

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a bushel; modius Cwyst ðú cymþ ðæt leóhtfæt ðæt hit beó under bydene aset numqitid venit lucerna ut sub modio ponatur? Mk. Bos. 4, 21: Lk. Bos. ll, 33. a barrel, tun, butt; dolium, cupa Hí mec baðedon in bydene they bathed me in a tub, Exon. 107b; Th

bycgen

(n.)
Grammar
bycgen, bycgenn, e; f.

A buying, selling ⬩ emptio

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A buying, selling; emptio, Som. Ben. Lye

byrigen-stów

(n.)
Grammar
byrigen-stów, e; f.

A burying-place

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A burying-place He sylfa byrigenstówe worhte sibi ipse in locum sepulcri fecerat, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 19

byrigen

(n.)
Grammar
byrigen, byrigenn, e; f.

tumulus ⬩ A burying-place, a sepulchre, tomb, burying ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba, sepultura

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[ Similar entries beorg tumulus] A burying-place, a sepulchre, tomb, burying; sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba, sepultura, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 37: 3, 8; S. 532, 15, 17: 3, 11; S. 535, 32: 1, 33; S. 499, 7

bytt-fylling

(n.)
Grammar
bytt-fylling, e; f.

A filling of butts ⬩ doliorum impletio

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A filling of butts; doliorum impletio, L. Ath. v. § 8, l; Th. i. 236, 4

can

(n.)
Grammar
can, cann, e; f.

A knowledge, clearance

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A knowledge, clearance

candel-weoc

(n.)
Grammar
candel-weoc, e; f.

A wick of a candle, a torch ⬩ funale, funis

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A wick of a candle, a torch; funale, funis Candelweoca funalia vel funes, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 87; Wrt. Voc. 41, 40

Linked entry: weóce

cattes mint

(n.)
Grammar
cattes mint, e; f.

Cat's mint, cat-mint ⬩ felina mentha, nepeta cataria

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Cat's mint, cat-mint; felina mentha, nepeta cataria, Lin. Som. Ben. Lye