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un-gedered

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedered, (-od); adj.

Unhurtuninjured

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Unhurt, uninjured Ic bidde ðé, u ca peruica,... ðæt ðú mé gegearwie, ðæt ic sý ungedered fram áttrum and fram yrsunge te precor, uica peruica, ut ea mihi prestes, ut a uenenis et ab iracundia interus sim, Lchdm. i. 314, 10. Hé æfter ðam drence ansund

Linked entry: ge-derian

wól-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
wól-berende, adj.

Pestiferouspestilentialpernicious

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Pestiferous, pestilential, pernicious, Grammar wól-berende, physical Æteówde wólberende lyft. Nar. 15, 31. Se wólberenda (pestifer) stenc ðære lyfte monigé ðúsendo monna and neáta fordilgade, Bd. l, 13; S. 482, 8. Ne sceþþeþ ðé wólberendes áwiht, Lchdm

ild

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Add: Seó mearewæste cildes yld tenerrima infantis etatula, An. Ox. 2867. Hé his ealdan ylde ofergetiligende . . . arn, Hml. S. 23 b, 185. Hé hit eác gefremode, git hé þá ylde hæfde he would have done it too, if he had had the requisite age, 31, 27. of

mægen-þrymm

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Add: : glory, majesty Ðonne hé sit ofer setle his mægenþrymmes tunc sedebit super sedem maiestatis suae, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 237, 9 : Mt. 25, 31. On hys mægenþrymme in sede maiestatis suae, 19, 28. Swilce ic stande æt his wuldorfullan mægenþrymme foran, Hml

gyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
gyrdan, girdan; p. gyrde; pp. gyrded

To GIRDbind roundcingere

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To GIRD, bind round; cingere Ðá ðú gingra wǽre ðú gyrdest ðé ... ðonne ðú ealdast óðer ðé gyrt cum esses junior cingebas to ... cum senueris alms to cinget, Jn. Skt. 21, 18. Se ðe hine man gelome gyrt qua semper præcingitur, Ps. Th. 108, 19. He girde

solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a solerflat roof of a house an upper room solarium, coenaculum

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An upper chamber, a soler Ic wilnige ðætte ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeþonc ðæs leorneres suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre óððæt hió fæstlíce gestonde on ðæm solore ðæs módes until it stand firmly in the upper chamber of the mind Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 18. Se

Linked entry: solere

symblan

(v.)
Grammar
symblan, ede ;and symblian; ode

To feast

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To feast Hú mǽre ðín folc is, ǽlce dæge hit symblaþ, Ps. Th. 22, 7. Hió ofer hire suna symblaþ and blissaþ, 112, 8. Se weliga se ðe on ðæm godspelle gesǽd is ðætte ǽlce dæge symblede . . . Ða ðe ǽlce dæg symblaþ dives ille, qui epulatus quotidie dicitur

Linked entry: symblian

ge-weorc

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Add: operative action, operation, v. weall-geweorc, . working. making of material objects Hé þǽr hræde geweorce (citato opere) of treówe cyricean getimbrede, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, 9. (1 a) with gen. of object :-- Figmenta, i. plasmatio hominum (cf. De

ealdor-dóm

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Add: greatness, power, authority Ðá wurdon æteówode fela ðúsend engla, ðý lǽs ðe wǽre geþúht ánes engles ealdordóm tó hwónlic tó swá micelre bodunge, Hml Th. i. 38, 5. Ealdordóme auctoritate, An. Ox. 2598. Ealderdóm auctoritatem, i. praerogativam, 2873

ÆLMESSE

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLMESSE, ælmysse, an ; f.

ALMSalmsgivingeleemosyna

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ALMS, almsgiving; eleemosyna Ðæt ofer sí and to láfe sellaþ ælmessan quod superest date eleemosynam, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 30. Hwæt is us to sprecanne hú hí heora ælmessan dǽle de faciendis portionibus et adimplenda misericordia nobis quid erit loquendum

Linked entries: ælmes ælmysse

dæg-hwamlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-hwamlíc, dæg-hwomlíc; def. sedæg-líca, seó, ðæt dæg-líce; adj.

Daily diurnus, quotidianus

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Daily; diurnus, quotidianus Hit ealle beorhtnysse dæghwamlíces leóhtes ofer-swýðde it overshone all the brightness of the daily light, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 20. Syle us to-dæg úrne dæghwamlícan hláf panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, Lk. Bos. 11,

Linked entry: dæg-hwomlíc

ful-neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-neáh, full-neáh, ful-néh; adv.

Full nearlyvery nearlyalmostprŏpefĕre

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Full nearly, very nearly, almost; prŏpe, fĕre Steorran hie ætiéwdon fulneáh [fulnéh,Th. 29, 12, col. 1] healfe tíd ofer undern stars shewed themselves very nearly half an hour after nine o'clock [a.m. ], Chr. 540; Th. 28, 13; 29, 12, col. 2. Fulneáh

gafol-swán

(n.)
Grammar
gafol-swán, es; m.

A tribute-swaina swine-herd, paying a tribute or part of his stock, for permission to feed his pigs on the landporcārius ad censum

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A tribute-swain, a swine-herd, paying a tribute or part of his stock, for permission to feed his pigs on the land; porcārius ad censum Gafolswáne gebýreþ, ðæt he sylle his slyht be ðam ðe on lande stent. On manegum landum stent, ðæt he sylle ǽlce geáre

HEG

(n.)
Grammar
HEG, hig, es; n.

Haygrassfœnum

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Hay, grass; fœnum Heg [Rush. hoeg] londes fœnum agri, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 30. Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum, Mk. Skt. 6, 39. Heig [Rush. heg] fœnum, Jn. Skt. Lind

Linked entries: hig hoeg

bletsung

(n.)
Grammar
bletsung, bledsung, e; f.

A BLESSINGbenedictio

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A BLESSING; benedictio Sí bletsung Drihtnes ofer eów sit benedictio Domini super vos, Ps. Spl. 128, 7: Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 12; Cri. 100. He onfón sceal mínre bletsunge he shall receive my blessing, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 22; Gen. 2331. Cyn his on bletsunge

Linked entry: bledsung

ge-bócian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bócian, p. ode; pp. od [ge-, bócian to give by charter] ,

to give or grant by book or charterto charterlibro vel charta dōnāreto furnish with bookslibris instruĕre

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to give or grant by book or charter, to charter; libro vel charta dōnāre Ðis is seó bóc, ðe Æðelstán cing gebócode Friþestáne bisceope this is the charter which king Athelstan chartered to bishop Frithestan, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 187, 19: 966; 218, 12

ge-limp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-limp, es; n.

An eventaccidenta chanceaccĭdenscāsus

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An event, accident, a chance; accĭdens, cāsus Ðara in gelimpe lífe weóldon of those who in chance possessed life, Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 13; Gú. 239. Is ǽnig óðer on eallum ðám gelimpum búton godes yrre ofer ðas ðeóde swutol and gesýne is there anything

Linked entries: be-limp ge-lymp

ge-rím

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rím, es; n.

A number, computation, calendar, diarynŭmĕrus, compŭtātio, ephāmĕris

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A number, computation, calendar, diary; nŭmĕrus, compŭtātio, ephāmĕris = έφημερίs Ðæs næs ná gerím cujus non ĕrat nŭmĕrus, Ps. Spl. 104, 32. Feówer and twentig wintra gerímes twenty four winters in number, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 26, 40; Edw. 7, 21: Cd.

Linked entry: gerím-bóc

reliquias

(n.)
Grammar
reliquias, pl. m.

Relics of saints

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Relics of saints Ðisra reliquia dǽl hæfde sum mæssepreóst . . . Hé ða cyste ontýnde ðara reliquia, Bd. 4, 32;S. 611, 30-34. Æt his reliquium wæs sum man gehǽled, S. 611, 9. Mon byrþ his heáfod tó reliquium, Shrn. 57, 26 : Blickl. Homl. 127, 12, 16. Mid

swíge

(adj.)
Grammar
swíge, adj.
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silent, not speaking On óðre wísan mon sceal manigean ða swíðe swígean, on óðre wísan ða felaídelsprǽcean, Past. 23; Swt. 174, 24. Ða ðe tó swíðe swíge (swigge, Cott. MSS.) beóþ . . . ða suíðe suígean (swiggean, Cott. MSS.) taciturni. . . nimis taciti