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ge-siftan

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Þæt folc nam gesyft melu (conspersam farinam), Ex. 12, 34

wilde

Grammar
wilde, wild.
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Nú hé hét faran tó wegum and hegum, getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe hé gegaderode of eallum middanearde, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 15-19

Ebreisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Ebreisc, adj.

Hebrew, belonging to Jews Hebræus

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Of Seme com ðæt Ebreisce folc from Shem came the Hebrew people, Ælfc. T. 7, 25

Catacumbé

(n.)
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(ad) Catacumbas Eal folc Rómwara beféng þá líchoman (of SS. Peter and Paul) on þǽre stówe Catacumbé, Bl. H. 193, 11. Hine ferian tó Catacumbas, þǽr Petrus and Paulus bebyrgede wǽron, Hml, S. 5, 465

gim-stán

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Tó þám geweorce ( the tabernacle ) bróhte þæt folc deórwirðe gimstánas . . . þá gimstánas getácnodon mislice fægernissa on Godes mannum (v. Ex. 35, 27), Ælfc. T. Grn. 23, 40-45. Gymstána gemmarum An. Ox. 1073. Of gimstánum gemmis 3194. Add

fild

(n.)
Grammar
fild, es; m.

a foldplaitwrinklefold

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a fold, plait, wrinkle On fyld in rugam, An. Ox. 34, 1. Fyldas uolumina, i. reuolutiones, 3746. fold (multiplicative) Gé dóþ hine sunu helles twǽm fældum (duplo) máre þonne eów, Mt. R. 23, 14

háls

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In l. after 'forgeaf' add: gefreóde and gefreoðade folc under wolcnum, and at end: v. mund-heáls: <b>háls-bóc</b>. v. heáls-bóc: <b>halscod</b>

ofer-wlenced

(adj.; part.)

possessed of superabundant means, very opulent

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possessed of superabundant means, very opulent Hié andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc swá hié wǽron responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44

un-forworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forworht, [different from preceding word.
Similar entries
v. fór-wyrcan
(l. for-), and cf.
O. H. Ger. furi-wurchen obstruere
]; adj.

Unobstructedwithout hindrancefreeimmunis

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Unobstructed, without hindrance, free; the term is used of land that after several lives was to revert to the grantor, and seems to render the word immunis in the Latin charters On ða gerád, weorce hé ðæt hé weorce, ðæt ðæt land seó unforworht intó ðære

fald-gang

(n.)
Grammar
fald-gang, es ; m.

Fold-going, putting sheep in fold to manure the land secta faldæ, servĭtium, quo tĕnēbātur vassallus ŏves ipsīus ad ŏvīle dŏmĭni perdŭcĕre, fundi dŏmĭnĭcālis stercŏrandi grātia

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Fold-going, putting sheep in fold to manure the land; secta faldæ, servĭtium, quo tĕnēbātur vassallus ŏves ipsīus ad ŏvīle dŏmĭni perdŭcĕre, fundi dŏmĭnĭcālis stercŏrandi grātia. v. Spelm. Glos. Lye

salu-neb

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Icel. nef-fölr]

relic-gang

(n.)
Grammar
relic-gang, es; m.

A going to visit relics

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A going to visit relics Seó tíd is nemned laetania majora . . . on ðæm dæge call Godes folc mid eáðmódlíce relicgonge sceal God biddan ðæt hé him forgefe siblíce tíd, Shrn. 74, 10. Letanias, ðæt is ðonne béne and relicgongas, 79, 29

sin-þyrstende

(adj.)
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ever thirsting Alexander tóécan ðæm ðe hé hiénende wæs ǽgðer ge his folc ge óðerra cyninga hé wæs sinþyrstende monnes blódes Alexander humani sanguinis insaturabilis, sive hostium sive etiam sociorum, recentem tamen semper sitiebat cruorem, Ors. 3,

þæder

(adv.)
Grammar
þæder, adv.
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Thither, whither Gá ðú and lǽde ðís folc þæder þe ic þé ǽr sǽde tu vade et duc populum istum, quo locutus sum tibi, Ex. 32, 34. On mergen com se biscop þæder, Shrn. 139, 35. Hé þæder ineode, 156, 13

Linked entry: þider

a-géfan

Grammar
a-géfan, 3rd pl. perf. of a-gifan, for a-gefon,
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Menol. Fox 160

byrga

(n.)
Grammar
byrga, of cities or inclosed dwellings, for burga; gen. pl.
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of burh, Runic pm. 8; Kmbl. 341, 3

dæg-mǽls-pílu

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-mǽls-pílu, [for dæg-mǽles píl],e ; f.

The style of a dial horologii gnomon,

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The style of a dial; horologii gnomon, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 59

finst

(v.)
Grammar
finst, findest,
  • Bt. 18, 3
  • ;
  • Fox 66, 11
, = findest;
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2nd sing. pres. of findan

gi-

(prefix)
Grammar
gi-, for most words beginning with this prefix see ge-.

gyr

(n.)
Grammar
gyr, a fir-tree. For Lchdm. iii. 328, col. 1
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substitute Gyr abies, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 40