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geong

Grammar
geong, young.
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In l. 4 for genga l. ginga, and add Cnihtas ginge and góde, Dan. 90. In gengum, Dan. 102, the first n is curiously shaped and perhaps geongum (or ? gingum) should be read

be-twyh

(prep.)

between, amonginter, in medio

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between, among; inter, in medio Betwyh ðás þing between these things, in the mean while, whilst; interea, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 26. Betwyh him among them, Bt. 39, 12; Fox 230, 27

ge-mind

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

A remembrance, memorialmĕmŏriāleremembrance

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A remembrance, memorial; mĕmŏriāle Ðú Driht on écnysse þurhwunast, and gemind ðín on cynrine and cynrine tu Dŏmĭne, in æternum permănes, et mĕmŏriāle tuum in generatiōne et generātiōnem, Ps. Spl. C. 101, 13

sweord-gripe

(n.)
Grammar
sweord-gripe, es; m.
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-Ðæt hí in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan so that in the banquet hall through seizing their swords they lost their lives, Exon. Th. 271, 26; Jul. 488

ge-weallan

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Substitute: of liquids, to boil Ofer ðás giscæft wætres ðió from fýre giualla ( fervescere ) bið geséne, Rtl. 101, 26. fig. to be fervent Giualla in Godes lufu ferveat in caritate, Rtl. 105, 3

glíw-cynn

(n.)
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On glywcú in tibiis (tibiis seems to have been taken in the sense of pipes, and to be explained as glýwcyn, a kind of music (?)), Ps. L. 146, 10. (?)

Linked entry: glywcum

on-wist

(n.)
Grammar
on-wist, e; f.

The being in a place, dwelling, habitation

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The being in a place, dwelling, habitation Gesealde sigora waldend onwist éðles Abrahames sunum God granted to Abraham's descendants to live in a country, Cd. Th. 178, 27; Exod. 18. Cf. on-wunung

treów-loga

(n.)
Grammar
treów-loga, an; m.
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faith, who dared not with darts sport in their liege lord's great need, Beo.

ge-síþman

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In the bracket in 1. 2 read gesíðman, and add: The word seems to have the same meaning as gesíþ. v. ge-síþ; <b>III a</b> Ánes gesíðmannes (cf. sumes gesíðes, 1. 8: it is the same person in each case) wíf coniugem comitis, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567

infangene-þeóf

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Ic an heom ꝥ hý habben ... infangeneðeóf (In the Latin version of the charter this is rendered: Concedo ut habeant ... potestatem fures in terra sua cum re furtiua deprehensos in ios uocandi et puniendi), C.D. iv. 202, 8.

Linked entry: útfangene-þeóf

mús

Grammar
mús, <b>; I.</b>
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Cwóman Indisce mýs ín þá fyrd in foxa gelícnisse mures Indici in castra pergebant uulpibus similes, Nar. 16, 5. Add

wæd

(n.)
Grammar
wæd, es; n.

A fordshallow waterwater that may be traverseda body of watersea

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Wyllelm king lǽdde scypferde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... him sylf mid his landfyrde férde inn ofer ðæt wæð(æt ðam gewæde, MS. E. Cf. wath Jamieson's a ford, Dict.), Chr. 1073; Erl. 211, 25.

Linked entries: ge-wæd wæð

ge-treówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-treówan, -triówan, -triéwan; p. de; pp. ed.

to trustbelievehave confidencehopeconfiderecrederesperareto make true or credibleto persuadesuggestto make one's self out to be trueto clear one's self

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In. 34; Th. i. 122, 17

ge-leornes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leornes, -ness, e; f.

A goingremovingdeparturedeathtransĭtustransmigrātio

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In dálum geliornesse in partes Galileæ, 2, 22. This gloss is to be explained by the old interpretation of the Hebrew, name, according to which Galilea = transmigratio

Linked entries: ge-leorednes ge-liornes

wer-nægel

(n.)
Grammar
wer-nægel, es; m.
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Lathnm, is quoted the following: 'In the backs of cows in the summer are maggots generated, which in Essex we call wornils, being first only a small knot in the skin.'

hám-stede

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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes

gripe

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In þæs wylmes grund ... in gléda gripe, El. 1302. v. níd-, on-gripe, and passages at gripa

mǽl-sceafa

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-sceafa, an; m.

A canker

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In the last reference one MS. (v. Wrt. Voc. 91, 23) has mæslesceafe; in Wrt. Voc. 161, 23 maseles translates rugeroles (see also Skeat's Dict. s. v. measles'), so mǽl, in this word, would mean a spot

Linked entries: mæsle-sceafe sceafa

sele-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
sele-gescot, -gesceot, es ; n.
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A tabernacle In selegescote ðínum in tabernaculo tuo, Ps. Surt. 14, 1. Selegesceote, Ps. Th. 60, 3. Ðeáh ðe ic on mínes húses hyld gegange oððe selegesceot si introiero in tabernaculum domus meae, 131, 3, 5, 7.

hearma

A field-mousedormouse

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This is in a list of glosses to Leviticus c. xi: in v. 30 mygale occurs in the Vulgate and the A. V. has ferret.] Hearma netila, ii. 114, 61: 60, 10: i. 22, 50. Herma, Txts. 116, 225. Substitute: