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gang-weg

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

A gang-waywayroadvia

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A gang-way, way, road; via Ánes wǽnes gang-weg a road for one vehicle; actus, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 50; Wrt. Voc. 37, 38. Twegra wǽna gangweg a road for two vehicles; via, 56; Som. 67, 51; Wrt. Voc. 37, 39

Iudéisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Iudéisc, adj.

Jewish

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Jewish Ðá stód án Iudéisc wer, ðæs nama wæs Nichodemus, Nicod. 11; Thw. 5, 38 : Jn. Skt. 18, 35. Crist cwæþ be ðám ungeleáffullum Iudéiscum wá eów Christ said of the unbelieving Jews 'Woe to you,' Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 5

lǽstend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽstend, es; m.
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One who performs or executes Ðara þinga ðe hé óðre lǽrde tó dónne hé sylfa wæs se wylsumesta fyllend mid lǽstend eorum quæ agenda docebat erat executor devotissimus, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 4. Fylgend and lǽstend, 4, 3; S. 568, 15, note

giung

(adj.)
Grammar
giung, def. se giunga; adj.

Youngyouthfuljŭvĕnisadolescens

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Young, youthful; jŭvĕnis, adolescens Wæs sum giung mon ĕrat quidam adolescens, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 17, Se giunga the young man, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 3; Sat. 511. Ic ðé giungne underféng I took thee young, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 23

bóc-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-cræft, es; m.

Book-learning, learning, literatureliteratura

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[bóc a book, cræft art, science] Book-learning, learning, literature; literatura Boétius wæs in bóccræftum se rihtwísesta Boëthius, in book-learning, was the most wise, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 13.

Súþ-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-hymbre, pl.
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Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen fram Pendan (and) Súþhymbrum (cf. fram ðam ylcan hǽþenan cyninge and ðære hǽþenan ðeóde Myrcna, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 11), 641; Erl. 27, 8

Linked entry: Súþan-hymbre

þeóf-stolen

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóf-stolen, adj.
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H.) wæs ðæt orf, L. O. 2; Th. i. 178, 14: L. O. D. 8; Th. i. 356, 12. Æt ǽlcon ðeófstolenan orfe, L. Ff.; Th. i. 226, 2

un-mennisclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mennisclíc, adj.

Inhuman

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MS.) dǽd wæs nimis e natura dictum est, nescio quem filios invenisse tortores, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 16

fore-sittan

(v.)
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For first passage substitute Be þám sinoðe . . . æt Heortforda, þám wæs foresittende se arcebiscop (cui praesidebat archiepiscopus ), Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 371, 13. with acc. Þone sinoð foresæt sc̃e Leó, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 25

geréf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
geréf-mann, es; m. The word is used to translate Latin forms elsewhere translated by ge-réfa. v. ge-réfa; II
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Sum man háten Stephanus, sé wæs on getale þára geréfmanna ( in numero optio full) . . . Sæge Stephane þám geréfan (dic Stephana optioni). . . Ic eom onsænded tó Stephanes húse þæs geréfan (ad Stephanum optionem ), 314, 1-14

ge-fangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fangian, p. ode
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To fasten together with joints or clamps, join together Ic ongeat ðæt ðes middangeard wæs of swíðe manegum and mistlicum ðingum gegaderod, and swíþe fæste tósomne gelímed and gefangod, Bt. 35, 2; F. 156, 35. [Cf. O. H. Ger.

Linked entry: fangian

glíw-stól

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., and add: A seat of music and song (cf. þǽr (at Hrothgar's court) wæs gidd and gleó, B. 2105; cf. also seledreám), a joyous home (cf. hleów-stól for similar compound)

hlynnan

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Scyl wæs hearpe, hlúde hlynede, Reim. 28. Gif þunorráde bið hlynende of eástdǽle, Archiv cxx. 47, 18. Add:

hýþan

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Seó réðe þeód Langbeardna . . . wæs hýþende (híþ-, v. l.) and éhtende úres sweóran effera Langobardorum gens . . . in nostram cervicem grassata est, Gr. D. 258, 12.

ofere

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Ðá þá hé ofere wæs, þá cóm him láteów ongeán, Vis. Lfc. 7-9. from above Hé bebeád genipum ofere ( desuper ), Ps. Rdr. 77, 24

ofer-hón

(v.)
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to hang with something so as to cover an object Þæs muntes cnoll mid þeósterlicum genipum eal oferhangen wæs, Hml. Th. i. 504, 31. To him geneélǽhton sume ælþeódige men . . . oferhangene mid tóslitenum cláðum (scissis vestibus, pannis obsiti ), Gr.

Linked entry: hón

Persisc

(adj.)
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Th. i. 518, 17. used substantively Þǽra Persiscra cyning wæs þǽm Cásere wiþerrǽde, Jud. Thw. 162, 23

scíma

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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add

swimman

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swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Hú hé þonne swam mid þám ilcan scipe, þonne hit wæs ýþa full qualiter cum carabo undis pleno nataverat, Gr. D. 347, 21. Add Ágeót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele ábrecð úp and swimð bufon, Hml. Th ii. 564, 14

ealfara

(n.)
Grammar
ealfara, an; m.
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A pack-horse Þonne wæs þridde healf þúsend múla þe þá seámas wǽgon, and xxx. þúsenda ealfarena and oxna þá ðe hwǽte bǽron, Nar. 9, 10. See Nap. 78; Jord. 126. (where the word is connected with Spanish (from Arabic) al-faras)