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fyrn-geár

the preceding year

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Add: [1. a past year. v. Dict.] the preceding year (cf. Quam gibod Godes fernun gére, Hél. 217) Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna wǽre fyrngeáre on þysne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 9, 14. [Þe lost of uernyere, Ayenb. 92, 4.]

hord-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hord-geat, -gat,es; n.

A door through which a treasure is reached

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A door through which a treasure is reached Hwylc ðæs hordgates cǽgan cræfte ða clamme onleác which, by the key's art, unlocked the fastenings of the door to the treasure, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 28; Rä. 43, 11

horn-geáp

(adj.)
Grammar
horn-geáp, adj.

Having a wide extent between the 'horns', an epithet of a building

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Having a wide extent between the 'horns', an epithet of a building Tempel dryhtnes heáh and horngeáp, Andr. Kmbl. 1335; An. 668 : Beo. Th. 164; B. 82

hlýp-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hlýp-geat, es; n.[?]
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Ondlang geardes on ðæt hlýpgeat, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 180, 28

áþ-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-gehát, áþe-gehát, es; n. [áþ an oath, gehát a promise]

A promise on oathsacred pledgean oathsacramentum

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A promise on oath, sacred pledge, an oath; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl.13 ; Som. 57, 119 ; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

Linked entries: áþe-gehát áþ-wed

gén-gewrit

Grammar
gén-gewrit, (should be entered under <b>geán-gewrit</b>) glosses descriptio (rescriptio
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seems to have been read), An. Ox. 8 b, 2

Linked entry: geán-gewrit

æren-geát

(n.)
Grammar
æren-geát, for earn-gǽt

a goat-eagle

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a goat-eagle; harpe = ἅρπη,Ælfc. Gl. 17; Wrt. Voc. 21, 62

a-geaf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-geaf, p. of agifan.

gave up

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gave up,Jn. Bos. 19, 30;

a-geat

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-geat, p. of a-gitan.

understood

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understood.Ps. Spl. 118, 95;

burg-geat

(n.)
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a city-gate, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842

burh-geat

(n.)
Grammar
burh-geat, -gat, burg-, es; pl. nom. acc. u. a. o; n.
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A city-gate; urbis porta Æt burhgeate at the city-gate, Cd. 111; Th. 146, 22; Gen. 2426. Mid ðam ðe ða burhgata belocene wurdon cum portœ clauderentur, Jos. 2, 5. Fóre burg-geatum before the city-gates, Andr. Kmbl. 1679; An. 842: Exon. 120a; Th. 461,

Linked entries: burg-geat burh-gata

for-géman

(v.)

to neglect

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to neglect, Prov. 19

friþ-geár

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-geár, es; n.

A year of peace or jubileepācis annusjūblĭæus annus

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A year of peace or jubilee; pācis annus, jūblĭæus annus, Som. Ben. Lye

geal-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
geal-ádl, e; f. [gealla gall, bile]

Gall-diseasethe jaundiceictĕrusίκτερos,aurūgo

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Gall-disease, the jaundice; ictĕrus = ίκτερos, aurūgo Of gealádle cymeþ greát yfel ... se líchoma ageolwaþ swá gód seoluc from jaundice comes great evil ... the body becomes yellow like good silk, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 106, 19-22

geár-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
geár-cyning, es; m.

A year-kingconsulconsul

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A year-king, consul; consul, Cot. 48

geár-cyningdóm

(n.)
Grammar
geár-cyningdóm, es; m.

A year-kingdoma consulateconsŭlātus

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A year-kingdom, a consulate; consŭlātus, Som. Ben. Lye

geár-gemearc

(n.)
Grammar
geár-gemearc, es; n.

A year's limit or spaceanni defīnītio vel spătium

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A year's limit or space; anni defīnītio vel spătium Siððan ic ongon on ðone ánseld búgan geárgemearces after I had dwelt in the hermitage for a year's space, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 24; Gú. 1215

Linked entry: búan

geár-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
geár-gerím, es; n.

A year-nurnbernumber of yearsnumbering by yearsannōrum nŭmĕrus

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A year-nurnber, number of years, numbering by years; annōrum nŭmĕrus Ymb þritig geárgerímes after thirty, numbering by years, i. e. after thirty years, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 59; Met. 28, 30

Linked entry: geár-rím

geár-getal

(n.)

a tale of yearsnumber of years

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a tale of years, number of years

geár-mǽlum

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
geár-mǽlum, adv. [mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, es; n.]

Yearlyquotannis

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Yearly; quotannis Ríce geármǽlum weóx the kingdom. increased year by year, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 10; Met. 1, 5