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dæg-ryne

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-ryne, adj. For or of a day
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Diurnum, i. unius diei dægrynum vel dæglicum . . . diurnae aescae dæghryne mettas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 58, 62

Linked entry: -ryne

ge-menigfealdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-menigfealdan, -menigfildan; p. de [menig many, feald a fold, plait]

To multiply, increase, extend ⬩ multiplicare

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To multiply, increase, extend; multiplicare, Ex. 32, 13 : Gen. 9, 27 : 32, 12

HRÍM

(n.)
Grammar
HRÍM, es; m.

RIME

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Hrím and forst háre hildstapan, Andr. Kmbl. 2516; An. 1259. Se hearda forst-hrím heorugrimma, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 12; Rä. 41, 55.

fyðer-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
fyðer-féte, -fóte; adj.

Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes

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Four-footed; quadrŭpes Fyðerféte nýten a four-footed animal, Med. ex Quadr. 1; Lchdm. i. 326, 11. Fyðerféte quadrŭpes, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 6. Ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, Homl. Th. i. 486, 28

liþ

(n.)
Grammar
liþ, es; n. [The Scandinavian form of lid q. v.]

a fleet

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a fleet Ðæs sumeres com ðet liþ of Humbran in the course of the summer the fleet came from the Humber, Chr. 1070; Erl. 210, 4: 1052; Erl. 183, 12: 1069; Erl. 207, 12

ge-findan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-findan, p. -fand, -fond, pl. -fundon; pp. -funden

To find ⬩ invĕnīre

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To find; invĕnīre His bán gefunden and geméted wǽron ossa ejus inventa sunt, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 10 : Chr. 963; Erl. 121, 36

Linked entry: ge-funden

geond-faran

(v.)
Grammar
geond-faran, part. -farende; p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [geond through, faran to go]

To go through, pervade ⬩ perambŭlāre, pervăgāri

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To go through, pervade; perambŭlāre, pervăgāri He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geonfarende multo tempŏre totas eorum provincias debacchando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27. Fram mangunge geondfarendre on þýstrum a negŏtio perambŭlante

Linked entry: geond-tæren

Norweg

(n.)
Grammar
Norweg, es; m. [The plural seems the more usual form.]

Norway

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Hér fór Cnut cyng tó Norwegum (Norwegon, Erl. 162, 37), 1028; Erl. 163, 13. Hér com Ólaf cyng eft intó Norwegum, 1030; Erl. 163, 16. Harold cyng of Norwegon, 1066; Erl. 199, 37. Com Harold of Norwegan, Erl. 200, 12.

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea

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Ǽrust on Monawurðiges forde, vi. 57, 9-15. Ofer ðæt hǽð wið Cyblesweorðiges, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 392, 5. Súð tó Ellewurðie, vi. 194, 11. Of ðam ealdan lace on Burhgeardesworðig, iii. 412, 12.

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

geár-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
geár-cyning, a king who holds authority only for a year.
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For Cot.48 substitute Gércyning oððe heretoga consul, geárcyninges consulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 4, 3. Geárcyninges consulis, 96, 8. Geárcynges, Germ. 388, 24

hyrne

Grammar
hyrne, in l. 6 for norð hyrnan l. norðhyrnan,
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[In the following perhaps þyrnan should be read for hyrnan :-- On ðá brémbelhyrnan; of ðǽre hyrnan, C. D. v. 112, 30.]

big-wist

(n.)
Grammar
big-wist, bí-wist, e; f. [wist subsistence, victuals, food; wesan to be, exist]

Food, nourishment, provision ⬩ pabulum, alimentum, commeatus

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We lǽraþ, ðæt hí habban þreóra daga bíwiste we enjoin, that they have provision for three days, L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 12. He habban sceal ðám þrím geférscipum bíwiste he must have provisions for the three classes, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 3, 4

Linked entry: bí-wist

scýan

(v.)
Grammar
scýan, (for scýhan), scýn (?); p. de

To prompt ⬩ urge ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest

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Forðon mid ðý se weriga gást ða synne scýfþ (scýþ, MS. C.: scýeþ, MS. T.) on móde primam culpam serpens suggessit . . . Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente, Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 14-20. Wé getǽceþ ł scýaþ him nos suadebimus ei, Mt.

Linked entries: sceóness scýend scýhend scyhtan

þrægan

(v.)
Grammar
þrægan, (cf. Goth. þragjan, and for conjugation cf. plegan); p. de

To run ⬩ proceed in a course

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Ðǽr him eoh fore mílpaðas mæt, módig þrægde, Elen. Kmbl. 2524; El. 1263. Ic seah hors swíþe þrægan, Exon. Th. 400, 4; Rä. 20, 3

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, In l. 5 for senui l. sexui.

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hǽriht

Grammar
hǽriht, l. hǽriht, hǽrihte, and for ' crinitus, . . . Lye'
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substitute Þá hǽrihtan setosa (vervecum vellera), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 27

ge-anmétan

Grammar
ge-anmétan, l. ge-anmédan [cf. ge-eáþmédan for forms of p. tense and pp. ]

Similar entry: an-mód

eó

(n.)
Grammar
eó, the Runic character for these letters is
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RUNE. v. eóh=íw a yew-tree

ge-atelod

Grammar
ge-atelod, l. ge-atolod, and for Cot. 202
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substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 28

-lǽtness

(suffix)
Grammar
-lǽtness, v. á-lǽtness, æt-lǽtness, for-lǽtness.

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