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GEARN

(n.)
Grammar
GEARN, gern; es; n.

YARNspun woolpensumlāna nēta

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Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36

Linked entry: gern

heort-hama

(n.)
Grammar
heort-hama, an; m.

A covering of the heart

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A covering of the heart Heorthama bucleamen, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 102; Wrt. Voc. 45, 9. Ðú nymst ðone hearthaman thou shalt take the fat that covers the inwards, Ex. 29, 22

Linked entry: heort-gesída

seld-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
seld-síne, -sýnde ; adj.
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Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27

ge-runnen

(v.; part.)

run together, congealed, joinedcoagulatus,

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Lamb. 67, 16: 118, 70: Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 17; Wrt. Voc. 28, 1: 78; Som. 72, 52; Wrt. Voc. 46, 12; pp. of ge-rinnan

Linked entry: rynning

stræcness

(n.)
Grammar
stræcness, e ; f.
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Ælfc. P. 13 ; Th. ii. 368, 29

un-forrotigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forrotigendlíc, adj.

Not liable to decayimperishableincorruptible

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Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 23. Unforrotiendlíc, 36; Th. ii. 360, 42

Linked entry: -rotigendlíc

ge-fégednes

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Add: (i) figure, shape Figura is gecweden on Englisc híw oððe gefégednyss, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 105, 20. a conjunction Polysindeton ys þæt gebed þe byð mid manegum gefégednyssum gefrætwod, Angl. viii. 332, 28

tó-settan

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Twá and hundseofontig bóca sind on bibliothécan, for þan þe hig sume sind tósette on twá ( some of them are put into two parts ) for heora langnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 32. Add

þúsend-feald

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Add: Þúsendfealde milleni, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 284, 15

weorold-níd

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ǽlc hýrsunmys an woroldneódum cáflíce gefylled omnis obedientia in seculi necessitatibus strenue peragatur, 93, 9. Add

cræft-sprǽc

(n.)
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Neutrum is náðor cynn ... ne werlices ne wíflices, on cræftsprǽce ( grammatically speaking ), ac hit byð swá þeáh oft on andgyte, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 18, 15

æcern

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Ðis æceren (æcern, v. l.) haec glans, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 61, 8: 312, 6: glandix, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 29: ii. 41, 27. Heó eteð hnyte oþþe æceran, Lch. iii. 144, 20. Add

Linked entries: ǽcirnu æceren

beóþ

isareshall be

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is, are, shall be Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 28; Gú. 768 : 96 b; Th. 361, 20; Wal. 22 : Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 14 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 743-745; 28, 27

fefer-fuge

(n.)
Grammar
fefer-fuge, an; f.

The herb feverfewfebrĭfŭgia

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The herb feverfew; febrĭfŭgia Feferfuge febrĭfŭgia, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 89; Wrt. Voc. 30, 39: Herb. 36; Lchdm. 1. 134, 15. Genim feferfugean blóstman take blossoms of feverfew, Lchdm. i. 374, 3

Linked entry: feuer-fuge

for-swúgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-swúgian, p. ode: pp. od

To pass over in silencesĭlentio prætĕrīre

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To pass over in silence; sĭlentio prætĕrīre Ǽlc ánweald biþ forswfigod gif he biþ bútan wísdóme every power is passed over in silence, if it be without wisdom. Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10

friþ-man

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-man, fryþ-man, -mann, es; m.

One who is under special protection

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One who is under special protection, 'friþ:' — Ǽlc ágenra friþmanna friþ hæbbe let each of those who are in our ' friþ ' be unmolested, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 5, 7, 13

Linked entry: fryþ-man

ealdorlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ealdorlíc, aldorlíc; adj.

Principal, chief, excellent princĭpāls, magnĭfĭcus

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Principal, chief, excellent; princĭpāls, magnĭfĭcus Ealdorlíc princĭpālis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 37. Ealdorlíc ánnyss princĭpālis unĭtas, Hymn. Surt. i. 5. Ealdorlíce Gáste Spīrĭtu princĭpāli. Ps. Grn. 50, 13; ii. 149, 13

hwet-stán

(n.)
Grammar
hwet-stán, es; m.

A whetstone

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A whetstone Hwetstán cos, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 100; Wrt. Voc. 38, 25: Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 30. Nim ðonne hwetstán brádne then take a broad whetstone, Lchdm. iii. 16, 21

hyldere

(n.)
Grammar
hyldere, es; m.

A flayerbutcher

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A flayer, butcher Hyldere oððe cwellere oððe flǽsctawere lanio vel lanista vel carnifex velmacellarius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 121; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27. From hylderum a lanionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 2

níd-wraca

(n.)
Grammar
níd-wraca, an; m.

One who is forced to be an avengerwho avenges an affront

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One who is forced to be an avenger, who avenges an affront Gif ǽnig gilda hwilcne man ofstleá, and hé neádwraca sí, and his bismer béte, fylste ǽlc gegylda, Chart. Th. 611, 29

Linked entry: wraca