ge-sweór
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A cousin Gesweóras consobrini, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 19
getæl-circul
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A cycle for computation Se niganteóða . getælcircul circulus decennovenalis ; the Metonic cycle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131. 34
getæl-cræft
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Arithmetic Getelcræ[ft] arithmetics, An. Ox. 3117
ge-þersc
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Beating, whipping, flogging Þá þá onsittendas þára horsa mid langum geþersce ( diu caedendo ) hyra hors geswencton, Gr. D. 15, 11. Þá gelæhte hé þone fótscamul and beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod ... Ðá þá hé swá swíðe mid geþersce mistucod (swá swíþe geswungen
ge-berst
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þǽra beorga geberst the bursting asunder of the hills, Wlfst. 186, 7. Wið ómena geberste, Lch. iii. 42, 29. Add
ge-botl
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A dwelling þá byrig hé geseah eall on óþre wísan gewend on óþre heó ǽr wæs, and þá gebotla (botla, v. l. ) geond þá byrig eall getimbrode on óþre wísan on óþre hí ǽr wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 511
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ge-brastl
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Crackling sound Ne bið þǽr líges gebrasl, ne se láðlica cyle, Dóm. L. 259: Wlfst. 139, 29. Þǽra lígetta blǽst (gebrastl, v. l. ), 186, 5. Gebrastles salis .Germ. 398, 226
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ge-bréfan
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To state briefly, epitomize: Gif hwylcum cnihte lyste má þinga and deópra gesetnyssa be him witan þonne wé hér habbað gebréued, Angl. viii. 308, 11. Nú wé þás þing habbað sceortlíce gebréued, 322, 22. —
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ge-bryce
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A fragment Gebricu fragmina, An. Ox. 11. 140. Gebrycum fragmine, i. particulis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 32
geard-steall
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A stack- or cattle-yard (? cf. garth-stead a stack-yard; a yard in which cattle are kept, D. D.: Icel. garð-staðr a hay-yard); or the site of a fence (?) Ondlang ðæs aldan geardstealles ...; and swá æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 8
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fullwiht-wæter
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Baptismal water Þæt tácnode ꝥ ðurh his blód fulwihtwæter gewyrþan sceolde, Nap. 27
gearwung-dæg
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A day of preparation Georwungdæg wæs parasceue erat, Jn. R. 19, 31, 42. Fore gearuungdæg (on ðǽm dæge gearuadon heora mett tó eástro symble, note in margin ), Jn. L. 19, 42. Cf. gearcung-dæg
gebed-sealm
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A precatory psalm, psalm containing a prayer pám . xii. gebedsealmum, Lch. ii. 136, 12. Sing þás gebedsealmas Miserere mei, Deus, . . . iii. 12, 7
forþ-sige
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Departure from this world to the lower regions (?) Efter his áwyrgedan forðsige (-síþe?) ligce hé ǽfre on helle grundleásan pytte post maledictum exitum suum crucietur jugiter in profundissimo puteo, C. D. iv. 52, 8
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ge-clystre
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A bunch of grapes Geclystre butros, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 73: ii. 11, 31. Geclystre botyrum, Ps. Srt. ii. 193, 1. ꝥ tó láfe wunodon swýþe feáwa geclystru þára wínbyrgena ut rari racemi remanerent, Gr. D. 57, 9. Hé eóde in þone wíngeard and gesomnode þá geclystru
ge-cnos
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A knocking together, collision Gecnosu conlisiones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 45
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gedwild-mann
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A heretic Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictales (= Nyctages, haeretici qui superfluas existimabant sacras vigilias), Nap. 60, 21. Cf. gedwol-mann
gedwol-þing
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a false thing Hý forgýmdon heora Drihten, and wurðedon þurh deófles láre mistlice gedwolþing, and worhton fela gedwimera on anlícnessum, Wlfst. 11, 4. (magical) delusion, sorcery Balzaman smyring wiþ scínláce and wiþ eallum gedwolþinge, Lch. ii. 288
ge-dǽle
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A portion of common land
ge-dof
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Absurdity, stupidity, nonsense Gedofu, gefleard delaramenta, i. errores, An. Ox. 418