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wyn-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-dreám, es; m.

A joyful sound ⬩ jubilation

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Lamb. Spl. Blickl. Gl. 150, 5. On wyndreáme in jubilo, Ps. Spl. 46, 5 : in jubilatione, Blickl. Gl. Wyndreám jubilationem, Ps. Spl. Lamb. 88, 15

GEARN

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

YARN ⬩ spun wool ⬩ pensum ⬩ lāna nēta

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YARN, spun wool; pensum, lāna nēta Gearn pensum, stāmen, lāna, Cot. 85. Unwunden gearn unwound yarn, a ball or clew of yarn; glŏmus, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 67; Wrt. Voc. 59, 36

Linked entry: gern

a-swand

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-swand, p. of a-swindan.

languished away

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Lamb. 106, 26;

ende-mæst

(adj.)

endmost, last ⬩ extrēmus

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endmost, last; extrēmus, Som. Ben. Lye

for-swelhþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-swelhþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-swelgan.

swallows up

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Lamb. 57, 10;

ge-yrfweardian

(v.)

to inherit

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Lamb. 24, 14

wiþ-steppan

(v.)

glosses ⬩ praetergredi

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Lamb. 79, 13

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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Narrow strips of boggy ground running into the hard land at Rockland are called " The Slades, " E. Anglian Gloss. Slade a breadth of greensward in ploughed land, or in plantations, E. D. S. Publ. Gloss. B. 7 (West Riding) In Levin's Manip.

Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd

eard-begenga

(n.)
Grammar
eard-begenga, -begænga, -begenda, an; m. [beganga, begenga a dweller]

An inhabitant, dweller ⬩ incŏla

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Lamb. 119, 6. Ðá ðá híg wǽron eardbegendan cum essent incŏlæ, Ps. Lamb. 104, 12. Eardbegængan incŏlæ, Ps. Spl. M. 104, 11

a-wændednys

(n.)
Grammar
a-wændednys, -nyss, e; f.

A change ⬩ mutatio

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Lamb. 76, 11

a-ýdlian

(v.)
Grammar
a-ýdlian, p. ode; pp. od

To make useless

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Lamb. 38, 12

for-swolgen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-swolgen, pp. of for-swelgan.

swallowed up ⬩ devoured

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Lamb. 106, 27;

forþ-gewát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-gewát, p. of forþ-gewítan.

went forth ⬩ passed

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Lamb. 89, 4;

gnidennys

(n.)
Grammar
gnidennys, -nyss, e; f.

A rubbing ⬩ contrition

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Lamb. 13, 3

ge-bryce

(n.)

a breaking ⬩ breach

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Lamb. 105, 23

ge-mæt-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mæt-fæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [gemet a measure, fæst fast]

To compare ⬩ comparare

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Lamb. 48, 21

dreópian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Dele dropian, drupian and last two passages

hǽmed-gifta

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Dele, and see last instance under hǽmed

healf-féþe

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-féþe, adj.

Half-lame

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Half-lame Healfféþe semipes, Germ. 396, 150

Linked entry: -féþe

ge-tácniendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tácniendlíc, -tácnigendlíc; adj.

Bearing a sign ⬩ significative ⬩ typical ⬩ signĭfĭcātīvus

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Th. ii. 278, 14] lamb wæs geoffrod æt heora Eáster-tíde the typical lamb was offered at their Easter-tide, Homl. Pasc. Lisle 11, 18

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