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cís-ness

(n.)
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Wé gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres ut forte qui ex uno non potuerit edere ex alio reficiatur, R. Ben. 63, 12

mægenig

(adj.)
Grammar
mægenig, (?), ménig; adj.
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Strong Þurh ménige hand ( per rnantum fortem) hé hig út forlǽt of þís lande, Ex. 6, l

Linked entry: menigdu

un-trumlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-trumlíc, adj.

Weak

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Weak Hwæðer ðæt landfolc sí tó gefeohte stranglíc oððe untrumlíc populum, utrum fortis sit an infirmus, Num. 13, 20

bí

(prep.)
Grammar
bí, prep. dat. [Bí is more frequently shortened into be. In compounds it is generally written be- or bi-; but bí- is long where it is used for big, or is a contraction, thus, - bí-spell for big-spell, and as bí-breád for beó-breád. v. be.]

By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex

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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal

líþ

(n.)
Grammar
líþ, es; n.
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Ðá bær unc mon líþ forþ oblato poculo, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31

nihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.

At night ⬩ night

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Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27. Hys leorningcnihtas cómon nihtes ( nocte ), Mt. Kmbl. 28, 13. Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes, Nar. 34, 14, Se biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald, 36, 27.

ge-nihtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsum, -nyhtsum; adj.

abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitful ⬩ abundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluus ⬩ satisfied ⬩ sătiābĭlis ⬩ abundans

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Genihtsum wæter forþflóweþ plentiful water flows forth, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 24: Ps. Th. 85, 4: 143, 17. On ylde genihtsumre in sĕnecta ūbĕri, Ps. Spl. 91, 14. Ðæt hí wǽron genihtsume ut essent proflui, Hymn. Surt. 94, 5.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsum

sigle

(n.)
Grammar
sigle, es ; n.
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A necklace, collar, band for the neck Ne beóþ ðǽr forþ borene sigele ne beágas ne heora heáfodgold, Wulfst. 253, 23. Ðá gemétte heó under hrægele gylden sigele ( monile ), Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 595, 5. Háma ætwæg Brósinga mene, sigle and sincfæt, Beo.

Linked entries: sigel sigele

ge-fýsan

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Add: to impel, incite, make eager Ne leng bídan wolde wyrm, ac mid bǽle fór fýre gefýsed no longer would the dragon bide, but fared forth furious with fire and flame, B. 2309.

un-gemet

(adj.; adv.; prefix)
Grammar
un-gemet, Where the word seems to be used with an adjective or with an adverbial force, it is given, as in the case of ungemet-hleahtor, as part of a compound:
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Grff. ii. 898-9

GANGAN

(v.)
Grammar
GANGAN, gongan, gancgan; part. gangende, gongende; ic gange, gonge, ðú gangest, gongest, he gangeþ, gongeþ, pl. gangaþ, gongaþ; p. geóng, gióng, giéng, géng, pl. geóngon, gióngon, giéngon, géngon; imp. gang, gong; pp. gangen, gongen

To go ⬩ walk ⬩ turn out ⬩ īre ⬩ meāre ⬩ vādĕre ⬩ ambŭlāre ⬩ ingrĕdi ⬩ tendĕre ⬩ evĕnīre

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Forþ gangan to go forward, to continue : -- Gange se teám forþ let the warranty go forward, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 13 : Exon. 14 a; Th. 27, 5; Cri. 426.

Linked entries: gongan GÁN gancgan

un-áþroten

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áþroten, adj.

Unwearied ⬩ persevering

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Unwearied, persevering Sindon tó séceanne stronge and unáðrotene láreówas and ðurhwuniende fortes perseverantesque doctores quaerendi sunt, Past. 22; Swt. 171, 9

Linked entry: á-þreótan

ge-fǽrede

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-fǽrede, larvatos, An. Ox. 2, 405. [For (?) [un-]gefæ[g]rede; v. ǽ-fægred.]

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or

(prefix)
Grammar
or, This form occurs in A. Sax. only as a prefix, but in
Goth. us
, in
Icel. or, ur,
in
O. H. Ger. ur
it is found also as a preposition.

without ⬩ original, early

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It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald

lǽ

(n.)

hair

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'Forty threads of hemp-yarn are termed in Norfolk a lea. The "lea" by which linen yarn was estimated at Kidderminster, contained 200 threads.' Halliwell gives as a northern word 'lea

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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the, vide Þ, þ. The indigenous Pagan alphabet of our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, called Runes, it must be particularly observed, not only represents our letters, but the names of the letters are significant. The Runes are chiefly formed by straight lines

wiga

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Se Godes stranga wiga Sanctus Paulus fortis praeliator Dei, Gr. D. 110, 14. Tó wigan campe, C. D. vi. 67, 9. Add

GALGA

(n.)
Grammar
GALGA, gealga, an; m.

A gallows ⬩ gibbet ⬩ cross ⬩ arbor infēlix ⬩ patĭbŭlum ⬩ crux

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He of galgan his gǽst onsend he sent forth his soul from a gallows, Exon. 70 a; Th. 261, 4; Ju1. 310 : 72 b; Th. 271, 15; Jul. 482 : Beo. Th. 4883; B. 2446.

Linked entry: gealga

metod-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
metod-sceaft, e; f.

Decree of fate ⬩ doom ⬩ fate after death

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Hé forþ gewát metodsceaft seón he died, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 31; Gen. 1743: Beo. Th. 2364; B. 1180. Heó metodsceaft ( the death of her kinsmen ) bemearn, 2158; B. 1077

twaltiga

(n.)
Grammar
twaltiga, palma, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 14, apparently an error for palm-twig, q. v.

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