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glíw-cynn

(n.)
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On glywcú in tibiis (tibiis seems to have been taken in the sense of pipes, and to be explained as glýwcyn, a kind of music (?)), Ps. L. 146, 10. (?)

Linked entry: glywcum

on-wist

(n.)
Grammar
on-wist, e; f.

The being in a place, dwelling, habitation

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The being in a place, dwelling, habitation Gesealde sigora waldend onwist éðles Abrahames sunum God granted to Abraham's descendants to live in a country, Cd. Th. 178, 27; Exod. 18. Cf. on-wunung

hæleþ

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Mith hęliðum, Txts. 151, 12. ¶ in phrases applied to an earthly ruler Eádward cing . . . hæleða wealdend, Chr. 1065; P. 193, 31.

treów-loga

(n.)
Grammar
treów-loga, an; m.
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faith, who dared not with darts sport in their liege lord's great need, Beo.

ge-síþman

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In the bracket in 1. 2 read gesíðman, and add: The word seems to have the same meaning as gesíþ. v. ge-síþ; <b>III a</b> Ánes gesíðmannes (cf. sumes gesíðes, 1. 8: it is the same person in each case) wíf coniugem comitis, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567

infangene-þeóf

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Ic an heom ꝥ hý habben ... infangeneðeóf (In the Latin version of the charter this is rendered: Concedo ut habeant ... potestatem fures in terra sua cum re furtiua deprehensos in ios uocandi et puniendi), C.D. iv. 202, 8.

Linked entry: útfangene-þeóf

mús

Grammar
mús, <b>; I.</b>
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Cwóman Indisce mýs ín þá fyrd in foxa gelícnisse mures Indici in castra pergebant uulpibus similes, Nar. 16, 5. Add

waroþ

(n.)
Grammar
waroþ, (-uþ, -aþ, -eþ), wearoþ, weroþ, warþ, es; m.
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Feówer swulung ond án læs on waruðe gebyreð inn tó Raculfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 429, 16. On waruðe, Andr. Kmbl. 479; An. 240. Hé geseah scip on ðæm warþe, Blickl. Homl. 233, I. On ðæm warðe (worðe, Rush. ) in litore, Jn. Skt. Lind. 21, 4.

Linked entry: wearoþ

Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Dene, nom. acc; gen.a ; dat.um; pl. m.

The DanesDāni

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Gif hláford his þeówan freóls-dæge nýde to weorce, gylde lahslihte inne on Dena lage, and wíte mid Englum if a lord oblige his servant to work on a festival-day, let him pay penalty within the Danish law, and fine among the English, L. E.

ge-treówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-treówan, -triówan, -triéwan; p. de; pp. ed.

to trustbelievehave confidencehopeconfiderecrederesperareto make true or credibleto persuadesuggestto make one's self out to be trueto clear one's self

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In. 34; Th. i. 122, 17

Ác-leá

(n.)
Grammar
Ác-leá, = Ác-leáh; g. -leáge;f. [ác an oak, leáh a lea, ley, meadow; acc. leá = leáh, q. v.]

The name of a place, as Oakley

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The name of a place, as Oakley Sinoþ wæs ge-gaderod æt Ácleá a synod was assembled at Acley or Oakley, Chr. 789; Ing. 79, 14. Ácleá, Chr. 782; Erl. 57, 6: 851; Erl. 67, 26; 68, 3

Linked entry: ÆT

ge-leornes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leornes, -ness, e; f.

A goingremovingdeparturedeathtransĭtustransmigrātio

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In dálum geliornesse in partes Galileæ, 2, 22. This gloss is to be explained by the old interpretation of the Hebrew, name, according to which Galilea = transmigratio

Linked entries: ge-leorednes ge-liornes

wer-nægel

(n.)
Grammar
wer-nægel, es; m.
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Lathnm, is quoted the following: 'In the backs of cows in the summer are maggots generated, which in Essex we call wornils, being first only a small knot in the skin.'

hám-stede

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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes

gripe

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In þæs wylmes grund ... in gléda gripe, El. 1302. v. níd-, on-gripe, and passages at gripa

rýman

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Add Heom ic rǽde and rýme, gif hí mé willað híran mid rihte, Wlfst. 134, 2. add: to make way for a person (dat. ) Hé þá inn eóde, and him man sóna hrýmde, and hé þá sóna eóde binnan þone weóhstal, Vis. Lfc. 68. Seó leó forstód him þá duru . . .

mǽl-sceafa

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-sceafa, an; m.

A canker

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In the last reference one MS. (v. Wrt. Voc. 91, 23) has mæslesceafe; in Wrt. Voc. 161, 23 maseles translates rugeroles (see also Skeat's Dict. s. v. measles'), so mǽl, in this word, would mean a spot

Linked entries: mæsle-sceafe sceafa

sele-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
sele-gescot, -gesceot, es ; n.
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A tabernacle In selegescote ðínum in tabernaculo tuo, Ps. Surt. 14, 1. Selegesceote, Ps. Th. 60, 3. Ðeáh ðe ic on mínes húses hyld gegange oððe selegesceot si introiero in tabernaculum domus meae, 131, 3, 5, 7.

hearma

A field-mousedormouse

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This is in a list of glosses to Leviticus c. xi: in v. 30 mygale occurs in the Vulgate and the A. V. has ferret.] Hearma netila, ii. 114, 61: 60, 10: i. 22, 50. Herma, Txts. 116, 225. Substitute:

cine

(n.)
Grammar
cine, es; m.

a commanderquaternioa quarto sheetquaternio diploma = δίπλωμα

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Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 34. a sheet of parchment folded into four parts, a quarto sheet; quaternio Cine quaternio, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 108; Wrt. Voc. 46, 65: 75, 10. Bod on cine a command in folded parchment; diploma = δίπλωμα Ælfc.

Linked entry: cýne