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grymetung

Grammar
grymetung, l. grymettung,
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Cumað ... mycele deór ... heora grymetung bið gelíc crætena cearcetunge, Wlfst. 200, 17. Gremetunc fremitus (leonum ), Kent. Gl. 686. Grimetung rugitus, 726. Grymetunge murmure, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 36.

tættec

(n.)
Grammar
tættec, (-a, -e?)

a rag, tatter

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Nis se loddere mid his tasttecon mín gelíca, Homl. Th. i. 256, 9. Cf. the following passages from charters relating to the same land On tættucan stán ( in a later charter it is called mægenstán, 291, 7), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 112, 35.

dol

(adj.)
Grammar
dol, adj.
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Gelíc were dysig ł dolum similis viro stulto, 7, 26. Him ne ondrǽdað ðá dolan ðæt hié sién ofer óðre praecipites ceteris praeferri non metuunt, Past. 51, 19. Ðá dolan . . . ðá wísan hebetes . . . sapientes, 203, 3

fág

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Ꝥ feórðe nýten wæs fágum earne gelíc, Hml S. 15, 184. On fágan stáne; of fágan stáne, C. D. iii. 180, 32. Tó fágan flóran, 404, 9. Add:

elpend

(n.)
Grammar
elpend, es; m. An elephant; ĕlephas = ἐλέφας
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Elpendes hýd wyle drincan wǽtan gelíce and spinge déþ an elephant's hide will drink wet like a sponge, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 10. He genéþde under ánne elpend he went boldly under an elephant, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 20: 78, 9.

Linked entries: ylp ylpend

em-niht

(n.)
Grammar
em-niht, es; n. [em, emn equal; niht night]

Equal day and night, equinox ⬩ æquĭnoctium

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Equal day and night, equinox ; æquĭnoctium On emnihtes dæg, ðæt is ðonne se dæg and seó niht gelíce lange beóþ on the day of the equinox, that is when the day and night are equally long, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 19; Lchdm. iii. 260,

Linked entry: efen-niht

fadian

(v.)
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Ox. 56, 326. absolute Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for strangers), Ll.

ge-sceapennys

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Ne sind þás twá gesceapennyssa nánum óðrum gelíce. Seó ðridde gesceapennys is þæt men beóð gestrýnede þurh wer and þurh wíf, Seó feórðe gesceapennys wæs swá þæt Críst wearð ácenned of mǽdene búton were, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22-30.

potian

(v.)
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to push, thrust, strike, butt Hwæt wǽron hí, búton fearra gelícan, ðá ðá hí, mid leáfe ðære ealdan ǽ, heora fýnd mid horne líchamlícere mihte potedon? Homl. Th. i. 522, 25.

BEORMA

(n.)
Grammar
BEORMA, an; m : bearm, es; m.

Barm ⬩ leaven ⬩ yeast ⬩ froth ⬩ fermentum

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Heofena ríce is gelíc ðam beorman cœlorum regnum simile est fermento Mt. Bos. 13, 33 : Lk. Bos. 13, 21. Nim ele and hunig and beorman take oil and honey and barm Lchdm. i. 398, 6 : Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 11; Jul. 396

un-gelícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelícness, e; f.

Difference ⬩ dissimilarity ⬩ diversity

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Difference, dissimilarity, diversity Ic cwæð ðæt ǽghwelc mon wǽre óðrum gelíc ácenned, ac sió ungelícnes hiera earnunga hié tíhð sume behindan sume ...

pællen

(adj.)
Grammar
pællen, pellen; adj.
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Se ríca on his pællenum gyrlum cwyþ : 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelíca,' 256, 8. Se cásere dyde of his purpuran and his pellenan gyrlan, H. R. 103, 18

hreóf-lig

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóf-lig, adj.

Leprous

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Reóflium menn gelíc like a leper, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 13. Martinus getácnode ǽnne hreóflinne mannan, 512, 5

Linked entries: hreóflia hreóf-líc

dǽd-bétan

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Sý hé gelícum gelimpe ámánsumad and on gelícre wrace dǽdbéte similem sortiatur excommunicationis vindictam, 50, 14.

mægen

Grammar
mægen, <b>. I.</b>
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S. 26, 82. add: a virtuous action Þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, Verc. Först. 169, 3.

ge-sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sirwan, -serwan, -syrwan; p. ede; pp. ed.

to plot ⬩ contrive ⬩ conspire ⬩ deliberate ⬩ to furnish with arms ⬩ equip

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Ðý ne wricþ Dryhten nó gelíce ða gesiredan synne and fǽrlíce þurhtogenan forðæm sió gesirede syn biþ ungelíc eallum óðrum synnum so the Lord does not punish equally the deliberate sin and the suddenly perpetrated, for the deliberate sin is unlike all

Linked entries: ge-syrwan ge-serwan

innian

(v.)
Grammar
innian, p. ode

To get within ⬩ put in ⬩ bring in ⬩ put up ⬩ lodge

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Ðá hí ðider cómon ðá woldon hí innian hí ðær heom sylfan gelícode when they came thither then they wanted to put themselves up, where it pleased themselves, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177. 35

weornian

(v.)
Grammar
weornian, p. ode
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To wither, fade, pine away Ic eom hége gelíc ðam ðe hraðe weornaþ, ðonne hit byð ámówen, Ps. Th. 101, 4, 9. Ða blóstman blówaþ ðonne óþre wyrta scrincaþ and weorniaþ, Lchdm. i. 204, 13. Ic weornede tabescebam, Ps. Spl. 118, 158.

dysig

(adj.)
Grammar
dysig, adj.
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Gelíc þám dysigan (dysge, L.) men similis viro stulto, Mt. 7, 26. Mid dysigum geswince stulto labore, Ex. 18, 18. Dysine vecordem, Kent. Gl. 183. Dysige butra (cum bruta mente, Ald. 202, 5), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 10: 12, 18. Dysige hebeti, 42, 75.

ge-anlícian

(v.)

to make like ⬩ to act towards

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Ne mihte seó his swaðu nǽfre beón þǽm óðrum flórum geonlícod and gelíce gehíwad, Shrn. 80, 35. to act towards a person as if he were another ꝥ hí sceoldon þone ylcan Ricgan geonlícian (ꝥ hí. . . geanlícodon, v. l.) þám cynge ipsum regem esse simulantes