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ge-ánwyrdan

(v.)
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ge-ánwyrdan, p. de
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To be in agreement, conspire Geánlǽhtan vel geánwyrdan conspiraverant Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, II

Linked entries: án-wyrdan -wyrdan

rím

(n.)
Grammar
rím, es ; n.

Number

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Ic feówertig folce ðyssum wintra rímes wunade neáh forty years in number I dwelt near this folk, Ps. Th. 94, 10. Æfter rime fíf Moyses bóca juxta numerum librorum, Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 474, 1.

myrigþ

Grammar
myrigþ, myrhþ.
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Take here mirigþ in Dict., and add Wel mæg gehwá witan ꝥ gif áhwǽr is myrcð (myrhð, v. l.) and wuldor, ꝥ þǽr (in heaven ) is unásecgendlic wuldor, Hml. S. 12, 92

Linked entry: mirigþ

nytt

(n.)
Grammar
nytt, es; n.
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What is useful, advantageous, profitable Ic nát hwes ic bydde, hweðer ic bydde nyttes þe unnittes mé sylfum, Solil. H. 13, 18

ge-scildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scildan, -scyldan; p. de; pp. ed

To shield, cover, protect, defendprotegere, tueri

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To shield, cover, protect, defend; protegere, tueri Ic gescilde ðé mínre swýðran handan I will cover thee with my right hand, Ex. 33, 22. Ic ðé gescilde on drihtenes name I will protect thee in the name of the Lord, Shrn 15, 19.

Linked entries: scildan ge-scyldan

ge-tǽcan

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Th. i. 210, 23. <b>IV a.

ge-wit

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Ic gehére þæt mín gewit is ǽce.

hwít

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Voc. ii. 126, 32 ; bysina, 87, 55 : candens (lilium ) An. Ox. 5249. Ic gean mínon feder . . . ðes hwítan horses ðe Leófwine mé geaf, C. D. iii. 362, 18. Þá leáf beóþ hwítran, Lch. i. 278, 15. Hægl bið hwítust corna, Rún. 9. <b>Ia.

dǽd-bót

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-bót, e; f.

An amends-deed, repentance, penitence pœnitentia, maleficii compensatio

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Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 19: L. Edm. E. 3; Th. i. 246, 3. Dǽdbóta sind gedihte on mislíce wísan penances are devised in various ways, L. Pen. 13; Th. ii. 282, 3

ge-wegan

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Add to bear, have a feeling, v. wegan; 3 Hé wynne gewigeð, Reim. 76. to weigh. to weigh in a balance, measure by weight In swá hwelce giwége giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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The word used in both cases in the Latin translation is summagium, in reference to which, and to the English words which it translates, may be quoted Thorpe's explanation in his glossary: 'Lád, seám, summagium.

(n.)
Grammar
bý, n.?Add: The Danish form býr is m.
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in local names is found in Baddan-, Bad-, Bé-, Kirk-bý. v. C. D. vi

andergilde

(adj.)
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Such a force for ander- might perhaps be supported by the glosses andran, andarn in vanum given in Heyne's Altniederdeutsche Denkmäler. Andergilde in the proverb might thus mean at little cost, without effort (?)

Linked entry: un-andergilde

beó-breád

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Voc. i. 27, 65: favum, 284, 70: favi, ii. 37, 62: Beóbréd favus, Germ. 390, 72. Hwæt getácnode ðæs hunies beóbreád ? Beóbreád is on twám ðingum, on weaxe and on hunie, Hml, Th. ii. 292, 13-15. Werednm beóbreáde dulci favo, Wülck. Gl. 225, 19.

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an ; m.

A border, edge, margin, bank

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A border, edge, margin, bank (mostly in place names, -or in Windsor, Bognor. v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xxxv: Leo, A. S. Names. p. 92) In ðone stede ðe is gecueden Cerdices óra, Chr. 495 ; Erl. 14, 10: 514; Erl. 14, 21. Æt Cerdices óran, Erl. 2, 3.

Linked entries: íre óre

ge-wíde

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See wíde; II in Dict

cild-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-cláþ, m. (not n.).
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Voc. ii. 105, 67: i. 25, 53: cunabula vel panni infantiae, ii. 137, 26. In cild*-*cláðum in cunis, 91, 29: in pannis, Shrn. 87, 7. Mid cildcláðum bewunden pannis obsitum, Hy. S. 48, 21: Hml. Th. i. 36, 35. Add

láð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
láð-líc, adj.

Hatefulloathsomedisgustingunpleasantdetestableabominablehorrible

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Voc. ii. 26, 5. Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc mid menigfealdum springum the leper's body is loathsome with manifold ulcers, Homl. Th. i. 122, 21. Ðæt is láðlíc líf ðæt hí swá maciaþ it is an abominable life that they do so, L. I.

ǽg-hwanan

from all sides on all sides on all sides, in every respect, utterly

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is ǽghwonon hreám and wóp, nú is heáf ǽghwonon, nú is ǽghwonon yfel and slege, and ǽghwonon ðes middangeard flýhþ from ús, Bl.

Linked entry: ǽg-hwonene

ge-nyhtsum

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Bið on þínes húses hwommum genihtsum abundans in lateribus domus tuae, 127, 3. abounding in, having in large quantity Genihtsum (genihtsumnes?) þæs yfeles copia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 18. Is þín milde mód genihtsum tu copiosus misericordia, Ps.