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gehæg-holt

(n.)
Grammar
gehæg-holt, a copse in an enclosure (?),
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a copse where there is pasture(?) Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað . . . gehægholt, C. D. ii. 195, 16

Middel-Engle

(n.)
Grammar
Middel-Engle, a; pl.

The Middle Angles ⬩ the Angles of Leicestershire

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Ðá wæs Déma biscop geworden Middel-Engla and eác Myrcna samod ... hé forþférde on Middel-Englum on ðam þeódlande ðe is nemned on Feppingum, S. 551, 32-36: 3, 24; S. 557, 17.

Linked entry: Engle

cyne-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-hláford, es; m. [hláford a lord]

A royal lord, sovereign lord, king ⬩ regius vel supremus dominus, rex

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Utan ǽnne cynehláford holdlíce healdan let us faithfully support one sovereign lord, v. 35; Th. i. 312, 21: ix. 44; Th. i. 350, 12

cyssan

(v.)
Grammar
cyssan, p. cyste; pp. cyssed; v. a. [cos a kiss]

KISS ⬩ osculari

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To KISS; osculari Ic cysse ðé oscular te: ic eom fram ðé cyssed oscular a te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 51, 52, Ic cysse, ðú cyst, he cyst osculor, oscularis, osculatur, 25; Som. 26, 58, 59.

Linked entry: cossian

finger-docce

(n.)
Grammar
finger-docce, (-a?), an; f.
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(m. ?) A finger-muscle Fingirdoccana (-do[c]cuna, Erf. ) digitalium musculorum, Txts. 57, 687

Linked entry: -docce

ge-bytlung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bytlung, e; f. [bytlung a building]

A building ⬩ ædĭfĭcium

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A building; ædĭfĭcium Ic inc ealle ða gebytlunge gewisslíce tǽhte I shewed you two plainly all the building, Homl. Th. ii. 172, 27; 16

Linked entry: bytlung

ge-hlidad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlidad, part. [ge-hlid a lid]

Lidded ⬩ covered with a lid ⬩ opercŭlo tectus

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Lidded, covered with a lid; opercŭlo tectus Seó wæs gerisenlíce gehlidad mid gelíce stáne operculo sĭmĭlis lăpĭdis aptissĭme tectum, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 32

candel-bora

(n.)
Grammar
candel-bora, an; m. A CANDLE-BEARER, a subdeacon, a clerk; acolythus = ἀκόλουθος , Cot. 203.

ge-sibling

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sibling, es; m. [sibling a relation]

A relation ⬩ prŏpinquus

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A relation; prŏpinquus Mǽg vel gesibling prŏpinquus, Ælfc. Gl. 92; Som. 75, 39; Wrt. Voc. 51, 81

Linked entry: sibling

burgat

(n.)
Grammar
burgat, es; pl. burgatu; n. [burg a city, gat, geat a gate]
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A city-gate; urbis porta Ðá Samson genam ða burggatu [MS. burgatu] and gebær on his hricge then Samson took the city-gates and bore them on his back, Jud. 16, 3

cumbol-wíga

(n.)
Grammar
cumbol-wíga, an; m. [wíga a warrior]

A warrior, soldier ⬩ bellator, miles,

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A warrior, soldier ; bellator, miles, Judth. 12 ; Thw. 25, 5 ; Jud. 243: 12 ; Thw. 25, 14; Jud. 259

gǽr-getal

(n.)
Grammar
gǽr-getal, es; n. [gǽr = geár a year; getæl, getel a number]

A tale of years ⬩ number of years ⬩ annōrum sĕries

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A tale of years, number of years; annōrum sĕries Hit cymþ æfter fiftigum wintra his gǽrgetales it comes after fifty winters of his number of years, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 284, 22

Linked entry: geár-getal

dǽl-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
dǽl-leás, adj. [dǽl a part, portion]

Without a part, portionless, deficient ⬩ expers

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Without a part, portionless, deficient; expers Dǽlleás vel cræftleás expers, indoctus, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 123; Wrt. Voc. 22, 36: 90; Som. 75, 2; Wrt. Voc. 51, 47

folcú

(n.)
Grammar
folcú, [folc people, cú a cow]

A cow of the herd

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A cow of the herd Under folcúm inter vaccas pŏpŭlōrum, Ps. Th. 67, 27. Folcúm, for folc-cúm, from folcú, like wildeór, wyrtruma, for wild-deór, wyrt-truma, etc

burg-stal

(n.)
Grammar
burg-stal, -stól, es; m. [burg = beorg, beorh a hill, stal a place, seat, dwelling]
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A hill-seat, dwelling on a hill; sedes super collem vel clivum. Cot. 209. The name of places built on a hill, as Burstall in Suffolk, Borstall in Kent and Oxfordshire, etc

Linked entry: beorh-stal

plætt

(n.)
Grammar
plætt, a sounding blow, a smack : in the compound
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eár-plætt Drihten ús sealde hǽlu þurh ðám eárplættum, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 25

Linked entries: eár-plætt spor-plætt

gelíc-bisen

(n.)
Grammar
gelíc-bisen, a copy, an imitation; in a personal sense,
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an imitator Of his gelícbisene ex ejus imitatione, Rtl. 50, 4. Hiora gelícbisin, 91, 37. Gimaco ł gilícbiseno Godes imitatores Dei, 12, 11

Linked entry: bisen

gebod-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
gebod-scipe, es; m. [gebod a command]

A commandment ⬩ mandātum

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A commandment; mandātum Gif hie brecaþ his gebodscipe if they break his commandment, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 3; Gen. 430

ge-bǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bǽte, -bǽtel, es; n. [ge, and bǽte a bit of a bridle]

A bit of a bridle ⬩ a bridle ⬩ trappings ⬩ lŭpātum ⬩ cāmus ⬩ frēnum

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A bit of a bridle, a bridle, trappings; lŭpātum, cāmus, frēnum Ðæt gebǽtel of ateáh he took the bridle off, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 34. Mid ðám gebǽtum with the trappings, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 22

Linked entry: bǽte

gebed-clýfa

(n.)
Grammar
gebed-clýfa, [ge, bed a bed, clýfa, II. a cave, den] an; m.

A den ⬩ spēlunca

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A den; spēlunca Swá swá leo on gebedclýfan quăsi leo in spēlunca, Ps. Spl. C. second 9, 10 : 103, 23

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