ge-weorp
A throwing ⬩ tossing ⬩ dashing ⬩ what is thrown up ⬩ a heap ⬩ jactus ⬩ jactātio ⬩ projectio
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A throwing, tossing, dashing, what is thrown up, a heap; jactus, jactātio, projectio Ofer waroþa geweorp over the dashing of the waves, Andr. Kmbl. 611; An. 306. Ðǽr ðú geseó tord-wifel on eorþan up weorpan ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe
Linked entry: ge-wyrp
ge-wyrðe
Amount ⬩ content
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Amount, content Swá micel ðæt sý iii ægscylla gewyrðe as much as three eggshells full, Lchdm. iii. 14, 23. Ánes æges gewyrðe greátes sealtes of rock salt the content of one egg, 40, 10
gim-reced
A hall adorned with gems
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A hall adorned with gems Ne hí gimreced setton searolíce nor with art did they build palaces, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 50; Met. 8, 25
gold-hord
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A treasure, treasury; thesaurus Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan ... goldhordiaþ eów goldhordas on heofenan ... ðær ðín goldhord is ðǽr is ðín heorte nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra ... thesaurizate vobis thesauros in cælo
gold-bleoh
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A golden colour; crisoletus, auricolor, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 89; Wrt. Voc. 34, 21
Linked entry: bleoh
gold-mæstling
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Brass, latten; auricalcum, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 65: Wrt. Voc. 85, 8
Linked entry: mæstling
græf-seax
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A graving knife Græfsex scalprum vel scalpellum vel cælum, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 72, 125; Wrt. Voc. 47, 7
wíg
fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops
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fight, battle, war, conflict Wíg oððe gefeoht mavors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 37. Ðonne wíg cume, Beo. Th. 46 ; B. 23: 5737; B. 2872. Wíg ealle fornam, 2165; B. 1080: Exon. Th. 291, 11; Wand. 80: Elen. Kmbl. 262 ; El. 131. Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges
wilde-deór
A wild beast
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A wild beast Weorpan hí an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38, I; Fox 194, 31. Hé wæs mið wildedeórum erat cum bestiis Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 13
Linked entry: deór
burg-hleoþ
A fortress-height,
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A fortress-height, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 17; Rä. 28, 2
burh-gemót
A BURGMOTE, city-moot, meeting of townsmen, corporation ⬩ urbis comitia
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A BURGMOTE, city-moot, meeting of townsmen, corporation; urbis comitia Hæbbe man þríwa on geáre burhgemót thrice in a year let a city-moot be held, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3: L. C. S. 18; Th. i. 386, 4
burh-ræced
A city-dwelling,
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A city-dwelling
burh-wered
A city-multitude ⬩ urbis multitudo
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A city-multitude; urbis multitudo Heánra burhwered vulgus vel plebs, Wrt. Voc. 18, 37
burh-sæl
A castle-hall, city-dwelling
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A castle-hall, city-dwelling
buter-geþweor
Butter-curd, what is coagulated, butter ⬩ butyri coagulum, butyrum
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Butter-curd, what is coagulated, butter; butyri coagulum, butyrum Buter-geþweor ǽlc and cýsgerunn losiaþ [MS. losaþ] eów butyrum omne et caseus pereunt vobis, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 19
Linked entry: ge-þweor
byrc-holt
A birch holt or grove ⬩ betuletum
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A birch holt or grove; betuletum, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 21
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byrgen-leóþ
A tomb-elegy, an epitaph ⬩ sepulcrale carmen, epitaphium
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A tomb-elegy, an epitaph; sepulcrale carmen, epitaphium On his byrgenne is awriten byrgen-leóþ scriptnm est in tumba ipsius epitaphium, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 18
Linked entries: byrg-leóþ bergels-leóþ byrig-leóþ
byrig
A mulberry-tree ⬩ morus
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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17
byrst
A bristle ⬩ seta
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A bristle; seta Byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. 286, 57: Glos. Epnl. Recd. 162, 49. Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínene [MS. swinen] byrst its twigs are like swine bristles, Herb. 52, 2; Lchdm. i. 156, 3
cald
Cold, coldness,
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Cold, coldness, Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 16; Seef. 8