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cís-ness

(n.)
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Wé gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres ut forte qui ex uno non potuerit edere ex alio reficiatur, R. Ben. 63, 12

oft-rǽde

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Add Tó lytel hit byð, beó hit á lǽsse, for ðan his weorc sceal beón oftrǽde, Ll. Th. i. 432, 25. Uton oflinnan . . . þára oftrǽdra symla, Verc. Först. 148, 5

hlifian

(v.)
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Hlifode ofer mycel stánclif and swá hlifiende . . . ꝥ stánclif þe him ofer hlifode magna desuper rupes eminebat . . . prominens . . . saxum quod desuper incubuerat 213, 10-24. of degree Fore golde and fore gimmum forð hlifað seó reádnes and bryne ðæs

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic gá, ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp. gá, pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To go ⬩ come ⬩ walk ⬩ happen ⬩ īre ⬩ grădi ⬩ evĕnīre

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Sume for hungre heora feóndum on hand eódon some for hunger went into the hands of their foes, 1, 15; S. 484, 5. Gá hider come hither, Gen. 27, 21. Gáþ eów into ðære cyrcan unforhtlíce go into the church fearlessly, Homl. Th. i. 508, 1

EÁ

(n.)
Grammar
EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ

indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua

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;indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ; flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua Eá of dúne water from the hill, Menol. Fox 520; Gn. C. 30. Seó feorþe eá ys geháten Eufrates flŭvius quartus est Euphrātes, Gen. 2, 14: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 34, 46. On twá

Linked entries: ǽ é eǽ

un-gemet

(adj.; adv.; prefix)
Grammar
un-gemet, Where the word seems to be used with an adjective or with an adverbial force, it is given, as in the case of ungemet-hleahtor, as part of a compound:
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Grff. ii. 898-9

ge-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæd, es; n.
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A ford Willelm cyng lǽdde scipfyrde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... and his landfyrde æt þám Gewæde ( the Forth) inn lǽdde (férde inn ofer ꝥ Wæð, v. l. ), Chr. 1072; P. 208, 14.

Linked entry: wæd

drync-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
drync-gemet, es; n.
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Measure of drink Ꝥ man ne mæge ꝥ drincgemett bringan forð, Nap. 17

wisse

(adv.)
Grammar
wisse, (?); adv.

Certainly

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Certainly Sculan wé wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, ðæt . . ., Menol. Fox 140; Men. 70

wæl-hlem

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-hlem, wæl-hlemm, es; m.

A deadly onslaught

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A deadly onslaught Hyne Wulf wǽpne gerǽhte, ðæt him for swenge swát ǽdrum sprong ...; næs hé forht swáðéh, ac forgeald hraðe wælhlem ðone, Beo. Th. 5931; B. 2969. Cf. hilde-hlem

mǽr-flóde

(n.)
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a boundary channel Forð on ðá díc tó mǽrflódan, C. D. iii. 408, 31

Linked entry: flóde

handfangen-þeóf

Grammar
handfangen-þeóf, handfangene-þeóf.
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The word seems to have the same force as infangeneþeóf (q. v.), which is the usual form in lists similar to those in which it occurs Hámsócn and forsteall, griðbrice and handfangenðeóf, C. D. iv. 233, 9. Handfangeneðeóf, 17: 23: 30

sin-

(prefix)
Grammar
sin-, (sine-, seonu-, v. cpds.).
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The form does not occur as an independent word ; as a prefix it has usually the force ever, everlasting ; but in some cases it seems to denote magnitude, e. g. sin-here; cf. O. H. Ger. sin-vluot the deluge

Linked entry: syn-

ǽþmian

(v.)
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Add: to breathe forth Mycle mihta út éðmiaþ magna potestas eructabitur Verc. Först. 106, 8

seohtre

(n.)
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For 'pipe . . . directed' substitute: ditch, and add: seohtra, an: <b>seohter,</b> es; m. Ondlong ðæs sihtran in ðone ealdan secgmór, C. D. vi. 218, 22. On cytan seohtres ford, v. 374, 22-23. On seohteres heáfod; of þám seohtere, C. D.

æncnetrym

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
æncnetrym, = ǽn(i)gne trym (?) or ængne trym (?)

a narrow step ⬩ a little bit

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a narrow step; an acc. used adverbially with same force as colloquial a little bit (?). The word pedetemptim (An.

Linked entry: trem

hlín-duru

(n.)
Grammar
hlín-duru, a; f.

A door formed of lattice-work, ⬩ a grated door

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A door formed of lattice-work, a grated door Helle hlínduru [cf.Icel.Hel-grindr], Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78. Geseh hé fore hlíndura hyrdas standan he saw guards standing before the grated door [of his prison]. Andr. Kmbl. 1985; An. 995

íre

(n.)
Grammar
íre, es; m.
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[This form seems to be a singular corresponding to Icel, eyrir, while óran is plural corresponding to aurar. For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi. 210, 24.

rómig

(adj.)
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For the form of the suffix cf. popei papaver, [The word may be a gloss to Cf. caccabatus smittud, An. ]

ge-byrd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byrd, gen. dat. -byrde; acc. -byrde, -byrd; pl. nom. gen. acc. a; dat. um; f : ge -byrdo; indecl. in s; f : found in both s. and pl. without any apparent difference of meaning.

birth ⬩ origin ⬩ beginning ⬩ parentage ⬩ family ⬩ lineage ⬩ nativitas ⬩ origo ⬩ stirps ⬩ genus ⬩ nature ⬩ quality ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ natura ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ sors ⬩ fatum

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Cennan bearn mid gebyrdum to bring forth children by birth, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 32; Gn. Ex. 25. Wæs he líchomlícre gebyrde æðeles cynnes erat carnis origine nobilis, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 15.

Linked entries: weorold-gebyrd ge-bærd beorþ ge-bird ge-byrdo byrd byrde byrdnys byrd-scype

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