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geddung

(n.)
Grammar
geddung, giddung, e; f.

A similitudeparableriddlesimilitudoparabola

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Lind, 8, 10. Geddung parabola, 18, 9; 19, 11. Geddung ł onlícnis similitudo, 13, 6

GERD

(n.)
Grammar
GERD, e; f.

A yard, rod, reed, twig, young shootvirga, arundo

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Lind. 11, 7: 12, 20. Sex foður gerda six fothers of faggots Th. Chart. 104, 27

BREÁD

(n.)
Grammar
BREÁD, breód, es; n.

A bit, fragment, morsel, BREADbuccella, panis

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Lind. War. 13, 27, 30. Hí ge-éton ðæt breád manducaverunt panem, 6, 23

Linked entry: breód

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Kmbl. 3; An. 2. with qualifying or defining words Hí twelfe (tuoelfo, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 8, 1. Hig twelfe (ða tuoelfo, Lind.) sǽdon him, 9, 12. Hé dyde ðæt hí twelfe mid him wǽron (ðætte hiá wére twelfo mið him, Lind.), Mk. Skt. 3, 14.

Linked entry: endleofan

ge-fýlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fýlan, p. ede; pp. ed; v. a.

To fouldefilepolluteinquinarefoedarecontaminare

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C. 35; Th. ii. 356, note 2, line 22. Ðæt man mid flǽsc-mete hine sylfne gefýle that any one should defile himself with flesh-meat, L. C. S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24, note 57

Linked entry: a-fýlan

wíf-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hand, a; f.

The female sidefemale line

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The female side, female line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe; ðonne gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ðæt hé gestrýnde, ðonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . for ðon ic cweðe ðæt hí hit gyldan, for ðon hý fóð

atrum

(n.)

a black liquidpigment

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Voc. ii. 93, 2 is loða, the line in each case being: et nova de liquido sumatur gurgite lodix, Ald. 168, 13

grornian

(v.)
Grammar
grornian, p. ode
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Lind 20, 11

bióm

(v.)

I am, shall besum, ero

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Lind. Rush. War. 5, 28: Jn. Rush. War, 7, 34;

ge-dreógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreógan, p. -dreág, -dreáh, pl. -drugon; pp. -drogen

To performfinishbearsufferperficeretolerarepati

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Lind. 9, 20

pohha

(n.)
Grammar
pohha, poha, pohcha, pocca, an; m.
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A poke, pouch, bag; as a medical term sinus Pohha (poha, Lind.) pera, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 8. Pohha (pocca, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 9, 3. Ðý læs ðider in yfel pohha ( sinus ) gesíge, Lchdm. ii. 208, 18.

þyrnen

(adj.)
Grammar
þyrnen, adj.

Of thorns

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Þyrnenne helm (ðyrnenne bég, Lind., Rush.) spineam coronam, Mk. Skt. 5, 17: Jn. Skt. 19, 5. Þyrnenne cynehelm (sigbég of ðornum, Lind., Rush.) coronant de spinis, 2. Ðyrnenne beág, Past. 36; Swt. 261, 14. Þyrnenne, Exon. Th. 69, 27; Cri. 1127.

búta

(adv.)
Grammar
búta, adv.
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Lind. War. 14, 68. Petrus stód to dura búta Petrus stabat ad ostium foris, Jn. Rush. War. 18, 16

ge-feng

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feng, es; n.

A takingcapturecaptivitycapturacaptivitas

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Lind. 5, 4. On gefeng fiscana in captura piscium, 5, 9. Gefeng captivitas, Rtl. 83, 3

sib-æðeling

(n.)
Grammar
sib-æðeling, es; m.
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A prince and kinsman Sibæðelingas (Beowulf and Wiglaf; a few lines before the former is spoken of as the mǽg of the latter). Beo. Th. 5409; B. 2708

sǽtnere

(n.)
Grammar
sǽtnere, es; m.

One who lies in wait

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Lind. 15, 7. Similar entries v. sǽtnian, sǽtere ;

Linked entries: sétnere sǽtnung

hálig-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-dæg, es; m.

A holy day, Sunday

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Lind. 3, 2

hæg-steald

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-steald, hæge-, heh-, es; m : e; f [?]

One living in the lord's house, not having his own household, an unmarried person, a young person, bachelor, virginmansionarius, cælebs, juvenis, virgo

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Lind. 1, 23 : Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 27. Hehstaldo virgines, Rtl. 47, 36. Hehstaldun virginibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 1. Of heghstalde de virgine, Rtl. 126, 3

Linked entry: Hagustaldes-eá

rípan

(v.)
Grammar
rípan, p. ráp, pl. ripon
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And se ðe rípþ (hrioppaþ, Lind.) nimþ méde, Jn. Skt. 4, 35-36. Heofonan fuglas ne sáwaþ ne hig ne rípaþ (rioppas, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 6, 26. Eal manna bearn sorgum sáwaþ, swá eft rípaþ, Exon. Th. 6, 19; Cri. 86.

Linked entry: rýpan

scóh

(n.)
Grammar
scóh, scó, sceó : gen. scós, sceós; n. pl. scós, sceós; gen. sceóna; dat. scón, scóum; the Ancren Riwle has the weak plural scheon; m.
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Scóas (Lind. scóea), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 10. Scóeas, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 22

Linked entries: scó sceó sceóh