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mór-denu

(n.)
Grammar
mór-denu, e; f.

A swampy or fenny valley

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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 30. Cf. mór-fæsten

mútung

(n.)
Grammar
mútung, e; f.

A loan

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Cf. lǽn commodum; wrixlung mutuum, i. 21, 1-3: and tó borge mutuum, Kent. Gl. 817

GLEÁM

(n.)
Grammar
GLEÁM, es; m.

A joyous noisejubilationjoy

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A joyous noise, jubilation, joy Hæfdon gleám and dreám engla þreátas the hosts of angels had joy and delight, Cd. 1; Th. 2, 1; Gen. 12

god-wrecnis

(n.)
Grammar
god-wrecnis, -niss, e; f.
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Wickedness, impiety Hefig mán is and godwrecnis ðæt mon hine menge mid his steópméder cum noverca miscere grave est facinus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 10

Linked entry: -wrecness

ge-wyrcan

Grammar
ge-wyrcan, <b>; V.</b>
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Hé áxode ... hú hé geworht wǽre on woruldlicere drohtnunge (cf. hé ongan ácsian be his lífe, Gr. D. 322, 4), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 3. Add

ge-fyrenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrenian, -fyrnian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To sinpeccāre

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We gefyrnedan mid úrum fæderum peccāvĭmus cum patrĭbus nostris, Ps. Th. 105, 6

Linked entry: ge-firenian

ge-glídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-glídan, p. -glad, pl. -glidon; pp. -gliden

To glidefalllabi

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To glide, fall; labi Ðá he sceolde into gegíldan Nergendes níþ when he must fall into the Saviour's hate, Cd. 221; Th. 288, 6; Sat. 376

ge-mǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽd, adj.

foolishstultusTroubled in mind, madamens

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Troubled in mind, mad; amens, Cot. 10, 169. [cf. O. Sax. ge-méd foolish : O. H. Ger. ka-meit stultus : or ge-mæd? v. Leo 29]

twi-gǽrede

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-gǽrede, adj.
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Cf. Bufan ðam hlince æt ðæs gǽredan ( pointed, angular ) landes ende, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 251, 42

Linked entry: gǽrede

þeód-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-fruma, an; m.
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Cf. land-fruma

þeód-here

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-here, gen. -her(i)ges; m.
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The army of a nation, the military force of a people Þeódherga wæl the slain of the nations who fought, Cd. Th. 130, 15; Gen. 2160

under-geoc

(adj.)
Grammar
under-geoc, adj.

Accustomed to the yoketame

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Accustomed to the yoke, tame Ofer ðone fola suna undergeocas (cf. on folan sunu ðære teoma, Rush.) super pullum filium subjugalem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 5

Linked entry: geoc

under-neoþemest

(adj.)

lowest

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Cf. sió eorðe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20), Met. 20, 135

undern-gifl

(n.)
Grammar
undern-gifl, es; n.

Food eaten in the morningbreakfast

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MS.) oððe ǽfengifl cum facis prandium aut coenam, Past. 44; Swt. 322, 19

Linked entry: gifl

wan-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
wan-ǽht, e; f.
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Cf. wan-spéd

býdla

(n.)
Grammar
býdla, an; m.
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Cf. buan

burg-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
burg-rúne, an; -rún, e; f. [Substitute these for burh-rúnan.]
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Cf. hægtess(e)

ge-dohtra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dohtra, pl. (dual ?) [Two]
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daughters Heora (Jupiter and Juno) gedohtra wǽron Minerua and Uenus (cf. heora twá dohtra wǽron Minerua and Uenus, Wlfst. 106, 15), Sal. K. p. 121, 33

ge-wesness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wesness, e ; f.
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Cf. ge-wesan

hand-hwíl

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Add: cf. span used of time On ánre handhwíle uno momenta, R. Ben. I. 24, 3. Tídum and handhwílum horis et momentis, Hy. S. 145, 5