fisc-cynn
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Saga mé, hú fela is fisccynna on wætere? Ic ðé secge vi and xx, Sal. K. p. 190, 20: 204, 9. Add
ge-cwéme
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Pleasantly, agreeably Gecwéme contente (the Latin, however, is probably gen. fem. Cf. ðǽre gehealdnan contente, 79, 41), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 20
nigon-gilde
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Entitled to ninefold compensation On þám lagum is cynges feoh nigongilde, Ll. Th. i. 330, 20. Preóstes feoh .IX. gylde, 2, 5
Wihtgáras
The name of some people in England
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The name of some people in England Wihtgára (Wightgóra, 416, 7) landes is syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 22
ongemet-hát
Exceedingly hot
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Exceedingly hot Wyl on wætere, beþe hine mid ongemethátum boil in water, foment him with it exceedingly hot, Lchdm. ii. 338, 22
smicerness
Elegance, neatness
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Elegance, neatness þurh smicernesse and hiwunge hironiam (= per ironiam; irony is explained as combining elegance and dissimulation) Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 53
ge-frédan
To feel ⬩ perceive ⬩ know ⬩ be sensible of ⬩ sentīre
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To feel, perceive, know, be sensible of; sentīre Sió gefrédnes hine mæg gegrápian, and gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæðer he biþ ðe blac ðe hwít the feeling may touch it, and feel that it is a body, but cannot feel whether it
gefér-lǽcan
To keep company or fellowship ⬩ accompany ⬩ associate ⬩ assŏciāre
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He biþ gemǽnscipe ðære hálgan gelaðunge geférlǽht he is associated in the communion of the holy church, i. 494, 19.
ídel-ness
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Ýdelnysse super-stitione, i. uanitate, 4021. Nú is se tíma ꝥ ðú forlǽte þíne ýdelnesse and lác ðám godum geoffrige, Hml. S. 22, 213. lack of result, ineffectiveness. Cf.
ǽg-hwǽr
everywhere ⬩ ubique ⬩ in every respect ⬩ in every way ⬩ omnino
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Fox 10, 116; Met. 10, 58. in every respect, in every way; omnino Eofore eom áéghwǽr cénra I am in every respect bolder than a wild boar. Exon. 110b; Th. 423, 9; Rä. 41,18: Ps. Th. 102,14
sceóta
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"The latter," he says, " is in a manner peculiar to Devon and Cornwall. In shape and colour he resembleth the Trowts: howbeit in biggnesse commeth farre behind him." The shoates with which is Tavy fraught. — Browne's Brit. Past.,' E. D. S. Pub. E.
ge-þafa
A favourer ⬩ supporter ⬩ helper ⬩ assenter ⬩ consenter ⬩ fautor ⬩ adjūtor
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De Cf. 7; Th. ii, 262, 30. Ic eom geþafa I am convinced, I am an assenter, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 13: 36, 5; Fox, 180, 16: 38, 2; Fox 196, 16.
weorold-þing
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Freom in weoroldðingum in saeculi rebus strenuus, Bd. 4,2; S. 566, 18. On woruldþingan, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 17. Of wurðfulre mǽgðe æfter woruldþingum of a family honourable from a worldly point of view, Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 14.
GEÁTAS
the Jutes ⬩ Jutæ ⬩ GAUTS ⬩ Gauti in Suecia ⬩ Γαυτοί,
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, ðæt [is,] of Seaxum, and of Angle, and of Geátum.
swinsung
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Voc. ii. 57, 27. sound that is not harmonious Swinsunge sǽs sonitus maris, Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 25. Wið eárena swinsunge and ungehýrnesse for singing in the ears and hardness of hearing, Lchdm. iii. 70, 23
Linked entry: dreám-swinsung
ge-wislíce
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I. 51, 8
riht-raciend
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An expounder of right Seó Salomannes bóc . . . is genæmned Ecclesiastes. Seó bóc is ágendlíce on Ænglisc rihtraciend geháten . . . In þǽre rihtan race byþ oft forð . . . bróht se dóm . . .
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ge-spelia
A substitute ⬩ deputy ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ vĭcārius
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A substitute, deputy, vicegerent; vĭcārius Cristen cyning is Cristes gespelia geteald on cristenre þeóde a christian king is accounted Christ's vicegerent among christian people, L. Eth. ix. 2; Th. i. 340, 12.
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ge-habban
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Ðæt gé eów gehæbben sume hwíle, Past. 99, 15. to contain, have involved Gif ꝥ lange swá biþ, þonne gehæfþ hit on unéþelícne wæterbollan if that is so for long, then it has a dropsy hard to cure involved in it, Lch. ii. 204, 13. to have room or capacity
sige-wang
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Thw. 25, 36. where actual fighting is not referred to, a place in which evil is overcome Smeolt wæs se sigewang ( the place where St. Andrew's heathen enemies had been overwhelmed ), Andr. Kmbl. 3160 ; An. 1583.