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feónd-gild

Grammar
feónd-gild, -gyld.

idolatryan idol

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Add: idolatry, an idolatrous practice Arrianus se gedwolbiscop næfde hús ꝥ hé mihte his feóndgyldes symbelnesse (solemnia sua) inne gedón, Gr. D. 234, 11. Mið fiónd*-*geldum tormentis, Mt. L. 4, 24. an idol Hé tóscynde þæt feóndgyld (deófol-, v. l.)

fore-gidd

(n.)
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fore-gidd, -gedd

a proverb

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a proverb Foregeddum (geddum, L.) nán ðú cweðes prouerbium nullum dicis, Jn. R. 16, 29

ge-gifan

(v.)
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to give. to deliver, hand over Þá þám Godes mæn his ágen hors gegifen (ágifen, v. l.) wæs cum servo Dei caballus suus redditur, Gr. D. 16, 1. to give as a present Hig noldon him ágyfan nán þingc þæs þe se cyng heom gegyfen (geunnen, v. l. ) hæfde, Chr

Linked entry: gifan

ge-gifod

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gild-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gild-dæg, es; m.
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A day for a religious ceremony, v. gildan; <b>IV,</b> gild; Gelddagas (geldagas, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 54), þæt sind hálige cerimonia vel orgia Wülck. Gl. 107, 22. Cf. freóls-dæg

gilp-georn

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Add: in a favourable sense, v. Dict. in an un-favourable sense, vainglorious, arrogant, proud, boastful. Cf. lof-georn Men beóð ofergrǽdige woruldgestreóna and tó manege weorðaþ tó wlance and ealles tó rance and tó gylpgeorne erunt homines cupidi, elati

gilp-lic

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Add:: arrogant Pharao him filigde æt ðám hón mid his gilplicum riddum, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 23

gilp-plega

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Add: play that is glorious with pomp, pride and circumstance

gird-weg

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Take here <b>gyrd-weg</b> in Dict., and add: A road made with faggots(?) Of fearnhege an gerdwege; of gerdwege tó fíf ácan, C. D. iii. 54, 27. Cf. beám-weg

gird-wíte

(n.)
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Take here <b>gyrd-wíte</b> in Dict

giþ-rife

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Lassar vel æsdre gyþrife, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 25. Add:

hǽþen-gild

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Dele passages from Num. 25, 2: 31, 16, in l. 10 for 454 read 456, and add: idolatry Swutele synd þæs flǽsces weorc . . . hǽðengild manifesta swnt opera carnis . . . idolorum servitus (Gal. 5, 20), Hml. S. 17, 25. Hý fulwihte onféngon and wǽron blíðran

here-gild

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Add: tax levied to provide money to buy of the Danes (v. here; I. 2 c ¶ l) On þan ylcan geáre áléde Eádweard cyng ꝥ heregyld ꝥ Æþelréd cyng ǽr ástealde, Chr. 1052; P. 173, 18. Ic ðat só fele síðe só men gildeð hire gilde tó heregilde, C. D. vi. 205,

met-gird

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met-gird, Add: <b>mete-</b>
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Thómas eóde metende mid ánre metegyrde þone stede, Hml. S. 36, 94

sunn-gihte

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sunn-gihte, l.
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-gíhte

wíg-gild

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Se ealdorapostol ǽrest ús gesette tó healdanne ðás dagas and tó beganganne for hǽðenra manna gedwilde, for þan þe hié hiera wíggild and deófulgild on ðás dagas weorðedon, Nap. 69. Add

á-gifan

(v.)
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Add: <b>I a.</b> to restore to a previous condition His mægn þone tóbrocenan calic þǽre ǽrran gesynto eft ágeaf, Gr. D. 50, 2. <b>III a.</b> </b>

hǽðen-gild

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-gild, -gield, -gyld, es; n.

Heathen worship, idolatryidol

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Heathen worship, idolatry; also an idol Ðis hǽðengyld deófles biggeng is this idolatry is worship of the devil, Homl. Th. i. 72, 4. Hǽðengield, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 23; Jul. 15. Tó ðam hǽðengilde bugon they turned to the idol [Baal-peor], Num. 25, 2

ofer-gífre

(adj.)
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ofer-gífre, adj.

Over-greedy, gluttonousgulae deditus

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Over-greedy, gluttonous; gulae deditus, Past. 23; Swt. 177, 4: 43; Swt. 308, 16

of-gifan

(v.)

to give up, leave, abandondestituere

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to give up, leave, abandon Obgibeht (=ofgifeþ) destituit Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 77. Hé Dena land ofgeaf he left the Danes&#39; land, Beo. Th. 3813; B. 1904. Hé ðás woruld ofgeaf he died, Cd. Th. 72, 30; Gen. 1194. Hé ðone beám ofgeaf he (Christ) left