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ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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For the Rune see Zacher, pp. 30, 56-7 : Taylor's Greeks and Goths, pp. 31, 82 : and for the name Grmm. D. M. pp. 320-1

ídel-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
ídel-georn, adj.

lazyinert

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Fond of idleness, lazy, inert Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor ne tó ídelgeorn forðan ðe slép and ðæt ýdel fét unþeáwas and unhǽlo ðæs líchoman be not too fond of sleep or idleness, for sleep and idleness nourish bad habits and bad health in the body, Prov.

sǽ-genga

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-genga, an; m.

a sea-goer, a marinera vessel, ship

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, fleát fámigheals forþ ofer ýðe, bundenstefna ofer brimstreámas, Beo.

Linked entry: sǽ-líðend

un-þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þancol, adj.
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Ungrateful For hwan lá man, forlurðú þis eal þe ic for þé þrowode ? For hwan wǽrðu swá unþancul þínre onlýsnesse ? . . . Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull

earm-full

(adj.)
Grammar
earm-full, adj.
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Wretched, miserable Hí for hellewítes ógan and for Crístes lufan þis earmfulle líf forlǽtaþ, Lch. iii. 440, 34

hroden

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For <b>hreóðan</b> l. hreódan, in bracket for hroðian l. hroðinn, and add:

rǽming

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Add: For meaning of celibea cf. caelibies, caelestis, Corp. Gl. H. 28, 169; for rǽming cf. (?) á-rǽman

feoh-fang

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-fang, es; m.

Fee-takingtaking a bribepĕcūniæ acceptio

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Fee-taking, taking a bribe; pĕcūniæ acceptio For feohfange for bribery, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 8

hundseofontigseofon-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundseofontigseofon-feald, adj.
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Seventy-and-sevenfold Seofon-feald wracu bið gesealde for Cain and hundseofontigseofonfeald (septuagies septies) for Lamech, Gen. 4, 24

mǽþ-méd

(n.)
Grammar
mǽþ-méd, e; f.
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Reward for mowing Gytteorm for yrðe, mǽðméd gutfirma ad arandum et firma pratorum fenandorum, Ll. Th. i. 440, 27

Linked entry: mǽþ

dilmeng

(n.)
Grammar
dilmeng, dilemeng(?)
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dissimulation Ne for dylmengon ne ne for uncyston ne qualibet dissimulatione aut tenacitate, Chrd. 45, 10. See next word

stæf

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Add Stafena (for wk. form cf. 1557 note) litterarum, i. dogmatum, An. Ox. 2311. [¶ in the following passages stafum seems an error for stánum Hús mid gyldenum stafum (aureis laterculis) getimbrod, Gr. D. 319, 7: 321, 11.

Sol-mónaþ

(n.)
Grammar
Sol-mónaþ, es; m.

February placenta panibus sol sun mire spurcalia

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The form sille, selle is found in some L. G. dialects, and also sporkel, which may be connected with spurcalia See Grimm, Gesch. D. S. c. vi.]

Linked entries: Februarius sol

ge-fearh-sugu

Grammar
ge-fearh-sugu, l. ge-fearh sugu,
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and add Gefearh sugu forda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 60

ge-ménelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-ménelíc, adj. [ge-méne = ge-mǽne common]

Commoncommūnis

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Common; commūnis For geménelícre neóde for the common need, L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 382, 2, MS. A

under-feng

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For þám underfénge þyses bisceoplican folgoðes, Gr. D. 3, 6. For þám underfencge þǽre menniscan týdernesse, 154, 5. Add

wǽpned-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-bearn, es; n.

A male childa boy

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A male child, a boy For wǽpnedbearne . . . for wífcilde pro masculo . . . pro femina, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 14

Linked entry: bearn

ge-metlǽcan

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For the passage substitute Ðeáh wé nú ofer úre mǽð ðencen and smeágen, ðæt we dooð for Gode; ðonne wé hit eft gemetlæcað, ðonne dóð wé ðæt for eów sive mente excedimus, Deo; sive sobrii sumus, vobis, Past. 101, 12

ge-hírsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hírsumnes, se; f.

Obedience

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Obedience For his gehírsumnisse ðe he hæfde to Gode for his obedience to God, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 62, 181

un-scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
un-scearpness, e; f.

Want of sharpnessdullness

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Want of sharpness, dullness For his ungleáwnesse and for his unscearpnesse propter ingenii tarditatem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 7

Linked entry: scearpness