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gist

(n.)
Grammar
gist, es; m.

A guest

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A guest Fundode gist of geardum the guest hastened from the dwellings, Beo. Th. 2280; B. 1138: 3049: B. 1522: Cd. 113; Th. 149, 9; Gen. 2472: 115; Th. 150, 20; Gen. 2494

gleó-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-dreám, es; m.

Glee-joypleasure caused by musicjubilum

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Glee-joy, pleasure caused by music; jubilum Nú se herewísa hleahtor alegde, gamen and gleódreám now the martial leader has ceased from laughter, sport and joy of music, Beo. Th. 6034; B. 3021

ge-fearrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fearrian, p. ade; pp. ad

To remove to a distancego awayavellerediscedereabscedere

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To remove to a distance, go away; avellere, discedere, abscedere He gefearrad wæs from him ipse avulsus est ab eis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 41. Gifearria abscedat, Rtl. 98, 22; discedat, 120, 31

freó-riht

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Wǽron nú lange freóriht fornumene and ðrǽlriht generwde now for long the rights of the free have been taken away and the rights of the thrall have been curtailed, Wlfst. 158, 15. Add

frum

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[The passage from Rtl. 35, 13 is Frúmes frúmcend primę originis, frúmes glosses originis, and primę is glossed by fruncend'.] Add

heáfod-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-líc, adj.

Chief, capital

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Ðæt wé ús healdan wið heáfodlícan leahtras to keep ourselves from deadly sins, Blickl. Homl. 37, 3

efen-eardigende

(adj.)

Dwelling together cohăbĭtans

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Dwelling together; cohăbĭtans Ðæt ðú sunu wǽre efen-eardigende mid ðínne éngan Freán that thou his son shouldst be dwelling together with thy sole Lord, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 16; Cri. 237

Linked entry: eardian

engu

(n.)
Grammar
engu, e; f.

Narrowness, confinement, a narrow placeangustiæ

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Narrowness, confinement, a narrow place; angustiæ Of enge from confinement, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 23; Gen. 1435: Exon. 101b; Th. 383, 17; Rä. 4, 12. On enge, Th. 383, 3; Rä. 4, 5

Linked entry: enge

folc-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
folc-cwén, e; f.

Folk's queenqueen of the peoplepŏpŭli rēgĭna

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Folk's queen, queen of the people; pŏpŭli rēgĭna Eóde freólícu folc-cwén to hire freán sittan the noble queen of the people went to sit by her lord, Beo. Th. 1286; B. 641

fyrclian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrclian, p. ode; pp. od

To flashflickerfulgēre

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To flash, flicker; fulgēre Swilce se beám ongeán weardes wið ðæs steorran ward fyrcliende wǽre as if the beam were flashing towards the star from an opposite direction, Chr. 1106; Erl. 240, 34

Galiléa

(n.)

Galilee

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Witga of Galiléum a prophet from Galilee, 71, 16

ísen-hyrst

(adj.)
Grammar
ísen-hyrst, adj.
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Fitted with iron Ǽrest of ísenhyrste gate ... eft in on ísenhyrsten geat first, from the gate fitted up with iron ... back to the same gate, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 130, 27 ... 131, 19

bleó-fæstnes

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-fæstnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Pleasure, delightjucunditas, deliciæ

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That which gives pleasure from its colour,- Pleasure, delight; jucunditas, deliciæ Niht is onleóhtnes oððe onlíhting on bleófæstnessum [bleófæstnyssum, Spl.] oððe éstum mínum nox illuminatio est in deliciis meis, Ps. Lamb. 138, 11

Linked entry: bleó-fæst

þǽr-of

(adv.)
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þǽr-of, adv.
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Thereof, of or from that Genim ðás ylcan wyrte, wyrc clyþan þǽrof, Lchdm. i. 196, 23. Ðæt ic macige mete ðínum fæder þǽrof ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo, Gen. 27, 9

Linked entry: of

æt-lutian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 122, 4. with dat. of person from whom one hides Hé ætluðode his éhterum, Hml. S. 19, 21. Ætlutian his feóndum, Jud. 4, 18

Linked entry: lutian

ge-weallan

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Substitute: of liquids, to boil Ofer ðás giscæft wætres ðió from fýre giualla ( fervescere ) bið geséne, Rtl. 101, 26. fig. to be fervent Giualla in Godes lufu ferveat in caritate, Rtl. 105, 3

þurh-wunung

Grammar
þurh-wunung, <b>. II.</b> add.
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Ne bið nó þám crístenan menn sceáwod se fruma þæs gódan weorcts, ac se ende; for þon þe ǽlcum men bið demed be his þám endenýstan weorcum, Archiv cxxii. 260, l

bulentse

(n.)
Grammar
bulentse, an; f.

The name of a plant

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The name of a plant, which, from not knowing its Latin or English name, I call bulentse Nime bulentsan ða smalan take the small bulentse, L. M. l, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 1

sneorcan

(v.)
Grammar
sneorcan, p. snearc

To shrivel to wrinkle the face in displeasure (?) to draw up the nose in contempt or displeasure

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To shrivel Ic gesnerc swé swé deád from heortan excidi tamquam mortuus a corde Ps. Surt. 30, 13. [Cf. ꝥ te hude swartete as hit snarchte (shrivelled with the heat) Marh. 18, 14.]

ge-beorgan

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.), ward off from Ic mé gúðbordes sweng gebearh, Gen. 2694.