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gladian

(v.)
Grammar
gladian, p. ode.

to be gladexultareto make glad

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to be glad; exultare Ða gladia worhtest quos lætari fecisti, Rtl. 94, 15. Ða ðe gedréfaþ me gladiaþ qui tribulant me exultabunt, Ps. Lamb. 12, 5. Abraham gladade ł glæd wæs Abraham gavisus, est; Wick. Abraham gladide. Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 56. Glada and

wuldor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-líc, adj.

gloriousorthodoxus

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glorious Wuldurlíc gloriosus, Rtl. 181, 27. Wuldorlíc, Exon. Th. 62, 33; Cri. 1011. Hú wuldorlíc (admirabile) ðín nama ys, Ps. Th. 8, 9 : Ps. Spl. 8, 1. Hé wítgode be ðære wuldorlícan ácennednesse Cristes, Ps. Th. 8, arg. Be his ðære wuldorlícan ǽriste

andergilde

(adj.)
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Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó þæs wá ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde, Prov. K. 41. In the passage given under un-andergilde (q. v.), hwæt unandergildes should render quod non vilescat; this would make andergilde; adj. = of little value, for which little is

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leornung

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Add: the action of learning Ðá ðe beóð gesette tó ðǽre ðénunga ðæs láreówdómes ðæt hí nǽfre ne gewíten from ðǽre geornfulnesse ðǽre rædinge and leornunge háligra gewrita ut qui ad officium praedicationis excubant, a sacrae lectionis studio non recedant

ofer-módigian

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-módigian, -módgian, -módigan

to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride

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to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride:— Ðonne se unrihtwísa ofermódegaþ (-módgaþ, Ps. Spl. ) dum superbit impius, Ps. Th. 9, 21. Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óðre men for eówrum gebyrdum, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 15: 42; Fox 258, 15. Hí ofermódigaþ

Linked entries: módigian ofer-módian

Déprobane

(n.)
Grammar
Déprobane, indecl. f.

An island in the Indian ocean, CeylonTaprŏbăna = Ταπρoβάνη

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An island in the Indian ocean, Ceylon; Taprŏbăna = Ταπρoβάνη Be súþan eástan ðam porte is ðæt ígland Déprobane to the south-east of the port [Calymere] is the island Ceylon, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 16, 16. v. Táprabane

friþ-béna

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-béna, an; m. [béna a petitioner]

A peace-petitionerrefugeepācis supplex

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A peace-petitioner, refugee; pācis supplex Bútan hit friþbéna sý unless it be a peace-petitioner, L. Eth. v. 29; Th. i. 312, 1. Bútan friþbénan sindan unless they are peace-petitioners, vi. 36;Th. i. 324, 15

incge

(n.; adj.)
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in the phrase incge láfe [a sword], Beo. Th. 5747; 13. 2577, appears to be a proper name. Ing occurs in stanza 22 of the Runic poem, and Ing-winas is a name of the Danes in Beowulf

Iob

(n.)
Grammar
Iob, es; m.

Job

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Job Sum wer wæs geseten on ðam lande ðe is geháten Hus, his nama wæs Iob, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 10. Iobes dóhtra, 458, 32. Tó mínum þeówan Iobe, 456, 30. Be ðan eádigan were Iob, 446. 4

Linked entry: Iofes

land-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
land-mearc, e; f.
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Boundary of an estate or of a country Seó landmearce líþ of Terstán upp be Hohtúninga mearce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 5. Londmearce neáh near to the land's boundary, Exon. 75 a; Th. 280, 27; Jul. 635

luf-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
luf-wende, adj.

Belovedamiablepleasant

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Beloved, amiable, pleasant Cild ácenned lufwende a child born [at that time will be] amiable, Lchdm. iii. 186, 24. Mid lufwendum módes willan cum benevolo animi affectu, Lye. Ða lufwende eardas dilecta rura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 42

lust

(adj.)
Grammar
lust, adj.

Pleasedgladdesirous

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(?) Pleased, glad, desirous Ðæt ðú ne gehýre lustum móde ðæra twýsprǽcena word that thou be not glad or desirous to hear the words of the double-tongued [or does lustum belong to the preceding word?], Wulfst. 246, 10

mæger

(adj.)
Grammar
mæger, adj.

Meagrelean

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Meagre, lean Ða men beóþ mægre and bláce on onsýne ðeáh ðe hié ǽr fætte wǽron the men will be lean and pale of aspect, though before they were fat, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 3

reáfol

(adj.)
Grammar
reáfol, adj.
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Rapacious Reáfol captator, Germ. 397, 19. Cild ácenned þríste reáful ofermód him sylfum gelícigende a child born on the thirteenth day of the moon will be bold, rapacious, arrogant, pleasing himself, Lchdm. iii. 190, 14. v. next word

ge-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gang, es; m.
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Chance, hap, event Gegong casus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 66. Gegang eventus, 30, 40. Wyrde oððe gegonges fati, 33, 65. Be wyrde oððe geionge de fatu, 27, 60. Gegong casum, 22, 9. Gegongum casibus, 19, 63: 94, 79

ge-þoftrǽden

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ge-þoftrǽden, ge-þoftrǽdenn.
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Be þám ðe gehádod man geþoftrǽdene nimð wið wífman de eo quod ordinatus homo in consortium cum muliere intret, Ll. Th. ii. 196, 1. Geþoftr[ǽdena?] or geþofts[cipas? v. ge-þoftscipe] contubernia, Hpt. Gl. 416, 28. Add

sútere

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Him wæs gesǽd þæt ðá gebytlu wǽron gemynte ánum sútere . . . hé áxode ymbe ðone sútere (cf. hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan, Gr. D. 322, 5. v. scóh-wyrhta), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 1-3. Add

wenian

(v.)
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Add: to accustom oneself, be accustomed Hé ne stóp mid þý unbundenum fét ofer þá stówe þe hé ǽr wenede (gewnnude, v.l.) numquam postmodum solutum tetendit pedem ultra locum quo ligatum hunc tendere consueverat, Gr. D. 214, 14

un-wiþmetenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wiþmetenlíc, adj.

Incomparablenot to be compared

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Incomparable, not to be compared Is his eádmódnys ús unwiðmetenlíc, Homl. Skt. i. 16, 119. Ðis hálige mǽden, Godes módor, is unwiðmetenlíc eallum óðrum mǽdenum, Homl. Th. i. 442, 29. Hire geðincðu óðra hálgena unwiðmetenlíce sind, 446, 5

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æhte-mann

a serf

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Add: a serf Be manna metsunge. Ánan esne gebyreð tó metsunge . . . Ðeówan wífmen. . . . Eallum ǽhtemannum gebyreð . . ., Ll. Th. i. 436, 25-33. Ðá wearð gefullod fæder and sunu mid heora innhýrede and heora ǽhtemannum, Hml. S. 5, 308