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geþwǽr-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
geþwǽr-lǽcan, -lécan; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To agreeassent toconcordāreassentīre

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Ða hǽðengyldan ðísum cwide geþwǽrlǽhton the idolaters assented to this proposal, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34. Geþwǽrlécan to agree, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 1

ge-þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyncan, p. -þúhte; pp. -þúht

To seemappear

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Se ðe to-dæg is úre folgere geþúht he who to-day seems our follower, Homl. Th. ii. 80, 20. His loccas and his beard wǽron gylden geþúht his hair and his beard seemed of gold, Nar. 43, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 80, 12.

tó-cínan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cínan, p. -cán, pl. -cinon ; pp. -cinen

To break (intrans.) into chinks,splitcrack

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Gemétte hé be wege sumne lícðrowere licgende eal tócinen (the skin all cracked with the disease), Homl. Th. i. 336, 9. Hie drinkeð þat hie tochineð, O. E. Homl. ii. 199, 32. Þe stan tochan, i. 141, 17.

ceác ful

(adj.)
Grammar
ceác ful, adj.

A pitcher full, jug full

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A pitcher full, jug full Brohte Romanus ceác fulne wæteres Romanus brought a jug full of water, Homl. Th. i. 428, 1. Gedó on ceác fulne wínes put [it] into a jug full of wine, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 23

earm-cearig

(adj.)
Grammar
earm-cearig, adj.

Miserable and sadmĭser et tristis

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Miserable and sad; mĭser et tristis Hú ic, earm-cearig, íscealdne sǽ, winter wunade how I passed a winter, miserable and sad, on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 27; Seef. 14: 76 b; Th. 287, 26; Wand. 20

eáþ-médum

(adv.)
Grammar
eáþ-médum, adv. [dat. pl. of eáþméd]

Humbly, kindly humĭlĭter, benignĭter

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Gewát him se hálga eáþmédum the holy one departed kindly, 1957; An. 981

for-gnagan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gnagan, p. -gnóg, pl. -gnógon; pp. -gnagen [for-, gnagan to gnaw]

To gnaw or eat upcorrōdĕrecomĕdĕre

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Gærstapan forgnógon swá hwæt swá se hagol belǽfde locusts gnawed up whatsoever the hail had left, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 1

hungor-geár

(n.)
Grammar
hungor-geár, es; n.

A year of famine

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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20

Linked entry: geár

læpeldre

(n.)

a dishplatter

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Se ðe bedypþ on disce mid mé his hláf on læpeldre qui intingit mecum manum in parapside [Mt. 26, 23], Homl. Th. ii. 244, 4

lǽste

(n.)
Grammar
lǽste, es; m [?].
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A shoemaker's last Læste musticula ['mustricola machina ad stringendos pedes, hoc est, ad calceum suendum qui pedes tegit et stringit: forma in qua calceus suitur,' Ducange]. Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 25; Wrt. Voc. 26, 24. Lǽste vordalium [?], Wrt.

leóht-berend

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-berend, es; m.

Lucifer

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Ðá wæs ðæs teóþan werodes ealdor swíðe fæger and wlitig gesceapen swá ðæt hé wæs geháten Leóhtberend, Homl. Th. i. 10, 22. Se hátte Lucifer, ðæt ys Leóhtberend, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35

næs-gristle

(n.)

the gristle or cartilage of the nose

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E, Homl. i. 251, 16.]

Linked entry: gristel

ge-wyrþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyrþan, he -wyrþeþ, -wyrþ

To bebecomehappenfiĕri

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To be, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mihte ðæt gewyrþan how might that happen? Andr. Kmbl. 1145; An. 573. Cúþ ðæt gewyrþeþ it shall be known, Elen. Kmbl. 2381; El. 1192: 2548; El. 1275. Hú gewyrþ ðis quomĕdo fiet istud? Lk. Bos. 1, 34

segn-bora

(n.)
Grammar
segn-bora, an ; m.
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Homl. 163, 22. Segnbora draconarius (draconarius vexillifer, qui fert vexillum ubi est draco depictus), i. vexillarius, signifer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 5. Segnboran, tácnboran draconarii vel vexillarii vel signiferi, i. 21, 66

be-weardian

(v.)
Grammar
be-weardian, -weardigan; part. -weardigende; p. ode; pp. od

To ward, protect, keepcustodireprotegere, observare

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Hálige englas ða dǽda beweardiaþ holy angels protect the deeds, L. C. E. 4; Th. i. 360, 31. Beweardigende observantes, Ps. Spl. 30, 7

ge-rýnu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rýnu, indecl. f.

A mystery

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A mystery Ðeós gerýnu is wedd this mystery is a pledge, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 6. Þurh gástlícere gerýnu through a spiritual mystery, 268, 29: 260, 12: 262, 22: Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 14, 1; Lchdm. iii. 264, 11

stán-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
stán-geweorc, es; n.
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On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc

un-tíme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tíme, adj.

Unhappyunfortunateill-timed

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Man slǽtte ðá ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, and hine ðýde ðæt hé his feorh forlét, and gebohte swá ðone untíman drenc, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 74

Linked entry: tíme

un-getogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getogen, adj.

Uneducated

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Uneducated Fisceras and ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heóra lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28.

ymb-wlátung

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-wlátung, e; f.
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Spiritus gást belimpð tó ðære sáwle ymbwlátunge, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 182. Emwlátunge spectaculum Hpt. Gl. 435, 49. Wídgille emwlátunge passivos oculorum obtutus 405, 64

Linked entries: emb-wlátung wlátung