ge-liþewácian
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Geliðewáca þisne unlíðan cyle, Hml. S. ll, 192. See next word
Linked entry: leoþuwácian
gemynd-wirþe
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Worthy to be had in remembrance, of persons Wé witon manige foremǽre and gemyndwyrþe weras forþ-gewitene þe swíþe feáwa manna á ongit, Bt. 19; F. 70, 12. of things, worthy of record Hé mé ealle ðá þe gemyndwurðe wǽron onsende ea mihi, quae memoria digna
ge-wrixlung
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Changing from one thing to another. v. gewrixl; Þrý mónðas wyrcað þryfeald[e?]
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hand-bóc
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Th. ii. 384, 1. a hand-book, manual Wé gesetton on þissum enchiridion, ꝥ ys mannalis on lyden and handbóc on englisc, manega þing ymbe gerímcræft, Angl. viii. 321, 34
handlian
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Ox. 17, 44. to treat a subject Nú wylle ic bysne ætýwan ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon, Angl. viii. 304, 24
ofer-flówan
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Þíne ýþa mé oferfleówon fluctus tui super me transierunt, Ps.
on-mang
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Onmang þisse sprǽce, Angl. viii. 308, 34. Add
tǽl-wirþe
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Án þing wæs ꝥ gesewen wæs on him tǽlwyrðe ( reprehensibile ) beón, Gr. D. 203, 21. Gif hié on ðǽm cúðan gewislíce ongietað hwæt ðǽron tǽlwyrðes bið si de expertis, quidquid disputationis audiunt, veraciter cognoscunt. Past. 441, 16.
gleng
An ornament ⬩ honour ⬩ ornamentum ⬩ decus
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Alege nú ðíne glenga now put off thine ornaments, Ex. 33, 5, 6. Gebyrdne hine gesihþ glæncge getácnaþ if he sees himself bearded, it betokens honour, Lchdm. iii. 200, 5
ge-rádlíce
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Wé habbað ymbe þǽre sunnan ryne manega þing gerádlíce átrahtnod, 308, 15. Cf. ge-rǽdelíce
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stalian
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Add For hwon gédyrstigodest þú ꝥ þú þus oft in þisra muneca wyrtúne stalodest? . . . Gang nú and æfter þissere tíde ne stala (stel, v. l. ) þú her ná má, Gr. D. 25, 6-20. Þæt seofoðe bebod is: 'Ne stala þú' (cf. ne stel þú, Ex. 20, 15), Hml.
sám-wyrcan
to do a thing incompletely
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to do a thing incompletely Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce . . . Gif hé sámwyrce . . . L. C. S. 62; Th. i. 408, 23. Fæsten wæs sámworht the fort was not finished, Chr. 892; Erl. 88, 34. Stántorr ( the tower of Babel ) sámworht stód, Cd.
hoðma
A covering [?], cloud [?], darkness
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, darkness Ðǽr wísna fela wearþ inlíhted ðe ǽr under hoðman biholen lǽgon there many things were illumined that before lay concealed in darkness, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 32; Cri. 45.
be-cípan
to sell
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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing, R. Ben. 95, 10, 16
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Róm-feoh
Peter's pence
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[William of Malmesbury attributes to Ethelwulf the institution of this tax : 'Ethelwulf went to Rome (v. Chron. 855) and there offered to St.
be-niman
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Benam hé him (hine, v. l.) his bis-ceopscíre deposuit eum de episcopatu, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 13. gen. of thing Ne mæg þára yflena yfel þám (þá, v. l. ) goodan beniman heora goodes, Bt. 37, 2; S. 113, 4. with acc. of person, gen. of thing Benimð Wisle
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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Þegenes lagu is, ðæt he sý his bóc-rihtes wyrðe, and ðæt he þreó þinc of his lande dó, fyrd-færeld, and burh-bóte, and brycg-geweorc [MS. bryc-] thane's law is, that he be worthy to make his will, and that he perform three things for his land, military
á-cennan
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Th. 24, 19. of things Ácennede exorti (flores ), An. Ox. 549. where the product is different, of men Ácende edidit (opera ), An. Ox. 2316. of things Ðone cwyld ðe se súðerna wind ácænð, Lch. iii. 276, 7.
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á-gildan
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Þá ǽrran þing ágoldene wǽron. Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 31
up-lendisc
Uplandish ⬩ country (as opposed to town) ⬩ rural ⬩ rustic
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Wé witon ðæt ðás þing þincaþ clericum and uplendiscum preóstum genóh mænigfealde, Anglia viii. 321, 25
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