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ge-síþ

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Add: <b>ge-síþe</b> [?; pl. ge-síþþas (v. Gen. 2067 : 1908), a ja-stem with long root-syllable treated as if the syllable were short ? For the stem cf.

ge-leoran

Grammar
ge-leoran, l. ge-leóran,
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L. 24, 35. Gilióred (geliórad, L.) bioðon transibunt, Lk. R. 21, 32. Gehlióred, Mk. L. 13, 31

ÁÐUM

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÐUM, es; m.

A son-in-law ⬩ a daughter's husband ⬩ a brother-in-law ⬩ a sister's husband ⬩ gener ⬩ sororis ⬩ ut et patris ⬩ sororis maritus

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A son-in-law, a daughter's husband, a brother-in-law, a sister's husband; gener; sororis, ut et patris, sororis maritus Áðum gener, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 18. Hæfst ðú suna oððe dóhtra oððe áðum habes filios aut filias aut generum, Gen. 19, 12.

ge-coren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-coren, pp. of geceósan

Chosen ⬩ choice ⬩ fit ⬩ good ⬩ beloved ⬩ dear

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Gecoren is to ríc godes aptus est regno dei, Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 62. Ðú gecorene optime, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 3; 8, 15. Sanctus Iohannes eallum Godes hálgum is gecorenra St. John is more beloved than all God's saints, Blickl. Homl. 167, 26.

Linked entry: -coren

weorold-riht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-riht, es; n.
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right in worldly matters, civil or secular law Wylle wé ǽrest, ðæt Godes riht forð gá and woruldriht syððan, Wulfst. 274, 20. Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht, L.

eág-hringas

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eág-hring,</b> es; m. The socket of the eye; also the pupil Éhringa pupillarum, Hpt. Gl. 405, 68. Éghringum (eáhringum, lxxiv, 7) rotis, Lch. i. lxx, 6. Eáhringum oculorum orbibus, An. Ox. 4686: 3690.

ge-nyhtsumlíce

(adv.)
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Perhaps the gloss belongs to the passage given under ge-nyhtsumian; <b>II,</b> and ge-nihtsumlíce should be read; or possibly(?) the word intended to be glossed is exuberent, and ge-nihtsumiað should be read.]

ge-streónfull

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Cf. ge-streón ; <b>IV a</b> Mid gestreónfullum bíleofena fódan sumptuosa pabulorum alimonia, An. Ox. 1570. On gestreónfulre spédinesse sumptuosa opulentia, 3603.

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a piece of enclosed land, a ham (v.
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On brádan leá on énne ham; þurh út ðone leá súð út on óðerne ham ; of ðan hamme . . . on brádan ham westeweardne; of brádan hamme . . . of mǽde on flexhammas; of flexhamman on minthammas . . . of ðan wæterwege on waterhammes; of ðan hamman, C.

griþ-bryce

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On Dena lage cyning áh griðbryce ( mulctas pacis violatae ), Ll. Th. i. 384, 6

hramsan

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>hramsa, hramse,</b> an; m. f. Wild garlic Hramsa, hromsa acitula, Txts. 40, 59. Hramse, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 19. Ramese, 67, 2. Hramia caepinica, Txts. 108, 1108. Hromsan (hramsa, 40, 60) crop acitelum, 37, 57.

sagu

Grammar
sagu, saying.
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Spellunga ł saga fabulas, An. Ox. 188. <b>I a.</b> saying, speech :-- Sage raþor dicto citius, An. Ox. 3130. Lufwyndre sage fatu amico, 18, 26

gíme-líst

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Take here <b>gýme-leást</b> in Dict., and add: the not taking proper care of, carelessness with. Cf. gíman; 4 For ðǽre giémeléste his hǽlo per negligentiam suae salutis Past. 463, 3. Be speres gýmeleáste of carelessness with a spear Ll.

-isse

(suffix)

-issa

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This suffix, Lat. -issa, which in later English became the common suffix to mark the feminine gender, is found before the Norman Conquest in the word abbud-isse abbess

lǽnend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽnend, es; m.

A creditor ⬩ lender

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Twegen gafolgyldon wǽron sumum lǽnende duo debitores erant cuidam feneratori, Lk. Skt. 7, 41

ge-dærsted

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dærsted, part. [dærst leaven]

Leavened ⬩ fermented ⬩ fermentatus

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Óþ-ðæt sié gedærsted oððe gecnoeden all donec fermentaretur totum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 21

Linked entry: -dærsted

cealfian

(v.)
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Ealdre cú meolc .vii. niht syððan heó níge cealfod hæfð, Ll. Th. i. 438, 19. Add

bydel-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
bydel-æcer, es; m.
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Land allotted to a bydel (cf. Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, Ll. Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31

dæg-weorc

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., Ll. Th. ii. 314, 18. Gé hwyrfað niht tó dæge and dægweorc tó nihte, Wlfst. 47, 8. Add

eftern

(n.)
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evening Forðon ꝥ eftern lócað (forðon éfern longeð ðú wást, R.) quoniam aduesperascit, Lk. L. 24, 29. [The glosser seems to have read uesper aspicit.] [Cf. (?) Icel. aptan, aftan.] (?)