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stípel

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Gelógode Benedictus hine sylfne on sumes stýpeles (torres, v. l. turris) úpflóra, and Seruandus gereste hine on þǽre nyðerflóre þæs ylcan stýpeles (torres, v. l.), Gr. D. 170, 13-17. Stýplum turribus, Ps. L. 47, 13.

geác

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Add Gaec, gę̄c cuculus Txts. 55, 618. Geác geumatrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 64; geumatrex, 40, 69. Geáces súre Gę̄ces (geácæs, gécæs) súre accitalium Txts. 37, 58. Geácas súre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 32.

ge-sprǽc

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Add: [<b>ge-spræc, ge-sprǽce</b> (v. god-gesprǽce), <b>ge-sprec, ge-spræc</b> (? cf. ge-spræcan = ge-sprecan, and cf. gebrec and ge-bræc).

CURS

(n.)
Grammar
CURS, es; m.

CURSEmaledictio

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D. 871-878 ; Kmbl. ii. 107, 5: 1057 ; Kmbl. v. 114, 25: Chr. 656 ; Erl. 33, 12: 675 ; Erl. 39, 20, 21, 27, 28: 963 ; Erl. 123, 14

Linked entry: cors

fyrd-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-færeld, es; n. [fyrd an army; færeld a journey]

A military expedition or servicemīlĭtāris expedītio

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D. 1006; Kmbl. iii. 350, 10. Ðæt he þreó þing of his lande , fyrdfæreld, and burhbóte, and brycgeweorc ut ĭta făciat pro terra sua, scīlĭcet, expĕdītiōnem, burhbōtam, et brigbōtam, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 2

Linked entry: fird-færeld

ge-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrhta, an; m.

A workerdoerfellow-workeraccomplice

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A worker, doer, fellow-worker, accomplice Ǽlc ðe gewita oððe gewyrhta every one who is cognisant or co-operating, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 28. Þeófa gewita and geweorhta an accessory and accomplice of thieves, L. Eth. 9, 27; Th. i. 346, 9: L.

Linked entry: ge-weorhta

gríma

(n.)
Grammar
gríma, an; m.
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[Icel. gríma a sort of hood or cowl. ] See Grmm. D. M. 218-9. a spectre; larva Mec mæg gríma abrégan a spectre can terrify me, Exon. 1l0 b; Th. 423, 7; . 41, 17

Linked entry: gríming

swicollíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swicollíce, adv.
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With deceit, with guile, deceitfully, fraudulently, craftily cwæð ðæt wære wurdan ðæt ǽnig man swicol-líce ne bepǽhte mid leáslícre láre' uidete, ne quis uos seducat, ' Wulfst. 88, 26: 55, 3.

á-merian

(v.)
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ámeraþ conflagrat, conburet, concremat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 16: excudit, Germ. 396, 192. Þú ámeredest ús on fýres fandunge, R. Ben. 27, 15. Ámearedes, Ps. Srt. 16, 3. Ámere examina, judica vel proba, Wülck. Gl. 230, 9.

Linked entry: merian

bróc

(n.)

a brook

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a brook. Hleomoce hátte wyrt, sió wéaxeð on bróce, Lch. ii. 92, 14. wæter cymþ up æt ðám ǽwelme, wyrþ ðonne bróce, ðonne , ðonne andlang oþ hit wyrþ eft Bt. 34, 6; F. 140, 19.

ceaf

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Ðurh ðám streáwe and ðám ceafe sind getácnode leóhtlice synna, ii. 590, 9-14: 322, 19. Swelce nimen ðone clǽnan hwǽte, and weorpen ðæt ceaf onweg, Past. 369, 9. Ánim ceaf onweg paleam tolle, Gr. D. 276, 22. On ceafa in paleas, Scint. 57, 7. Add

cóc

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Voc. i. 291, 22. Cóces coci, ii. 21, 68. Of ðám þeówan mannan at Cinnuc . . . hió becwíð Eádgyfe Ælfsige ðene cóc, C. D. vi. 133, 1. Cócas culinia (coacas, Erf. = (?) sterculinia, cloacas. v.

eaxel

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Voc. ii. 43, 40. Eaxla ( = -e) humerus, ufeweard exle ðæs æftran dǽles ola, i. 43, 45, 46. His ealdor*-*dóm ys on eaxle ( super humerum ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 14.Þú mid þínre brádre hand þá nunnan ofer hire eaxle þaccodest, Gr. D. 190, 14.

efnan

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D. even; vb. 2. Cf. O. H. Ger. ebanón sternere.] to make equal Ðú efnes ðá ús pares illos nobis fecisti, Mt. L. 20, 12

Engla land

England

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Add: England, the country occupied by the Teutonic invaders of Britain Ic Eádwerd cyng and Engla landes wealdend, C. D. iv. 232, 3. Eall Engla landes ríce, West-Seaxan, Eást-Englan, Myrcean, and Norþhymbran, Chr. 1017; P. 154, 2.

fót-cops

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gesettan hine on ǽnne heardne stocc and his sceancan gefæstnodon on þám fótcopsum, ... ac se fótcops áwende dúste, Hml. S. 35, 150. 'Ne binde þé seó racenteág' ... tóbræc þone fótcops (-cosp, v.l.) eamdem compedem solvit, Gr. D. 214, 13.

for-legen

adulterous

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Add: guilty of fornication, adulterous Cneórisse yfel and forlegene (adultera), Mt. R. 12, 39. Eallswá scyldig byð geteald se forlegena cniht swá forlegene mǽden, Hml. A. 20, 152. For earmlicre forlegenre, Hml. S. 23 b, 598.

ge-clystre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-clystre, es; n.
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A bunch of grapes Geclystre butros, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 73: ii. 11, 31. Geclystre botyrum, Ps. Srt. ii. 193, 1. láfe wunodon swýþe feáwa geclystru þára wínbyrgena ut rari racemi remanerent, Gr. D. 57, 9.

ge-tíme

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tíme, es; n. [<b>ge-tímu;</b> f. (?); pl. ge-tíme; gen. ge-tímena. Cf. ge-timbre.]
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A yoke of oxen Ic bohte án getýme (getýmðe, v. l.) oxena jugum boum emi, Lk. 14, 19. 'Ic bohte fíf getýme oxena ...' Ðá fíf getýma getácniað ðá fíf andgitu ... Þás andgitu sind rihtlíce wiðmetene fíf getýmum oxena, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 23-24.

hælftre

(n.)
Grammar
hælftre, e ; f.
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Substitute: &lt;b&gt;hælfter,&lt;/b&gt; e; l. and (?) es; m. : &lt;b&gt;hælftre, es;&lt;/b&gt; m. or n. ; or, an; f. and add Hælfter capisirum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 45.