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wille-wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wille-wæter, es; n.

Spring-water

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Spring-water Þweah mid wyllewætre, Lchdm. ii. 308, ll. Wyrc ðæt bæþ of ðám ilcum wyrtum on cealdum wylle wætre, 74, 27. Seóðe on yrnendum wyllewætere, i. 330, 14

ofer-gylden

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-gylden, adj.

Gilded, covered with gold

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Gilded, covered with gold Gif hé begytaþ ðæt hé hæbbe byrne and helm and ofergyldene (cf. golde fæted, ll. 8-9) sweord, L. Wg. 10; Th. i. 188, 21

átor-cræft

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Bebeorh þé wið lyblácas and áttorcræftas cave tibi a maleficiis et veneficiis, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 9;Wlfst. 290, 30. Add

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

ge-streón

(n.)
Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.

Gainproductemolumentwealthrichestreasureusurybusinessmercesmercātusquæstuslucrumēmŏlŭmentumŏpesthesaurusūsūranēgōtium

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Swunce máre se ðe unriht gestreón on his handa stóde he should toil more, in whose hands lay the unjust gain, L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 5. Sunu gestreónes wæstm innoðes fīlii mercis fructus ventris, Ps. Spl. 126, 4.

Linked entries: streón ge-strión

ge-scot

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Þis ðé tó bóte ésa gescotes, Lch. iii. 54, 9-15. Gescotum calamis, sagittis, Germ. 392, 52. Ðá díglan gescotu (jacula) ðæs sweocolan feóndes, Past. 431, 5: Ps. Vos. 54, 22. <b>I a.</b> collective, missile weapons :-- Gesceot pila, Wrt.

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.

ÁÐUM

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÐUM, es; m.

A son-in-lawa daughter's husbanda brother-in-lawa sister's husbandgenersororisut et patrissororis 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

Chosenchoicefitgoodbeloveddear

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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

a-lútan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lútan, anlútan; p. -leát, pl. -luton; pp. -loten [a, lútan to bend]

To bendinclinebend or bow downprocumbere

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To bend, incline, bend or bow down; procumbere Alútende he geseah procumbens vidit, Lk. Bos. 24, 12. He aleát to eorþan he bowed to the earth, Ælfc. T. 37, 8

Linked entries: a-leát a-loten

eáster-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eáster-líc, eástor-líc; adj.

Easter, paschalpaschālis

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Lk. Bos. 2, 42: Homl. Th. ii. 32, 15: 284, I

lagian

(v.)
Grammar
lagian, p. ode

To make a lawordain

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To make a law, ordain Lagiaþ góde woruldlagan and lecgaþ ðærtóeácan ðæt úre cristendóm stande ordain good secular laws, and add thereto the establishment of our christianity. Wulfst. 274, 7