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steór

(n.)
Grammar
steór, and stýr, e; f.
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guidance, direction Lár vel steór disciplina, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 57: 75, 31. Gyrd steóre virga directionis, Ps. Lamb. 44, 7. Ðæt hé ðoncfull sí stýre him ðæs bebodenan folces contentus sit gubernatione creditae sibi plebis, Bd. 4, 5; S. 372, 33. God sette

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
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A wich-elm Cuicbeám, uuice cariscus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 65. Wice, 13, 21 : 1. 285, 45 (at 42 virecta is glossed by wice, but perhaps cwice should be read, cf. virecta quicae, ii. 123, 62). Wic vel cwicbeám cariscus, ii. 129, 7. Tó ðam wic . . . of ðam

Linked entry: wic

ádlig

Grammar
ádlig, (dele ádlíc and addle).
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Ðý lǽs ðe án ádlig sceáp ealle heorde besmíte, R. Ben. 53, 4. Mín ádlige cneów is yfele gehæfd, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 32. Tácn ádlies magan, Lch. ii. 174, 20. Hé ðonehis ádligum mǽge on ðone múð begeát, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 10. Gesáwon hí hine ádligne, 24, 28

andergilde

(adj.)
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Such a force for ander- might perhaps be supported by the glosses andran, andarn in vanum given in Heyne's Altniederdeutsche Denkmäler. Andergilde in the proverb might thus mean at little cost, without effort (?)

Linked entry: un-andergilde

écen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
écen, great, powerful; magnus, pŏtens, Andr. Kmbl. 1271; An. 636: 1763; An. 884, = eácen; pp. of eácan augēri.

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ciric-hád

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hád, es; m.
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For þám seofon cirichádan (cyriclicum ande*-*byrdnyssum, v. l. ) þe se mæssepreóst geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde, i. 182, 15

Linked entry: hád

ge-maca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-maca, an; m. and f.

A mate, an equal, companion ⬩ par, socius ⬩ socius

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A mate, an equal, companion; par, socius Gemaca hic et hæc par, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 50. Of eallum nýtenum ealles flǽsces twegen gemacan of all beasts two of the same kind, male and female, Gen. 6, 19

Linked entry: maca

talu

(n.)
Grammar
talu, e; and indecl.; f.

a tale, talk, story, account ⬩ talk, discussion, dispute ⬩ a charge, claim ⬩ an excuse, a defence ⬩ as a law term, a case (as regards either plaintiff or defendant), an action, ⬩ a tale, list, series

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a tale, talk, story, account Leáses spelles talu constellatio (cf. Span. constelacion prognostication of the stars ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 68. Ðá sprǽcon hí betwux him, and seó módor sæt hlystende hire tale ... Ðá se gingra bróðor ðis eall gehýrde fram

Linked entry: frum-talu

þríste

(adj.)
Grammar
þríste, and þríst; adj.

Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless

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Bold, in a good sense Móna se sixta ... se ðe bið ácenned, þríste, mǽre, Lchdm. iii. 186, 15. Ic ofstikode bár. Swíþe þrýste ( audax ) ðú wǽre ðá, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 19. Þríste sceal mid cénum, Exon. Th. 337, 8; Gn. Ex. 61. Gewát hé ( Andrew ) þríste

Linked entries: þrístling þrýste

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e; and indecl.? f.

a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, tale ⬩ saying, narration, telling, report ⬩ statement of a witness, testimony ⬩ a saying beforehand, foretelling

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a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, tale Racu,sagu sermo. Hpt. Gl. 433, 12. Nis ðis nán gedwimor ne nán dwollíc sagu . Jud. Thw. p. 159, 27. Ic háte healdan hí óþ ðæt heora sagu áfandod sý. Homl. Th. ii. 484, 3. Teónan ðú

swaru

(n.)

swearing, oath,

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Grammar swaru, swer in an-swer. v. and-swaru. [Cf. Icel. svar; n. answer: Dan. svar. Forrhwi ȝho ȝaff swillc sware onnȝæn, Orm. 2422.] swearing, oath, v. áþ-, mán-, mánáþ- (be mánáþsware de perjurio, L. Ecg. C. tit. 34; Th. ii. 130, 24) swaru. [Mid false

bricst

Grammar
bricst, 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. and fut. of brecan.
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he bricþ thou shalt break, he shall break; confringes, confringet, Ps. Spl. 2, 9;

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edlǽcan, Dele Geedlǽcend . . . 484 and add:

To repeat ⬩ to repeat, recur ⬩ to persist in a statement

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trans. To repeat Þú mínne teónan geedlécst, Hml. S. 8, 73. Þá þe hé beweóp geedlǽcð haec quae fleuerat repetit, Scint. 45, 17. Geedlǽhð, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 13, 14. Gehyðléct, Kent. Gl. 602. Geedlécð iterat, 988. Þá ylcan láre þe hé him ǽr tǽhte hé eft

ge-cringan

Grammar
ge-cringan, Take here ge-crincan, and add
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Gecrong occubuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 37. Gecrang, 63, 61. Gecrong oppetere(t), 93, 16. Gecrang, 64, 45. Gecrunge succumberet, 80, 7

ge-cnyttan

Grammar
ge-cnyttan, Dele first two and last two passages (v. ge-cnyccan), and add
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Gecnyttan adnecterent, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 19. Gibundenne foet and honda gecnyted ligatus pedes et manus institis, Jn. R. 11, 44. Wǽre gecnyt nodaretur, An. Ox. 5005. Gecnytne conexum, 7, 306. Gecnyttum nodatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 65

geafel

(n.)
Grammar
geafel, es; m. geafel, e (and ? geafle, an) ; f, and add
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Substitute: Gæfle furca, furcula diminutive . Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 82. Hé sceal habban . . . race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Gæfle forcelle Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 17

helle-hæftling

Grammar
helle-hæftling,
  • Andr. Kmbl. 2683; An. 1344
  • :
  • Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 12; Jul. 246
  • :
  • Salm. Kmbl. 253; Sal. 126.

Linked entry: hæftling

án-cyn

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
án-cyn, g. m. n. -cynnes; f. -cynre; adj. [án one, only; cyn proprius]

Only ⬩ unicus

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Only; unicus Ðé seó [MS. se] hálige andett gelaðung, — ðínne sóðan and áncynne sunu te sancta confitetur ecclesia, — tuum verum et unicum [ = proprium] filium, Te Dm. Lye

on-wlát

Grammar
on-wlát, Dele, and see <b>and-wlata.</b>

cosp

Grammar
cosp, Dele 'Lat. compes,' and add
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Puncto, foramine, in quo pedes vinctorum tenentur in ligno cubitati, spatio interjecto, id est cosp, Txts. 86, 765. Copses cippi, An. Ox. 3251. Copse cibbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 3: 18, 32, Copsas (conpedes ) synd on fótum dysiges, Scint. 96, 16. Cospa cipporum