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ge-neát

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát, es; m.

A companion, associate, vassal

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Geneát inquilinus, Cot. 108: parasitus, 152. Byrhtwold wæs eald geneát [or eald-geneát, q.v.] Be cyninges geneáte of a king's 'geneat,' L. In. 19; th. i. 114, 9: Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 3.

ge-nemnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nemnan, p. -nemde; pp. -nemned, -nemnod

To name ⬩ nominare

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Hí beóþ Godas genemnede [Cot. genemde] they are named gods, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 9. Hí Angle ge-nemnode wǽron they were named Angles, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 29

tá

(n.)
Grammar
tá, gen. tán; f.

a twig, shoot

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Ðá com ðæs wítegan tá upp, i. 246, 3-5. v. tán, and Similar entries cf. for a similar pair of forms flá and flán

un-beweddod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beweddod, adj.

unbetrothed ⬩ unmarried

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Mǽden seó ðe unbeweddud ys uirgo quae innupta est (1 Cor. 7, 34), Scint. 69, 3. Gif Maria unbeweddod wǽre and cild hæfde, ðonne wolde ðæt folc mid stánum hí oftorfian, Homl. Th. i. 196, 11

Linked entry: be-weddian

wóma

(n.)
Grammar
wóma, an ; m.

Sound ⬩ noise

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Siððan tó reste gehwearf ríce þeóden, com on sefan hwurfan swefnes wóma, 222, 26; Dan. 110: Elen. Kmbl. 142; El. 71. Hríð hreósende, wintres wóma. Exon. Th. 292, 22; Wand. 103. Hé secgan ongan swefnes wóman. Cd. Th. 249, 33; Dan. 539.

wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood

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Twá hund swína mæsten and wudurǽden loca hwæs man beþurfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 20, 5. An ic twéga wǽna gang tó wuduredenne, vi. 36, 16. Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ, and éc ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf, ii. 100, 14

eáge

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Fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hit cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8. Wiþ eágna ece, Lch. ii. 34, 14. Égna occellorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 44. Ǽgna (ætna, MS.), 92, 27. Þá súrigan eágan lippos oculos, 22

ge-gada

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Cóm þæs geréfan suna mid his sceandlicum gegadum, 163: 19, 40. Seó myltestre began faran tó hire gegadan, Hml. A. 195, 21. Hét se cásere his gegadan tó faran and beódon þám crístenum ꝥ hí cómon him tó, Hml. S. 28, 41

ge-wun

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Gyf lytlan gewune beóð, geswinc hit ná byð, for þí þe of gewunan hit cóm si paulatim adsueti fiant, labor non erit, quia ex usu uenit, Scint. 64, 1. Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6

pytt

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</b> figurative :-- Ðæt hí for hira úpáhæfennesse befeallen on ðone pytt ofermétta ipso elationis suae barathro devorantur, Past. 439, 3. v. col-, wíðig-, wulf-pytt

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, <b>.
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( cur tentavit Satanas cor tuum ... fraudare de pretio agri?, Acts 5, 3), Hml. Th. i. 316, 27. Add Eádig ys sé ðe ne swycað on mé beatus est qui non fuerit scandalizatus in me, Mt. 11, 6

wringan

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Add Hit gelamp in sume tíd þá þá Langbærdisce mæn wrungon elebergan on þǽre treddan . . . þá cóm Sanctulus tó heom and bróhte ǽmtige cyllan tó þǽre wringan quodam tempore cum in prelo Langobardi olivas premerent . . . utrem vacuum ad prelum detulit,

rúmedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rúmedlíce, adv.

liberally ⬩ at large, fully

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gescarode, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 331, 2. Ne óðerra monna ne reáfiaþ, ne hierarúmedlíce dǽlaþ, Past. 23; Swt. 177, 7. Ðonne hwá ǽgðer ge mete ge hrægl þearfendum rúmedlíce (rúmodlíce, Hatt.

Linked entry: rúmed-líc

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, e; f.

The share ⬩ pubes

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Schere pubes, 246, col. 2. Schore, privy part of a man pubes, Prompt. Parv. 448. v. Lchdm. ii. Glossary

ge-þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ soften ⬩ irrigare ⬩ emollire

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Cot.] his láre corda arentia doctrinæ fluentis irrigare, Past. 10, 1; Swt. 61, 19; Hat. MS. 14 a, 15: 18, 5; Swt. 137, 8; Hat. MS. 27 a, 12.

seht

(adj.)
Grammar
seht, adj.

In agreement about the terms of a settlement ⬩ agreed

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In agreement about the terms of a settlement, agreed Hí wurdon sehte ðæt ða gebróðra ealle geeodon of ðam lande bútan ánum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 195, 25.

grad

(n.)
Grammar
grad, es; m. [Lat. gradus]
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Blód com uppon þám gradan and of þám gradan on þa flóre blood came upon the steps and from the steps on the floor, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 28.

burh-waru

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru, burg-waru; gen. e; dat. e; acc. e, u; f.

The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens ⬩ civitas, civitatis populus

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Bos. 21, 10: Chr. 1013; Th. 271, 28, col. 1. Wæs mycel menegu ðære burhware mid hyre erat turba civitatis multa cum illa, Lk. Bos. 7, 12.

flet-rest

(n.)
Grammar
flet-rest, e; f.

Domestic couch ⬩ sleeping quarters in the hall ⬩ lectus domestĭcus

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Domestic couch, sleeping quarters in the hall; lectus domestĭcus Sum fletreste gebeág one bowed to the domestic couch, Beo. Th. 2487; B. 1241

mund-leów

(n.)
Grammar
mund-leów, (-leáw ?), -laú, -leú, e; f.

A basin for washing the hands

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Mundleú ii. 123, 22 : conca (cf. Ital. conca a laver : Span, cuenca a wooden bowl), 105, 7. Mundleów conca, coclea, 136, 15

Linked entry: leów