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GILP

(n.)
Grammar
GILP, gelp, gielp, gylp, es; m.

Gloryostentationprideboastingarrogancevain-gloryhaughtinessgloriaostentatio

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Glory, ostentation, pride, boasting, arrogance, vain-glory, haughtiness; gloria, ostentatio Se seofoþa heáfod-leahter is ídelwuldor ðæt is gylp the seventh chief sin is vain-glory, that is pride, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 27: 218, 22. He nolde nán þing dón

ge-laþian

(v.)
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Add: to call, summon. construction uncertain Gelaðade adhibuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 40. Gelaðode, 4, 49. to summon a person, call together people Gelaðige ( convocet ) se abbod eal þæt gefére, R. Ben. 15, 5. Gelaðian arcessire (pedissequas ), Wrt. Voc

Linked entry: laþian

weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake to engage to wed, betroth, espouse

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To engage, covenant, undertake Weddodon pepigere, Germ. 396, 137. to engage to do something, Grammar weddian, with gen. of that for which the engagement or pledge is given Be ðon ðe ordáles weddigaþ. Gif hwá ordáles weddige if any one engage to undergo

Linked entry: be-weddian

rǽdan

(v.)
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Two verbs originally distinct seem to coalesce under this form, the strong rǽdan; p. reórd, réd; pp. rǽden : Goth. ga-rédan : O. Sax. rádan; p. réd, ried : O. Frs. réda; p. réd : O. H. Ger. rátan; p. riet, riat : Icel. ráða; p. réð, and the weak rǽdan

cyric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sceat, ciric-sceat,es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate

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Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate; ecclesiæ census. Church-scot was at first a certain measure of corn paid to the church. In a charter of Bishop Werfrith, those to whom it was granted, agreed, — Ðæt hí agefen élce gére þreó mittan hwǽtes to ciric-sceatte

Linked entry: ciric-sceat

á-reccan

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Add: I. to stretch out, spread out Álecge hé his swiþran hand him under heáfod áreahte, Lch. ii. 214, 10. to hold out to, to grant, v. reccan, Árecte (-æ) concesserim, Txts. 53, 523 (cf. 106, 1089). Áræctæ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 69. to raise, lift up

lác

Grammar
lác, [If ðínne in Hml. S. 7, 119 is correct, lác is there masculine, but perhaps ðíne should be read.]
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Add: v. lác-lic Se mǽgðhád sceal God beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ꝥ seó lác beo leófre þám Hǽlende, Hml. A. 33, 234. Nolde Drihten ásendan þone ðe hé sylf gehǽlde tó þám sácerde mid ǽnigre láce, Hml. Th. i. 124, 19. Gán mid láce tó Godes húse, and

rídan

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add: where going on horseback is expressed or may be certainly inferred Gif þegen þénode cynge and his rádstefne rád on his hírede, Ll. Th. i. 190, 20. Sé þe hors nabbe, wyrce þám hláforde þe him fore ríde oþþe gange, 232, 19, Georne is tó ó Seldon hé

wépan

(v.)
Grammar
wépan, p. weóp, wép (wǽpde, Lind.), pl. weópon, wépon ; pp. wópen
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To weep, wail, mourn, lament Ic wépe fleo, ðú wépst (wǽpst, v. l.) fles, ic weóp fleui, gewópen fletum, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 1; Zup. 152, 18. intrans. of persons Maria stód and weóp (hrémende ł uoepende plorans, Lind.); and ðá heó weóp (gewǽp fleret, Lind.

Linked entries: wópen wǽpan

lang

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Add: of space relations. great in measurement from end to end. of a line, way, journey, &c. Lang and stearc weg itiner Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 36. Rúmre racenteáge, langre línan, Sal. 294. Sume habbað swíðe langne weg, Solil. H. 44, 7 : Gen. 554. Werod

FÆT

(n.)
Grammar
FÆT, es; pl. nom. acc. fatu, fata; gen. fata; dat. fatum; n.

A vessel, cup, VATvas, călix

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A vessel, cup, VAT; vas, călix Swá swá fæt crocwirhtan oððe tygelwirhtan ðú tobrytst híg tamquam vas fĭgŭli confringes eos, Ps. Lamb. 2, 9. Fætes botm the bottom of a vessel; vāsis fundum, Cot. 92. Mid ðam fæte with the vessel, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 19.

Linked entries: fatu ge-fǽtan

reáf

(n.)
Grammar
reáf, es; n.
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spoil, booty Reáf exuviae, spolia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 33 : exuvias, 31, 56 : 93, 1. Weorðlíc reáf spolia, Ps. Th. 67, 12. Se ðe beorna reáf manige ( spolia multa ) méteþ, 118, 162. Seó gýtsung hyre reáf ( spolia ) on ðære wynstran sídan scylt, Gl. Prud

ge-wealden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-wealden, part.

Subjectunder the powercontrol of any oneinconsiderablesmall

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Subject, under the power or control of any one, inconsiderable, small God gedéþ him gewealdene worolde dǽlas síde ríce God puts under his power parts of the world, spacious realms, Beo. Th. 3468; B. 1732. Hond biþ gelǽred wís and gewealden the hand is

grípan

(v.)
Grammar
grípan, ic grípe, ðú grípest, grípst, he grípeþ, gripþ, pl. grípeþ; p. gráp, pl. gripon; pp. gripen; v. a.
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To GRIPE, grasp, seize, lay hold of, apprehend; capĕre, rapĕre, prehendĕre, apprehendere Ic on Lothe gefrægn hǽþne heremæcgas handum grípan I heard that the heathen leaders seized on Lot with their hands, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 32; Gen. 2483: 219; Th. 281

Linked entry: ge-grípan

stincan

(v.)
Grammar
stincan, p. stanc, pl. stuncon ; pp. stuncen
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To emit a smell or vapour, exhale, where the kind of smell is not marked Stincþ fragrat, i. odorat, i. odorem dat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 34. Stanc exalavit, 29, 62. Stonc, 107, 54. Swá hý swýþost stincen give out the strongest smell, Lchdm. i. 206, 8. Ðæs

þanc-full

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-full, þanc-full; adj.
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thoughtful Mǽden carful þancful nytwyrþe clǽne a maiden born on the ninth day of the moon will be careful, thoughtful, useful, chaste, Lchdm. iii. 188, 14. spirited; animosus Cild ácenned ( born on the thirteenth day of the moon), þancfull (animosus

be-hátan

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Add: to promise Hú fela beháta behét God Abra-hame?, Angl. vii. 42, 396. Embe þis wé sprecað eft swíðor swá swá wé ǽr behéton, Lch. iii. 240, 8. Cantware heom feoh behéton, Chr. 865 ; P. 69, 4. ꝥ him man gafol behéte, 994; P. 129, II. Tó ðám behátenan

feónd

an enemyfoefienddevil

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Add: an enemy, foe Fram stemne fýndes a voce inimici, Ps. L. 54, 4. 'For ðínum feóndum ic áswand on mínum móde, and ic hié hatode, for ðǽm hié wǽron eác míne fínd (fiénd, v. l.).' Swá mon sceal Godes fiénd hatigean, Past. 353, 5-8. Feónda emulorum, i

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Add: of human beings Uncystig oððe heamol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5: 70, 22. Ne bið hé ná cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91. For þon Antiochus giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for þon

full-fremman

Grammar
full-fremman, (-fremian).
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Add: to bring to an end, complete, finish Tó þon ꝥ hé sceolde gegearwian and fulfremman þone wáh mid þám óþrum bróþrum ut ipse parietem cum fratribus perficeret, Gr. D. 126, 2. Þá fulfremedan (full-, v. l.) weorc perfecta opera, R. Ben. 20, 6. to bring