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ge-beácnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beácnung, -bícnung, e; f. [ge, and beácnung a beckoning]

A presage ⬩ sign ⬩ a speaking by tropes or figures ⬩ predicament ⬩ præsāgium ⬩ catēgĕria ⬩ κατηγορία

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A presage, sign, a speaking by tropes or figures, predicament; præsāgium, catēgĕria = κατηγορία Gebeacnunge catēgĕriæ, Cot. 57

Linked entries: ge-bícnung beácnung

ge-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hygd, -higd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thought ⬩ cogitation ⬩ meditation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ consultation ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mĕdĭtātio ⬩ consĭlium

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Thought, cogitation, meditation, deliberation, consultation; cōgĭtātio, mĕdĭtātio, consĭlium Sceal on leóht cuman heortan gehygd his heart's thought shall come into light, Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 17; Cri. 1039 : 77 b; Th. 290, 28; Wand. 72. On mínre gehygde

Linked entries: -hygd ge-higd ge-hýd

ge-máhnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-máhnes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Shamelessness, stubbornness ⬩ prŏcācĭtas, pervĭcācia

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Shamelessness, stubbornness; prŏcācĭtas, pervĭcācia Gemáhnes prŏcācĭtas, Wrt. Voc. 86, 53. Gemáhays prŏcācĭtas vel pervĭcācia, Ælfc. Gl. 88; Som. 74, 85; Wrt. Voc. 50, 65

tæfl

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl, e; f.: es ; n.(?): tæfle, an(?); f.

Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd

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Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time Wyþ pleyynge at tables oþer atte chekere, R. Glouc. 192, 3. Kueade gemenes of des and of tables

Linked entry: tebl

un-cýððu

(n.)
Grammar
un-cýððu, un-cýððo; indecl.: -cýðð, e; f.

ignorance ⬩ a country not one's own ⬩ a strange land

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ignorance Ne spræc hé ( Moses) hit nó forðýðe his mód áuht genierwed wǽre mid ðære uncýððe ðæs síðfætes neque enim Moysi mentem ignorantia itineris angustabat, Past. 41; S. 304, 17, Mín sceal of líce sáwul on síðfæt, nát ic sylfa hwider, eardes uncýðþu

un-geþyld

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþyld, e; f.: es; n. [
Similar entries
v. ge-þyld
]

Impatience

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Impatience Hú mycel Godes geþyld is, and hú mycel úre ungeþyld is, Blickl. Homl. 33, 26. Ungeðyld impatientiae culpa, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 2. Sió ungeðyld, Swt. 311, 21: 33; Swt. 220, 66. For ðæm unwrence ðære ungeðylde ... for ðæm unðeáwe ðære ungeðylde

ende-spæc

(n.)
Grammar
ende-spæc, ende-sprǽc, -spǽc, e; f.

An epilogue

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An epilogue Þysse lyttlan bóce endespǽce hujus libelluli epilogum, Angl. xiii. 447, 1166. Substitute:

epactas

(n.)
Grammar
epactas, (-e, -an ?); gen. pl. epacta, epactana,

epacts

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epacts Þæs geáres ne beóð náne epactas, Angl. viii. 301, 29. Tó geáre synd feówertýne epactas, 327, 11. Hú fela epactas beón on geáre, 329, 35: Lch. iii. 228, 5, 8. On grécisc hí synt gecwedene epacte, Angl. viii. 302, 32. Swá fela epacte beóð, 301,

epistol

(n.)
Grammar
epistol, es; m. (not e; f.): epistola, an; m.
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strong forms Hér is seó gesetenis Alexandres epistoles . . . Cwæþ hé in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7. Sealde hé mé ǽnne epistolan, Nar. 18, 28. uninflected

fóre-dúru

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-dúru, fore-duru, e, a; f.

A vestibule ⬩ porch

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A vestibule, porch Tó foredure ad vestibulum, An. Ox. 2999. Foredura, infærelda uestibula, i. introitum, 135. Substitute:

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, m.

an adulteress

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(? Gynd forligeru per scorta, Germ. 396, 236) an adulteress [The masc. (neut.?) is used of a woman]: Forligr adulter, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 27, 14. Forliger prostituta, meretrix, Hpt. Gl. 475, 26. Heó næs dyrne forligr, Hml. S. 12, 227. ꝥ þú ne beó forliger (

húfe

Grammar
húfe, Add: <b>húf,</b> e
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Húfe cuphia vel mitra, (omitted after Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 65, see) Angl. viii. 450. Hættes, húfan mitrę, An. Ox. 5242. Húfan mitrę i. tigera, 2, 440. Mitrae hættes, húfan tigera, snóda, Hpt. Gl. 525, 9

spear-lira

Grammar
spear-lira, l. spear-líra, and add: [v. N. E. D. sparlire]

up-flór

(n.)
Grammar
up-flór, a, e: -flóre, an; f.: es; m.

An upper floor or story ⬩ upper chamber

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An upper floor or story, upper chamber Upflór solarium, Wrt. Voc. i, 83, 31. Heó hæfde big behíd on hire upflóra (solario domus suae), Jos. 2, 6. Gesamnodon hí on sumre upflóra (de tecto et solario spectantes) ealle ða heáfodmen, Jud. 16, 25. Wunigende

Linked entry: flór

bræc-cóðu

(n.)
Grammar
bræc-cóðu, e; f. [bræc
a breaking
, cóðu
a disease
]

a breaking ⬩ a disease ⬩ The breaking ⬩ falling disease, epilepsy ⬩ epilepsia ⬩ έπιληψία

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The breaking or falling disease, epilepsy; epilepsia = έπιληψία Bræc-cóðu, fylle-seóc epilepsia vel caduca vel larvatio vel commitialis, Ælfc. Gl. 10;Som. 57, 20;Wrt. Voc. 19, 26

brémbel-rind

(n.)
Grammar
brémbel-rind, e; f. [brémbel
a bramble
, rind
rind, bark
]

a bramble ⬩ rind, bark ⬩ Bramble-rind ⬩ rubi cortex

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Bramble-rind; rubi cortex Genim brémbel-rinde take bramble-rind, L. M. 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 11

Linked entry: brémel-rind

colt-græig

(n.)
Grammar
colt-græig, e; f? græg, grig grey?

The herb colt's foot ⬩ tussilago farfara

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The herb colt's foot; tussilago farfara, Lin. v. Prior 51 Coltgræig caballopodia vel ungula caballi Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 63; Wrt. Voc. 31, 73

on-sín

(n.)
Grammar
on-sín, -sién, -sýn, e; f.

Lack, want

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Lack, want Ðæt eów nǽfre ne biþ þurh gife míne gódes onsién, Exon. Th. 30, 16; Cri. 480. Him nǽnges wæs willan onsýn, ne welan brosnung, 151, 24; Gú. 800. Nis on ðæm londe ne sár wracu ne wædle gewin ne welan onsýn luctus acerbus abest, et egestas obsita

Linked entries: -sín on-sýn

smeágung

(n.)
Grammar
smeágung, smeáwung, smeáung, sméung, smeáng, e; f.

search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lost ⬩ inquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation

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search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lost On swylcere smeágunge (the search for stolen cattle) L. Edg. S. 12; Th. i. 276, 21. Habban ðás ylcan smeágunge on mínum cucum orfe and on mínra þegena 13; Th. i. 276, 24: 14; Th. i. 276, 32. inquiry

Linked entries: smeáþ smeáung

ge-siníg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-siníg, [ = sin-híg, -híw?], e; f.

Marriage; ⬩ connubium

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Marriage; connubium Fore hálgum gesiníge ǽ pro sacra connubii lege, Rtl. 108, 14

Linked entry: ge-sinígan