ge-wíte
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Punishment, torment Þæt hé him ásecge on hwilcum gewíte ic eom, Solil. H. 68, 5
ge-wrid
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What is wrapped about an object, a covering, husk. v. wríþan; : ge-wríþan; Gewrid glumula (cf. eára scalu spicarum glumula, An. Ox. 1412), Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 23
ge-wriþ
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Lancea wígár, amentum wegures geriðspere (l. (?) wígáres gewrið (v. Angl. viii. 451), spere?gewrið]), Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 47
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ge-tred
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a crowding together, an assembly of people Getred constipatio, i. conventio hominum (cf. constipatio, conuentio hominum, Corp. Gl. H. 34, 576), Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 60. a treading down
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ge-wæd
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A ford Willelm cyng lǽdde scipfyrde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... and his landfyrde æt þám Gewæde ( the Forth) inn lǽdde (férde inn ofer ꝥ Wæð, v. l. ), Chr. 1072; P. 208, 14. Þis sy[ndon ðá landgemǽro] tó miclan gráfe on Tenet ... andlang eá on middel
ge-wǽpne
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Armour, weapons, arms Hé tóbricð gewǽpnu confringet arma, Ps. L. 45, 10
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ge-wildend
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A tamer, subduer, subjugator Gewyldend perdomitor, Germ. 391, 12
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ge-wirþe
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Amount of so much. Take here <b>ge-wyrþe</b> in Dict., and add Hé gesealde twégra æcera gewirde landes concessit duo iugera ruris, C. D. vi. 207, 16. Heó on hire múð sende þreóra corna gewyrde, Hml. S. 23 b, 716
ge-wis
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what is certain. certain information Ðá úþwitan þe sǽdon þæt nǽfre nánwiht gewisses nǽre búton twæónunga, Solil. H. 20, 22. Ne mæg ic nán gewis bringan tó mínum geférum, Hml. S. 23, 577. Hé áxode þæs martyres naman . . . ac heora nán nyste nán gewis
ge-wistfulligend
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One that feasts Swég gewistfulgend[es] sonus epulantis, Ps. Rdr. 41, 5
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gísel-hád
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The state of being a hostage Gíslháda obsedatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 27
gistran-ǽfen
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Yesterday evening Gyrstanǽfenne (gyrstandæg on ǽfenne, v. l.) vespere heslerno, Gr. D. 190, 12. Gierstanǽfenne (gyrstanǽfen, v. l.) hesterno die sero, 22, 21. Þá hláfas þe ús gyrstanǽfen cómon, Hml. S. 23, 469, 517
gistran-dæg
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Yesterday Swá geostrandæg (deg geostran, Ps. Srt.) dies hesterna, Ps. Th. 89, 4. Gierstandæge horno, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 35. Be þám þú gyrstandæge cwæð, Guth. 74, 4. Gyrstandæg heri, Jn. 4, 52: An. Th. 22, 1. Gyrstandæg (girston-, georsten, v. ll. ), Ælfc
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glær
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Substitute: <b>glær,</b> es; m. Amber Smilting vel glær electrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 66. Glær succinum, 286, 68. Glæres sucini, An. Ox. 1074: sucine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 26. Glaeres sucini, 121, 63. Glæsas (glæras?) sucina (sucinum est electrum
glæs
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Án wurðlic weorc of glæse and of golde, Hml. S. 5, 252. Hwylce þinc gelǽdst þú ús? Mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs ( vitrum ), Coll. M. 27, 11. Hafa gebrocen glæs geara gegrunden . . . sóna swá se wyrm þæs onbirigð, þonne swilt hé, Lch. ii. 114
ge-wyrce
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work, forming, v. ge-wyrcan; I. ¶ Gewyrce plastica (in rerum visibilium plastica Ald. 75, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 35. what is got by work, profit, perquisite, v. ge-wyrcan; Ǽhteswán gebyreð stífearh, and his gewirce ðonne hé spic behworfen hæfð, Ll.
ge-wyrd-wrítere
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A historiographer Stǽrwrítere ł gewyrd-[wtere] istoriographus An. Ox. 60, I
gicel-gebland
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A hailstorm Bletsiað gicelgebland and snáw Drihten benedicite pruina et niues Dominum Ps. Rdr. 293, 70. Cf. snáw-gebland
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gicer
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A measure of land, an acre Iugeres gycer unius die opus aratoris . Ld. Gl. H. p. 34, 75. [Cf. O. H. Ger. iuchart jugerum.] Cf. geoc
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glíw-cræft
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The art of playing on an instrument, minstrelsy Stód þǽr æltoran þǽre dura sum man mid ánum apan and slóh cymbalan, and bæd him metes, swá swá sume men gewuniað ꝥ hí mid glígcræfte ( ludendi arte ) heom andlyfene séceað, Gr. D. 62, 13