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ge-hát

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Þá ælmessan þe Ælfréd cing gehét . . . hí ( the English ) swýðe béntigðe wǽron æfter þám gehátum, Chr. 883; P. 79, 9. Ðú forgeldes Drihtne giháta áðas ðíne ( vota juramenta tua ), Mt. L. 5, 33. Gehát, Ps.

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in-gehygd

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Srt. ii. p. 203, 39. knowledge Scientia gód ingehýd on Englisc, Wlfst. 51, 8; Angl. xi. 107, 8. Gewít fram ús, nelle wé þane weg þínre ingehýde ( recede a nobis, et scientiam viarum tuarum nolumus, Job 21, 14), Ll. Lbmn. 438, 16.

G

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In later English the place of the earlier g is often taken by y, sometimes by w; as, - Geár a year, dæg a day, dagas days. etc; morg(en) morrow, sorg = sorrow, etc.

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the daynine in the morning

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The third hour of the day, nine in the morning; in later English (v. infra) it is used of the sixth hour, a use it seems to have in undern-rest, q.v. Undern tertia, middæg sexta, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 11. Undern is dæges þridde tíd, Btwk. 214, 33.

Ælfríc

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfríc, es; m. [ælf, ríc]

ÆlfricÆlfricus

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Ælfric speaks strongly against the transubstantiation in the Eucharist, which gave his Homilies so great an importance in the eyes of the English reformers: v. húsel. He died A.

mennisc

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc, n.
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Hé lǽrde manepa þæs Engliscan mennisces, Angl. vii. 2, 4. Þá fúlan forligeras þæs fracodostan mennisces Sodomitiscra ðeóda, Hml. S. 13, 191: Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 16. a number of people, men, people Micel mennisc lúdéiscre mǽgðe on Críst gelýfde. Hml.

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Gesomnode man ormǽte fyrde Defenisces folces and Sumorsǽtisces . . . beáh seó Englisce fyrd, looi; P. 133, 23. Wæs þæs cynges fyrde hindan, 948; P. 112, 30. Cóm seó Centisce fyrde, 999; P. 131, 21.

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Siððan mín on Englisc Ælfréd kyning áwende worda gehwelc, and mé his wríterum sende súð and nord ; héht him swelcra má brengan bi ðære bisene, Past. pref. ; Swt. 9, 14. Ðe læs ðe wé þurh gýmeleásum wríterum geleahtrode beón, Homl.

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gífer-nes

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Án is gecwæden gula ꝥ is gýfernyss on Englisc ; seó déð ꝥ man yt ǽr tíman and drincð, oððe hé tó micel nimð on ǽte oððe on wǽte, Hml, S. 16, 268.

on-hagian

(v.)
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Þára hálgena þrowunga þe mé tó onhagode on Englisc tó áwendene, Hml. S. pref. 37. (3 a) where the infinitive is not expressed :-- Se cyning hine underféng and swá feola his geféran swá him tó onhagode, Chr. 1052; P. 176, 29.

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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The later English lode seems to keep this meaning. Thus Prompt.

BLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÓWAN, part. blówende; ic blówe, ðú blówest, bléwst, he blóweþ, bléwþ, pl. blówaþ; p. ic, he bleów, ðú bleówe, pl. bleówon; pp. blówen; v. n.

to BLOW, flourish, bloom, blossomflorere, efflorere, reflorereto be in full vigour or bloomto burst, blossom

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Th. 57, 8. blówan to blossom, is sometimes used in Anglo-Saxon instead of bláwan to blow; and thus, blówan was occasionally used by the Anglo-Saxons as the present English to blow.

sester

(n.)
Grammar
sester, seoxter, es; m.
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Cristallisce dryncfatu and gyldne sestras wǽron forþborenne crystallina vasa potatoria et sextariola aurea invenimus, Nar. 5, 14. a measure for liquids or for dry things; its capacity is uncertain, as an English measure Twegen sestres sápan and twege

Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es; m.
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Þes þeódscype the English, Wulfst. 163, 19. Se ðeódscype the Jews, 14, 7. Cyning sceal geþeón and his þeódscipe eác swá, 266, 21. Oratores syndon gebedmen, ðe sceolon for ðæne cyngc and for ealne þeódscipe þingian georne.

Linked entry: leód-scipe

cunnan

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Swíðe feáwa wǽron ðe hiora ðéninga cúðen understondan on Englisc, Past. 3, 14

sand

(n.)
Grammar
sand, e; f.

a sending, mission, message a dish of food, victuals

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Gregorius is rihtlíce Engliscre þeóde apostol, forðan ðe hé þurh his rǽd and sande ús fram deófles biggengum ætbrǽd, ii. 116, 28. Nú com ic tó eów þurh ðæs Almihtigan sande, 296, 20.

ge-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-limpan, he -limpeþ, -limpþ; p. -lamp, -lomp, pl. -lumpon; subj. p. -lumpe, pl. -lumpen; pp. -lumpen

To happenoccurbefallcome to passtake placeaccĭdĕreevĕnīrecontingĕre

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Gregorius Gode þancode ðæt Angelcynne swá gelumpen wæs, swá swa he sylf geornlíce gewilnode Gregory thanked God that it had so happened to the English nation, as he himself had earnestly desired, Homl. Th ii. 130, 28 : Beo. Th. 1653; B. 824

gid

(n.)
Grammar
gid, gidd, gied, giedd, gyd, gydd, ged, es; n.

a songlaypoemcantuscantilenacarmenpoemaA speechtalesermonproverbriddlesermodictumloquelaproverbiumænigma

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Fox 2, 10; Met. 2, 5. as Old English or Saxon proverbs, riddles, and particular speeches were generally metrical, and their historians were bards, hence, A speech, tale, sermon, proverb, riddle; sermo, dictum, loquela, proverbium, ænigma Gyd æfter wræc

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wícing

(n.)
Grammar
wícing, es; m.
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. ¶ in passages dealing with English affairs the word refers to the Northmen :-- Ðeáh þrǽla hwylc hláforde æthleápe and of cristendóme to wícinge weorðe (become a pirate, go over to the Danes ), Wulfst. 162, 6. Hé stang wlancne wícing, Byrht.

Linked entry: scegð-mann

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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A mound, hill, rising ground; but in this sense, which belongs to the word in the Old Saxon, it is not found in English.