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ge-rid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rid, meat, food (?). v. bed-gerid,
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which may mean the food laid up by the ants in the ant-hill Ball seó lustfulnes and swetiies þæs lichaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride dulcedo illius vermes (Job 24, 20 where the A. V. has, ' the worm shall feed sweetly on him '), Gr. D. 323, 3

Linked entry: -rid

ge-rid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rid, es; n.
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Riding Eqttilaius ferdwerod vel cored, gerid, i. eqnitatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 73. <b>ge-rid</b> fever, inflammation (?)

ge-rif

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rif, a seizing.
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Substitute: ge-rif, es; n. A string of things, a number of things strung together (v. N. E. D. and D. D. riff, reeve a string or rope of onion s) An gerif fisca una serta, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 40. An geríf fisca oððe in snǽs fisca oððe ððra þinga, 64, 9

hæsel-rǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hæsel-rǽw, e; f.
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A row of hazels On ðá hæselrǽwe, C. D. iii. 77, 4

lenden-reáf

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Dele, and see lenden-síd

martyr-racu

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-racu, e; f.
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An account of martyrs Hí nǽron furðan wyrðe ꝥ man heora naman on ðisre háligra martyrrace sceolde áwrítan, Hml. S. 23, 367. Hí woldon ðisra háligra martyra martyrrace áwrítan, 334: 342: 773

munuc-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-reáf, es; n.
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Monk's or nun's dress, monastic habit Basilius on munucreáfe ( in monachico habitu ) fleónde gesóhte Ualeriam þá mǽgðe, Gr. D. 27, 17. Eála swustor . . . álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, and gegyre þé mid munucreáfe, Hml. S. 33. 82. Þám preóste is ungedafenlic

Linked entry: munuc-scrúd

preóst-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
preóst-reáf, es; n.
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Vestments of a priest Be þǽre gesceádwísnysse on gyrelan þæs preóstreáfes ut in cultu vestium discretionem teneant, Chrd. 64, 27

rǽd-bora

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Manega gesibsume synd þé, rǽdbora (consiliarius) sí þé án of þúsendum, Scint. 200, 2. Ne nimð se hláford his ðeówan him tó rǽdboran, ac nimð his holdan frýnd, and him geopenað his willan, Hml. Th. ii. 522, 32. Add

rǽd-wægn

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rǽd-wita

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Substitute: one wise in counsel, one of the leading men of a country, one of the 'witan' Cyningas and rǽdwitan forwyrþan reges et principes peribunt, Archiv cxx. 297, 31. Betwyx þǽre écan úplicum sibbe ríce rǽdwitan rodera weardas inter aetherium coelesti

reád-næsc

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reád-staled

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reád-staled, l.
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-stalede

reáf-lác

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Add Hé feccan sceolde ꝥ feoh mid reáfláce, Hml. S. 25, 762. Þysum wolde gedón sum Langbeardisc man reáflác on ðám ylcum beón huic cum Longobardus quidam in eisdem apibus rapinam voluisset ingerere, Gr. D. 229, 13. Add Ðæt hé for ðý reáfige ðý hé tiohchie

reám-wín

(n.)
Grammar
reám-wín, es; n.
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Thick wine, wine with a froth on it (?) Reámwín dulcisapa (quantum distal dulcisapa a merulento temeto, Ald. 81, 1), An. Ox. 8, 417: 8 b, 12. Cf. Merum hlúttor wín, dulcisapa áwilled wín, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 55-56

cyn-réd

Similar entry: fore-cynréd

réð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
réð-líc, adj.

Crueldeadly

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Cruel, deadly Réðlíc scinhiw ferale monstrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 53. Deriendlícan, réðlícan feralia, i. lugubria, tristia, noxia, luctuosa, mortifera, mortalia, 147, 50. Mid réðlícum feralibus, 34, 20

rím-talu

(n.)
Grammar
rím-talu, e; f.

A numbertale

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A number, tale Lǽt mec, mihta God, on rímtale ríces ðínes wunigan, Elen. Kmbl. 1636; El. 820

ród-weorðiend

(n.)
Grammar
ród-weorðiend, es; m.

A worshipper of the cross

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A worshipper of the cross Ródwurþiend crucicola, crucis adorator, Hpt. Gl. 403, 30

Linked entry: ród-begenga

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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Peter's pence. [William of Malmesbury attributes to Ethelwulf the institution of this tax : 'Ethelwulf went to Rome (v. Chron. 855) and there offered to St. Peter that tribute which England pays to this day,' bk. 2, c. 2; but in the earlier and similar