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Gréc-land

(n.)
Grammar
Gréc-land, es; n.
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Greece Dionisius gewende on ðam tíman fram Gréclande Dionysius returned at that time from Greece, Homl. Th. i. 558, 33

ge-sélig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sélig, adj.

Happy ⬩ fēlix

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Happy; fēlix Gebed dón geséligran tíman getácnaþ to be repeating prayers betokens a happier time, Lchdm. iii. 208, 23. Similar entries v, ge-sǽlig

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, p. de; pp. ed [sǽlan to bind, tie]

To bind, tie ⬩ lĭgāre

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To bind, tie; lĭgāre Ða folan hý gesǽlaþ they tie the foals, Nar. 35, 11. Ðæt is se ealda feónd ðone he gesǽlde that is the ancient fiend whom he bound, Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 7; Pa. 59. He ligeþ synnum gesǽled he lies bound with sins, 18 b; Th. 46, 12

Linked entry: sǽlan

for-teón

(v.)
Grammar
for-teón, -tión; impert. -teó, -teóh, pl. -teóþ; subj. -teó, pl. -teón [for-, teón to draw, lead]

To mislead ⬩ seduce ⬩ sedūcĕre

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To mislead, seduce; sedūcĕre

Linked entries: for-togen for-tión

ge-sélþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sélþ, e; f.

Happiness ⬩ fēlīcĭtas

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Happiness; fēlīcĭtas Gesélþe tíman hit getácnaþ it betokens a time of happiness, Lchdm. iii. 202, 10: 204, 23. We gyt næfdon ða gesélþa we had not yet the happiness, Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 25

Decem-ber

(n.)
Grammar
Decem-ber, gen. -bris; m. [dĕcem ten: Sansk. vāra: Pers. bār time, space: the tenth month of the Romans, beginning with March, and as we begin with January, it is our twelfth month]

The month of December ⬩ Dĕcember, bris

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The month of December; Dĕcember, bris, m Mónaþ Decembris, ǽrra iúla [geóla] the month of December, the former yule, Menol. Fox 437; Men. 220; January being after yule or Christmas is called Se æftera geóla; the after yule, Cott. Tibĕrius; B. i; Hick.

earu

(adj.)
Grammar
earu, In the passage for earne might be read earmne ? or earhne, eargne? timid: <b>earwian</b> = gearwian.

Similar entry: ge-gearwian

ge-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnyttan, -cnyhtan; p. -cnytte; pp. -cnytted, -cnytt, -cnyt [cnyttan to tie]

To tie or fasten to ⬩ to annex ⬩ adnectĕre ⬩ allīgāre

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To tie or fasten to, to annex; adnectĕre, allīgāre Gecnyttan adnectĕre, Cot. 4. Bende gicnyhtest vinculo nexius ti, Rtl. 108, 21. Betere him ys ðæt án cwyrnstán sí to hys swyran gecnytt expĕdit ei ut suspendātur mŏla asĭnāria in collo ejus, Mt. Bos.

Linked entry: ge-cnycc

gefyrn-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
gefyrn-dagas, pl. m.
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Days of old, old times Þus ealde penegas þe on gefyrndagum (gefirndagum, v. l. ) geslægene wǽron on yldrena tíman, Hml. S. 23, 588

Linked entry: fyrn-dagas

sidelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sidelíce, adv.
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In a proper manner, suitably Monige scylda openlíce witene beóþ tó forberanne ðonne ðæs þinges tíma ne biþ ðæt hit mon sidelíce gebétan mǽge . . .

apostolíc

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
apostolíc, def. m. -a, f. n. -e; adj.

Apostolic ⬩ apostolicus

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Se papa ðe on ðam tíman ðæt apostolíce setl gesæt the pope who at that time occupied the apostolic seat, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 10

tén

(v.)
Grammar
tén, v. tín.[<b>tendan;</b> p. de To kindle.]

Similar entry: á-

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

cenning

(n.)
Grammar
cenning, e; f.

Birth, a producing ⬩ partus

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Birth, a producing; partus Ðære cenninge tíma tempus pariendi, Gen. 25, 24

Linked entries: bearn-cennung cynning

þrág-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þrág-mǽlum, adv.

From time to time ⬩ at times ⬩ at intervals

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From time to time, at times, at intervals Ic wæs nýde gebǽded, þrágmǽlum geþreád, ðæt ic ðé sóhte, Exon. Th. 263, 3; Jul. 344. Ne meahton hió word forðbringan, ac hió þrágmǽlum þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80.

salness

(n.)
Grammar
salness, e; f.

Darkness, duskiness

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Darkness, duskiness Conticinium, ðæt ys swítíma oððe salnyssa tíma, Anglia viii. 319, 29

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl ⬩ cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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Its more general use among us dates from the later Scandinavian invasions, and though originally only a title of honour, it became in later times one of office, nearly supplanting the older and more Saxon one of 'ealdorman:' — Swá we eác settaþ be eallum

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm

fór-hradian

(v.)
Grammar
fór-hradian, -hradigan; p. ode; pp. od

To hasten before ⬩ anticipate ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre ⬩ præoccŭpāre

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Ðonne hie fórhradigaþ ðone tíman gódes weorces when they anticipate the time of a good work, Past. 39, 3

Linked entry: fór-radian

langsum

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Add: in reference to time. of a space of time, long Seó eorþe byð mid þám winterlican cyle þurhgán, and byð langsum ǽr ðám ðe heó eft gebeðod sý, Lch. iii. 252, 7. Langsumum fæce prolixa (i. longo) (temporum) intercapedine (i. spatio ), An.

forþ-gewítan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gewítan, p. -gewát, pl. -gewiton; pp. -gewiten

To go forth ⬩ proceed ⬩ go by ⬩ pass ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ procēdĕre ⬩ transīre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ decēdĕre ⬩ mŏri

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Se forþgewitena tíma the past tense, Som. 23, 14. Ðone forþgewitenan tíman, Som. 23, 9

Linked entry: ge-wítan

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