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ge-gaderung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaderung, e; f.

A gatheringcongregationassemblycrowdcongregatioturba

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Spl. 39, 14; Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 47. Gegaderung líchoman copula carnis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 30. Gegaderung congregatio, Th. An. 30, 7.

ge-gnídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gnídan, p. -gnád, pl. -gnidon; pp. -gniden

To rubrub togethercomminutefricaredefricarefricando comminuereplanarelevigare

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Ic gegníde plano vel levigo, Ælfc. Gl. 36; Som. 62, 8

sweflen

(adj.)
Grammar
sweflen, adj.
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Hé eal ðæt land mid sweflenum fýre forbærnde Deus pluit super hanc terram ignem et sulphur, totamque regionem exustam aeterna perditione damnavit, I. 3; Swt. 32, 10: Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 17. Swæflenum. Boutr. Scrd. 22, 32.

þunrian

(v.)
Grammar
þunrian, p. ode

To thunder

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Hit ðunraþ tonat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Zup. 128, 17. Hit hwílum þunraþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 44, 34: Met. 28, 55. Seó menio sǽdon ðæt hyt þunrode ( tonitruum factum esse ), Jn. Skt. 12, 29. Þunerode of heofonum Drihten intonuit de coelo Dominus, Ps. Spl.

þreó-teóða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þreó-teóða, þreotteóða

thirteenth

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thirteenth Se þreotteóða (þriot-, þret-, þreó-) tertius decimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 282, 20. Se wæs on ðam ðreáte þréotteóða secg, Beo. Th. 4804; B. 2406. Paulus is se ðreotteóða ðyses heápes, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 30. Seó ðreotteóðe mǽigð, i. 396, 4.

un-drifen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-drifen, adj.

Not driven

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Not driven Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe, ðe binnan múðan cuman[mæg?], þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.).

un-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rǽdlíce, adv.

Unadvisedlyinconsiderately

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Hé begann tó lufienne leahtras tó swíðe mid his cnihtum, ðe unrǽdlíce férdon on heora ídelum lustum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 14. On ðám ænglum ðe unrǽdlíce módegodon, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 183.

wistfullian

(v.)
Grammar
wistfullian, p. ode

To feast

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To feast Ic wistfullige epulor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 146, 1. Tíma is ðæt ðú mid ðínum gebróðrum wistfullige on mínum gebeórscipe, Homl. Th. i. 74, 15. Utan wistfullian epulemur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 62.

Linked entry: wist

á-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
á-liþian, -leoþian (q. v. in Dict.); ode
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To dismember, separate, take away Ic áhredde oððe út áliðige eruo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 167, 14. ꝥ unmǽte stánclif onweg áleoðian (-liðian, v. l. ) ingens illud saxum levare, Gr. D. 213, 24.

Linked entry: á-leoþian

cearcian

(v.)
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Ic cearcige strideo and strido, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 220, 9. Þá téð, þe nú on oferǽte blissiað, sceolon þǽr cearcian on pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 530, 32. Ne gestilde nǽfre stefen cearciendes wǽnes, Lch. iii. 430, 33.

gistran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gistran-dæg, (gyrstan-dæg, q. v. in Dict.), es; m.
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Gyrstandæg (girston-, georsten, v. ll. ), Ælfc. Gr. 224, 2. Gyrstandæg gemedemode úre Drihten hine sylfne . . ., nú tó dæg Stephanus . . . tó heofenum férde, Hml. Th. i. 56, 28: ii. 286, 26: Hml. S. 23, 468

gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12

Linked entry: Gyrwas

hundteóntigoþa

(num.; adj.)
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hundredth Se hundteóntigoða centesimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 283, 14. Se hundteóntigeþa-and-twá-and-feówertigeþa. R. Ben. 37, 23.

scealu

(n.)
Grammar
scealu, e; f.

a shell, huska platter,dish, cupthe scale of a balance

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Th. 429, 30. the scale of a balance Ðeós wǽge ł scalu haec lanx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 73; Som. 14,18. Scale lanx, twá scale balances, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 39-40

heáfod-panne

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-panne, an; f.

A skull

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Forheáfod vel heáfodpanne calvarium, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 33; Wrt. Voc. 42, 41. Golgotha ðæt is heáfodpannan stów Golgotha quod est calvariæ locus, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 33: Jn. Skt. 19, 17. Heáfodpannena, stów, Mk. Skt. 15, 22.

CNOTTA

(n.)
Grammar
CNOTTA, an; m.

A KNOTfasteningknitting; nexus

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A KNOT, fastening, knitting; nexus Cnotta nexus Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 10. Gyt hér is óðer cnotta ealswá earfoðe there is yet another knot equally difficult Homl. Th. ii. 386, 22.

snaca

(n.)
Grammar
snaca, an; m.: snacu (?), e; f.

A reptile, a snake

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Voc. i. 78, 56: 287, 30: ii. 16, 75: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 7. Sý Dan snaca on wege fiat Dan coluber in via Wulfst. 192, 20. Snace colubro Hpt. Gl. 409, 72.

sníwan

(v.)
Grammar
sníwan, p. de

To snow

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To snow Ic sníwe ninguo Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Zup. 174, 8. Hit sníwþ ningit 22; Zup. 128, 17. Sníuuith, sníuidh ninguit Txts. 78, 669. Sníweþ Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 14. Ðá cwom ðǽr micel snáw and swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feoll Nar. 23, 13.

snoru

(n.)
Grammar
snoru, e; f.

A daughter-in-law

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Snoru, snora Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 79, 18. Swegr on hyre snore and snoru on hyre swegere Lk. Skt. 12, 53. Sc̃a Maria is Godfæder snoru and Godes suna módur and háligra sáuwla sweger Shrn. 118, 6.

huntung

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Add: — Wæs hé wel gleáw on huntunge, and ꝥ ǽlce dæge beeóde, Hml. S. 30, 16