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geofon

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Add: ocean, sea, flood Ic gewíte sécan gársecges grund; gifen bið gewréged, Rá. 3, 3. Gársecg, geofon geótende, An. 393. Geofon ( the Red Sea ), Exod. 447. On geofones staðe, 580. Ymb geofenes stæð gearwe stódon sǽmearas, El. 227. Ofer geofenes streám

glæs-fæt

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Add: a flask, bottle Bebeád Benedictus ꝥ hí út áwurpon ꝥ ilce glæsfæt ( ampulla vitrea) in þám wæs gesewen sum dǽl eles . . . þá ꝥ útáworpene glæsfæt (vas vitreum ) cóm in þá stánas, Gr. D. 159, 20-27. Gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt wel micel, gedó wínes

sang

Grammar
sang, <b>I a.</b>
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Add Þæt hé sceolde þone sang lǽran tó twelf mónþum; quatenus cursum canendi annuum edoceret, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 437, 4. Add Mid sange gesettendlices rynes and sealteres cum decantatione canonici cursus et psalterii, Angl. xiii. 390, 362. add: the service

torr

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Add Benedictus gestaþolode hine sylfne in þám uferan dǽlum þæs torres (on sumes stýpeles úpflóra, v.l. in turris superioribus), and Seruandus gestaþelode hine in þám neoðeran dælum þæs ylcan torres (stýpeles, v.l. ), Gr. D. 170, 16-21. add Þeáh hine

gára

a gorea goreflaplappet

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Add: a gore of land [' When a field, the sides of which are straight, but not parallel, is divided into lands, the angular piece at the side is called a gore. ' Leicester Gloss. in N. E. D.] Of ðám .iii. æceran to ðám gáran; of ðám gáran tó ðám óðran

á-wuht

(n.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-wuht, [ = á-wiht]

Aughtanythingat allby any meansaliquidomninoullo modo

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Aught, anything; at all, by any means; aliquid; omnino, ullo modo Ne meahte on ðære eorþan áwuht libban nor might aught live on the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 214; Met. 20, 107: 11, 18; Met. 11, 9: 18, 14; Met. 18, 7: Cd. 25; Th. 32, 1; Gen. 496

Linked entry: á-uht

helde

(n.)
Grammar
helde, an; f.

Allegiancefealty

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Allegiance, fealty Hé ðǽr on ðæs cynges willelmes heldan tó cynge gesette he placed Edgar there as king in allegiance to King William, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 37. Heanrig ofer sǽ fór on ðæs cynges heldan Henry went over sea as liege man of the king, 1095

Linked entries: hyld hyldu

Indea

(n.)
Grammar
Indea, India

India

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India. Ðæt sint India gemǽro in his finibus India est, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 10, 15. Hé fór on Indie Indiam petit, 3, 9; Swt. 132, 4. Ðá wilnode ic Indeum innwearde tó geseónne interiorem indiam perspicere cupiens, Nar. 5, 17. On Indea to India; Chr. 883;

mæsse-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-bóc, gen. -béc; f.

A mass-bookmissal

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A mass-book, missal Saltere and pistol*-*bóc, godspellbóc and mæssebóc, sangbóc and handbóc, gerím and pastoralem, penitentialem and rǽdingbóc, ðás béc sceal mæssepreóst néde habban, L. Ælfc. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 13: Chart. Th. 430, 7. On ðǽm ealdan sacramentorium

milde-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
milde-líce, adv.

Graciouslykindlymercifully

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Graciously, kindly, mercifully His se cyning mildelíce onféng the king received him kindly, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 40, 18. Swá mildelíce wæs Rómeburg on fruman gehálgod mid bróðor blóde, 2, 2; Swt. 66, 4. Háwa mildelíce on ðás earman eorþan, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 20

BOLCA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLCA, an; m.

The gangway of a shipforus navisthe cargo of a ship

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The gangway of a ship; forus navis Bolca forus, Cot. 86. Geseah weard beran ofer bolcan beorhte randas the guard saw bright shields borne over the ship's gangway, Beo. Th. 467; B. 231: Andr. Kmbl. 1203; An. 602. He on bolcan sæt he sat on the gangway

ge-dréme

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dréme, -drýme; adj.

Melodiousharmoniousjoyouscănōrusconsŏnuslætus

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Melodious, harmonious, joyous; cănōrus, consŏnus, lætus Beóþ on heora húsum blíðe gedréme lætābuntur in cubīlĭbus suis, Ps. Th. 149, 5. Hí ealle samod mid gedrémum sange Godes wuldor hleoðrodon they all together celebrated God's glory with melodious

Linked entry: ge-drýme

ge-neát-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-riht, es; n.

The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :'

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The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :' -Geneát-riht is mistlic be ðam ðe on lande stænt. On sumon he sceal land-gafol syllan ... villani rectum est varium et multiplex secundum quod in terra statutum est. In quibusdam terris debet

un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Incontinent Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, ðæt is ðæt se man ungehealdsum sý on hǽmede, and hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4. Ðæt gé (maidens) wislíce lybbon and wel geþeáwode beón ... ná tó ungehealtsume

bisig

(adj.)
Grammar
bisig, adj.

Busyoccupied

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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5

be-secgan

to announceaccuse

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Add: to announce Seó wearð gebróht and besǽd þám cyninge, Hml. A. 94, 87. with on, to bring a charge against, accuse:-- Dá leásan gewitan him on besǽdon: ' Ne geswícð ðes man . . . ' Hml. Th. i. 46, 1. to deny a charge, excuse one's self, Bd. 5, 19;

blód-ryne

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Blódryne of nǽsþyrlon, Lch. i. 282, 12. Sum wíf wæs on blódryne þearle geswenct, Hml. S. 31, 1256. Gefór hé on blódryne effusione sanguinis, quod Graece apoplexis vocatur, mortuus est, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 27. Ðeós wyrt þone blódryne gewríð, Lch. i. 306

forþ-here

Grammar
forþ-here, -herge.
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Dele <b>-herge,</b> and substitute: A host that marches forth Hié getealdon on ðám forðherge féðan twelfe ... on ánra gehwám ... fíftig cista, hæfde cista gehwilc gárberendra týn hund ( the passage corresponds with Exodus12, 37: Profecti

ge-hirdness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hirdness, e; f.
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Keeping guard, watchful care. Take here <b>ge-heordnes, ge-hyrdnes</b> in Dict. and add On hú mycelre Godes gehyrdnysse beóð þá þe cunnon hý sylfe forseón on þysum lífe in quanta custodia sunt qui in hoc vita seipsos despicere noverunt Gr

Linked entry: ge-hyrdnes

hlacerung

(n.)
Grammar
hlacerung, e; f.

Scoffingmockeryscorn

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Scoffing, mockery, scorn Þú gesettest ús tále ł bysmur ł on hlacerungum and hleahter þǽm þá þe synt onbútan ús posuisti nos subsannationem et derisum his qui sunt in circuitu nostro, Ps. L. 43, 14. Hit is swíðe unþæslic ꝥ wé on Godes húse ídele spellunga

Linked entry: hlacerian