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for-genga

Similar entry: fore-genga

fræc-genga

Similar entry: fræt-genga

fræt-genga

(n.)
Grammar
fræt-genga, (frǽt- ? cf. frǽtum given under fiǽte)
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glosses apotas[s]ia (=apostasia?) Fretgenga apotassia, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 11: ii. 8, 32. Fraetgengian apotasia, 100, 47. Frætgengan, 7, 8

Linked entries: fræc-genga frecgenga

ge-genga

(n.)
Grammar
ge-genga, an; m.
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A fellow-traveller, companion Gegenga conviator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 71. Gegenta pedissequis, conviator, Txts. 114, 85. Þæt éce fýr wæs deófle gegearwod and his gegengum (-gencgum, -gængum, geférum, v. ll. ) eallum, Wlfst. 184, 18

ge-genge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-genge, es; n.
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A company Hé þæne þeódfeónd on helle grund besenceð mid eallum þám gegenge þe him ǽr fyligde, Wlfst. 86, 21. Hé wæs on ðám gegæncge þár man Críst bænde, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 23. v. ge-geng; f

Linked entries: ge-gæncg genge

geolo-blác

Grammar
geolo-blác, Dele, and see <b>geolwe.</b>

geolo-hwít

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Add: White with a tinge of yellow Geoluhwít gilvus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 44. Gioluhwít, ii. 42, 12

geolo-reád

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Add: red with a tinge of yellow Þæt giolureáde lutea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 8. Þá giolureádan crocata, 20, 19

georn-lic

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Add: earnest Hwæþere for his geornlicum bénum ꝥ hé him fultum sóhte ne tamen obnixe petenti nil ferret auxilii, Bd. 3, 7; Sch. 218, 5

georn-ness

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Take here <b>geornes</b> in Dict., and add: diligence, assiduity Geornes industria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 23. Seó gehýrnes and seó geornnes ne bið nyt on þǽm ungelýfdum mannum (cf. hú nyt bið þǽm men þéh hé geornlíce gehýre, 4), Bl. H. 55, 31

Linked entries: girn-ness geornes

geflit-georn

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Gif hira hwylc geflitgeorn (contentiosus) bið, R. Ben. 130, 20. Ne ǽnig man ne sý tó sacfull ne éalles tó geflitgeorn, Wlfst. 70, 19 : Lch. iii. 428, 34. Beón úre fét gesceóde mid þǽre sybbe bodunge, and úre stafas sýn on úrum handum tó sleánne þá wyrmas

Linked entry: flít-georn

gefóg-stán

(n.)
Grammar
gefóg-stán, es; m.
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A stone hewn so as to be ready for use in building Wé scylen beón on ðisse ælðeódignesse útane beheáwene mid swingellan, tó ðǽm ðæt wé eft sión geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean nunc foris per

Linked entry: stán-gefóg

gilp-georn

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Add: in a favourable sense, v. Dict. in an un-favourable sense, vainglorious, arrogant, proud, boastful. Cf. lof-georn Men beóð ofergrǽdige woruldgestreóna and tó manege weorðaþ tó wlance and ealles tó rance and tó gylpgeorne erunt homines cupidi, elati

hearm-georn

Similar entry: un-hearmgeorn

hinder-genga

(n.)
Grammar
hinder-genga, an; m.

an apostate

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one that goes backward (epithet of a crab) Hindergenga retrograda (Nepa mihi nomen . . passibus Oceanum retrograda transeo versis. Aid. 254, 30), An. Ox. 26, 23. one that goes back from the faith he has professed, an apostate (cf. Manega his leorningcnihtas

Linked entry: genga

in-gemang

Grammar
in-gemang, (=on-gemang), Hml. A. 205, 351.

Linked entry: ge-mang

hýr-geoht

(n.)
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See geoht in Dict

ídel-georn

(n.)
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Add: frivolous, useless, unprofitable, v. ídel; n. Sé ðe wǽre ídelgeorn, weorðe sé notgeorn, Wlfst. 72, 9. lazy. v. ídel; n. See examples in Dict

not-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
not-georn, adj.
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Busy in useful employment, profitably employed diligent in business Sé ðe wǽre idelgeorn, weorðe sé notgeorn, Wlfst. 72, 9

of-georn

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Ofgeorn inportunis, An. Ox. 2, 96. Add