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ge-sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sceádlíce, adv.

Reasonably, rationallyrationabiliter

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Reasonably, rationally; rationabiliter Ful ge-sceádlíce ðú me andswarast and fulrihte thou answerest me very rationally and rightly, Shrn. 184, 17: 165, 21. Man sceal gesceádlíce tosceádan ylde and geóguþe we must discreetly distinguish between age and

Linked entry: sceádlíce

ofer-eáca

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Add: the rest 'Ic hæbbe mænigfealde ǽhta, and . . . ic gedó ꝥ hí cumað hider"... Hé forðteáh þá fíftig mancsas, and þám abbode sealde and cwæð, 'Nim þis feoh, and gif ic hér þurhwunige se ofereáca hider cymð,' Hml. S. 33, 145-155. Syllað ðone ofereácan

geong

Grammar
geong, young.
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In l. 4 for genga l. ginga, and add Cnihtas ginge and góde, Dan. 90. In gengum, Dan. 102, the first n is curiously shaped and perhaps geongum (or ? gingum) should be read

ge-þuxian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þuxian, ge-þuhsian; p. ode
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To grow dark, get obscured by clouds Bið eac úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, swíþe geþuxsað (and swíþe geþuhsod, Wlfst. 137, 9), deorc and dimhíw tristius et coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 105

Linked entries: ge-þuhsod ge-wuxsað

heáfod-bolster

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Heáfodbolster cervical, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 59. Heáfedbolster, ii. 16, 67. Heáfodbolstor capitula, 128, 41. Tó bedreáfe genihtsumige tó hæbbene meatte and hwítel and bedfelt and heáfodbolster (capitulae), R. Ben. 91, 16. Add: —

Linked entry: hleór-bolster

hlísful-líce

(adv.)
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Ióhannes wæs. . . ðæs folces heretoga and hí hlýsfullice geheóld wið þá hǽðenan ðeóda (cf. John . . . and his wars and worthy deeds which he did, i. Macc. 16, 22), Hml. S. 25, 743. Add

un-bildu

(n.)
Grammar
un-bildu, un-bildo; indecl. f.

Want of boldnessweaknessirresolutioninconstancy

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Want of boldness, weakness, irresolution, inconstancy Sió unbieldo and sió manðwǽrnes bióð swíðe anlíce weakness and gentleness are very much alike, Past. 40; Swt. 288, 1. Of ðære leohtmódnesse cymð sió twiefealdnes and sió unbieldo inconstantia ex levitate

Linked entries: un-bældo bildu

un-gefeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefeálíce, adv.

Joylesslymiserably

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Joylessly, miserably Beornrǽd féng tó ríce and lytle hwíle heóld and ungefeálíce, Chr. 755; Erl. 52, 3

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un-begrípendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-begrípendlíc, adj.

Incomprehensible

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Incomprehensible Se myccla mægenþrym and se unbegrípendlíca, Blickl. Homl. 179, 9. Unbegrípendlíc and ungesýnelíc God, 185, 31

un-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
un-gestreón, es; n.

Ill-gotten treasure

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Ill-gotten treasure Ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora golde and seolfre and eallum ungestreónum, Wulfst. 183, 9

á-brastlian

(v.)
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to resound, crash Áweóx and ábraslude mára swég and hefigra gravior sonitus excrevit, Gr. D. 236, 12

Linked entry: brastlian

feówer-ecge

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-ecge, adj.

Four-edged

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Four-edged Heó of hyre manega bógas ásendeþ and þá lange and feówerecge, Lch. i. 306, 7

ge-beágian

(v.)
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Dele -bégian, and second passage, and add Gebeágað (so the MS.) coronat, Ps. Spl. C. 102, 4

ge-feohtsumness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feohtsumness, e; f.
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Joyousness, gladsomeness God ús lǽrað líþnesse and gefeohtsumnesse, diófol ús lǽrað yrre and unrótnesse, Nap. 30, 1

Linked entry: -feoht

swínen

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Swýnen porcinus, An. Ox. 4332. [Æt] swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearlican suouetaurilia, 11, 187. Add

gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Buffoonery, scurrility

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Buffoonery, scurrility Hwǽr biþ his gafsprǽc, and ðá ídelan gamenunga, and his ungemetegode hleahter?, Bas. 50, 28

Linked entry: gaf

-iht

(suffix)
Grammar
-iht, an adjective suffix having much the same meaning as -ig, or as the Latin -osus, e.g. stǽniht : O. H. Ger. steinaht : Ger. steinicht petrosus. Icel. has a suffix -óttr.

Behémas

(n.)
Grammar
Behémas, pl. m: Béme, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The BohemiansBohēmi

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The Bohemians; Bohēmi Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him Þyringas, and Behémas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42

Linked entry: Béme

hrycg-brædan

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-brædan, [-brǽdan ?]; pl.
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The parts of the back which stand out on the right and left side Smyre ábútan ðane swyran and ábútan ða hrigbræde smear the neck and on either side of the spine, Lchdm. iii. 118, 24

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mæstel-bearh

(n.)
Grammar
mæstel-bearh, gen. -bearges; m.

A fattened barrow pig

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A fattened barrow pig Ante porcos, before bergum; ðæt sindon ða mæstelbergas; ðæt aron ða gehádade menn, and ða góde menn, and ða wlonce menn forhogas Godes bebod and godspelles, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 6 note

Linked entry: bearg