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glædman

(n.)
Grammar
glædman,
  • Beo. Th. 740
  • ;
  • B. 367
  • .
Thorpe and Kemble take this word as the oblique case of a noun =

gladness ⬩ pleasure

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gladness, pleasure; but see 'glæd.'

ge-stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stihtian, -stihtan, -stitian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [stihtian to dispose]

To dispose ⬩ order ⬩ determine ⬩ dispōnĕre ⬩ appōnĕre

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Mellitus and Justus gestihtedon ðæt heó ðǽr wolden ðære wísan ende gebídan Mellitus ac Justus ibi rērum fĭnem expectāre dispōnentes, 2, 5; S. 507, 35, Ðæt cúþ is ðæt ðæt mid Drihtnes mihte gestihtad wæs quod Dŏmĭni nūtu dispŏsĭtum esse constat, 1, 14;

Linked entry: ge-stitian

gé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
gé, gen. eówer [iwer]

ye ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμεîs; ⬩ your ⬩ of you ⬩ vestrum ⬩ vestri ⬩ ύμŵν ⬩ to you ⬩ vobis ⬩ ύμîν ⬩ you ⬩ vos ⬩ ύμâs ⬩ thou

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Kmbl. 518; An. 259 : 1764; An. 884. Sibb sý mid eówic peace be with you, Exon. 75 b; Th. 282, 25; Jul. 668

Linked entries: eów eówer eówic Þú

galdor

(n.)
Grammar
galdor, gealdor, es; pl. nom. acc. galdor, galdru; gen. galdra; dat. galdrum; n. [galan to sing, enchant, q. v.]

An incantation ⬩ divination ⬩ enchantment ⬩ a charm ⬩ magic ⬩ sorcery ⬩ incantātio ⬩ cantio ⬩ carmen ⬩ fascĭnātio

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Nis ðé ende feor, ðæs ðe ic on galdrum ongieten hæbbe thy end is not far off, from what I have understood by [thy] divinations, Exon. 50 a; Th. 174, 19; Gú. 1180. Ðás galdor mon mæg singan on wunde a man may sing these charms over a wound, L.

Linked entry: gealdor

seonu-wealt

Grammar
seonu-wealt, [In the gloss at Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 54 perhaps torosa denotes the roundness or plumpness of a muscular object. Could it be a gloss on a passage from Ovid, torosa colla boum?]
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Add Sinewealtre trendla tyrnincge tereti circulorum rotunditate, An. Ox. 522. Add Of sinewealtum þrǽda cliwene ex tereti filorum glomere, An. Ox. 3734. Sinewealte popelstánas rotundas lapillulos, 1813

scrudnere

(n.)
Grammar
scrudnere, es; m.
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An examiner, investigator Strec déma . . . weorca, ac eác swylce geþóhta scrudnere ( exactor), Chrd. 88, 33

æcern-spranca

(n.)
Grammar
æcern-spranca, an; m.

An acorn-sprout

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An acorn-sprout Æcernspranca (æcer-, v. l.) oððe ác ilex, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 69, 15

Linked entry: spranca

hosa

(n.)
Grammar
hosa, an; m. [or hose; f. (?) v. next word, and cf. other dialects] .

a covering for the leg, HOSE ⬩ caliga ⬩ breeches, hose.] ⬩ a husk, a covering for a grain or seed

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R. hosen; pl: Chauc. hosen: Icel. hosa; f. a covering for the leg between the knee and the ankle, serving as a kind of legging or gaiter: O. H.

Linked entry: leðer-hose

dún-scrǽf

(n.)
Grammar
dún-scrǽf, gen. -scræfes; pl. nom. acc. -scrafu; gen. -scrafa; dat. -scrafum, -scræfum; n. [dún a mountain, scræf a den, cave]

A mountain-cave ⬩ montāna cavema

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A mountain-cave; montāna cavema Dúnscrafu, nom. pl. mountain-caves, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 12; Ph. 24. He séceþ dýgle stówe under dúnscrafum he seeks a secret place among the mountain-caves, 96 a; Th. 357, 32; Pa. 37.

Linked entry: scræf

þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
þyncan, p. þúhte.

to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit

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., Met. 10, 8. to seem fit Swá mycel swá ðé þince as much as to you seems good, Lchdm. ii. 74, 2. Dó swá ðé þynce, gif ðú frygnen sié, Elen. Kmbl. 1078; El. 541

Linked entries: ge-þyncan þincan

scimrian

(v.)
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Add: to shimmer, shine with a flickering light as a mote in the sunlight Scimerað uibrat (minor . . . modico Phoebi radiis qui uibrat atomo, Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Þá se dægredleóma beorhte scymrode matutina luce radiante, Chrd. 26, 22.

breahtum-hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
breahtum-hwæt, adj.

Swift as the twinkling of an eye ⬩ celer ut oculi nictus

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Swift as the twinkling of an eye; celer ut oculi nictus Dec lígetta hérgen, bláce, breahtum-hwate may the lightnings praise thee, pale, swift as the twinkling of an eye, Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 16; Az. 107

þrág-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
þrág-mǽlum, adv.

From time to time ⬩ at times ⬩ at intervals

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Kmbl. 2461; An. 1232

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce

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Kmbl. 669; An. 335.

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

arce-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
arce-diácon, archi-diácon, ærce-diácon, es; m.

An ARCHDEACON ⬩ a bishop's vicegerent ⬩ archidiāconus

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An ARCHDEACON, a bishop's vicegerent; archidiāconus [ = ἀρχι-διάκονος from ἀρχός a chief, and διάκονος a deacon] Becom Benedictus to freóndscipe ðæs hálgan weres and ðæs gelǽredestan, Bonefacii archidiácones Benedictus pervenit ad amicitiam viri doctissimi

fót-welm

(n.)
Grammar
fót-welm, e; f. (? v.
  • Kent. Gl. 165
below; or has the glosser taken plantae to be dative?): -welma , an; m.
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Gl. 472, 32) plantatenus, i. usque ad plantas, i. pedes, An. Ox. 2816. Add:

cýs-lyb

(n.)
Grammar
cýs-lyb, cýs-lybb, es ; pl. nom. acc. -lybbu ; n. [cýse cheese, lyb, lib a drug]

Cheese-drug, rennet or runnet ⬩ casei coagulum

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Cheese-drug, rennet or runnet; casei coagulum Haran cýslybb syle drincan ðam wífe give the woman a hare's runnet to drink, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 14; Lchdm. i. 346, 4. Ða meolc geren mid cýslybbe turn the milk with rennet, Lchdm. iii. 18, 11.

Linked entries: cése-lib lybb

cócer-panne

(n.)
Grammar
cócer-panne, cócor-panne, an; f. [cóc a cook, panne a pan]

A cooking-pan ⬩ frying-pan ⬩ sartago ⬩ frixorium

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A cooking-pan, frying-pan; sartago, frixorium On cócerpannan in frixorio Ps. Th. 101, 3. Cócorpanne sartago Mone B. 4694

croda

(n.; part.)
Grammar
croda, an; m. [croden, pp. of creódan to crowd, press, drive]

A crowd ⬩ press ⬩ collisus.

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A crowd, press; collisus

ambiht-man

(n.)
Grammar
ambiht-man, embeht-man, embiht-man, -mann, -monn, es; m. [ambeht an office, man a man]

A servant-man ⬩ servant-woman ⬩ attendant ⬩ servant ⬩ minister ⬩ servus ⬩ pedisequus ⬩ pedisequa ⬩ minister ⬩ ministra

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A servant-man, servant-woman, attendant, servant, minister; servus, pedisequus, pedisequa, minister, ministra Híg habbaþ. óðre ambihtmen they have other attendants, L. E. I. 12; Th. ii. 410, 11: Mk. Lind. War. 9, 35