GÓS
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Gl. 36; Som. 92, 119; Wrt. Voc. 29, 15: 77, 32. Grǽg gós a grey goose, Cot. 99, Lye. Hwílum ic grǽde swá gós sometimes I cry as a goose, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 18; Rä. 25, 3. Gees [gés, MS. H.] geese, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 18
Linked entry: gees
þeód-loga
An arch-impostor, ⬩ a great liar
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Antecrist lǽrþ unsóðfæstnysse and swicolnesse ... and swá dóð ða þeódlogan, ðe taliaþ ðæt tó wærscype, ðæt man cunne lytelíce swician and mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, 55, 15
Linked entry: loga
on-íwan
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S. 23, 263. reflex, with complement, to appear so and so Ne sceall ic nǽfre læng unþancfull þǽre þegnunge mé onýwan þám were viro illi qui mihi solet obsequi ingratus apparere non debeo, Gr. D. 343, 12
sceacel
a shackle ⬩ plectrum
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Ancren schulen ine so wide scheakeles pleien ine hevuene . . . Þet tet bodi schal beon hwar so euer þe gost wule in one hondhwule, Prompt. Parv.; A. R. 94, 25
HWÍT
WHITE ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ fair ⬩ splendid
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Gl. 79; Som. 72, 71-2; Wrt. Voc. 46, 28-9. His reáf hwít scínende vestitus ejus albus refulgens, Lk. Skt. 9, 29. Wlitescýne hwít and hiwbeorht hæleþa náthwylc some man beauteous, shining and bright of hue, Elen. Kmbl. 145; El. 73.
land-ádl
Nostalgia
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Nostalgia [so Cockayne, but cf. lond-iuil epilepsy, Prompt. Parv.] Wið londádle, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 13
æfter-genga
One who goes or follows after ⬩ a follower ⬩ successor ⬩ posthumus
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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 32. Ðú me ne derige, ne mínum æftergengum ne noceas mihi et posteris meis, Gen. 21, 23
Linked entry: -genga
circe
A church ⬩ ecclesia = ἐκκληsigma;ία
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Gl. 107; Som. 78, 82; Wrt. Voc. 57, 58. We lǽraþ, ðæt man innan circan ǽnigne man ne birige we enjoin that they do not bury any man within a church, L. Edg. C. 29; Th. ii. 250, 15: Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 5
cynning-stán
A trying-stone ⬩ tessera
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Gl. 61; Som. 68, 65; Wrt. Voc. 39, 48
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ed-cer
A return ⬩ reversio, rĕdĭtus
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Gl. 15; Som. 58, 28; Wrt. Voc. 21, 22
Linked entries: ed-cyr wiþer-cirr
fóre-cwide
a prediction
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Substitute: a prediction Wæs his sóð syn wítnad æfter forecwide (juxta praedictum) ðæs Godes weres, Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 296, 11. Forecwida ðæs wítges praedicta Ezechielis, Mt. p. 9, 9. heading of a chapter Forecwide capitulum, Mt. p. 4, 1.
brim-flód
a flowing, flood ⬩ The sea's flowing, the ocean-flood, sea ⬩ maris fluctus, cataclysmus ⬩ κατακλυσμός ⬩ mare
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Gl. 115; Som. 80, 45; Wrt. Voc. 61, 23: Cot. 50
Linked entry: brym-flód
cawl
A basket ⬩ sporta, corbis, cophĭnus ⬩ κόφινος
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Gl. 50; Som. 65, 118; Wrt. Voc. 34, 47. Hý heora cawlas afylled hæfdon they had filled their baskets, Ors. 4, 8: Bos. 90, 34. Caul corbis, Cot. 45: 196. Ceawlas cophinos, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20. Ceaulas cophinos, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43
leger-bedd
A sick-bed ⬩ grave
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Ðæt ðú ðus láðlíc legerbed cure that thou shouldst choose so loathly a couch [the grave], Soul Kmbl. 307; Seel. 157: Wulfst. 187, 12. Sceal ðis sáwelhús legerbedde fæst wunian wælræste, Exon. 47 b; Th. 164, 2; Gú. 1005: Beo. Th. 2019; B. 1007
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Gl. 26; Som. 60, 84, 83; Wrt. Voc. 25, 24, 23. Moab mínes hyhtes hwer Moab olla spei meæ, Ps. Th. 59, 7.
líf-líc
living ⬩ vital
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Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 36. Líflíc ys blód lǽtan to let blood [at this time] is as much as a man's life is worth, Lchdm. iii. 190, 28.
rǽd-leás
without counsel, unwise, inconsiderate, rash, ill-advised ⬩ without wise direction, in confusion ⬩ lacking what is advantageous or beneficial, miserable, desolate
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Gr. 9, 55; Som. 13, 27. Gleáw ne wæs gumríces weard, réðe and rǽdleás, Cd.
ÉST
will, consent, grace, favour, liberality, munificence, bounty ⬩ bĕnĕplăcĭtum, consensus, grātia, bĕnĕvŏlentia, mŭnĭfĭcentia ⬩ delicacies ⬩ dēlĭciæ
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Gr. 13; Som. 16, 16. Cyninga wist vel éstas dăpes, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 56; Wrt. Voc. 41, 13
hwítel
A WHITTLE ⬩ a cloak ⬩ mantle ⬩ blanket
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Gl. 27; Som. 60, 111; Wrt. Voc. 25, 51. Hnysce hwítel linna, 63; Som. 68, 112; Wrt. Voc. 40, 23. Seó wimman mid hire hwítle bewreáh hine she covered him with a mantle; opertus ab ea pallio, Jud. 4, 18: L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 76, 23.
tó-sáwan
To sow broadcast, ⬩ scatter seed ⬩ to spread abroad, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ to disseminate opinions ⬩ distribute favours ⬩ sow dissension
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To sow broadcast, scatter seed; fig. to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, of concrete objects Sume hí cwǽdon, ðæt se líchoma ðe ǽne biþ tó duste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ðæt hé nǽfre eft tógædere ne cóme, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 376.