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git

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
git, yet. l. gít. [The word is often accented in the MSS., and only in such cases is the accent given in the following passages.]
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when doing or being is continued up to, and exists at, a time stated or implied, yet, still. alone Hé bútan ǽlcre synne wæs and giet is, Past. 261, 25. Rómáne þe giet rícsiende sindon, Ors. 2, 1; S. 58, 30: 64, 2. Him mon áscóp þá noman þe hié giet habbað

here-geatu

Grammar
here-geatu, [The word occurs very rarely in the singular; indeed be hergeate,
    Ll. Th. i. 412, 26,
seems the only instance that number. Plural forms are n. ac. -geatwei,(-a), -geata(-u, -e); dat -geat-wum, -geatum.]
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Add: Eahta hund eóredmanna ealle mid heregeatwum gegerede, Nar. 4, 13. Twégen englas gesceldode and gesperode and mid heregeatwum (heora geatwum, v. l.; but see Bl. N. 24), Bl. H. 221, 28. Beón þá heregea a (-e.v.l.) swá hit mǽðlic sý, Ll. Th. i. 414

ge-módod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-módod, part. [mód the mind]

Minded, disposed ⬩ prōnus, proclīvis

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Minded, disposed; prōnus, proclīvis Sume beóþ þwyrlíce gemódode some are perversely minded, Homl. Th. i. 524, 18

heáfod-stocc

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stocc, es; m. This word, which occurs several times in charters that describe the boundaries of land, seems from the following passage to mean
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum

ge-þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þicgan, -þicgean; p. -þah

To take ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere

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To take, accept, receive; sumere, accipere Waldon ða swángeréfan ða læswe forður gedrífan and ðone wudu geþicgan ðonne hit aldgeryhto wéron the swainreeves wanted to push the pasturage and take the wood further than the old rights extended, Th. Ch. 70

Linked entry: þicgan

ge-hefeldian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hefeldian, to fix the weft or
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woof Forcorfen is swylce fram wefendum wífe líf mín þá gyt þe ic wæs gehefaldad praecisa est uelut a tenente uita mea dum adhuc ordirer Cant. Ez. 12. Gehefeldad, Ps. Srt. ii. 184, 34; An. Ox. 3731

Linked entry: hefeldian

Clede-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Clede-múþa, an; m. [the mouth of the river Cleddy]

GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH

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GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH, South Wales Hér Eádweard cyning getimbrede ða burh æt Cledemúþan in A. D. 921, king Edward built the burgh at Cledmouth, Chr. 921; Th. 194, 1-3, col. 3; Th. 195, 1-3, col. 1

beódendlíc gemet

(n.)
Grammar
beódendlíc gemet, the imperative mood.

Similar entry: be-beódendlíc gemet

þáriht

(adv.)
Grammar
þáriht, þár-riht, -rihte.

Similar entry: þǽr-rihte

u

(n.)
Grammar
u, the letter u
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Mortuus on twám uum, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Zup. 197, 16

Súþ-Langbeardan

(n.)
Grammar
Súþ-Langbeardan, the people (or
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country) of Lombardy In þám dǽlum Súþ-Langbeardena (Suð-Langbeardena landes dǽlum, v. l.) in Campaniae partibus, Gr. D. 169, 30. In Suð-Langbeardum (-Longbardum, v. l.) in Italia, 25, 26: in parte Campaniae, 210, 25

Ear-múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Ear-múþa, an; m. [ear the sea, the river Yare, múþa the mouth]

Great YARMOUTH, Norfolk ⬩ oppĭdum in agro Norfolciensi, et in insŭla Vecti

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Great YARMOUTH, Norfolk; oppĭdum in agro Norfolciensi, et in insŭla Vecti. Lye

þearm-gewind

(n.)
Grammar
þearm-gewind, -wind, es; m. The words seem to mean 'that which enwraps the intestines,' cf. plecta wǽfelsa, gewynde, Hpt. Gl. 462, 64, but they are used to gloss jugulam (-um?), so should mean the collar-bone, or the hollow part of the neck above the collar-bone, or
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the throat Gescyld ðearmgewind (ðearmwind, lxxiv, 24), breóstbán, breóst tege jugulam, pectusculum, mamillas, Lchdm. i. lxxii, 1

dræp

(v.)
Grammar
dræp, ðú drǽpe, pl.drǽpon

struck

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struck; p. of drepan

eóde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
eóde, ðú eódest, pl. eódon went, delivered. Ps. Th. 60, 4: 67, 21: 94, 11; p.
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of gán

bytne

(n.)
Grammar
bytne, the keel or
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bottom of a ship; carina, Cot. 32

Linked entry: byþne

dumle

(n.)
Grammar
dumle, the pelican; onocrŏtălus =

òνoκρόταλos

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òνoκρόταλos, Cot. 23

Súþr-íg

(n.)
Grammar
Súþr-íg, the people or
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the district of Surrey Cantwara him tó cyrdon and Súðríg and Súð-Seaxe, Chr. 823; Erl. 63, 20. Hí heafdon ofergán ealle Centingas and Súð-Seaxe and Súðríg and Bearrucscíre, 1011; Erl. 144, 28. v. next word

for-ðí

(adv.)
Grammar
for-ðí, for-ðí ðonne; adv.

For that cause ⬩ consequently ⬩ wherefore ⬩ quamobrem ⬩ proptĕrea ⬩ quapropter ⬩ ĭdeo ⬩ idcirco

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For that cause, consequently, wherefore; quamobrem, proptĕrea, quapropter, ĭdeo, idcirco Forhwí oððe forðí quamobrem, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 58. Forðí ðonne qua propter: forðí ĭdeo, idcirco, proptĕrea, 44; Som. 46, 17, 18. Forðí gehýrde Drihten ĭdeo

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).

where the word points to what has been already described ⬩ such ⬩ the like, the same ⬩ such . . . as ⬩ such as ⬩ so (as) much, so (as) many

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where the word points to what has been already described, such, used substantively, that which has been already described, the like, the same Ne biþ swylc ( the practice already described ) cwénlíc þeáw, Beo. Th. 3885; B. 1940. Ne biþ swylc earges síð

Linked entries: swá-lic swelc swylc

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