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ge-tígan

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Getígede (-tiggede, v. l. ) assene, Mt. 21, 2. figurative Wite hé þæt hé mid þæs regoles bendum is getíged sciens se sub lege regale constitutum, R. Ben. 99, 12.

glíw

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Stód þǽr sum man mid ánum apan and slóh cymbalan. Þá sóna se hálga wer wæs forhycgende ꝥ glíg cum simia vir adstitit, et cymbala percussit. Quem sanctus sonitum audiens dedignatus, Gr. D. 62, 18.

Linked entry: gleó

hátian

(v.)
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Add: — Hátende, háttendae, haetendae calentes, Txts. 47, 357. to be made hot by the sun, get dried up by heat, cf. hát; 3 Sunne upp cuóm hátedun sole orto aestuaverunt, Mt. R. 13, 6. of a person, to get hot.

pund

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Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund (cf. Gr. D. 157, 33, which makes the debt twelve shillings (duodecim solidi )) . . . wearð gemét þæt feoh and twéntig penega tó eácan (cf. Gr.

ságol

(n.)
Grammar
ságol, es; m.

A staff, cudgel, club

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Ðá bærst sum ságol intó ánes beáteres eágan, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 142. Mid swurdum and sáhlum cum gladiis et fustibus, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 47, 55. Hé stafas ł sáhlas ísenne tóbræc vectes ferreos confregit, Ps. Lamb. 106, 16.

wǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽtan, p.te

To wet, moisten

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Surt.) mid teárum lacrymis stratum meum rigabo Ps. Th. 6, 5. Wǽteþ ingurgitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 59 : 47, 19. Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ, Lchdm. ii. 246, 5. Mec ( an animal's skin ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre. Exon.

Linked entry: wǽtian

gamen

amusement, mirthjest, gamegamea game, pastime

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Wlfst. 132, 20. a game, pastime Sum bið swíðsnel, hafað searolic gomen (dancing and tumbling? cf. sealting), gleódǽda gife for gumþegnum, leóht and leoðu-wác, Crä. 82. Gamena angin ludorum gesticulatio An. Ox. 2871.

on-styrian

(v.)

to move, stir (of physical motion)to move, stir up, exciteto move, disturb, agitate (a person)

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Surt. 65, 9. to move, stir up, excite Hí mycle fyrhto onstyredon ðám monnum ðe hí sceáwodon, Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 23. Unsibbe onstyrian, Cd.

Linked entry: in-styrian

efen-eardigende

(adj.)

Dwelling together cohăbĭtans

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Dwelling together; cohăbĭtans Ðæt ðú sunu wǽre efen-eardigende mid ðínne éngan Freán that thou his son shouldst be dwelling together with thy sole Lord, Exon. 11 a; Th. 15, 16; Cri. 237

Linked entry: eardian

em-twá

(num.)

two even parts, halvesdīmĭdia

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two even parts, halves; dīmĭdia Ne dǽlaþ on emtwá heora dagas nan dīmĭdiābunt dies suos, Ps. Lamb. 54, 24. He tobærst on emtwá he burst asunder into halves. Homl. Th. ii. 250, 26

Linked entry: twégen

Ercol

(n.)
Grammar
Ercol, es; m: Erculus, i; m.

Lat. Hercules Hercules

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Erculus wæs Iobes sunu Hercules was the son of Jove, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 23

eall-wundor

(n.)
Grammar
eall-wundor, es; n. [wundor a wonder]

A very wonderful thing res omnīno mirābĭlis

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A very wonderful thing; res omnīno mirābĭlis Weras fyrdleóþ gólon [MS. galan] eall-wundra fela the men sung a martial song of many very wonderful things, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 5; Exod. 578

Linked entries: eal-wundor wundor

leód-geard

(n.)
Grammar
leód-geard, es; m.

country

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The dwelling of a people, country Sunu æfter heóld leódgeard, Cd. 62; Th. 74, 20; Gen. 1225. Ethiopia land and leódgeard, 12; Th. 15, 6; Gen. 229: 85; Th. 106, 18; Gen. 1773

mynster-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-wíse, an ; f.

A custom or manner followed in a monastery

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A custom or manner followed in a monastery Se abbod ongeat sume ða mynsterwísan tó gerihtanne the abbot managed to correct some of the abuses practised in the monastery, Glostr. Frag. 110, 27

candel-stæf

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Leóht scínende ofer candelstæf háligne lucerna splendens super candelabrum sanctum, Scint. 226, 1: Gr. D. 99, 13. Man sceal habban candelstafas, Angl. ix. 264, 18. Add

dengan

(v.)
Grammar
dengan, p. de
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To ding, beat, strike Ǽlcum gemete ne sceal árung beón þǽre gyltendan geogoðe, ac swíðor man sceal heora sídan mid gierdon gelómlíce dencgan ( sed potius eorum latera virgis assidue tundenda sunt ), Nap. 17

Linked entry: dencgan

fetels

(n.)
Grammar
fetels, es; m.

A belt

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A belt Þat suerd on hundtuelftian mancusas goldes and four pund silueres on þan fetelse, Cht. Th. 505, 32. Ic gean þæs swurdes mid þám sylfrenan hylte . . . and þone gyldenan fetels, 558, 12

Linked entry: fetel

hnescian

(v.)
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To make soft Sió hnescað que modlit (sermones suos), Kent. Gl. 25

ídel-hende

(adj.)
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Hí eft of þám mynstre ídelhænde (-hende, -hynde, v. ll.) hwurfon a monasterio vacui sunt regressi, Gr. D. 6, 31. Add

tó-settan

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Twá and hundseofontig bóca sind on bibliothécan, for þan þe hig sume sind tósette on twá ( some of them are put into two parts ) for heora langnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 32. Add