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geó-dǽd

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Take here <b>-dǽd</b> in Dict., and add: cf. ǽr-dǽd

híg-hús

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Voc. ii. 148, 22. Take here heg-hús (l. hég-) in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hég-hús

hlípe-burna

(n.)
Grammar
hlípe-burna, an; m.
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A brook with a fall in it Of þám cumbe on hlýpeburnan, C. D. iii. 457, 4

hleónian

(v.)
Grammar
hleónian, p. ode

To shelterprotecttake care (hleów) of

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To shelter, protect, take care (hleów) of Ic hǽle and hleónie curam Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 41

án-gilde

(n.)
Grammar
án-gilde, n.
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Ic ꝥ mynster fram ǽghwilcum gafolum gefreóge . . . bútan ángilde wið óþrum . . . , C. D. ii. III, 15. Add

crib

Grammar
crib, cribb.
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Add: a couch Ne ástíge ic on bed mínes crybbes ( in lectum strati mei ), Chrd. 31, 3

á-wrítan

to write out or downwrite wordsto transcribecopy in writingto state in writingto write a book, letter,to write of or about somethingto write toto write an account ofdescribeto inscribe the name of a personto write on materialcover with writingto make a symbol other than a letter

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Voc. i. 86, 74. 'Nelle ðú áwríta (-urítte, L.) cyning Iudéana' . . . Ondsuorade ðe groefa: 'Ꝥte ic wrátt (áurát,L.) ic wrát (áurát, L.), Jn. R. 19, 21-2. Wæs áwriten (-uritten,L.) on Crécisc, 20. Hira naman hér sint áwritene, Num. 13, 5.

Linked entry: wrítan

hwelian

(v.)
Grammar
hwelian, p. ode, ede
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M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 282, 23

Linked entries: hwelca hwele ge-hweled

græfa

(n.)
Grammar
græfa, græfe[?], an
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Earle in his note on this word, p. 300, suggests a translation other than that given by previous editors. By them it has been translated 'coal,' he suggests 'gravel.'

burg-geat

Grammar
burg-geat, (burh-).
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Add: the gate of a burg (v. burg, Ia) Ðus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate þǽr hé is sittende, Ll. Th. i. 224, 7. þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele, Lch. i. 328, 24.

fæst

Grammar
fæst, <b>.
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III 2.</b> add Swilce hé on fæstre eorðan urne, Hml. Th. ii. 160, 10. Add Hé cwæð ꝥ sió burg wǽre genóh fæst on his hǽlo civitas ad salutem tuta, Past. 399, 25. <b>IV a.

godcundnys

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Th. ii. 354, 2. <b>III a.

cniht

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 66, 12. Ealle ðá cnihtas and ealle ðá mǽdena (the firstborn of Egypt), Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 15. <b>I a.

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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P. i. 13; Th. ii. 178, 16

Linked entry: smeán

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wé, pron.

We. used of more than one person, dual plural used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors used of one person, by a writer or speaker by a prince

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Th. 2, 27; Cri. 25. used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors Wé (Ine and the witan) bebeódaþ, L. In. 1 Th. i. 102, 14. Wé (Alfred) lǽraþ, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 2. Wé (Athelstan) cwǽdon, L. Ath. i. 2 ; Th. i. 200, 5.

Linked entry: ús

ge-léd

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-léd, ge-loed, ge-leód, gloed glosses catasta (
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Voc. ii. 129, 45. Geloed (gloed, Ep., geleód, Erf.) catasta, Txts. 47, 363. &para; the same obscure word seems intended in the following two (not independent) glosses :-- Gæleð catesta, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 24: ii. 17, 5.

Linked entries: ge-loed gæleþ

swilian

(v.)
Grammar
swilian, and swillan
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to swill. to wash Ic þweá oððe ic swilige mín bed mid mínum teárum lavabo lectum meum lacrimis meis, Ps. Lamb. 6, 7. to swill the mouth or throat, to gargle Iagul swyleþ gargarizat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 54.

wén

(n.)
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Eác Ióhannes stefn geþwǽreþ þám ylcan andgyte in þám ilcan wéne (in aestimationé ista), 332, 21.

húsel

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Voc. ii. 30, 59: 70, 12. Hwí is þæt hálige húsel gecweden Crístes líchama oððe his blód, gif hit nis sóðlíce ꝥ ;ꝥ; hit geháten is?, Hml. Th. ii. 268, 21.

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
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His gemynd is micel on twám burgum ... In óðre birg ... in óðre birg, Mart. H. 194, 11-14. Sé þe sit búton ðǽre berig suburbanus. Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 45. On þǽre burh in (Tribulanum) territorium, An. Ox. 4848. On þǽre burh þæs nama wæs Garganus, Bl.