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Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

Cerdic ⬩ Cerdĭcus

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Ond ðæs ymb vi geár, ðæs ðe hie up cwómon, ge-eódon West-Seaxna ríce; and ðæt wǽron ða ǽrestan cyningas ðe West-Seaxna lond on Wealum ge-eódon; and he hæfde ðæt ríce xvi geár; and ðá he gefór, ðá féng his sunu Cynríc to ðam ríce, and heóld xxvii [MS.

gird

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Take here <b>gerd, gyrd</b> in Dict., and add: of material. a long thin bough of a tree or stem of a plant whether growing or cut off Tóh gęrd, tóch gerd lentum vimen, Txts. 75, 1207. Tóh gerd, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 74.

ge-unnan

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Add: absolute, to grant a request, consent Geunnendre méder (geundremedre, MS.) matre consentiente, An. Ox. 4000. with gen. or uncertain, v. (3 ¶) Hé geann þæs landes in tó þám mynstre, Cht. Crw. 23, 1.

preóst

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Add: an ecclesiastic of the seventh of the holy orders; the bishop and the priest were of the same order, but the bishop's functions were more extensive, and in this respect he was superior to the priest. Cf. Ll.

CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boy ⬩ youth ⬩ attendant ⬩ servant ⬩ KNIGHT: ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ servus

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Tyn wintra cniht a boy of ten years L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 18; Lk. Bos. 7, 7; Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 4; Byrht. Th. 136, 18; By. 153. Fram ðínum cnihte a puero tuo Ps. Th. 68, 17. Heó cwæþ to ðam cnihte ait ad puerum Gen. 24, 65.

Linked entries: cneoht cnyht

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

ge-teón

(v.)
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Add: to draw together Gewyrce and tó getió con-trahat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 43. with idea of horizontal movement, to draw along, pull, drag: — Óðri ðegnas on scip cuómon and drógon ł getugun ðára fisca segni, Jn. L. 21, 8.

cliwen

(n.)
Grammar
cliwen, clywen, cleowen, cliowen, es; n. [cliwe = clywe]

A clew ⬩ a ball of thread, ball ⬩ glomus, globus

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A clew, anything that is globular, a ball of thread, ball; glomus, globus Cliwen glomus, Wrt. Voc. 66, 18: 82, 8: 282, 1. Clywen glomus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 5; Wrt. Voc. 26, 4. Cleowen glomer, globellum, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 68; Wrt.

Linked entries: cleawen cleówe cleowen cliowen CLYWE clywen

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus

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Th. 3, 3-6, col. 3, 2. Ðæt is on Englisc, mín God that is in English, my God, Mt. Bos. 27, 46. On Englisc in English, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 22. On Englisc land, ne Englisc on Wilisc in England [English land], nor English in Welsh, L. O.

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

ides

(n.)
Grammar
ides, e; f.

A woman

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A woman [it is a word little used except in poetry, and it is supposed by Grimm to have been applied, in the earliest times, like the Greek νύμφη, to superhuman beings, occupying a position between goddesses and mere women, v. D.

ge-wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wilnian, -wilnigan, to -wilnienne; p. ode; pp. od [wilnian to desire]

To wish ⬩ desire ⬩ expect ⬩ seek ⬩ strive for ⬩ cŭpĕre ⬩ concŭpiscĕre ⬩ desīdĕrāre ⬩ expĕtĕre ⬩ ambīre

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Gr. 30, 5; Som. 35, 10

Linked entry: wilnian

un-gecoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecoren, adj.

unchosen ⬩ unselected ⬩ reprobate ⬩ evil

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unchosen, unselected; used in reference to those who swore along with another, when they were not selected by the party making oath from a number of persons named to him, as was the case in the cyre-áð, q. v.

Linked entry: ge-coren

boga

an arch ⬩ a vault

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Voc. ii. 127, 78. Bogan fornicem, 37, 2. Bígelsa bogum (boga bígelsum, An. Ox. 511) arcuum fornicibus (of an aqueduct, v. Ald. 8, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 3 : 37, 1. bow (as in saddle-bow): Boga antena, Wrt.

be-rǽdan

(v.)

to dispossess ⬩ betray

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S. 19, 214. Hú Boetius hí (the Goths) wolde berǽdan (cf. áferran, I ;F. 2, 19), Bt. tit. I ; F. x. 2. Birédnae (-raed*-*nae) prodimur, Txts. 89, 1661. with acc. of person and inst.

ende-néhst

last ⬩ last ⬩ lowest ⬩ last ⬩ final ⬩ latest

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Add: of place, most remote On eallum middangearde oð þæt endenéxte land, Hml. Th. i. 294, 28. of number, order, last Módignys is endenéxt gesett on getele ðǽra heáfodleahtra, Hml. Th. ii. 222, 3.

Linked entry: endemestness

for-cirran

(v.)
Grammar
for-cirran, p. de.

to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert

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Hí eft ne cyrdon tó ðan cyninge, ac þurh óðerne weg hine forcyrdon, Hml. Th. i. 78, 30.

Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran

flór

Grammar
flór, flóre.
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Voc. ii. 146, lo. Flór on húse, 32, 59. Hé árás of þǽre flóra and of þám sæcce þe hé onuppan wæs sittende, Hml. S. 23, 802, 823. On þæs húses flóre (in habitaculi pauimento) seáð ádelfan, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 520, 8.

ge-recedness

Grammar
ge-recedness, ge-reccedness.
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Add: history Historia, þæt is gerecednyss (-recced-, v. l.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8.

Linked entries: recenness reced-ness ge-reccedness

hálsung

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Gl. 659. ¶ of a form of prayer used in the church service :-- Hálsung, þæt is Kyrieleison letania, R. Ben. 37, 1 : 38, 12.

ídel-ness

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For passage in l. 18 see <b>IV,</b> and add: emptiness. Cf. ídel; 2 Þá welegan hé forlǽteþ on ídelnesse ( diuites dimisit inanes, Lk. l, 53), Bl. H. 5, 10 : 159, 19. worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity.

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