GEÁC
A cuckoo ⬩ gawk ⬩ cŭcūlus
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Cuckoo-sorrel, wood-sorrel; oxălis acetōsella, Lin Geáces súre vel þríléfe trifŏlium, Ælfc. Gl. 39; Som. 63, 72; Wrt. Voc. 30, 24. Genim geáces súran take cuckoo-sorrel, L.
Linked entries: gǽc iáces súre
stíþlíce
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Hé stíðlícor mid untrumnyssum ofsett wæs, 120, 7. strictly Ðæt líf stíðlíce healdan to observe a course of life strictly, R. Ben. 76, 4. [Hú hé stíðlucest hér on lífe libben mihte, Shrn. 12, 18.]
ád
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'Eówer hrá bryttað lácende líg' . . . Þá wurdon hié deáðes on wénan, ádes El. 585. Se líg ne móste heora fex forswǽlan on þám áde ( the fiery furnace ), Hml. S. 16, 76. Hí hine tó ðǽm áde beran wyllað, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 27.
mynster-gang
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Heora ǽgðer mót ódrum lýfan mynstergang ( licentiam dare in monasterium ire ), LI. Th. ii. 152, 4. Add
HÉLA
The HEEL
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Lind. 13, 18. Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.] take hare's heel [lat. talum ], Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16. Heó gehýden hǽlun míne ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Th. 55, 6.
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hrér-ness
Motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ agitation ⬩ commotion ⬩ storm
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Lind. 8, 24. Gást hrýrenesse ł stormes spiritus procellæ, Ps.Lamb. 106, 25. Eorþ hroernisse terræ motu, 27, 54.
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nigon
nine
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A : nigona, Lind. : nióne, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 17, 17. Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18.
ge-wintred
Grown to full age ⬩ full-aged ⬩ aged ⬩ adultus
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Lind. 21, 18. Ðeáh he gewintred wǽre though he was aged, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 7. Ðæs gewintredan monnes of a full-aged man, L. Alf. pol. 26; Th. i. 78, 18
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ge-leógan
To lie ⬩ belie ⬩ deceive ⬩ mentīre ⬩ fallĕre
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To lie, belie, deceive; mentīre, fallĕre Be ðám ðe hiora gewitnessa befóran bisceope geleógaþ of those who belie their testimonies before a bishop, L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 10, MS. B. Him seó wén geleáh hope deceived him, Beo.
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swíma
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Wið ðone swíman, nim . . . and cnuca . . . wyrta . . . ofgeót mid wætere . . . nim ðone wǽtan and lafa ðen heáfod, Lchdm, iii. 48, 3. a state of unconsciousness, a swoon Licgan on swíman to lie unconscious, Judth Thw. 21, 22; Jud. 30 - 23, 5 ; Jud. 106
þeów-weorc
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Gif esne ofer dryhtnes hǽse þeówweorc wyrce an Sunnanǽfen (v. þeówet-líc, last passage ), L. Wih. 9; Th. i. 38, 18
geond-irnan
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., and add: of motion, to run through or over Ǽr þon þá yfelan wǽtan þá limo geondyrnen, Lch. ii. 228, 16.
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ge-díglan
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Bið gedégled contexilar, Mt. p. 9, 10. to lie hid Ne gedégelde non latuit, Lk. L. 8, 47
Linked entries: ge-dieglan ge-díhligean
ge-wilnigendlic
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Add: desirable All gewilnien[d]lic omne desiderabile, Kent. Gl. 238. Gewilniendlic goldhord thesaurus desiderabilis, 791. Gewilnigendlic, Hml. Th. i. 116, 34. Gewilniendlice ofor gold desiderabilia super aurum, Ps.
on-hróp
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Se fæder wearð geswenced mid gedréfednysse his swíðlican onhrópes cum . . . importunis precibus lit relaxaretur immoneret, pater nimietatis cjtis taedio affectus, Gr. D. 156, 6.
preóst-hád
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Se ylca mæssepreóst on preóstháde (in presbyteratus officio) his líf geendode, Gr. D. 66, 1. Add
pýtan
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to push, poke, thrust, put out the eyes Gif þé slána lyste, þonne sete þú þínne winstran þúman on þínes lytlan fingres lið and pýt mið þínum scytefingre in þíne wynstran hand on þornes getácnunge þe hí on weaxað, Tech. ii. 124, 24.
seáw
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Add: [seáw is masculine in Lch. ii. 18, 14, though in the preceding line it is neuter Dó ꝥ seáw on neb . . . ꝥ se seáw (perhaps there is confusion owing to the conjunctional ꝥ and the initial letter of seáw ?)
út-síþ
A going out ⬩ excessus ⬩ exitium
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A going out (lit. or fig.); excessus, Ps. Lamb. 115, 2 exitium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 84: Hpt. Gl. 503, 35. Gǽst útsíþes georn the spirit eager for departure from this world, Exon.Th. 178, 9; Gú. 1241.
winter-burna
A stream that is full in winter(?) ⬩ a stream that has the fullness of winter(?) ⬩ a torrent
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Lind. 18, 1. ¶ the word occurs as a local name, and is found often in the Charters, e. g.: In Winter-burnan... swá on óðerne Winterburnan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 405, 22. See vi. 354, col. 2