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Anglo-Saxon

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glǽw

glade

(adv.)
Grammar
glade, (?); adv.
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Joyously, gladly Hié of þám grimman gryre glade treddedon, Dan. 439. Hí fore góddædum glade blissiað, Cri. 1287

glæs

(n.)
Grammar
glæs, es; m.
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A glass vessel. a glass for drinking Hé sende him glæs fulne wínes misit ei calicem uini, Bd. 5, 5; Sch. 572, 7. a cupping-glass Teóh mid glæse on þá sculdru, Lch. ii. 262, 5. Hwílum þú teóh mid glæse oððe mid horne blód of þám sáran stówum, Lch. ii

glád

(v.; part.)
Grammar
glád, p.of glídan.

glided ⬩ slid

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glided, slidBeo. Th. 4152;B. 20173

glad

glǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
glǽdan, to cause to slip or totter. A compound form, á-glǽdan, seems to be concealed in the gloss
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Labefacare agleddęgo, Txts. 111, 9. Cf. O. Sax. biglédda labefactat, Gall. 23

Linked entry: á-glǽdan

glas

glæs-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
glæs-fæt, es; n.

A glass vessel ⬩ a glass

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A glass vessel, a glass He sende him glæsfæt full wínes misit ei calicem vini, Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, 12

Linked entry: fæt

glæs-hluttor

(adj.)
Grammar
glæs-hluttor, adj.

Clear as glass

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Clear as glass Ða sǽ ðe ǽr wæs glæshlutru the sea that before was clear as glass, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 24: Bt. Met. Fox 5, 15; Met. 5, 8. Ís glisnaþ glæshluttur ice glistens clear as glass, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 16; Rún. 11

glæs-fæt

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Add: a flask, bottle Bebeád Benedictus ꝥ hí út áwurpon ꝥ ilce glæsfæt ( ampulla vitrea) in þám wæs gesewen sum dǽl eles . . . þá ꝥ útáworpene glæsfæt (vas vitreum ) cóm in þá stánas, Gr. D. 159, 20-27. Gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt wel micel, gedó wínes

glæs-gegot

(n.)
Grammar
glæs-gegot, es; n.
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What is made of molten glass Templ of ísernum geweorcum and of ǽrenum (of glæsgegotum, v. l.) geworht templum aereo et ferreo opere constructum, Nar. 37, 23 (v. note, p. 78)

Linked entry: ge-got

á-glǽdan

Similar entry: glǽdan

ǽ-glǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-glǽca, = ǽ-gleáwa (?)
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Béda, se ǽglǽca láreów, Angl. viii. 308, 35

glædene

Grammar
glædene, an;

Gladden

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Gladden. v. Lchdm. ii. Glossary

glædman

(n.)
Grammar
glædman,
  • Beo. Th. 740
    • ;
  • B. 367
    • .
Thorpe and Kemble take this word as the oblique case of a noun =

gladness ⬩ pleasure

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gladness, pleasure; but see 'glæd.'

glædlic

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Add: kindly, gentle. v. glæd; 3 Tunge glætlic treów lífes lingua placabilis lignum uitae, Scint. 78, 10. of a thing, delightful. Cf. glæd; 2, 3 Glædlicne drenc delectabilem potum, Scint. 13, 12

-módness

(suffix)
Grammar
-módness, v.
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án-, eád- (eáþ-), glæd-, heáh-, heard-, leás-, leóht-, meagol-, ofer-, or-, rûm-, swíþ-, þole-, wác-, weá-, wiþer-módness

gnorn

Grammar
gnorn, sorrow.
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Nú is hálwende þæt man hér wépe . . . Glæd bið se Godes sunu gif þú gnorn þrowast, Dóm. L. 86. Add

ge-défe

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-défe, adv.

Becomingly ⬩ decently ⬩ dĕcenter

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Becomingly, decently; dĕcenter Ic eom on ðínum dómum gedéfe glæd jūdĭcia tua jŭcunda, Ps. Th. 118, 39 : 124, 4

symbel-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
symbel-gál, adj.

Wanton with feasting

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Wanton with feasting Se ðe him wínes glæd wilna brúceþ, siteþ him symbelgál, Exon. Th. 449, 30; Dóm. 79

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