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gleó-mǽden

(n.)

a glee-maiden

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a glee-maiden

gleó-word

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gleó-word, glió-word, es; n.

A musical straina song

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A musical strain, a song, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 3; Met. 7, 2

þanc-word

(n.)
Grammar
þanc-word, es; n.
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A word of thanks Swá scríþende hweorfaþ gleómen, þearfe secgaþ, þoncword sprecaþ, simle sumne gemétaþ geofum unhneáwne, Exon. Th. 326, 32; Víd. 137

glíw-mann

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Swá hweorfað gleómen geond grunda fela . . . simle sumne gemétað gydda gleáwne, Víd. 136

gid

(n.)
Grammar
gid, gidd, gied, giedd, gyd, gydd, ged, es; n.

a songlaypoemcantuscantilenacarmenpoemaA speechtalesermonproverbriddlesermodictumloquelaproverbiumænigma

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Geríseþ gleómen gied a song is proper for a gleeman, Exon. 91 b; Th. 344, 1; Gn. Ex. 167. Cúþ gyddum known in lays [songs], Beo. Th. 304; B. 151.

Linked entries: gidding gied ged gyd

gid

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Gleómen simle gemétað gydda gleáwne ( a connoisseur of songs, one who can appreciate the poet's verses' ), Víd. 139. Ongan hé singan and þus cwæþ: ' Ic wille mid gid-dum ( in verse ) gecýþan . . . ' Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 2.

ge-sceap

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Swá scríðende gesceapum (fortuitu v. wyrd-gesceap) hweorfað gleómen, Víd. 135. Dryhten scyreð and scrífeð and gesceapo healdeð (governs the destinies of men), Vy. 66 :. Gen. 2827.

grund

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muros everti aequarique solo imperavit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 13. the earth as contrasted with heaven Wé men cweðað hér on grunde, Hy. 9, 39. with sea Þone þe grund and sund, heofon and eorðan and hreó wǽgas ámearcode, An. 747. a land, country Hweorfað gleómen

scríðan

(v.)
Grammar
scríðan, p. scráð, pl. scridon; pp. scriden, scriðen.
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Swá scríðende hweorfaþ gleómen, Exon. Th. 326, 27 ; Víd. 135. of the gliding motion of a ship, cloud, etc. , or of the motion of a heavenly body in its orbit -Ne æt mé hrisil scríðeþ, Exon. Th. 417, 20 ; Rä. 36, 7.

hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
hweorfan, hworfan, hwurfan

To turnchangegoreturndepartgo aboutwanderroam

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Swá hweorfaþ gleómen so gleemen roam about, 87 a; Th. 326, 28; Víd. 135. Ðá seó scyld ðá tó his heortan hwearf ad cor suum rediit, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 35. Ierre hé hwearf ðonan tó his ágnum, Chr. 584; Erl. 18, 25.

ge-métan

(v.)
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I. without idea of premeditation, search or effort. to meet with, come upon, come across, with simple object Gleómen simle sumne gemétað gydda gleáwne, Vid. 138. Hé gemétte swiþe manig folc. Bl. H. 141, 32. Gemoette inuenit, Mt. R. 18, 28.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Gleómen þearfe secgaþ, Exon. Th. 326, 31; Víd. 137. Ðæt hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe, 51, 17; Cri. 817: 298, 17; Crä. 86. Miltsa ðú ús, and gemyne ðú úre þearfa, Blickl.

Linked entries: þærf þarf