glisnian
To glisten ⬩ shine
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Se engel hæfde twegen beágas on hys handa ða glysnodon swa rósan blósman the angel had two rings on his hand, they shone like roses, Shrn. 149, 29
án-tíd
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Add:as an alternative meaning: An appointed hour, time when something is due Ymb ántíd óðres dógores wundenstefna gewaden hæfde þæt þá liðende land gesáwon, i. e. the boat was in sight of land at the time when it was due to be so. Cf. án-daga
earning-land
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Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27
ofer-módig
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Hé hæfde ánne ofermódine cniht, Gr. D. 36, 5. Róma áliésed wearð of þeówdóme þára ofermódgestana cyninga þe mon hǽt Tarcuinie, Ors. 2, 1 ; S. 62, 6. Add
am-byre
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Substitute: Unfavourable, contrary (of wind) Þyder, hé cwæð, þæt man ne mihte geseglian on ánum n, mónðe, gyf man . . . ǽlce dæge hæfde ambyrne wind, Ors. l, I ; Bos. 21, 20. [Cf. Icel. aud-viðri a head wind. Mod. Icel. and-byrr (= mðt-byrr). (Dr.
wiht
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Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ð hió an geworden wæs, C. D. B. ii. 46, 29. Add
eorl-dóm
EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v. Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7 ⬩ cŏmĭtis mūnus
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Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7; cŏmĭtis mūnus Ælfgár eorl féng to ðam eorldóme ðe Harold ǽr hæfde earl Ælfgar succeeded to the earldom which Harold had before, Chr. 1053; Erl. 189, 14
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ge-mercian
To mark out ⬩ signāre
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To mark out; signāre Man hæfde ða buruh mid stacum gemercod the city was marked out with stakes, Ors. 5, 5; Bos. 105, 28. Gemercadon ðone stán signantes lapidem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 66.
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þearl-mód
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Of severe mind, in a bad sense, stern, cruel Hæfde his ende gebidenne unswǽslícne, swylcne hé ǽr æfter worhte, þearlmód þeóden gumena ( Holofernes ), Judth.Thw, 22, 18; Jud. 66. in a good sense, severe in dealing with evil. v. þearl, I Þearlmód þeóden
twi-ecge
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Hæfde hé twiecge handseax habebat sicam bicipitem, Bd. 2, 9; M. 122, 12. Genim ðæt micle greáte windelstreáw twyecge, Lchdm. ii. 44, 5. Sweord twiecge gladii ancipites Ps. Surt. 149, 6
Linked entry: twi-icce
á-rétan
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and add Hé hæfde his wíf mid him þe hine árétte, þeáh hé his bearna þolode, Hml. S. 30, 204. On þǽm sealme hé wæs cleopiende tó Drihtne, wilnode þæt hé hine árétte, Ps. Th. 27, arg. Be eallum þám þe gebrocode wǽron and eft árétte, 28, arg
for-wirnedness
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Hé hæfde forwyrnednesse on his líchoman ǽghweðer ge on mete ge on hrægle ge on ághwylcum þinge, Bl. H. 219, 29
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ge-delfan
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Þá hé hæfde gedolfen twéntig fóta on ðǽre eorðan, H. R. 13, 14. trans. To dig a hole In ðǽm gedolfene byrgenne his stóue in defossum sepulturae suae locum, Jn. p. 2, I
un-gemetlic
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Add Hé hié forslóg þæt hié siþþan ungemetlicne ege from him hæfde quos multo melu soluit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 4
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ge-tihhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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To appoint, determine, assign; stătuĕre, decernĕre, assignāre Swá he æt fruman getihhod hæfde as he at the beginning had determined, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 220, 26.
mǽg-gemót
A meeting of kinsmen
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A meeting of kinsmen Hé bebeád ofer ealne middangeard ðæt ǽlc mǽgþ tógædere cóme, ðæt ǽlc man ðý gearor wiste hwǽr hé gesibbe hæfde.
rǽd-þeahtere
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Ðara twentigra monna ðe hé him tó fultume hæfde ácoren, ðæt his rǽdþeahteras wǽron viginti viros sibi consilii causa legerat, 6, 2; Swt. 256, 3
ge-sǽliglic
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Cf. ge-sǽlig; Gesett hæfde hé hié swá gesǽliglíce, Gen. 252. of things, happy, characterized by good fortune. Cf. ge-sǽlig ; IV Bið hyra meaht and gefeá swíðe gesǽliglic sawlum tó gielde, Cri. 1079.
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wrixl
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Ic geseó ꝥ Benedictus hæfde Paules gewixle (wrixle, v.l. vicem), Gr. D. 141, 12. Wriexle, 153, 24
fíf-læppede
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Having five laps or lobes Hió (the liver) biþ fíflæppedu (cf. sió lifer hæfð fíf læppan, 198, 1), Lch. ii. 160, 12