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geópan

(v.)
Grammar
geópan, The subject of the riddle is a bow, the poison it first takes in, then spits out, is the arrow.

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ifig

Grammar
ifig, l. ífig, and add: [íf-ig if-hég. Cf. O. H. Ger. eba-hęwi]
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Voc. ii. 29, 3. Þæs blacan ífiges croppan, Lch. ii. 248, 21: 268, 3. Hifia crop hederarum corimbos, An. Ox. 115. Íuia, 7, 17

nic

(pronoun.)
Grammar
nic, = ne ic

not I

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not I Wilt ðú fón sumne hwæl? Nic vis capere aliquem cetum? Nolo, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 17. Eart ðú wítega? Hé cwæþ nic, Jn. Skt. 1, 21. Eart ðú of ðysses leorningcnihtum? Ðá cwæþ hé : Nicc, ne eom ic, 18, 17

gé

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Iúh, Mt. L. 3, 7. Iwh, 26, 21. Iouh (iów, R.), Mk. L. 4, 11. Iucgh, Rtl. 107, 3. Ofer eówic. . . eów super vos . . . vobis Ps. Srt. 128, 8: 113, 14. Mið iówih and in iów apud vos et in vobis Jn. R. 14, 17.

mál

Grammar
mál, II.
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Ꝥ sciplið gewende to Legeceastre, and ðǽr ábiden heora máles ( their pay ) þe Ælfgár heom behét, Chr. 1055 ; P. 186, 19. v. friþ-, wiþer-mál. Add

tweó-mann

(n.)
Grammar
tweó-mann, es; m. A creature about which it is doubtful whether it te human
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Homodubii hý syndon hátene, ðæt beóþ twímen, Nar. 35, 3

Linked entry: twí-mann

génge

(v.)
Grammar
génge, ic

I would go

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I would go, Cd. 39; Th. 51, 29; Gen. 834; p. subj. of gangan

of-

(prefix)
Grammar
of-, as a prefix modifies the words to which it is attached in many ways. Amongst these may be noticed
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its intensive force in such words as of-georn, of-langod, of-lysted, of-calen, of-hyngrod, of-þyrsted its unfavourable force in of-lícian, of-unnan, of-þyncan the idea of attainment which it gives to verbs of motion as of-faran, of-féran, of-irnan, of-rídan

Linked entries: -weard stician af- tyge

un-tela

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tela, adv. (but in some cases it seems a noun?)

Not well ⬩ ill ⬩ badly

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Th. i. 252, 15. Wiþ ðon ðe men mete untela melte and gecirre on yfele wǽetan, Lchdm. ii. 226, 5. Ne forsuwa ðú ná ðæt unteala gedón sý, Prov. Kmbl. 44. Hwætd tó untala dyde hé (hwæt dyde untale, Rush.) quid mali fecit? Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 23

Linked entries: tela tela un-tala un-teala

Scede-land

(n.)
Grammar
Scede-land, Sceden-íg.

all

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The latter, occurring Beo. 3376; B. 1686, is the same as the Icel. Skán-ey, in Wulfstans narrative, Scón-ég (q.v.): the former (in pl.) seems to denote all l Blæd wíde sprang Scyldes eaferan Scedelandum in, Beo. 38 ; B. 19

ur

(adv.)
Grammar
ur, (occurring only as it is represented by the U-rune); adv.

Formerly

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Formerly ᚢ (= ur) wæs geára (cf. iú (geó) ... geára) geógoðhádes glǽm; nú synt geárdagas forð gewitene, lífwynne geliden, Elen. Kmbl. 2530; El. 1266. ᚢ wæs longe laguflódum bilocen lífwynna dǽl, feoh on foldan, Exon. Th. 50, 25; Cri. 806

Linked entry: or

geán-talu

(n.)
Grammar
geán-talu, (? the word in the passage is not feminine), e; f.
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Cf. . . . in vita mea. Post autem sine contradictions reciperent sua, 600, 31

supe

Grammar
supe, in ic supe sarcio, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 50,
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read (?) súwe

Augustínus

(n.)
Grammar
Augustínus, i ; m; Lat. [Augustinus is correct in the quotations from the titles of the two following chapters of Bede, but in the A. Sax. text it is Agustínus]

St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605 ⬩ Augustínus

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St. Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory to England, A. D. 597, and died May 26, 605; Augustínus Ðæt se hálga Papa Gregorius Augustínum sende Angel-þeóde to bodiganne Godes word ut sanctus Papa Gregorius Augustinum ad prædicandum genti Anglorum

Linked entry: Agustin

Arrius

(n.)
Grammar
Arrius, ii; m.

Arius

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C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 3

hring

Grammar
hring, in wópes hring.
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Add: Though a noun, hring, denoting sound may be inferred from the compounds bel-, nón-hring, it is hardly with this meaning that the word occurs in the phrase wópes hring; for the epithet blát (An. 1281) is not applicable to sound, and the parallel phrase

ge-célan

Grammar
ge-célan, [The passage in I is from Lch. i. 146, 14.]
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Ðæt ic sié gecoeled ut refrigerer, Ps. Srt. 38, 14. [O.H. Ger. ge-kuolen refrigerare.] See ge-cǽlan. Add

can

Grammar
can, ic he
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I know, he knows Ic oððe he can, Elen. Kmbl. 1363; El. 683: Ps. Th. 88, 13. He can he can, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 10

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, II 2.
Entry preview:

Be ðǽm welegan ðe gesǽd is ðætte on helle ðrowude, 351, 14. Him sculutean eglan óðerra monna brocu suelce hé efnsuíðe him ðrowige, 75, 10. (/3) to suffer martyrdum :-- Hér Iacóbus frater Dni þrowode, Chr. 62 ; P. 8, l.

dwola

Grammar
dwola, error. Add: , dwala (q. v. in Dict.)
Entry preview:

Ꝥ in duala (gedwolan, R.) inn biðon gelǽded ut in errorem inducantur, 24, 24.

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