ge-rǽc
Opportunity ⬩ opportunitas
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Opportunity; opportunitas In gerǽcum in opportunitatibus, Ps. Spl. 9, 9
ge-rǽf
Fixed ⬩ fixus
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Fixed; fixus Gif mon folc-leásunge gewyrce and hió on hine gerǽf weorðe if a man commit folk-leasing and it be fixed upon him, L. Ælf 32; Th. i. 80, 21, note
Linked entry: -rǽf
ge-rím
A number, computation, calendar, diary ⬩ nŭmĕrus, compŭtātio, ephāmĕris
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A number, computation, calendar, diary; nŭmĕrus, compŭtātio, ephāmĕris = έφημερίs Ðæs næs ná gerím cujus non ĕrat nŭmĕrus, Ps. Spl. 104, 32. Feówer and twentig wintra gerímes twenty four winters in number, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 26, 40; Edw. 7, 21: Cd.
Linked entry: gerím-bóc
ge-rif
A seizing, taking away, a catching-as of fish, also that which is caught ⬩ raptura, captura
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A seizing, taking away, a catching-as of fish, also that which is caught; raptura, captura Án gerif fisca, oððe án snǽs fisca oððe óðra þinga one taking of fish, or one spear of fish, or of other things; una sorta, Mone A. 141; Recd. 37, 77; Wrt. Voc
Linked entry: -rif
sláhþorn-ragu
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lichen from a blackthorn, Lchdm. ii. 144, 1
síd-rand
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A broad shield Ðá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord ofer setlum, sídrand manig hafen. Beo. Th. 2583 ; B. 1289
streám-racu
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The bed or channel of a stream, a water-course Streámracu alveus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 26. Streámrace alveum, ii. 4, 59. Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3158; An. 1582. Fram streámracum óþ ðysse eorðan útgemǽru a flumine usque ad terminos
sweor-ród
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A cross suspended from the neckChart. Th. 551, 5.429, 15. Hé becwæð Wulfstáne ærcebiscope áne sweorróde (the Latin version has philacterium; cf. the use of this word for chains and medals worn by gladiators round their necks as tokens of victory), Óðrum
swefel-réc
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Sulphur-smoke, the smoke from burning sulphur Ríneþ ofer ða synfullan swefelréc pluet super peccatores sulphur, Ps. Surt. 10, 7. Cf. swefel-þrosm
tún-rǽd
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A town-council Man beád ðam túnrǽde ðe his suna on áfédde wǽron ðæt man sceolde twégen cempan gescyrpan an order was given to the council of the town in which his sons had been brought up, that two soldiers should be equipped, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 297
þræc-róf
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Valiant, Cd. Th. 122, 22; Gen. 2030
wolcen-reád
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wurm-reád
Scarlet
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Scarlet Wurmreádne þrǽd coccinum, Gen. 38, 28. Wurmreádne basing pallium coccineum, Jos. 7, 21
wudu-réc
The smoke from burning wood
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The smoke from burning wood Wuduréc ástáh sweart, Beo. Th. 6280; B. 3144
wyn-ród
A joy-giving cross
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A joy-giving cross Wynród (the cross), sóðfæstra segn, Salm. Kmbl. 470; Sal. 235
á-rǽd
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Add: Resolute (?) Wyrd bið ful árǽd, Wand. 5: Gn. Ex. 193 (?). With Bt. 70, 6 cf. Met. 10, 45, which has aroda
bisceop-ród
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A cross worn by a bishop ii. bisceopróde, C. D. iv. 275, 11
blód-reád
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His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. His fét syndon blódreáde, E. S. viii. 477, 34. Add
bóc-reád
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Of bócreáde ex mineto, 30, 61. For Cot. 75: 176 substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 45
bleó-reád
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For Cot. 135 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 8