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wíg-sigor

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-sigor, es; m.

Victory in battle

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Victory in battle hæfde wígsigor, Cd. Th. 121, l; Gen. 2003. Hálig God geweóld wígsigor (cf. Óðinm átti heimilan sigr í hverri orrostu, Ynglinga Saga, c. 2), Beo. Th. 311 2; B. 1554

getan

(v.)
Grammar
getan, p. de, te; pp. ed

To GETtakeobtainadipiscicapereassequi

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To GET, take, obtain; adipisci, capere, assequi Cwæþ he on mergenne méces ecgum getan wolde said he in the morning would take them with the edges of the sword, Beo. Th. 5872; B. 2940

HRÍM

(n.)
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HRÍM, es; m.

RIME

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Hægel se hearda and hrím, 127 b; Th. 490, 11; . 79, 9, Ðǽr ne hægl ne hrím hreósaþ foldan nec gelido terram rore pruina tegit, 56 b; Th. 201, 22; Ph. 60.

beód

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Add: I. a table, at which a meal is taken Beód mensa, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 19. Biód, Ps. Srt. 68, 23. Bútan cræfte mínon ( the baker's ) ǽlc beód ǽmtig byþ gesewen, Coll. M. 28, 33. Be abbodes beódes gereorde de mensa abbatis, R. Ben. 93, 2.

ge-healdsumnes

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Add: moral restraint, modesty, sobriety, v. ge-healdsum ; Gehealdsumnyss inpuderatio, Scint. 225, 16. <b>I a.

Linked entry: ge-healtsumnys

ge-lǽtan

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For gebétendnysse fyrstan synt gelǽtene (nobis) propter emendationem (malorum hujus uite dies) ad inducias relaxantur (R. Ben. I. 5, 6), An. Ox. 58, 8. <b>I a.

ge-lustfulling

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-lustfullung</b>, e; f. a taking pleasure, delight, v. ge-lustfullian; Nán gelustfullung flǽsces, nán lust yfel nulla delectatio carnis, nulla voluptas mala, Scint. 3, 9.

hlifian

(v.)
Grammar
hlifian, p. ode

To stand out prominently, tower up, to be raised high

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Beorgas ne muntas steápe ne stondaþ ne stánclifu heáh hlifiaþ nec tumulus crescit, 56 a; Th. 199, 9, 27;Ph. 23, 32. Hlifiaþ eáran ofer eágum ears stand up above my eyes, 104b; Th. 396, 14; . 16, 4.

dimlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
dimlíc, dymlíc; adj.
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Dim, secret, hidden, concealed; obscūrus, clandestīnus Of dimlícum clandestīnis, Mone B. 872. swylce he todrǽfe ða dymlícan þeóstra not as if he dispelled the dim darkness, L. Ælf. C. 14; Th. ii. 348, 7

Linked entry: dymlíc

ge-arnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-arnung, e; f. [earnung an earning]

Meritrewardmĕrĭtum

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Merit, reward; mĕrĭtum Nǽnig efenlíc ðam, ǽr ne siððan, in worlde gewearþ, wífes gearnung no woman's reward in the world was equal to that, before nor after, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 23; Cri. 40

eald-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
eald-fæder, ealde-fæder; indecl. in s. but sometimes gen. -fæderes and dat. -fædere are found; pl. nom. acc. -fæderas; gen. a; dat. um; m.

A grandfather, ancestor ăvus, antecessor

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A grandfather, ancestor; ăvus, antecessor Ealdefæder ăvus, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 6; Wrt. Voc. 51, 51. Ðú forþfærst to ðínum ealdfæderum tu ībis ad patres tuos, Gen. 15, 15 : Beo. Th. 751; B. 373

hell-dor

(n.)
Grammar
hell-dor, es; n.

The gate of hell

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The gate of hell helldore in infernum, Ps. Th. 87, 3. Æt heldore, Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 29; . 531: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 20; Gen. 380: 23; Th. 29, 8; Gen. 447

meoto

(n.)

thought

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in Site symle and onsǽl meoto secgum swá ðín sefa hwette sit now at the feast, let loose thy thoughts to men, as thy mind prompts thee, Beo. Th. 983; B. 489

ge-búr-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-búr-scipe, es; m. [ge-búr a dweller; scipe state, condition]

A neighbourhoodan association of the dwellers in a certain district acknowledged by the statecoloniaviciniaconsociatio

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A neighbourhood, an association of the dwellers in a certain district acknowledged by the state; colonia, vicinia, consociatio On ðam ylcan gebúrscipe in the same neighbourhood, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 21 [MS. B]

geond-lácan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-lácan, p. -léc; pp. -lácen

To go through or over, flow overpertransīre, transfluĕre

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To go through or over, flow over; pertransīre, transfluĕre Ðætte ðæt tírfæste load geondláce laguflóda wynn that the joy of water-floods sports over the glorious land, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 15; Ph. 70

geofon

(n.)
Grammar
geofon, geofen, gifen, gyfen, es; n.
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The sea, ocean; mare, oceanus On geofones streám on the ocean's wave, Andr. Kmbl. 1704; An. 854: Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 25; Ph. 118. Geofon geótende a gushing ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 3014; An. 1510

Linked entries: gifen geofen gyfen

wriþen-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
wriþen-hilt, adj.

Having a kilt bound round

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Having a kilt bound round ['In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698

Linked entry: wreoþen-hilt

frécend-lic

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Ǽgðer is swíðe frécendlic, ge him hwá unmedomlíce onfoo, and eác him hwá lange bútan , Ll. Th. ii. 440, 21. Uneáðe þá frécendlican nýdþearfnysse ádreógende, Hml. S. 23 b, 538. Add

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hræglung

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Zosimus hire cwæð: 'Ne beþorftest þú nánre andlyfene oððe hræglunge?' Heó him andswarode: '. . . se gegyrla þe ic hæfde sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór mid swíðlicre ealdunge tótorene forwurdon,' Hml. S. 23 b, 567. Add

sadol

(n.)
Grammar
sadol, -el, -ul, es; m.

A saddle

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A saddle Sadol sella, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 33 : i. 83, 70. Sadul, 23, 19. héht eahta mearas on flet teón, ðara ánum stód sadol, ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges, Beo. Th. 2080; B. 1038