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ge-þring

Grammar
ge-þring, ge-þryng.
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Ðǽr ( in hell) is ealra yrmða gehwylc and ealra deófla geþring (-þryngc, v. l. ), Wlfst. 94, 4. Geðring (-þringc, -þrincg, v. ll. ), 114, 6. Ic mé ongan mæncgan tó óþrum, ꝥ ic wolde inn geþringan ...

ge-tot

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Tó geflites hý fæstaþ and þæt dígle þing beón sceolde tó sige, þæt is tó bodunge and tó getotes gylpe, gewyrcaþ solent certare jejuniis, ut rem secreti victoriae faciant, R. Ben. 136, 22.

gyru

(n.)
Grammar
gyru, (?), gen. <b>gyrwe;</b> f.
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. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12

Linked entry: Gyrwas

gód-dǽd

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Þeáw is ꝥ hi æfæstiað óþra manna góddǽda mos est invidere aliis virtutis bonum, 117, 5. a benefit; Ps. Th. 77, 13

hwæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hwæcce, an; f.
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The same incident is described in the two passages ), Hml. Th. ii. 178, 8.] [Nether wheche ne leede to be leyde in, bote a grete Clothe to hely my foule Caryin, E. W. 27, 4]

Linked entry: corn-hwicce

hryscan

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v. hrýscung) tó swége (this is almost certainly a gloss to Ald. 65, 15: Ad stridulae buccinae sonum) ad stridulae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 46. Strengce ríscendum nervo stridente, Hpt. Gl. 405, 75. Ríslum hríscendum radiis stridentibus, An. Ox. 3740.

of-gán

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Add Nú mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, and man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte.

orþung

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add: the breath of a human being or animal Seó orþung þe wé út bláwaþ and in áteóð . . . is seó lyft þe ealle líchamlice þing on lybbað, Hml. S. 1, 214. Betwux wordum his ( the old man's) orðung áteórað, Hml. Th. i. 614, 15.

sárigness

(n.)
Grammar
sárigness, e; f.

Sadness

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Tristicia þet is þissere worlde sarinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 22. Þer wes sarinesse (wowe, 2nd MS.), sorreȝen inoȝe, Laym. 27560. In eche sorinesse, O. E. Misc. 76, 125. [Wiþ muchel sorinesse, Horn. 922]

un-wrǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wrǽst, -wrǽste; adj.

Weakpoorsorrymiserablewretched

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Eálá hú leás and hú unwrést is ðysses middaneardes wela, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 40. Hé wearð him on ánum unwrǽstum (unwrǽste, Th. 321, 10) scipe (cf. uneáðe ætburstan, p. 320, col. 2) férde ofer sǽ, Chr. 1051; Th. 319, 3.

Linked entry: wrǽst

un-wittig

(adj.)

Without wit or understanding,

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Hit is áwriten:'Ne bið se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced' Homl. Th. ii. 532, 13. Þeówian unclǽnum deóflum and ðám unwittigum heargum, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 52

Linked entry: un-gewittig

wel-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
wel-hwǽr, adv.

Everywheregenerallycommonly

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Unriht gewuna welhwǽr is árisen Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 33. Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas, swǽ swǽ welhwǽr (well-, Cott. MSS.) siendon Past. pref.; Swt. 9, 4. Wæs wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11.

Linked entry: wel-gehwǽr

wín-sele

(n.)
Grammar
wín-sele, es; m.

A wine-halla hall where there is feasting

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A wine-hall, a hall where there is feasting Nis hér (in Hell) wloncra wínsele, ne worulde dreám, Cd. Th. 270, 21; Sat. 94. Se wínsele (Hrothgar's hall), Beo. Th. 1547; B. 771. In ðæm wínsele, 1394; B. 695.

Linked entry: wín-sæl

heáfod-panne

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-panne, an; f.

A skull

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Golgotha ðæt is heáfodpannan stów Golgotha quod est calvariæ locus, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 33: Jn. Skt. 19, 17. Heáfodpannena, stów, Mk. Skt. 15, 22. Hundes heáfodpanne a dog's skull, L. M. ex Quad. 13, 3; Lchdm. i. 370, 3: L. M. 2, 55; Lchdm. ii. 342, 4

of-lícian

(v.)

to displease, be displeasing

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Swá hwæt swá him oflícaþ ðeáh hit hálig sý hié hit lǽtaþ unálýfed whatever they do not like, though it be holy, they profess that it is not permitted R. Ben. 9, 19. Ðá oflícode mé þearle ðæt ic eft tó ðam líchaman sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 10.

Linked entry: lícian

snoru

(n.)
Grammar
snoru, e; f.

A daughter-in-law

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Sc̃a Maria is Godfæder snoru and Godes suna módur and háligra sáuwla sweger Shrn. 118, 6. Hió genom hiere snore, Alexandres láfe Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 148, 18

ge-þweán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweán, p. -þwóh, pl. -þwógun; pp. -þwagen, -þwegen, -þwogen, -þwǽn

To wash

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Se ðe geþuǽn is qui lavatus est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 10. Hwí he geþwogen nǽre quare non baptizatus esset, Lk. Bos. 11, 38

hold-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
hold-áþ, es; m.

An oath of fealty

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Hé dyde ðæt ealle ða heáfodmæn on Normandig dydon manrǽden and holdáþas is sunu Willelme, 1115; Erl. 245, 12

Linked entry: hyld-áþ

á-solcennys

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is ásolcennyss oþþe slǽwð on Accidia Englisc, Hml. S. 16, 296. Hí ne wandiað tó licgenne on stuntnysse heora ásolcennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 554, 3.

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Species is híw, primitiua and diriuatiua. Ealle ðá eahta partes forneán habbað þás twá híw ... Óðer híw is geháten inchoatiua, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 211, 1-14. De figura. Figura is gefégednys oððe híw. Twá híw synd, simplex and composita, 217, 10.