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gifan

(v.)
Grammar
gifan, gyfan, giefan, geofan, giofan; ic gife; ðú gifest, gifst; he gifeþ, gifþ, pl. gifaþ; p. geaf, gæf, gaf, gef, ðú geáfe, géfe, pl. geáfon, géfon; pp. gifen, giefen, gyfen

To givedareimpertire

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Gr. 37; Som. 39, 13. Gife ic hit ðé I will give it thee, Cd. 32; Th. 42, 26; Gen. 679. Us drincan gifest potum dabis nobis, Ps. Th. 79, 5. Hwæt gifst ðú me quid dabis mihi, Gen. 15, 2.

ǽfen-sang

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-sang, es; m.

EVEN-SONGvespersvespertinus cantus

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EVEN-SONG, vespers; vespertinus cantus, L. Ælf. C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 7

gleó-word

Grammar
gleó-word, glió-word, es; n.

A musical straina song

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A musical strain, a song, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 3; Met. 7, 2

worþig-cærse

(n.)
Grammar
worþig-cærse, an ; f.

The name of some plant

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The name of some plant Uorthigcearse grissa garina, Lchdm. iii. 303, col. 1

Linked entry: worþ-cærse

bel-hringes beácn

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Sóna swá þæt beácn þæs belhrincges gehýred bið, R. Ben. 67, 20. Add

ge-féþrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-féþrian, p. ode
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To load Geféðrige hé hys wǽnas mid fegrum gerdum, Solil. H. I. II

Linked entry: féþrian

wilnian

(v.)
Grammar
wilnian, <b>. I</b> I g.
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Lóca nú ꝥ þú ofer gemet ne wilnige, Solil. H. 17, 9. Add

yfel-dónde

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Good edleán ðám weldóndum and yfel þám yfeldóndum, Solil. H. 10, 19. Add

hamelian

(v.)
Grammar
hamelian, p. ode; pp. od

To mutilateto mutilatesome had their hands or feet cut offmutilaremutilatus

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To mutilate Sume man hamelode some were mutilated, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 38

Linked entry: hamel

of-þyncan

(v.)

to cause regret or sorrowto cause displeasure or offence

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Gr. 33; Som. 37, 21. Mé ofþincþ ðæt ic hig worhte poenit t me fecisse eos, Gen. 6, 7. Hit mé ofþincþ, Lk. Skt. 17, 4. Ofþinceþ ðé les ðe ðû tô yfele hæfst geworht? L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 130, 43.

wóþ-sang

(n.)
Grammar
wóþ-sang, es ; m.

Song

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Song Wítgena wóðsong, Exon. Th. 4, 1; Cri. 46

wíte

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Add: v. bisceop-, full-, ge-. gylt-, heng-, sorh-wíte

brýd-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-leóþ, es; n.

A marriage songepithalamiumἐπιθαλάμιον

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A marriage song; epithalamium = ἐπιθαλάμιον, Mone B. 3121: 3123

Linked entry: brýd-sang

turf

(n.)
Grammar
turf, gen. dat. tyrf; pl. tyrf and turf; f.
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Ne turf ne toft not a sod nor a field (i. e. neither little nor much?), Lchdm. iii. 286, 23. Tyrb cespites, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 69. Tyrf, 23, 18: glebe, 40, 37.

Linked entry: tyrf

Constantīnus

(n.)
Grammar
Constantīnus, as Lat. gen. i; dat. o; acc. um; m. also gen. es; dat. e; m.

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor

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D. 306]and left his kingdom to his son Constantine, the good emperor. Eutropius writes that the emperor Constantine was born in Britain Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 30-32.

un-gefyrn

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefyrn, adv.

At no distant datebefore longsoon

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At no distant date, before long, soon Ðú áfindst his mihte ungefyrn on ðé sylfum, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 153. Eallum folce ðæs swíðe ungefyrn ( very soon after that ) hé geswutelian wolde hwæs gehwá gelýfan sceolde, i. 23, 405

Linked entry: ge-fyrn

Wixan

(n.)
Grammar
Wixan, pl.

The name of some people

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The name of some people in some district in England Eást-Wixna is þryú hund hýda, West-Wixna syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 19. Similar entries Cf. on wixena bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 78, 1

langsum-ness

(n.)
Grammar
langsum-ness, e; f.

Length

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Swá ðæt hí ne beón þurh ða deópnysse ǽmóde ne þurh ða langsumnysse ǽþrytte so that they be not discouraged by the deepness, nor wearied by the length, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 8.

mægen-strengþu

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-strengþu, indecl.: <b>-strengþ,</b> e; f.

Great strengthpower

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Ic siges mihte and mægenstrengþe swá micele eów sille ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ swá fela swá gé reccaþ I will give you so great victorious might and power, that it shall be sport to you to slay as many foes as you can count, Wulfst. 132, 19

ge-weorp

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passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat was close to land, cf. in ceól stigon ellenrófe, 349, so