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Anglo-Saxon

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gæleþ

(v.)
Grammar
gæleþ, ðú gælest

sings

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sings, thou singest, Beo. Th. 4912; B. 2460;

fixoþ

(n.)
Grammar
fixoþ, es; m?

A fishing ⬩ piscātus

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A fishing; piscātus Ic wylle gán on fixoþ vādo piscāri, Jn. Bos. 21, 3

un-sidu

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Add: indecorum Mid unsidu ( inhoneste ) on cyrcan gán, Chrd. 32, 33. See preceding word

scógan

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Sceógian hí calcient se, Angl. xiii. 399, 456. Gán hí tó sceógienne eant ad calciandum, 413, 682. Add

prút-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
prút-lic, adj.
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Swelling with pride, haughty Gán mid prútlicre stæppincge tumido gestu incedere, Chrd. 77, 2

geác

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Add Gaec, gę̄c cuculus Txts. 55, 618. Geác geumatrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 64; geumatrex, 40, 69. Geáces súre Gę̄ces (geácæs, gécæs) súre accitalium Txts. 37, 58. Geácas súre, Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 32. Iéces (iáces) súræ calciculium Txts. 47, 380. in a place-name

gælþ

(v.)
Grammar
gælþ, ðú gælst

sings

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sings, thou singest;

un-gewidere

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Hé ne mihte ná gán út of þám húse for þám ungewydere, Gr. D. 168, 14. Cf. mis-gewidere. Add

fýr-hús

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Siððan hí of beóderne gán drincan innan heora fýrhúse ( in caminata ), Chrd. 45, 6. Add

bi-eóde

(v.; part.)

venerated

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venerated, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 3; Jul. 208; Similar entries p. of bi-gán

bi-gǽþ

commits

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commits, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 18; Cri. 1308; Similar entries pres. of bi-gán

will-flód

(n.)
Grammar
will-flód, es; n. m.

The waters of the deluge

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The waters of the deluge Willflód ongan lytli-gan, Cd. Th. 85, lo; Gen. 1412

scyldan

(v.)
Grammar
scyldan, scyldian

to charge ⬩ accuse

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to charge, accuse Hý gán xii. sume and gescyldigen (gescylden, other MS.) hine, L. Ath. i. 11; Th. i. 206, 3

feligean

(v.)
Grammar
feligean, p. de; pp. ed

To follow ⬩ sĕqui

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To follow; sĕqui Uton gán and feligean fremdum godum eămus et sĕquāmur deos aliēnos, Deut. 13, 2

miscan

(v.)
Grammar
miscan, miscean

to injure ⬩ afflict

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to injure, afflict Hwí lǽtst ðú mé gán unrótne ðonne mé mysceaþ míne fýnd quare tristatus incedo, dum affligit me inimicus? Ps. Th. 44, 11

Linked entry: myscan

gæst-hús

Grammar
gæst-hús, gast-, gest-, gyst-hús, es; n.

A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium

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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium Gæst-hus hospĭtium, Wrt. Voc. 86, 44

Linked entry: gist-

be-hæpsian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hæpsian, p. ode
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To fasten with a bolt, bolt a door Hé hét hí gán út and behæpsode þá duru, Hml. S. 31, 214

Linked entry: hæpsian

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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Add:

em-fela

(adj.)
Grammar
em-fela, adj.

Equally many ⬩ tŏtĭdem

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Equally many; tŏtĭdem Gán inn emfela manna of ǽgðre healfe let equally as many men of either side go in, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 20

strǽt

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Add An cyninges stréte, C. D. ii. 67, 2. Add Út on strǽte gán in plateis ire, Chrd. 61, 5. Fænn strǽtena lutum platearum, Ps. L. 17, 43

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