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feþer-hama

(v.)
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His geðóht is swiftra ðonne xii ðúsenda háligra gásta, ðeáh ðe ánra gehwylc gást hæbbe synderlíce xii feðerhoman, and ánra gehwylc feðerhoma hæbbe xii windas, Sal. K. p. 152, 1-2. Feðrhoman talaria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 4. Add

gamenian

(v.)
Grammar
gamenian, gamnian, gæmnian; p. ode; pp. od [gamen game]

To jokeplayjŏcŭlārijŏcāri

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To joke, play; jŏcŭlāri, jŏcāri Gregorius gamenode mid his wordum Gregory played with his words, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 4

Linked entries: gæmnian gamian gamnian

fnésan

(v.)
Grammar
fnésan, fnesan; p. fnæs

pantgasp

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To breathe hard, pant, gasp Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . þá gyt in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflie hǽtu þæs oreþes in solo pectore vitalis adhue calor anhelabat, Gr. D. 324, 19. Substitute:

Eádgár

(n.)
Grammar
Eádgár, es; m. [eád happy, gár spear]

Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975

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Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years

for-healdness

(n.)
Grammar
for-healdness, e; f.

Incontinenceunchasteness

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Gástas ðe manna hyrtan beswícað, ꝥ is. . . forhealdnyssa gást . . . Ne gewemmað eówre líchaman ðurh forhealdnesse, Nap. 24

gór

Grammar
gór, = <b>gár.</b>
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See <b>gár; IV,</b> where add Tó ðes gáres súðende, C. D. v. 86, 28. Cf. on ðone gáran ufwerdne, 356, 16 (the three passages refer to the same place)

bisceopung

(n.)
Grammar
bisceopung, e; f.

Confirmation

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Confirmation Se Hálga Gást ðás gyfa tódǽlð ... ealswá biscopas on biscpunge tó Gode sylfum wilniað, Wlfst. 51, 14. Hí setton heora handa ofer geleáffulle men, and him com tó se Hálga Gást ðurh heora biscepunge.

wit-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wit-seóc, adj.

Lunaticpossessed

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Lunatic, possessed Hrýmde sum wód mann ðurh deófles gást . . . Wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðam fúlan gáste . . . Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, Homl. Th. i. 458, 2-8. Hí deóflu fram wittseócum mannum áflígdon, ii. 490, 23.

an-ginnan

(v.)
Grammar
an-ginnan, p. -gan, pl. -gunnon; pp. -gunnen

To beginundertakeincipere

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To begin, undertake; incipere Angan hine gyrwan began to prepare himself, Cd. 23; Th. 28, 26; Gen. 442: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 118; Met. 1, 59

Linked entry: an-gan

gist-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gist-lic, hospitable [cf. O. H. Ger. un-gastlíchi]
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v. gast-lic in Dict

ofer-sceadwian

(v.)
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Maria wæs ofersceadewed ðurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes. Hú wæs heó ofersceadewod ?, Hml. Th. i. 198, 30-34. Se Hálga Gást hý mid his mihte ofersceadewode, Wlfst, 193, 13

tó-gecorenness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-gecorenness, e; f.

Adoption

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Adoption Tógicorenisse gást adoptionis spiritum, Rtl. 29, 28

Linked entry: gecoren-ness

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, againsttowards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way ofagainstagainst, for the reception of, to receivein reply toin return for, as an equivalent for opposite, over againstagainst, in a direction opposite toagainst, with, contrary to, in opposition toin reply toas an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange foragainst, ready fortowardsoppositeagain, backLat re-in replytowardson the other handagain

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prep. often following a case. with dat. marking position, opposite, over against, against Breoton . . . ðám mǽstum dǽlum Európe myccle fæce ongegen (-gén, MS.C.: -geán, MS. B.) Britannia. . . maximis Europae partibus multo intervallo adversa, Bd. l,

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen

eáþ-bylgness

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-bylgness, e; f.
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Readiness to anger, irascibility Eáðbylhnyssa gást, Nap. 24

Linked entry: iþ-belig

ge-hrídrian

(v.)
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-hriid-rede, -hridrede) mínne gást scobebam spiritum meum, Ps. L. 76, 7. [Cf. other versions of the passage Ic windwode on mé gást mínne uentilabam in me spiritum meum, Ps. Rdr. Srt.] (?)

Linked entries: ge-hrudrian hridrian

geá

etiam, jam

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Take here iá in Dict., and add; where a question is answered in the affirmative. where the question is put positively Sume aduerbia syndon con- vel adfirmatiua . . . mid ðám wé áséðað úre sprǽce. Etiam geá: manducasti hodie ? ǽt ðú tódæg ? etiam feci

ofer-hogodness

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-hogodness, e; f.
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Pride: — Þurh oferhogodnysse gást per superbiae spiritum, Gr. D. 144, 4

for-hwirfedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedlic, adj.

Perverse

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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4

Linked entry: -hwirfedlic

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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A lock, bolt, bar, that by which anything is closed, an enclosed place, enclosure, fold. Loc clausura, Wrt. Voc. 81, 17. Locc mandra vel ovile, 23, 55. Loc caula, 85, 73. Gáta loc titula, 288, 20. Loce ł fæstene clustello, Hpt. Gl. 527, 72. In scípa

Linked entry: loca

un-oferswíþed

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Hé ne lét ná of gebedum his unoferswíðdan gást, Hml. S. 31, 1357. Add

Linked entry: ofer-swíþan