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ge-find

Grammar
ge-find, enemies.
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., and add Þá sendon tó Læcedemonium and bǽdon ꝥ hié gefriénd wurden, þéh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren Lacedaemonios quondam hostes, tunc socios adsciscunt, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. Gefýnd (inimici) úre synt déman, Cant. M. ad fol. 31

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ofer-drenc

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Wá eów þé ǽr on morgen oferdrenc dreógað vae qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam (Is. 5, 11), Wlfst. 46, 15. Add

of-sníþan

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Ger. aba-snídan amputare: Ger. ab-schneiden.]

Ést-mere

(n.)
Grammar
Ést-mere, es; m. [ést = eást east, mere a lake]

The Frische Haff, or fresh water lake which is on the north of east Prussia. Hav or Haf signifies a sea, in Danish and Swedish. It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania. The Frische Haff is about sixty miles long, and from six to fifteen broad. It is separated by a cham of sand banks from the Baltic Sea, with which, at the present time, it communicates by one strait called the Gat. This strait is on the north-east of the Haff, near the fortress of Pillau, Malte Brunts Univ. Geog. vol. vii. p. 14. This Gat, as Dr. Bell informs me, 'seems to have been formed, and to be kept open by the superior force of the Pregel stream.' This gentleman has a perfect knowledge of the Frische Haff and the neighbourhood, as he received his early education in the vicinity, and matriculated at the University of Königsberg, near the west end of the Haff. I am indebted to Dr. Bell for the map of the celebrated German Historian, Professor Voigt, adapted to his 'Geschichte Preussens von den ältesten Zeiten, 9 vols. 8vo,

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Hav or Haf signifies a sea, in Danish and Swedish. It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania.

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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An hió ðám híwum ðára gebúra ðe on ðám gafollande sittað, and ðéra þeówra manna hió an Eádgyfe, 132, 30

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GYRD

(n.)
Grammar
GYRD, gird, gerd, e; f.

A staffrodtwiga yard the fourth part of a hidevirgavirgata

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A staff, rod, twig, as a measure of distance, a yard as a measure of area, the fourth part of a hide; virga, virgata Gyrd virga, Wrt. Voc. 80, 3. Ðín gyrd and ðín stæf virga tua et baculus tuus, Ps. Th. 22, 5.

Linked entries: gird geard

weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
weorþness, e; f.
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Tó lífes wyrþnysse ad vite honestatem Anglia xiii. 368, 48. dignity, nobility, honourable or honoured condition Werðnes dignitas, Kent. Gl. 582. Æþele æfter ðysse worulde wurþnysse ad saeculi hujus dignitatem nobilis, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 2.

hálwendlíce

(adv.)
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<b>I a.

manigfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Add: cf. manig-feald; Ðeáh ðe hié mon manigfealdlíce and mislíce styrede eos per tot varietatis latera mutabilitatis aura versaret. Past. 306, 5. Ætforan ódrum gyldum þe man myslíce geald, and men mid menigfealdlíce drehte, Chr. 1052 ; P. 173, 23.

feorran

(adv.)
Grammar
feorran, feorrane, feorren; adv.

Afarfar offat a distancefrom fara longeprŏcullongee longinquo

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Afar, far off, at a distance, from far; a longe, prŏcul, longe, e longinquo Ðǽr wǽron manega wíf feorran ĕrant ĭbi mŭliĕres multæ a longe, Mt. Bos, 27, 55: Mk. Bos. 5, 6.

þearm

(n.)
Grammar
þearm, es; m.
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A gut, an intestine [Tharm = guts washed for making hogs' puddings, is given as a Lincolnshire word in Bailey's Dictionary; with the meaning, 'material of which fiddle-strings are made,' it is given in E. D. S. Pub.

ge-mǽte

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Besceáwige se abbod þǽra reáfa gemet, þæt hý ne synd tó scorte, ac gemiéte þám þe hyra notiað (uestimenta uténtibus ea mensurata), R. Ben. 89, 19. meet, suitable for a purpose, fitted, apt: — Gemǽte gewrixl apta uicissitudo, An. Ox. 4271.

hræd-ness

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Add: where there is rapid movement Rædnis pernicitas (pedum ), Txts. 182, 75. Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361. Þone ðóðor mid swiftre rædnesse geslegene, Ap. Th. 13, 4.

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place,to every place, in every directionin every casein every respect

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local, in every place, referring to the whole of space God bið á wesende and ǽghwǽr ondweard, Bl. H. 19, 26. Ǽghwár, 23, 21. of limited space Oeghuer, -huuér, óghuuaer vulgo, passim, Txts. 107, 2173. Ǽgiwern passim, An. Ox. 11, 160.

ígeoþ

(n.)
Grammar
ígeoþ, ígoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ, es ; m.

An eyotaitislet

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An eyot, ait, islet, small island Ðá ásende hé hine on wræcsíþ tó ánum ígeoþe ðe is Paðmas gecíged then he sent him away into exile to an island that is called Patmos, Homl. Th. i. 58, 31. Binnan ánum ígoþe Pathmos geháten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 23.

Linked entry: ígoþ

and-lóman

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Add: -laman, -luman Andluman utensilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 27: An. Ox. 4665: 8, 275: Angl. xiii. 36, 249. Andlaman, An. Ox. 7, 318: Hpt. Gl. 514, 26 (the last five are glosses of the same passage). Andluman vasa, R. Ben. I. 62, 1.

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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As, that Forgylde ðæt ángylde and ðæt wíte swá tó ðam ángylde belimpan wille, L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 3. Ðon gelíc swá lǽcas cunnon such as doctors know, Lchdm. ii. 192, 23. Brúcan swylcra yrmþa swá ðú unc ǽr scrife, Exon.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

cyrr

(n.)
Grammar
cyrr, cerr, cirr, cierr,es ; m.

A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium

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A turn, space of time, an occasion, affair; versio, vices, temporis spatium, negotium Æt ðam feórþan cyrre [sǽle, q. v.] at the fourth turn or time, Herb. 100, 3; Lchdm. i. 214, 5, 6, 7, 8: Gen. 38, 18.

Linked entries: cerr cier

fóster-land

(n.)
Grammar
fóster-land, fóstor-land, es; n.

FOSTER-LANDland assigned for the procuring of provisionsfundus cĭbāriis emendis assignātus

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A.D. 1032; 329, 27. Se cyning ðæt land geaf into Cristes cyrcean ðan híréde to fósterlande the king gave the land to Christchurch as foster-land for the convent, Th. Diplm. A.D. 1052; 368, 17

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stefning

(n.)
Grammar
stefning, stemning, e; f.
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Cornwall Glossary stemming is given as 'a turn in succession, as when in dry seasons people have to take their regular turn for water at the common pump') Hié (seó fyrd) hæfdan heora stemninge (steminge, another MS.) gesetene, Chr. 894; Th. i. 166, col