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ge-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fylgan, p. -fylgde; pp. -fylged

To followattend uponreach by following

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Lind. 4, 20. Gefylgend wæs ł gefylgede sequebantur, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 15. Gifylge assequi, Rtl. 4, 20. Ðætte erestes gefe we gifylga ut resurrectionis gratiam consequamur, 23, 40

ge-mong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mong, es; n.

A mixture, crowd, throng, companycommixtio, turba, cætus

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Lind. 23, 56. Ðæt gemong mixtura, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 39

witness

(n.)
Grammar
witness, e; f.

knowledgewitnesscognisanceknowledgewitnesstestimonya person who gives testimonya witness

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Lind. 8, 4. Leása witnesa falsa testimonia, 15, 19. a person who gives testimony, a witness Monigo leáse witnesa (testes ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 60. In múð tuoe witnesa (testium ), 18, 16. Tó witnesum testibus, 26, 65

ge-scrýdan

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Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce, Hml. S. 12, 36. Gescrýd circumamicta, An. Ox. 1024. Seó slápolnys byð gescrýdd mid tætticum dormitatio vestietur pannis, Hml. A. 9, 237. Mid hǽran gescrýd tó hire líce, 108, 207.

æl-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-cræftig, adj.

All-powerfulall-mightyomnipotens

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All-powerful, all-mighty; omnipotens Nán þing nis ðín gelíca, ne húru ǽnig ælcræftigre nothing is like unto thee, nor is any one more all-powerful, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 76; Met. 20, 38

Linked entry: eal-cræftig

fyl

(n.)
Grammar
fyl, es; m.

A fallruincāsusintĕrĭtus

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A fall, ruin, ; cāsus, intĕrĭtus Hy ðam feore fyl gehéhton they threatened destruction to his life, Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 7; Gú. 520: Byrht. Th. 133, 57; By. 71: 139, 35; By. 264

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Lengtheningprolongingdelay

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Lind. 12, 40: prolixa [in both cases = prolixe ], Jn. Skt. p. 7, 18. On ǽlcre longunge geþyldige patient in every delay, Past. 5, 1; Swt. 41, 16

scíd

(n.)
Grammar
scíd, es; n.
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. — Scíd scindula (in a list de igne), Scídum scindulis, ii. 120, 12 : 80, 21

sige-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
sige-beáh, g. -beáges ; m.
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Lind. 19, 2 : Rtl. l, 15. Sigbéh, 6, 1

Sweordoras

(n.)
Grammar
Sweordoras, (?); pl. m.
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Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians)

tæfl-stán

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl-stán, es; m.

A die, or a piece in a game

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Tæflstán calculus (in a list 'de alea'), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 29. Tæfelstán, 66, 48. Tæfelstánas aleae, 39, 46

Linked entry: tebl-stán

weorold-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-dreám, es; m.
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Joy of this life Hé worulddreáma breác, Cd. Th. 74, 10; Gen. 1220: 180, 9; Exod. 42. þenden ic wunige on worulddreámum quamdiu ero, Ps. Th. 103, 31: Exon. Th. 184, 1; Gú. 1337

be-lífed

(adj.)
Grammar
be-lífed, adj.
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Endowed with belief, having belief Theodosius ful-líce on God wæs belýfed, Hml. S. 23, 412. Maria and Martha wǽron twá geswystru swíðe on God belýfede, Hml. Th. i. 130, 5. Cf. ge-lífed

gest-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
gest-ærn, -ern, gyst-ern, es; n.

A guest-placeguest-chamberan innhospĭtālis aulahospĭtiumdiversōrium

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Lind. Rush. 22, 11

wæl

(n.)
Grammar
wæl, es; n.

the slainthe deada number of slain,a single corpsea slain personslaughtercarnagedestruction

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Ðá hé his bróðor siege ofáxode, ðá férde hé tó ðam wæle his líc sécende, ii. 358, 6. Ðá gelæhton his gebróðra his líc of ðam wæle, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 673. Ðá sóhte hé on ðam wæle his líc, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 17. Hé on wæle lǽge, Byrht.

ælf-scínu

(adj.)
Grammar
ælf-scínu, adj.

Shining like an elf or fairyelfin-brightof elfin beautysplendidus ut genius vel nympha

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Shining like an elf or fairy, elfin-bright, of elfin beauty; splendidus ut genius vel nympha Iudiþ ides ælf-scínu Judith, the woman of elfin beauty, Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 11; Jud. 14

ge-fearrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fearrian, p. ade; pp. ad

To remove to a distancego awayavellerediscedereabscedere

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Lind. 22, 41. Gifearria abscedat, Rtl. 98, 22; discedat, 120, 31

teld-treów

(n.)
Grammar
teld-treów, (?), es; n.
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In the last instance the word occurs in a list de textrinalibus

Linked entry: teltré

þeór-gerid

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-gerid, es; n.
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Gódne morgendrænc ... wið ðam micclan líce and wið óþrum giccendum blece and þeórgeride and ǽghwylcum áttre, Lchdm. iii. 70, 28. v. þeór; and cf.(?) O. H. Ger. rito febris

Linked entry: ge-rid

un-hearmgeorn

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hearmgeorn, adj.

Inoffensive

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Inoffensive Se Hálga Gást com ofer Criste on culfran híwe for ðí ðæt hé wolde getácnian mid ðam ðæt Crist wæs on ðære menniscnysse swíðe líðe and unhearmgeorn, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 20

Linked entry: hearm-georn