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un-wæstmfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstmfæstness, e; f.

Barrennesssterility

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Barrenness, sterility Sóna seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17

Linked entry: wæstm-fæstness

ge-irgan

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Wyrð þurh Godes mihte sóna deófol swýðe geyrged, Wlfst. 33, 20. Add

FLÝS

(n.)
Grammar
FLÝS, fiís, fliés, flés, fleŏs. es; n.

A fleecewoolvelluslānūgo

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Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 12. Gilde ðæt flýs mid twám pæningum let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 11, MS. H. Mid his flýse with its fleece, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 9, 10, MSS. B. H.

for-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽdan, p. -lǽdde; pp. -lǽded, -lǽdd, -lǽd

To misleadlead astrayseducesedūcĕre

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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 53. He ðæs folces ðone mǽstan dǽl mid ealle forlǽdde he wholly misled the greatest part of the people, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 41. Hie forlǽddon swǽse gesíþas they misled their dear associates, Beo. Th. 4084; B. 2039.

FORST

(n.)
Grammar
FORST, es; m.

FROSTgĕlu

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Gl. 94; Som. 75, 101; Wrt. Voc. 52, 51: 76, 39: Ps. Th. 148, 8. Hwílum hára scóc forst of feaxe sometimes the hoar frost shook from my hair, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 27; Rä. 88, 8.

Linked entry: frost

for-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
for-swígian, -sweógian, -swúgian, -súwian, -súgian, -sýgian, to -swígianne, -swígienne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

To pass over in silencekeep silentconcealsĭlentio prætĕrireTo be silentretĭcēre

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Gl. 13; Som. 57, 104; Wrt. Voc. 20, 43. v. intrans. To be silent; retĭcēre He rícum mannum nó for áre ne for ege nǽfre forswígian wolde nunquam dīvĭtĭbus hŏnōris sīve tĭmōris grātia retĭcēbat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 10

HEGE

(n.)
Grammar
HEGE, es; m.

A HEDGEfence

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Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 24. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and ðǽræfter mid wealle Bamborough was first enclosed with a hedge and afterwards with a wall, Chr. 547; Erl. 17, 9. Gá geond ðás wegas and hegas exi in vias et sepes, Lk. Skt. 14, 23.

Linked entry: fearn-hege

hwanan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; adv.

Whence

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Gr. 38; Som. 41, 58. Hwanon hæfde hé coccel unde habet zizania? Mt. Kmbl. 13, 27. Hwanun wát ic þis unde hoc sciam? Lk. Skt. 1, 18. Hwanone sceoldest ðú specan on Hebréisc how should you speak in Hebrew?

Linked entry: hwonan

lencten-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
lencten-líc, adj.

Vernallenten

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Gl. 95; Som. 76, 11; Wrt. Voc. 53, 25. Manegra manna cwyddung is ðæt seó lenctenlíce emniht gebyrige rehtlíce on Marian mæssedæge, Lchdm. iii. 256, 4. Ða clǽnan tíd lenctenlíces fæstenes the pure time of the Lenten fast, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 24.

glóf

(n.)
Grammar
glóf, e; a weak pl. glófan occurs; f. A

GLOVEchirothēcaχειρoθήκη

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Gl. 27; Som. 60, 118; Wrt. Voc. 25, 58. Wilfriþ cwæþ ðæt he forléte his twá glófan on ðam scipe Wilfrid said that he had left his two gloves in the ship, Guthl, 11; Gdwin. 54, 14, 9, title.

blód-gýte

(n.)
Grammar
blód-gýte, es; m. [blód, gýte a flowing, from gýt flows out, pres. of geótan].

a flowing or running of bloodsanguinis profluviuma blood-shedding, bloodshedsanguinis effusio

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a flowing or running of blood; sanguinis profluvium Gif men blód út of nósum yrne tó swíðe, syle him drincan fífleáfan on wíne, and smyre ðæt heáfod mid ðam; ðonne óþstandeþ se blódgýte sóna if blood run from a man out of his nostrils too much, give

Linked entry: blód-geóte

ge-edniwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edniwian, -edneowian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To restorerenewrenovatechangerestĭtuĕrerenŏvāreinnŏvāre

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Gl. 63; Som. 68, 105. Se móna biþ þreottyne síðon geedniwod [MS. geedniwad] the moon is thirteen times changed [renewed], Lchdm. iii. 248, 24. Biþ geedniwad moncyn mankind shall be renewed, Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 20; Cri. 1040 : Ps. Th. 103, 28.

ge-freoðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freoðian, p. ode; pp. od

To protectguardfreekeep

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Gefreoða hyre protect it [the soul], Exon. 118 b; Th. 456, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 284, 61. Gefreóde and gefreoðade folc freed and protected the people, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 4; Cri. 588. Gefreoðode, Andr. Kmbl. 2083; An. 1043.

Linked entry: ge-friðian

bí-genga

an inhabitanta cultivatorcultora worshipper

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Sé is sóð God þe swá gesceádwíse biggengan hæfð, 5, 286

Linked entry: bí-genge

fæder-lic

ancestrallineal

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Similar entries v. fæder, I 2, 2 a Þíne suna gesittað ꝥ cynesetl oð ðá feórðe mǽgðe mid fæderlicre æftergengnysse (son shall succeed father for four generations), Hml.

ge-þancian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þancian, -þoncian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [þancian to thank]

To thankgive thanksrewardgrătias agĕre

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We sceolon geþancian Gode ðæt he wolde asendan his áncennedan Sunu we ought to thank God that he was willing to send his only-begotten Son, 23, 2.

Linked entry: þancian

HRING

(n.)
Grammar
HRING, hrincg, es; m.

A RINGcirclecircuitcycleorbglobefestoon

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Mon geseah ymbe ða sunnan swelce án gylden hring circulus ad speciem cælestis arcus orbem solis ambiit, 14; Swt. 248, 9. Ðæs seó hringc circulus [pupillæ ], Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 64; Wrt. Voc. 42, 72.

ge-frédan

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Him bið ðæt sár ðe gefrédre, gif sió wund bið tó ungemetlíce fæste gewriðen ita ut gravius scissuram sentiat, si hanc immoderatius ligamenta constringant, Past. 123, 19. with acc. and complement, io feel a thing so and so Hé hine selfne untrumran gefréd

MǼD

(n.)
Grammar
MǼD, e and we; mǽdwe, an; f. also (?) mǽdwa, an; m. A

MEADmeadow

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Gl. 57; Som. 67, 75; Wrt. Voc. 38, 1 : 96; Som. 76, 45; Wrt. Voc. 53, 52. xii æcras an westhealfe ðære strǽte and án médwa beneoþan ðæm hliþe xii acres on the west side of the road, and one meadow beneath the hill, Cod. Dipl.

Linked entries: mǽdwa wudu-mǽd

gift

(n.)
Grammar
gift, gyft, e; f.

a gift; as a technical term the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wifemarriagenuptiæ

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Gr. 13; Som. 16, 22: 28, 4; Som. 31, 20: Mone Gl. 433 a. On ðam þriddan dæge wǽron gifta gewordene die tertia nuptiæ factæ sunt, Jn. Bos. 2, 1: Mt. Bos. 22, 3. Crist wearþ to his gyftum gelaðod Christ was invited to his marriage, Homl.