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gripe

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In þæs wylmes grund ... in gléda gripe, El. 1302. v. níd-, on-gripe, and passages at gripa

griþian

(v.)
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Deóres fnæstum griþode ( plebem) bestię flatibus eripuit (i. liberauit ), An. Ox. 2473. Godes cyrican wé sculan griðian and healdan unwemme, Wlfst. 67, 17. Griðian and friðian, 143, 9. Add

gorian

(v.)
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to look, gaze Swylce eác be ðám micelum muntum and dúnum þá þe hýhst standaþ and goriaþ ofer ealne middangeard, An. Ox. 5, 3 note. Goriende passiuos, 7, 6

Linked entry: gorettan

blíce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
blíce, es; m.

An exposuredenudatio

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[blícan II. to shine by exposure, as the bones] An exposure; denudatio Gif bánes blíce weorþeþ, þrím scillingum gebéte if there be an exposure of the bone [by wounding], let amends be made with three shillings, L. Ethb. 34; Th. i. 12, 4

ge-byre

(n.)
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ge-byre, es; m.

The time at which anything happensa favourable timean opportunityoccasioopportunitas

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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105

siru

(n.)
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siru, gen. sirwe ; f.
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An artifice, a snare, wile, crafty device ; as a military term, an ambush Gif hwá gewealdes ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwa (with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Sette syrwa pone insidias, Jos. 8, 2

Linked entries: sirwe syrwa

hemeþe

(n.)
Grammar
hemeþe, es; n.

a shirt

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An undergarment with short sleeves, a shirt Loþa, serc, smocc, hemeþe colobium, An. Ox. 3725. Gescrýdd mid hemeþe (interula), Augl. xiii. 443, 1114. Gif þú hemeþe habban wille, þonne nim þú slýfan þé on hand and wege hí. Tech. ii. 127, 6

beard-leás

hawkbuzzard'

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Dele: 'also a hawk or buzzard'; and add Beardleás inpubis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 56, 2. Beardleáses effebi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 54. Beardleásum rince effebo hircitallo, An. Ox. 4, 57. Beardleásne effebum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 16. Beardleáse inuestes, An.

hlyt

(n.)
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hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

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Swá him dryhten sylf hlyt getǽhte as God himself assigned a lot to them, Andr. Kmbl. 12; An. 6: 28; An. 14. Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle do not seek by casting of lots what thy fate is to be, Prov. Kmbl. 32.

un-geféred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geféred, adj.

Unapproachedinaccessible

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Unapproached, inaccessible Feldas and wudu and dúna, ða wǽron monnum ungeférde, for wildeórum and wyrmum, Nar. 20, 11. In án nearo fiesten micel ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20

Linked entry: ge-féran

be-wǽpnian

(v.)
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Ðú bewǽpnast exarmaueris, An. Ox. 34, 6. Hét se cásere hine ungyrdan and bewǽpnian, Hml. S. 30, 409. Add

heáhmæsse-dæg

(n.)
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heáhmæsse-dæg, es; m.
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A day on which high mass is celebrated An heáhmæssedagum, ꝥ is Sancte Stephanes and Sancte Ióhannes . . ., Nap. 36

ǽfen-collatio

(n.)
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an evening reading Gif hwylc bróðor . . . tó heora ǽfencollationem ( ad collationem, v. . -ǽfen-rǽding) ne cymð, Chrd. 60, 35

Linked entry: collatio

ende-sǽta

(n.)
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ende-sǽta, an; m.

An end or border inhabitant, one stationed at the extremity of a territorylīmĭtis incŏla

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An end or border inhabitant, one stationed at the extremity of a territory; līmĭtis incŏla, Beo. Th. 487; B. 241

canonic

(n.)
Grammar
canonic, es; m.
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Ná ꝥ án be munecum, ac eác swylce be árwyrðum canonicum þe tó munuclífe cumað, R. Ben. 111, 6. Add

dreám-lic

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Voc. ii. 78, 6: 56, 65, and add Dreámlic swinsung organica armonia, An. Ox. 3923

fille

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An. Ox. 56, 38. Fille and finul, Lch. iii. 36, 30. Genim reáde filian, 40, 17. Add

hwirflede

(adj.)
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hwirflede, adj.
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Rounded, round Sinewealt (and) hwyrflede teres atque rotunda (ut globus astrorum. Ald. 272, 22), An. Ox. 23, 42. Cf. hwirfling

miltestre-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
miltestre-ærn, miltestre-ern (?)
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a brothel [Tó] myltest[re]erne (cf. mel*-*testrun. húse, 4018) [ad] lupanar, An. Ox. 8, 225. Cf. miltestre-hús

on-scillan

(v.)
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to echo, resound Onscilþ, oncwyð remugiet (ad Archangeli vocem totus simul remugiet mundus, Ald. 65, 21), An. Ox. 8, 265

Linked entry: scillan