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ge-gaderscipe

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For 'Hpt. . . . 416' substitute Gegæderscype jugalitas, i. matrimonium, An. Ox. 1360: 1373. Gegæderscipes conjugii, 221. Ǽwlices gegæderscipes legitime jugalitatis, 583: 5030

Linked entry: gader-scype

heáh-láreów

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For 'Lye' substitute Heáhleáreów archimandrita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 23. Heáhláreówum gymnosophistis, 40, 40 : didascalis, magistris doctorum, Hpt. Gl. 485, 21

hringed

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Substitute for citations Hringedu byrne lorica hamata (anata, MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 37. Hringed byrne, B. 1245. Hringde byrnan, 2615

hrúmig

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For 'Cot. 31, Lye' substitute Hrúmig caccabatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 17. v. rómig: <b>-hrúmod.</b>

of-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
of-ǽte, (?); adj.
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Fat, given to eat too much Fór ofǽte (oferǽte ?) porcaster obesus, i. pinguis, An. Ox. 21, 4. (Of seems to o

on-sǽge

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Láriówas áfeóllun and út gewitun of Angla lande for þǽre geleáfléste þe him þá onsǽge wearð, Cht. Crw. 19, 8. Add

wafung-stede

(n.)
Grammar
wafung-stede, es; m.

A place for spectaclesa theatre, an amphitheatre

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A place for spectacles a theatre, an amphitheatre Wafungstede theatrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 45. Syne*-*weald wafungstede amphitheatrum, 37, 1

heáfod-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gewǽde, es; n.

A head-dress, veil

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A head-dress, veil Ðæt beó ðé tó heáfod-gewǽdon let it be to thee for a veil, Gen. 20, 16

Bucc-inga

(n.)
Grammar
Bucc-inga, ham; gen. hammes; m. [
  • Hunt.
Bukingeham:
  • Brom.
Brom. Bukyngham: Bucc, -inga ham, q. v.]

BUCKINGHAMoppidum primarium agri Buccinghamensis

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BUCKINGHAM; oppidum primarium agri Buccinghamensis Fór Eádweard cyning to Buccinga hamme king Edward went to Buckingham, Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 18

ofen-raca

(n.)
Grammar
ofen-raca, an; m.

An oven-rake, an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace

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An oven-rake, an instrument for clearing out an oven or furnace Ofenraca rotabulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 34 : 27, 10

Linked entry: hláf-ræce

onettung

(n.)
Grammar
onettung, e; f.

Hastening, haste, precipitation

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Hastening, haste, precipitation Oft ða oferblíðan weorðaþ gedréfde for ungemetlícre onettunga gravatur usu immoderatae praecipitationis, Past. 61, 1 ; Swt. 455, 15

folc-riht

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Ðæt hyra nán ne wandode ne for mínan lufan ne for mínum ege ðæt hý ðæt folcriht árehton that none of them either for love or fear of me hesitated to declare the law, 114, l. Add

ídel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-ness, e ; f.

Idlenessvanityfrivolityuselessnessfutilityemptinessfalseness

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Hierusalem winþ for rihtwísnysse and Babilonia winþ ongeán for unnhtwísnysse seó óðer for sóðfæstnysse óðer for ýdelnysse Jerusalem fights for righteousness, and Babylon fights in opposition for unrighteousness : the one for truth, the other for falsehood

Linked entry: ídel-gild

tilian

(v.)
Grammar
tilian, <b>.
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Först. 130, 6

hreówsian

(v.)
Grammar
hreówsian, hrýwsian; p. ode

To be sorrygrieverepentdo penance

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Mínum hreówsiendan geþohte to my sorrowing thought, Bt. 3; Fox 4. 26. For hreówsigendne man pro pœnitenti, L. Ecg. C. 36; Th. ii. 160, 20. Fore hreósendum pro pœnitentibus, Rtl. 177, 7

Linked entry: hrýwsian

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Voc. ii. 20, 54, 55. to have the faculty of vision, to exercise that faculty. literal Ne gesyhþ sé nǽfre he will remain blind for ever. Bl. H. 153, 22. Hé sóna geseh he at once recovered his sight, 15, 27.

cyre-líf

(n.)
Grammar
cyre-líf, es; n.

A choice of life, where on decease of a lord, the cultivators choose a lord for themselves; optio vitæ, ubi, mortuo domino, villani sibi dominum eligunt

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cyrelíf ðara ðe ic foregeald, and me West-Seaxena wítan to rihte gerehton, ðæt ic hí mót lǽtan swá freó swá þeówe, swáðer ic wille; ac ic, for Godes lufan and for mínre sáwle þearfe, wylle ðæt hý sýn heora freólses wyrðe and hyra cyres; and ic, on Godes

staþolfæstness

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Add: physical Þæt for þæs treówes styrenesse wǽre ege æteówed, and for his staþolfæstnysse (stabilitate) bældo, Gr. D. 191, 9.

Crécas

(n.)
Grammar
Crécas, gen. Créca; pl. m.

The Greeks Græci

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The Greeks; Græci Fór on Crécas he went against the Greeks Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 15, 31.

Linked entries: Grécas Créce

bælca

(n.)
Grammar
bælca, balca (-e ?), bælcan; m. (f. ?).
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., s. v. balk, 'a wooden frame for securing the cow's head while being milked') Mistlice þreála gebyriað for synnum, bendas oððe dyntas, lobban oððe bælcan, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 27.