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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

ge-mang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mang, es; n.
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A business; negotium Geendedum þysnm gást-licre áfeormunge gemange finito hoc spiritualis purgaminis negotio, Angl. xiii. 387, 312. Ne mæg ic ána eówre gemang ácuman nan valeo solus negotia vestra sustinere, Deut. l, 12

hwamm

(n.)
Grammar
hwamm, hwomm, es; m.

A corner

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Lind. 12, 10: Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 17. Ðá eode út of ðæs karcernes hwomme swíðe egeslíc draca then came a very horrible dragon out of a corner of the prison, Nar. 43, 13. Hwommona heágost caput anguli, Ps. Th. 117, 21.

Linked entries: hwem hwom

mand

(n.)
Grammar
mand, mond, e; f.

A basketmandmaund

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Hú monig monda quot sportas, Lind. 16, 10. Mondo, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 8. Huu monig mondo (monde, Rush.) quot cophinos, 19

ge-tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tweógan, -tweón; p. -tweóde; pp. -tweód; v. pers. and impers.

To doubthesitatedŭbĭtāre

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Lind. 11, 23. Forhwon getwiódes tú quare dubitasti, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 31: Lind. 28, 17. Ðá gehreów him ðæt hyne ǽfre swá on his geþohte getweóde then he repented that he had ever so doubted in his mind, Shrn. 155, 19

Linked entry: tweógan

ge-endebyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, p. -byrde; pp. byrded, -byrd

To set in orderarrangedisposeordĭnāredispōnĕre

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Heó ðæt sóna mid reogollíce lífe gesette and geendebyrde she soon settled and ordered it with regular life, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 28.

tó-scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-scǽnan, p. de
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Lind. 19, 36. Ða feoturo forbræc ł tóscǽnde (-sceǽnde, Lind.) compedes comminuisset, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 4.

þegenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þegenlíce, adv.
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Hé læg ðegenlíce ðeódne gehende he lay like a warrior close to his lord, Byrht. Th. 140, 26; By. 294

ambiht-man

(n.)
Grammar
ambiht-man, embeht-man, embiht-man, -mann, -monn, es; m. [ambeht an office, man a man]

A servant-manservant-womanattendantservantministerservuspedisequuspedisequaministerministra

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Lind. War. 9, 35

ful-scrid

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-scrid, adj.

Full quickvery swiftvelocissĭmus

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Full quick, very swift; velocissĭmus Is ðes bát fulscrid, fugole gelícost glídeþ on geofone this boat is very quick, it glideth on the ocean most like to a bird, Andr. Recd. 996; An. 496

medu-burh

(n.)
Grammar
medu-burh, f.

A city in which mead is drunkone in which mead-drinking warriors live

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A city in which mead is drunk, one in which mead-drinking warriors live On ðære medobyrig, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 2; Jud. 167. On meoduburgum, Exon. 123 a; Th. 473, 18; Bo. 16

palm-treów

(n.)
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Lind. Rush. 15, 4. Ðǽr wǽron hundseofontig palmtreówa ( palmae ), Ex. 15, 27. Palmtreówa (-trýwa) twigu ramos palmarum, Jn. Skt. 12, 13

ge-wísian

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

To directteachshew

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To direct, teach, shew Bǽdon ðæt him gewísade waldend se góda hú hie libban sceolden prayed the good Ruler to direct them how they were to live, Cd. 40; Th. 52, 27; Gen. 850

ge-bilod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-bilod, pp. [bile a bill, beak]

Having a bill or beakrostrātus

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Having a bill or beak, rostrātus Ða fugelas, ðe be flǽsce lybbaþ, syndon clyferféte and scearpe gebilode the birds which live by flesh are cloven-footed and sharp-billed, Hexam. 9; Norm. 14, 19

Linked entries: byled-breóst bilod

ge-cǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cǽlan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans.

To coolrefrigerare

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To cool; refrigerare Send Lazarum, ðæt he dyppe his fingeres liþ on wætere, and míne tungan gecǽle mitte Lazarum, ut intingat extremum digiti sui in aquam, ut refrigeret linguam meam, Lk. Bos. 16, 24

ge-monan

(v.)

to remember

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Lind. 16, 25. Seó leó gemonþ [ = geman] ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrena [MS. eldrana] the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12

tó-slítness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-slítness, e; f.
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Lind. ) ł unsibbe dissensio, Jn. Skt. Rush. 7, 43

Linked entry: tó-slite

drisn

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the hair-like filaments that hang from the root of a plant? Cf. rúh, <b>I,</b> and dreósan), Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 39. Add

forþ-sige

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-sige, (?), es; m.
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ligce hé ǽfre on helle grundleásan pytte post maledictum exitum suum crucietur jugiter in profundissimo puteo, C. D. iv. 52, 8

Linked entry: sige

þridda

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þridda, þirda (in North.)

third

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Ðý þryddan dæge (ðe ðirda dæg, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 16, 21. On ðære þriddan (ða ðirdda, Lind.: ðirda, Rush.) wæccan, Lk. Skt. 12, 38. Æfter ðon ðridan dæge, Blickl. Homl. 181, 2.

Linked entry: þirda