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GIST

(n.)
Grammar
GIST, gyst, es; m.

YEASTbarmfrothspuma cerevisiæ

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YEAST, barm, froth; spuma cerevisiæ, Herb. 21, 6; Lchdm. i. 118, 10. Niwue gist new yeast, L. M. ii. 51, 1; Lchdm. ii. 266, 1

Linked entries: giest gest gæst

BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchionfalx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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Geseah ðá sige-eádig bil, eald sweord eótenisc then he saw a victorious bill, an old giant sword, Beo. Th. 3119; B. 1557. Abrægd mid ðý bille he brandished with his sword, Cd. 142; Th. 177, 17; Gen. 2931.

Linked entry: bill

ge-líc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-líc, [-líce?],es; n.

Likenesssimilitudesĭmĭlĭtūdo

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Likeness, similitude; sĭmĭlĭtūdo Næfdon hí máre monnum gelíces ðonne ingeþonc they had no more likeness to men than the mind, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 186; Met. 26, 93

Linked entry: líc

geolhstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolhstor, geolstor, es; m?

Matter, corruption, poison, venomsanies

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Matter, corruption, poison, venom; sanies Hire geolhstor út fleów the matter flowed out from her, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, note 3. Geolster virus, tabum, Hpt. Gl. 517, 490

stán-clúd

(n.)
Grammar
stán-clúd, es; m. A rock
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Haec Caribdis án stánclúd on sǽ, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Zup. 75, 7. Ðá áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðam stánclúde, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 5. God him ( the Israelites ) forgeaf wæter of heardum stánclúde, 264, 22: Homl. Skt. i. 6, 279. Stánclúd rupem, Ps.

stílan

(v.)
Grammar
stílan, p. de ; pp. ed
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To steel, temper, harden Sum mæg stýled sweord, wǽpen gewyrcan, Exon. Th. 42, 28 ; Cri. 679

Linked entry: stýled

stybb

(n.)
Grammar
stybb, stubb, stebb, es; m.
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A stub, stump of a tree:?-Stybb stirps, Ælfc. Gr. 3; Zup. 7, 10. Ðes stybb hic stirps, 9, 58; Zup. 68, 8. Styb, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 57; 80, 33. Treówwes steb stipes, 17, 7. Mid stybbe mid ealle stirpitus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 239, 8. Æt ðæne ellenstyb; of

Linked entries: æsc-stybb steb stubb

syflan

(v.)
Grammar
syflan, p. de; pp. ed
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To provide with sufel, q. v

trépe

(n.)
Grammar
trépe, (?), trype (?), trýpe (?), es; m.
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A troop, band Blódige trépas ł werodu sanguineas acies, Hymn. Surt. 47, 18

þweál

(n.)
Grammar
þweál, es; n. m.

washingwhat is used in washingointment

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Ðeáh swín áðwægen sié, gif hit eft filþ on ðæt sol, ðonne biþ hit fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, and ne forstent ðæt ðweál náuht, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 3. Hwæt forstent him ðæt ǽrre ðweál ( lavatio ), 21.

Linked entry: þweán

þel-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
þel-fæsten, þel-fæstenn, es; n.
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A fortress of planks (Noah's ark) Nolde seó culufre under salwed bord syððan ætýwan on þellfæstenne, Cd. Th. 89, 17; Gen. 1482

þóþer

(n.)
Grammar
þóþer, (-or, -r), es; m.
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Ic wolde witan hweðer ðú eác wite ymbe ðone þóðer ðe seó lýne on áwriten is, Shrn. 174, 16-175, 1. Ðá ágan se cyngc plegan wið his geféran mid þóðere, and Apollonius yrnende ðone ðóðor gelǽhte, Ap. Th. 13, 1-3

unriht-gilp

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-gilp, es; m. n.

Vainglory

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Vainglory Ic andette unrihtgilp and ídel word, L. de Cf. 7; Th. ii. 262, 27

unriht-lyblác

(n.)
Grammar
unriht-lyblác, es; n. m.

Sorcery

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Sorcery Ne galdorsangas ne unrihtlyblác wé onginnen, Wulfst. 253, 11

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, wierp, es; m.

A throwa blow with a missile

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A throw, a blow with a missile Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4,

Linked entries: wyrp werp

wit

(n.)
Grammar
wit, witt, es; n.

right mindwitswitintelligenceunderstandingthe mind

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right mind, wits Wóde hé gehǽlde, and on witte gebróhte, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 7. wit, intelligence, understanding Ðæs ðú scealt werhðo dreógan, þeáh ðín wit duge, Beo. Th. 1183; B. 589. the mind Ðeós gítsunc hafaþ gumena gehwelces mód ámerred, ðæt hé

worms-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
worms-gemang, (?), es; n.

A mixture

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A mixture in which there is corrupt matter Wið ðæt man blód and worsmgemang (worsm gemang ?) hrǽce. Lchdm. i. 250, 7

wíþig

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig, wíþing (?), es; m.

A withywillow

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A withy, willow Ðes wíþig salix, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 63; Zup. 70, 10: Lchdm. ii. 86, 6: Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 53. Wíðig, 80, 28. Wíþies rinde, Lchdm. ii. 150, 2. On ðone háran wíðig . . .; of ðam wíþige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 8, 10: 313, 27: 399, 21: 400, 2.

Linked entry: wíþing

writ-breód

(n.)
Grammar
writ-breód, (?), es; n.

A reed for writing

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A reed for writing Hreódwrit (writhreód ? Similar entries cf. writ-íren) calamus scribae, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 2

wyrt-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-bed, wyrt-bedd, es; n.
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A garden-bed Ðeós wyrt bið cenned on begánum stówum and on wyrtbeddum and on mǽdum, Lchdm. i. 96, 22: 184, 6