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glæd

(n.)
Grammar
glæd, es; n.

Gladness ⬩ joy

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joy Swá missenlíce meahtig dryhten eallum dǽleþ sumum earfeþa dǽl sumum geógaþe glæd thus diversely does the mighty Lord allot to all, to one a share of troubles, to one the gladness of youth, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 14; Vy. 68; Perhaps here the form given

Linked entries: glad glæd-mód un-glædlíc

for-sláwian

(v.)
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Substitute: to lose by sloth, neglect through laziness Ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópestan tíman ... ðonne bistilð sió slǽwð on ús, Past. 283, 1. to be slow to do Þú náht ne forsláwodest ꝥ þú þín ágen feorh for hine ne sealdest thou wert not slow to give

Linked entry: for-slǽwan

geómor-lic

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Substitute: causing sorrow, miserable, grievous, sad Bið geómorlic gomelum ceorle tó gebídanne, þæt his byre ríde giong on galgan, B. 2444.

glýman

(v.)
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G. 3, 59 is given from another Leiden MS. glimnit sevit. Perhaps here for glimnit might be read grimmit. v. grimman.] (?)

Linked entry: glimith

leóhtian

(v.)
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Add: to give light, shine Þá sceán þǽr fǽringa leóht inn æt þám eástende . . . þá wæs hit swá leng swá leóhtre, swá lange hit leóhtode, Vis.

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Gif his ríce on him sylfum biþ tódǽled . . . Gif ðæt hús ofer hit sylf ys tódǽled . . . Gif Satanas winþ ongén hine sylfne, Mk. Skt. 3, 24-26. Mé siolfne, Chart. Th. 476, 19. Ic swerige þurh mé sylfne per memetipsum juravi, Gen. 22, 16.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

ge-wríþan

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Sió wund wile tóberan, gif hió ne bið gewriðen mid wrǽde . . . Sió wund bið ðæs ðe wierse, gif hió bið unwærlíce gewriðen, and bið ðæt sár ðé gefrédre gif sió wund bið tó fæste gewriðen.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

hwæþere

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., Gen. 952. by gif Gif ( etsi ne selles for ðon friónd his bið, fore giornise huoeðre (tamen ) his seleð him, Lk. L. 11, 8. Gif se hund losige, gá þeós bót hwæðere forð, Ll.

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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L. 13, 23. ꝥte uæstm gié gebrenge (tógibrenge, R., adferatis ). Jn. L. 15, 8

ÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
ÁÞ, es; m.

an OATH ⬩ a swearing ⬩ juramentum

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Ðæt he ðonne áþ funde gif he mæhte ungecorenne that he bring forward the oath of persons unchosen if he could, L.

Linked entries: aaþ ánfeald áþ

DEÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
DEÁÞ, es; m.

DEATH ⬩ mors

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Gif hwá sié deáþes scyldig if any one be guilty of death, L. In. 5; Th. i. 104, 13; 27; Th. i. 120, 3. He men of deáþe worde awehte he woke men from death with his word, Andr.

Linked entry: deóþ

swícan

(v.; prep.)
Grammar
swícan, p. swác, pl. swicon; pp. swicen.
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.), cease from Gif hé ðære hnappunge ne swícþ, ðonne hnappaþ hé óð hé wierð on fæstum slǽpe, Past. 28; Swt. 195, 11. Hé from gebede swíceþ, Exon. Th. 264, 33; Jul. 373. Á byþ on færylde, nǽfre swíceþ, Runic pm.

Linked entry: be-swicenness

wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
wirgan, wirigan, wirian; p. de, ede.

to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil

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Riht ðú dést, gif ðú ealle ðíne cild wyrigst . . . wyrig hí ealle, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 10-14. Se ðe his hwǽte hýt, hiene wiergð ðæt folc, (maledicetur in populis), Past. 49; Swt. 376, 13. Gif mé mín feónd wyrgeþ (wyrigde, Ps.

Linked entries: wergan wergian werigan wiergan wirgend wirgness wirian wyrgan wyrian wærgan

feallan

to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away

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S. 26, 154. to stumble, fall into a pit, snare:-- Gif ðæt swín filð on ðæt sol, Past. 421, 2. Feallað firenfulle on heora fengnettum, Ps. Th. 140, 2. to fail, fall away, decay, crumble away.

ge-grípan

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Suǽ iornað gié ꝥte gié gigrípa ( conprehendatis ), Rtl. 5, 37. with idea of violence, constraint Gegrípe capiat, retineat, Wrt.

meaht

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Þǽr nú God swutelað þæs hálgan martires mihta, Chr. 1012 ; P. 143, 4. bodily strength Gif þé þince ꝥ þú máran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for unmihte þæs mannes. . . gebíd oþ ꝥ þú dyrre. Gif meht ne wyrne, lǽt him blód, Lch. ii. 254, 4.

þanne

Grammar
þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Add Gregorius þágýt spræc: 'Onu þonne gif se gást mage beón hæfd on þám men ... for hwan ne mæg hé ...?, 'Gr. D. 303, 25. Add Gif hié brecað his gebodscipe, þonne hé him ábolgen wurðeð, Gen. 430. <b>B. II.

wind

(n.)
Grammar
wind, es; m.

wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath

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Gif hús full ungemetlíc wind gesteut, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 16. Swift wind. Met. 7, 20. Se stearca wind, 12, 14. Winneþ wind wið wǽge, 25, 58. Ðonne wind styreþ láð gewidru, Beo. Th. 2753; B. 1374. Ðonne wind ligeþ, weder bið fæger, Exon.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, l. ge-lógian,
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L. 103, 22. where the purpose of placing is given God gelógode cherubim tó gehealdenne þone weg þe líð tó lífes treówe, Angl. vii. 30, 285. the object a thing Ðá sǽ hé gelógode swá swá heó ligið git wiðinnan ðá eorðan, Hex. 10, 28.

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