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berigeblæ

farcille

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farcille [for beri-geblæ (= bere-gafle) furcille ? ? This form, however, which might be possible in the Erfurt Glossary, is quite out of keeping with the glossary in which it occurs]Wrt. Voc. ii. 40. 1

Linked entry: gafol

dimmian

(v.)
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Substitute: To be or become dim Dymme[n]de caligans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 65. Hyt fremað dimgendum eágum tó þý ꝥ seó beorhtnys ágyfen sý, Lch. i. 136, 1. Wið dymgendum eágum, 178, 4

in-fyrde

(n.)
Grammar
in-fyrde, es; n.
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Andlang díces tó infyrde á be mǽre on Temese; andlang Temese, C.D. vi. 84, 19. On ðá rǽwe; of ðǽre reáwe on Temese, on ðæt infyrde; andlang Temese, v. 275, 21

Linked entry: -fyrde

Israélisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Israélisc, Israhélisc; adj.
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Sum Egiptisc man gestrínde sunu be Israhéliscum wife . . . þá flát hé wið ánne Israhéliscne man, Num. 24, 10. Þá Israeliscan bearn Israel, Ps. L. 123, l

gǽlsa

(n.)
Grammar
gǽlsa, an; m.

A gluttonone who is inordinately fond

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A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa (he will be a glutton of work), Lch. iii. 158, 15

hárian

(v.)
Grammar
hárian, p. ode

To grow grey

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Ic sceolde wesan ceorl on háriendum heáfde I should have to be a husband when my head was growing grey, Shrn. 39, 27

ge-stællan

(v.)

to stallstable

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to stall, stable Ðá hét he on ðæs pápan ciericean gestællan his blancan and monig óðer neát he ordered his horse and many other cattle to be stabled in the pope's church, Shrn. 51, 22

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Ðæs gefeán habban, B. 2740. with object and dat. infin. expressing what is to be done by the subject, to have as a duty or thing to be done. Cf. <b>II a</b> Ic hæbbe (hafo.

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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Be leásre gewitnesse of false witness, L. C. S. 37; Th. i. 398, 9: L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 22. On hyra gewitnesse they being witnesses, Gen. 23, 9. On Moyses bóca gewitnesse by the testimony of the books of Moses, Blickl. Homl. 153, 5.

Linked entry: witness

ge-macian

(v.)
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Substitute: to make, fashion, construct a material object Hé be þám gemǽron castelas lét gemakian, Chr. 1097 ; P. 233, 25. Gé ne sceolon beón rance mid hringgum' geglengede, ne eówer reáf ne beó tó ranclíce gemacod, ne eft tó wáclíce, Ll.

ge-leornian

(v.)
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<b>III a.

áscian

(v.)
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R. 7, 25. (1 c) and with person governed by prep. :-- Áhsa þæs æt þám wífe, Lch. ii. 330, 25. with prep. Áhsiað be ealdum dagum, Deut. 4, 32.

Linked entry: áhsian

eal-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
eal-sealf, e; f. [eal all, sealf salve] The herb called the oak of Jerusalem or the oak of Cappadocia; ambrŏsia, Som. Ben. Lye:=ἀμβροσία a perfumed salve, a plant; ambrŏsia mărĭtĭma, Diosc. 3, 129, L. S. Lex. under ἀμβροσία.

orf

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Th. i. 352, 3-13), and the oaths to be taken by those engaged in a suit concerning stolen cattle were fixed by law. v. Ll. Th. i. 178, 10-180, 16. An instance of cattle-stealing is mentioned in C. D. ii. 134

LEÓF

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LEÓF, adj.

LIEFdesirablepleasantacceptablelovedbeloveddeara friendloved one

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Álédon leófne þeóden on bearm scipes, Beo. Th. 68; B. 34. Hláford leófne, 6276; B. 3142. Leófe ðíne dilecti tui, Ps. Th. 59, 4. Míne bróðru leófon my dear brethren, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 43.

Linked entry: leóf

ilde

(n.)
Grammar
ilde, pl. m.

Men

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Sceal mid yldum wesan ismahel háten shall be called among men Ishmael, 104 ; Th. 138, 3 ; Gen. 2286: Beo. Th. 154; B. 77. Ðæt wæs yldum cúþ, 1415 ; B. 705 : Ps. Th. 144, 9. Niht becwom óðer tó yldum, Beo. Th. 4240; B. 2117 : Menol.

Linked entries: ælde elde

ge-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, -scád, es; n.

separation, distinction, differencepower of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argumentdistinctio, discretio, distantia

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Sax. wissun thingo giskéd; and the Ger. bescheid wissen] to be able to distinguish between things, to understand them, Homl. Th. 186, 4: Beo. Th. 582; B. 288. Gesceád discretio, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 35. Gesceád agyldan to render an account, Mt.

Linked entries: -sceád ge-scád

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Fleáh hé tó Godes ciricean, and bæd ꝥ Ðeáh hé þá gyt nǽre fullíce gefulwad, ah hé wæs gecrístnod ... hweðre hé þæt gerýne þǽre fulwihte mid gódum dǽdum heóld, Bl. H. 213, 15.

Linked entry: crístnian

þæt

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Add Gelamp ... ꝥ hí cómon on Scotland upp, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 11. 4.

egesa

(n.)
Grammar
egesa, egsa, ægsa, an; m. [ege fear]

Fear, horror, dread tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo

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Kmbl. 1609; An. 806: Beo. Th. 5465; B. 2736

Linked entry: egsa