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dreám-healdende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dreám-healdende, part. [healdende holding ]

Holding joy, joyful lætābundus

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Holding joy, joyful; lætābundus Beó ðú sunum mínum gedéfe, dreámhealdende be thou gentle to my sons, holding them in joy, Beo. Th. 2459; B. 1227

gied

(n.)
Grammar
gied, giedd, es; n.

A songlayriddle

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A song, lay, riddle, Exon. 91 b; Th. 344, 1: 114 a; Th. 437, 28; Rä. 56, 14: 18 a; Th. 45, 2; Cri. 713

risne

(adj.)
Grammar
risne, adj.
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Fitting, becoming, suitable Hé sóna ðám risne andsware ( congrua responsa ) onsende, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, 35, MS. B. v. ge-risene and next word

ge-lógung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lógung, e ; f.
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Order, arrangement Þǽre gelógunge ꝥ dægrædsangum geendedum sóna beón gecwedene twégen sealmas eo ordine ut matutinis finitis max dicantur duo psalmi, Angl. xiii. 407, 599

Linked entries: -lógung ge-logian

rotung

(n.)
Grammar
rotung, e; f.

corruption, putrefactiona sore an ulcer

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Th. 29, 8. a sore accompanied with putrefaction, an ulcer Rotung ulcus, Wrt. Voc. i. 20,15

ildest

(adj.)
Grammar
ildest, superl.

eldestoldestprincipalchiefgreatest

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Gl. 48; Som. 65. 66; Wrt. Voc, 14, 1. Yldest byrla magister calicum. 113 : Som. 79, 130; Wrt. Voc. 60, 34. Hé wæs ieldesð [summus ] ofer ða hálgan cirican, Past. 17, 6; Swt. 115, 16. Hwylc hyra yldest wǽre quis eorum major esset, Lk.

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Gr. 8 ; Som. 7, 30. Ðes plega hic jocus, 13; Som. 16, 27 : Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 30. Plaega palestra, ii. 116, 5. Mid ðám þiówum wæs on symbel mín plega hunt continuum ludum ludimus, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 34 : Exon. Th. 46, 27 ; Cri. 743.

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

rihtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
rihtlíce, adv.

rightly, justly, with justice or quity rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularlyrightly as regards conduct

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Gr. 38; Som. 40, 50. Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce ðæt hí mid hiora árleásan hláforde ealle forwurdon, Homl. Th. i. 88, 30.

ge-cýð

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cýð, -cýðð, e; f.

A countrynative countrypatrianatale solum

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A country, native country; patria, natale solum On hiora ágenre gecýþþe in their own country, Bt. 27, 3; Fox l00, 1

ge-glófed

(adj.; part.)
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gloved Ic nát hú þú hym onfón mage mid geglófedum handum; ðú scealt dón bær líc ongeán, Solil. H. 42, 11

Linked entry: glófed

myrige

(adv.)
Grammar
myrige, adv.
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Solil. H. I. 13

Bederices weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
Bederices weorþ, es ; m. [Bederices Bederic's, weorþ worth, town, or residence]

Bederic's worth or townEádmundes burhSt. Edmund's bury

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Bederic's worth or town, so called because the manor formerly belonged to Bederic, who bequeathed it to Edmund the king and martyr, hence it was subsequently called Eádmundes burh, St. Edmund's bury On Bedericeswyrþe at Bedericsworth, Will 23 ; Th.

ge-ýcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ýcan, -ýcean; p. te

To increaseaddeke

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Swá swá sorge and ymbhogan geýceþ monnes mód, swá geýcþ se cræft his áre as sorrow and cares increase a man's mind so a craft increaseth his honour, Prov. Kmbl. 59. Ðá geýhte he sum bigspell he added a parable, Lk. Skt. 19, 11, MS. A

be-wrítan

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mid íserne, þý lǽs heó þé ætfleó . . . þú hý bewrít mid íserne, and swá þú scealt onbútan hý delfan swá ðú hyre mid þám íserne ná æthríne make a score in the ground round it at once with iron, lest it escape thee . . . score round it with iron, and so

log

(n.)
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The alliterative phrase ' land and lögr' is common in Icelandic, so perhaps loge shows Scandinavian influence and is the same as English lage (< lagu, q. v. ), or it may be from a nominative log. v. N. E. D. lough.] —

FUGEL

(n.)
Grammar
FUGEL, fugol, fugul; gen. fugeles, fugles; m.

A birdFOWLăvisāles

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Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 54: Lk. Bos. 13, 34: Cd. 72; Th. 88, 5; Gen. 1460: Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 27; Cri. 645: Salm. Kmbl. 507; Sal. 254: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 207. Fugel āles, Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 59.

Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul

sehtan

(v.)
Grammar
sehtan, p. te
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Ðæt wé habban ús gemǽne sibbe and sóme, and ǽlce sace sehtan, 272, 23. Bisceop sceal beón symle ymbe sóme and ymbe sibbe . . . Hé sceal georne saca sehtan and friþ wyrcan, L. I. P. 7 ; Th. ii. 312, 14

æþeling-hád

(n.)
Grammar
æþeling-hád, es; m.
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Princely condition Sóna swá hé tó his cynedóme gecoren wearþ, wæs swíþe gemundige his behátes þe hé on his æþelincghade Gode behét. Lch. iii. 438, 5

fugelian

(v.)
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Ǽlcne man lyst, siððan hé ǽnig cotlýf on his hláfordes lǽne getimbred hæfð, þæt hé móte huntigan and fuglian and fiscian, Solil. H. 2, 10. Add

riht-wirþe

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-wirþe, adj.
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Fultuma mé þæt ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe þé lícwyrðe sí, and mé for þám lýfum best and rihtwyrðost sí, Solil. H. 13, 25