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gebed-giht

(n.)
Grammar
gebed-giht, e; f.

Bed-timecontĭcĭnium

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Bed-time; contĭcĭnium Cwyltíd vel gebedgiht contĭcĭnium, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som. 58, 63; Wrt. Voc. 21, 50

ge-sæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sæt, pl. -sǽton

sat, sat down,

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sat, sat down, Beo. Th. 5427; B. 2717: Elen. Kmbl. 1732; El. 868; p. of ge-sittan

un-sceádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-sceádlíce, un-sceádelíce; adv.

Unreasonably

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Ben. 54, 13

un-slæclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-slæclíce, adv.

Not slacklynot languidlystrenuously

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Ben. 20, 18

Linked entry: slæclíce

un-geswícendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geswícendlíce, adv.

Unceasinglyincessantly

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Ben. 19, 4 note

Linked entry: ge-swícendlíce

wundor-bebod

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-bebod, es; n.

A monstrous command

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A monstrous command Hé him bebeorgan ne con wóm wundorbebodum wergan gástes, Beo. Th. 3498; B. 1747

tumbing

(n.)
Grammar
tumbing, e; f.
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Dancing Mæssepreóstas ... ne beón ... þǽr líchamana beóð fracodlice gebǽru mid saltingum and tumbincgum ( saltationibus ), Chrd, 79, 1

under-cyning

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Nú hét hé þé dǽlan þíne goldhordas. . . and þú beó his undercyning. Homl. S. 32, 54. Add

á-spelian

(v.)
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Nán ne beó áspelod of kycenan tó þínienne nullus excussetur a cojuinę officio, Chrd. 16, 17. Add

crib

Grammar
crib, cribb.
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Add: a couch Ne ástíge ic on bed mínes crybbes ( in lectum strati mei ), Chrd. 31, 3

rest-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
rest-leás, ;adj.;

Restless, disturbed

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Ben. 121, 14

sǽ-wudu

(n.)

a ship

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a ship Hí sǽwudu sǽldon they fastened their ship to the shore, Beo. Th. 457 ; B. 228

wǽg-bora

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-bora, an; m.

A wave-bearera creature that lives beneath the waves

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A wave-bearer, a creature that lives beneath the waves Wundorlíc wǽgbora, Beo. Th. 2884; B. 1440

hilde-bil

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-bil, -bill; es; n.

Battle-blade, sword,

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Battle-blade, sword, Beo. Th. 3337; B. 1666: 1118; B. 557: 3044; B. 1520: 5351; B. 2679

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.

the first creationthe creationbeginningoriginoriginal state or conditionprīma creātioŏrīgoprīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtioa created beingcreaturecreātūra

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Gé mágon hwæt-hwego ongitan be eówrum frumsceafte, ðæt is God ye can in some measure understand concerning your origin, that is God, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 4. Æt frumsceafte at the beginning Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 21; Seel. 79: Beo. Th. 89; 6. 45: Andr.

a-lefan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lefan, to become weak.
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Ben. 51, 16. ꝥ wé fæston swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe so that our body be not injured, Hml. S. 13, 104. Wearð his cneów mid heardum geswelle áléfed, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 24. Ðá þe ðurh þæs dracan blǽde áléfode wǽron, 294, 31.

HORN

(n.)
Grammar
HORN, es; m.

A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk cornu, tuba a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner n. cornu, tuba, promontorium

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Heorot hornum trum the hart firm-antlered, Beo. Th. 2742; B. 1369. Óþ wigbedes hornas usque ad cornu altaris, Ps. Th. 117, 25

ge-emnettan

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 133, 7. to make equal Beóð ealle þá fers geemnytte be ánum getele, Ælfc. Gr.

edisc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
edisc-weard, es; m.

The keeper of edish, of a park, warren, etc vivarii custos

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Ben. Lye

ellen-gǽst

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-gǽst, es; m.

A bold or powerful spirit pŏtens spīrĭtus

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A bold or powerful spirit; pŏtens spīrĭtus Se ellengǽst the powerful spirit [Grendel ], Beo. Th. 172; B. 86