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ge-læswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læswian, p. ode; pp. od [læswian to feed]

To feed

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Ic eom gelæswod pastas sum, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 44

ge-lyndu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lyndu, n. pl.

Joints of the backbone

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Joints of the backbone Geloda vel gelyndu spondilia [Gk. σπόνδυλos ], Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 51; Wrt. Voc. 44, 34

un-gehendness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gehendness, e; f.

Remoteness ⬩ distance

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Remoteness, distance Sume naman syndon localia, ðæt synd stówlíce, ða geswuteliaþ gehendnysse oððe ungehendnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 14, 19

Linked entry: ge-hendnys

efete

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Efete (-a, v. l.) lacerta, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 310, 3. Add

hwæder

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Elles hwæder aliorsum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 225, 10. Ic fylige þé swá hwæder swá þú færst, Mt. 8, 19. Add

heáfod-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-cláþ, es; n.

Head-cloth, head-dress

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Head-cloth, head-dress Heáfodcláþ vel cappa capitulum vel capitularium, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 14; Wrt. Voc. 40, 48

healf-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-reád, adj.

Reddish

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Reddish Healfreáde peran crustumie vel volemis vel insana vel melimendrum, Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 40; Wrt. Voc. 39, 25

ge-tanned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tanned, part.

Tanned; ⬩ cortĭce mācĕrātus

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Tanned; cortĭce mācĕrātus Getannede hýd subacta cŏrĭa, vel mĕdĭcāta, vel confecta, Ælfc. Gl. 17; Som, 58,104; Wrt. Voc. 22, 19

wind-filled

(adj.)
Grammar
wind-filled, adj.

Wind-felled ⬩ blown down by the wind

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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10

Linked entry: fillan

cancer-hæbern

(n.)
Grammar
cancer-hæbern, es; n.

a crab ⬩ a place, dwelling-place ⬩ A crab-hole ⬩ caverna, cavernula D.

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[ Similar entries cancer a crab, Similar entries hæbern = hæb-ærn a place, dwelling-place] A crab-hole; caverna, cavernula D

Linked entry: cancer

fær

(n.)

going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings

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Hí fordytton ǽlc fær upp tó þám muntum praeoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium, Hml. A. 104, 70. a means of transport, carriage, vessel Æt hýðe stód hringedstefna, ísig and útfús, æðelinges fær, B. 33.

Linked entry: færbu

HWÍL

(n.)
Grammar
HWÍL, e; f.

A WHILE

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Ðá wæs hwíl dæges ǽr hé ðone grundwong ongytan mihte it was a day's space ere he might feel the bottom, 2995; B. 1495. Ǽr dæges hwíle before day-time, 4630; B. 2320. On dæges hwíle in the day-time, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 4; Dan. 349.

níd-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
níd-þearf, e; f.

necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business

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Gedó ðæt ðú mé gefriðie æt mínre nýdþearfe de necessitatibus meis eripe me, Ps. Th. 24, 15. Fylston eów æt nýdþearfe in necessitate vos protegant, Deut. 32, 38.

tawian

(v.)
Grammar
tawian, p. ode.

to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.

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.), and see Halliwell Oft týne oððe twelfe (flotmen) ǽlc æfter óðrum scendaþ and tawiaþ tó bysmore ðæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, ðær hé on lócaþ ðe lǽt hine sylfne rancne and rícne, ǽr ðæt gewurde, Wulfst. 162, 20.

Linked entry: ge-tawian

be-gitan

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Bigetna repertae, p. 17, 6. to get, cause to be done ꝥ ǽlc gegilda gesinge án fíftig oþþe begite gesungen, Ll. Th. i. 236, 37.

ildra

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ildra, m. ildre; f. n. comp.

elder ⬩ older ⬩ grand ⬩ greater ⬩ superior

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Geornful tó witanne ðætte ǽr wæs ǽr ðú ácenned wére oððe furðum ðín yldra fæder geboren wére desirous to know what was before you were begotten, or even before your grandfather was born, Shrn. 198, 29: Elen. Kmbl. 872; El. 436.

Linked entries: eldra eldre ildest

stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
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Sume cuce tó ðam stæðe cómon, and ða man sóna ofslóh æt ðære eá múðan, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 23: Byrht. Th. 132, 32; By. 32. Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe, Elen. Kmbl. 463; El. 232. Stæð marginem, Hpt. Gl. 492, 72. Be wætera staðum, Ps. Th. 22, 2.

geó

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Ðǽr ðá cnihtas iú ǽr eardodon, Hml. Th. i. 62, 25: 318, 14: Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. Wé iú hæfdon ǽrror wlite, Sat. 151.

ge-mót

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Ic wille ꝥ ǽlc man sý griðes wyrðe to gemóte and fram gemóte, 422, 5. Ic wille ꝥ ǽlc geréfa hæbbe gemót á ymbe feówer wucan, 164, 20. Séce man hundredes gemót, 386, l. On þám meðelstede þá hé gemót hæfde By. 199.

ancleow

(n.)
Grammar
ancleow, es; m.

The ANCLE ⬩ talus

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The ANCLE; talus Ancleow talus, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Wrt. Voc. 44, 74. Lytel ancleow taxillus, 75 ; Wrt. Voc. 45, 1