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ge-setenes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setenes, -ness, e; f.
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A constitution, an appointment; constĭtūtio Ða gesetenes he lǽt standan he allows this appointment to stand, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 30

Linked entry: -setenness

ge-wemmednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wemmednys, se; f.

Defilementpollution

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Defilement, pollution Ælfremed fram líchamlícere gewemmednysse exempt from bodily defilement, Homl. Th. i. 76, 15: 90, 2: ii. 478, 10: 552, 24: Blickl. Homl. 75, 6. Gewemmednyssa prævaricationes, Ps. Spl. 100, 3

ge-þrǽstnes

(n.)
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ge-þrǽstnes, -ness, e; f.
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Affliction, contrition; contrītio On swá mycelre geþræstnesse in tanta contrītiōne, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 27

Linked entry: ge-þrǽstedness

ge-wiglung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wiglung, e; f.

Soothsayingdivinationspell

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Soothsaying, divination, spell Ða gemearr ðe man drífþ on mislícum gewiglungum the erroneous practices that are carried on with various spells, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 4

gewin-woruld

(n.)
Grammar
gewin-woruld, e; f.

A world of toiltrībŭlātiōnis plēnus mundus

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A world of toil; trībŭlātiōnis plēnus mundus Hý scofene wurdon on gewinworuld they were thrust into a world of toil, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 21; Gú. 829

ge-wissung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wissung, e; f.

Directioninstructionguidance

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Direction, instruction, guidance For fela gewissungum ðe seó in bóc hæfþ toforan ðám óðrum for many directions which that one book has above the others, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 65, 295

Linked entry: wissung

ge-þungennes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þungennes, -ness, e; f.
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Increase, growth, piety, excellence, gravity Ðæt wæs ðæt templ ðære geþungennesse and ealre clǽnnesse that was the temple of piety and all purity, Blickl. Homl. 5, 20: Shrn. 40, 2: 44, 9. Geþungennis incrementum, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 6. Geþungennes perfectio

Linked entry: ge-þinþenes

ge-sweorcnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorcnes, -ness, e; f.
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Cloudiness, gloom, horror, affliction; obscūrĭtus, horror, afflictio Ne ðǽr nǽfre biþ biternes, ne gesweorcnesse stów geméted nor is bitterness ever there, nor a place found for gloom, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 400, 9

getenys

(n.)
Grammar
getenys, gytenes, se; f.
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A procuring, attaining, GETTING, instruction, education; adeptio, institutio, Lye. Getenis historia, Hpt. Gl. 459

Linked entry: gytenes

ge-swógung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swógung, -swówung, e; f.
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Swooning, Lchdm. ii. 176, 13: 194, 3

Linked entry: swógung

gódnes

(n.)
Grammar
gódnes, -ness, e; f.
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Goodness Se hálga hí eft alýsde and lét hí forþgán for his gódnysse the holy man loosed them again, and let them proceed through his goodness, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 22: Ps.Th. 24, 8. Ðæs gódan gódnes biþ his ágen gód and his ágen edleán the goodness of

god-wrecnis

(n.)
Grammar
god-wrecnis, -niss, e; f.
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Wickedness, impiety Hefig mán is and godwrecnis ðæt mon hine menge mid his steópméder cum noverca miscere grave est facinus, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 10

Linked entry: -wrecness

glædnes

(n.)
Grammar
glædnes, se; f.

Gladnessjoycheerfulness

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Gladness, joy, cheerfulness Ongan se bisceop lustfullian glædnesse his dǽda delectabatur antistes alacritate actionis, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 47. Glædnisse miclo gaudio magno, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 10: 13, 20: 25, 21. Glædniso lætitia, Rtl. 57, 2

slitenness

(n.)
Grammar
slitenness, (?)e; f.

Tearinglaceration

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Tearing, laceration Sliten[nesse] morsum, lacerationem, Hpt. Gl. 490, 62

sólsece

(n.)
Grammar
sólsece, sólosece, an; f.
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Heliotrope Sólsece vel sigelhwerfe solsequium vel heliotropium, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 30. Sólsæce solsequium, 79, 15. Ðás wyrte ðe man solate and óðrum naman sólosece nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 178, 21. Cf. sólesege solata, iii. 305, col. 1. Halliwell gives solsekille

Linked entries: solate sunn-folgend

smelting

(n.)
Grammar
smelting, smilting, e ; f.
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Amber Smelting electrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 31. Smilting, 34, 66. Smyltinc, 85, 14. Anlícnyssa gyldena and sylfrena, sume of smyltinga, sume of crystallan, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 165

Linked entries: smilting smylting

stefning

(n.)
Grammar
stefning, stemning, e; f.
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a turn, used of service where one set of persons replaces another. (In E. Cornwall Glossary stemming is given as 'a turn in succession, as when in dry seasons people have to take their regular turn for water at the common pump') Hié (seó fyrd) hæfdan

spinel

(n.)
Grammar
spinel, spinl, e; f.
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A spindle Spinil (spinel), stilium vel fusa, Txts. 98, 967: nitorium, 81, 1377. Spinel fusam, 65, 933. Spinl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 30: fusu, 152, 12 : nitorium, 60, 12 : fusus, i. 26, 15 : 82, 10 : fussum, 281, 74. Spinle fusi, Wülck. Gl. 245, 23. Spinele

strínd

(n.)
Grammar
strínd, strýnd, e; f.
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A generation, stock, race, kin, tribe Hé ne wæs of ðearfendum folce ac wæs æþelre strýnde non erat de paupere vulgo, sed de nobilibus Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 591, 34. Wæs hé of æþelre strýnde Angel-ðeóde de nobilibus Anglorum 5, 19 ; S. 637, 40. Of ðære cynelícan

Linked entry: strýnd

stán-scealu

(n.)
Grammar
stán-scealu, -scalu, e; f.
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Shale Of Stúre on ða stánscale, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 12. v. next word