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ge-byrdlic

(adj.)
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ge-byrdlic, adj.
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Orderly, harmonious Þú hý hæfst æalle gesceapene gebyrdlice and gesóme, and tó þám geþwǽre þæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid ælle fordón dissonantia usque in extremum nulla est, Solil. H. 5, 13

sunne

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Add Swá swá under ánum leóman þǽre sunnan (ánum sunnan leóman, v. l.) velut sub uno solis radio, Gr. D. 171, 13: 172, 22. <b>I a.</b> add:

tó-settan

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Twá and hundseofontig bóca sind on bibliothécan, for þan þe hig sume sind tósette on twá ( some of them are put into two parts ) for heora langnysse, Ælfc. T. Grn. 19, 32. Add

ge-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hygd, -higd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtcogitationmeditationdeliberationconsultationcōgĭtātiomĕdĭtātioconsĭlium

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Hí sáwle frætwaþ hálgum gehygdum they adorn their souls with holy meditations, Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 15; Gú. 779 : 62 b; Th. 229, 22; Ph. 459.

Linked entries: -hygd ge-higd ge-hýd

DÚN

(n.)
Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.

A mountain, hill, DOWNmons, collis

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Gr. 9, 39; Som. 12, 58: 5; Som. 4, 8: Ps. Lamb. 67, 16: Wrt. Voc. 80, 42. Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon they found an earth-cavern by the slope of a high hill, Cd. 122 ; Th. 156, 26; Gen. 2594: Homl. Th. i. 502, 13.

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, gafel, gaful, es; n. [gifan to give]

Taxtributerentinterestvectīgaltrĭbūtumcensusūsūra

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Gr. 43; Som. 45, 4. Ætýwaþ me ðæs gafoles mynyt ostendĭte mihi numisma census, Mt. Bos. 22, 19 : L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 19 : Exon. 16 a; Th. 35, 16; Cri. 559. Cyninges gafoles bígerdel a king's tribute-purse; saccus vel fiscus, Ælfc.

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Gr. 37; Som. 39, 21. Uton belúcan ðás circan and ðæt loc inseglian, Homl. Skt. 3, 329. Sceápa locu caule, Ælfc. Gl. 2; Som. 55, 21; Wrt. Voc. 16, 6. Ða locu feóllan, clústor of ðám ceastrum, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 22; Hö. 39.

Linked entry: loca

prica

(n.)
Grammar
prica, an; m. pricu (e), an, e (?) ; f.
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Gr. 28, 7; Som. 32, 57. Se forma prica on ðam ferse is geháten media distinctio, ðæt is, onmiddan tóðál, 50 ; Som. 51, 15. Mǽltanges prica centrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 62.

Linked entry: pric-mǽlum

boda

(n.)
Grammar
boda, an; m. [bod a message, -a, q. v. ]

a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angelnuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelusa foreboder, prophetpropheta, vatesa messenger

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Gl. 53; Som. 66, 81; Wrt, Voc. 36, 7. Ðú Drihtnes eart boda of heofnum thou art the Lord's angel from heaven, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 5; Gen. 533: Elen. Kmbl. 153; El. 77.

súpan

(v.)
Grammar
súpan, p. seáp, pl. supon; pp. sopen.
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Soop up absorbuit, Wick. Apoc. 12, 16; sopen, pp., Ps. 123, 4. Me þoȝte Kaym tok Abelles blod and sop it op, Anglia i. 314, 473. Sowpone or sowpe sorbeo, absorbeo; sowpynge sorbicio, Prompt. Parv. 466, col. 2

Linked entries: sype sypian sopa

ge-hradian

(v.)
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Add: to do soon Sý se nón geradod (= ? -hradod) and sý gehringed þonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágán agatur nona temperius mediante octava hora, R. Ben. 73, 14

un-geheáfdod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geheáfdod, adj.

Not come to a head

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Not come to a head Gif se slyte blind bið and mid ðam geswelle ungeheáfdud, ðonne lege ðú ða wyrte ðǽrtó, sóna hit sceal openian, Lchdm. i. 92, 26

Linked entry: ge-heáfdod

un-geþeahtendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-geþeahtendlíce, adv.

Inconsideratelyunadvisedly

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Inconsiderately, unadvisedly Nalæs hé sóna and ungeþeahtendlíce ðám gerýnum onfón wolde ðæs Cristenan geleáfan non statim et inconsulte sacramenta fidei Christianae percipere voluit, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 6

hrínung

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Add: the sense of touch Mé þincð þæt þú ne trúwie þám uttram gewitte, náðer ne þám eágum . . . ne ðám hyrínunge respuis omne testimonium sensuum, Solil. H. 18, 13

wæterælf-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
wæterælf-ádl, e; f.

Some form of illness

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Some form of illness Gif mon biþ on wæterælfádle, ðonne beóþ him ða handnæglas wonne and ða eágan teárige, and wile lócian niþer, Lchdm. ii. 350, 21 : 304, 8

a-blendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-blendan, p. -blende, pl. -blendon; pp. -blended, -blend; v. a.

To blindmake blinddarkenstupifycæcare

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Swá bióþ ablend so are blinded, 38, 5; Fox 206, 1. Ic sýne ablende bealo-þoncum I blinded their sight by baleful thoughts, Exon. 72b; Th. 270, 22; Jul. 469. He ablende hyra eágan excæcavit oculos eorum. Jn. Bos. 12, 40.

clipur

(n.)
Grammar
clipur, es; m.

A CLAPPER of a belltintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus

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So with the touch of the rope the band moves the clapper, Wanl. Catal. 109, col. 2, 16-20

fúlian

(v.)
Grammar
fúlian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed; v. n.

To become foulputrefyrotdecayputrescĕrecomputrescĕrecorrumpi

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corrumpi Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a tribe that can produce cold; and, therefore, the dead men lie there so

Linked entries: a-fúlian fýlan

geare

(adv.)
Grammar
geare, gearwe, gearuwe, gearewe, gere; adv. [gearo? ready]

Entirelyclearlycertainlywellvery wellenoughpĕnĭtusprorsusplānecertebĕnevaldeoptĭmesătis

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Ic cann swá geare I so well know, Cd. 27; Th. 37, 1; Gen. 583. Nú gé geare cunnon now ye well know, Exon. 16 a; Th. 36, 9; Cri. 573. Hí wiston geare certi sunt, Lk. Bos. 20, 6. Swíðe geare, Ps. Th. 101, 5. Gearor, comp. Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 11

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?)few

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of many kinds when reckoned up, more so than men know ), Cd. 161; Th. 201, 16; Exod. 373