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gréting

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Brýdleóþes grétinge epithalami elogium, 3182. of respectful action or worship Hát mé unmedemre for þǽre godcundan róde grétinge ( for adoration of the divine cross ) þá duru beón untýnede, Hml. S. 23 b, 448

heófung

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Cóm seó módor mid mycelre sárnysse tó þǽre heófunga, Hml. S. 4, 315. Þás bemǽndon mid swýðlicre heófunge ꝥ hí swylce yrmðe gesáwon, 25, 213.

módig

Grammar
módig, <b>.
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</b> applied to a personal attribute :-- Æfter þám módigan unþeáwe after the vice of pride, Wlfst. 249, 7. applied to an animal Sum módig fearr weorð ángencga and þǽre heorde dráfe oferhogode, Hml. Th. i. 502, II.

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Ac syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syðþan hé mæg dón swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce, and gehǽlð eft ætforan mannum, Wlfst. 97, 10-18. Ic wát míne sáule synnum forwundod, gehǽl þú hý, Hy. 1, 4.

þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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Wiþ þeóre drenc, and eft wiþ þære ( if þære refers to þeór the word would be feminine, but perhaps þeore should be read; cf. the text: Wyrc gódne ðeórdrenc ...

æþeling

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Þæt se ælmihtiga cyning sceolde besceófan tó cwale his áncennedan æðeling, ii. 6, 21

ge-hwǽde

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Hæbben hý scapulare, þæt is gehwǽde cugelan and slýfleáse, 89, 13. Mid hangiendre hande dó hé swilce hé gehwǽde bellan cnyllan wille, Tech. ii. 118, 7. Fulle of gehwǽdum leáfum and langum and scearpum and fǽttum. Lch. i. 258, 2.

hege

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Hé hét faran tó wegum and hegum getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe hé gegaderode of eallum middanearde, 376, 13-19. Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned wið hegas, Lch. i. 226, 2. Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . hegas gódian, Angl. ix. 262, 20.

hycgan

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Fylian fótswaþu . . . mid mycelre hygdan geblissunge sequi uertigia . . . cum magna studuerint hilaritate, Angl. xiii. 367, 28. with clause Uton hycgan þæt wé Hǽlende héran georne, Sat. 594. with prep.

of-þyncan

(v.)

to cause regret or sorrowto cause displeasure or offence

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Ðá sceolde ðám gigantum ofþincan þæt hé hæfde hiera ríce it is said that the giants were displeased at his having their kingdom, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, II. Mæg ðæs ofþyncan þegna gehwam, Beo. Th. 4070; B. 2032.

þancung

(n.)
Grammar
þancung, e; f.
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Þæs þancunga þíne scealcas ealle hæfdan all thy servants gave thanks for this, Ps. Th. 101, 12. Wyrþe ðú eart, ðæt ðú onfó wuldor and dǽda þancunga, Blickl. Homl. 75, 2. Ðé ic sylle þancunga tibi reddo gratias, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 95, 15.

genge

(n.)
Grammar
genge, f.
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Hé gewende tó Brytlande and begeat him þǽr micel genge, 1055; P. 185, 38. [Hi flemden þe king and sloghen suithe micel of his genge, Chr. 1138; P. 266, 7.

girela

(n.)
Grammar
girela, gierela, am; m.: <b>girelu,</b> e; f.
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Hé hiene for þǽm girelan gebealg, and hiene hét áhón, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 32. Gyrlan cultu, An. Ox. 1194. Gyrle habitu, 3364.

Linked entries: gyrla gerela

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Þǽr stent cwén þé on þá swýðran hand mid golde getúcode (after hand on girelan might have been expected rendering in vestitu, and then mid golde getúcode (inst.) would = deaurato) and mid ǽlcere mislicre fægernysse gegyred adstitit regina a dextris tuis

sceáwere

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Beforan þám eágum þæs úplican sceáweres ( spectatoris ) hé eardode ána, Gr. D. 105, 28. add: one who observes secretly Þá sǽde se sceáwere (cf. wæs sum man . . . behýd þám hǽþenum, 128) þe hit ǽr geseah, Hml. S. 32, 138.

hwíl-wende

(adj.)
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A. 74, 40, Hí ná tó þǽre hwílendre ( ad illam momentaneam) mihtan dǽdbóte becuman. Wé forsceamiað nú on lytlum timan dǽdbóte dón, Scint. 49, 9.

mǽrsian

(v.)
Grammar
mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
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Add Hí mid ege and micelan geláfan mǽrsodon þǽre eádigan forðfóre dæg, Hml. S. 23b, 800. His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum, Shrn. 84, 3. Add Eástrun wé ná ne mǽrsiaþ pascha nan celebramus, An. Ox. 40, 30.

fúl

(n.; adj.)
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fúl, adj.
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Þǽm fúlæstum putentissimis (nidoribus), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 4. <b>I a.</b> of disease :-- Fúlre ádle feda peste, Txts. 181, 50. Fúle untrumnyssa purulentas (i. putridas) invalitudines, An.

díc

(n.; v.)
Grammar
díc, es, e, and indecl.; m. f. [The instances given in Dict. under díc; m. and díc; f. may probably be taken together.]
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Andlang díc ( per longum foveam illam ) ... on ðá hócedan díc; of þǽre hócedan díc, C. D. B. ii. 260, 35-6. Tó cynninges díc; andlang þǽre díc ad regiam foveam; per longum foveam illam, 386, 23.

cræt

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Ðá stód þǽre sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum of golde ágoten . . . ; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt of seolfre ágoten and ðá oxan ðǽrto, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 22. Se þegen álýhte of his cræte ( de curru suo ), i. 400, 26. On cræte in carruca, Wrt.