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GLÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GLÍDAN, he glídeþ, glít; p. glád, pl. glidon; pp. gliden

To GLIDE ⬩ slip ⬩ slide ⬩ labi

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To GLIDE, slip, slide; labi Sunne gewát to sete glídan the sun went gliding to its setting, Andr. Kmbl. 2610; An. 1306: 2498; An. 1250: Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 24; Ph. 102: Ps. C. 50, 145; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 145.

Linked entry: ge-glídan

lǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽwan, p. de

To betray

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To betray Ðonne lǽweþ bróðer óðerne hǽðnum on deáþ and sunu se lǽweþ his fæder then one brother shall betray another to the heathen to death, and a son he shall betray his father, Blickl. Homl. 171, 21

seolh-ýða

(n.)
Grammar
seolh-ýða, (?); pl.

The waves where the seal swims

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Heyne's note) bigong sunu Ecgþeówes, Beo. Th. 4723; B. 2367

Linked entry: sioleða

cenning-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
cenning-tíd, e;f.

e ⬩ The time of bringing forth, birth-time ⬩ pariendi tempus, puerperii hora

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The time of bringing forth, birth-time; pariendi tempus, puerperii hora Ðá wæs gefylled Elizabethe cenningtíd, and heó sunu cende Elisabeth autem impletum est tempus pariendi, et peperit filium, Lk. Bos. 1, 57.

fyrd-esne

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-esne, es; m.

A warlike youth or man ⬩ warrior ⬩ bellĭcōsus jŭvĕnis ⬩ bellātor

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A warlike youth or man, warrior; bellĭcōsus jŭvĕnis, bellātor In ðam ylcan gefeohte, Ósfriþ his óðer sunu, ǽr him gefeóll, se hwatesta fyrdesne in quo bello, ante illum ūnus fīlius ējus Osfrid, jŭvĕnis bellĭcōsus, cĕcĭdit, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 15

Linked entry: fird-esne

mægden-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
mægden-líc, adj.

Maidenly ⬩ girlish ⬩ virgin ⬩ virginal

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Godes sunu þurh mǽdenlícne innoþ ácenned wearþ, Homl. Th. i. 458, 33

eág-sínes

(adv.)
Grammar
eág-sínes, adv.
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Hé geseah éhsýnes þæs lifigendan Godes sunu and hine gecneów, Hml. Th. ii. 18, 20

dryht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dryht-líc, driht-líc, driht-lec; comp. -lícra; sup. -lícest; adj.

Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius

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Lordly, noble, distinguished; princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius We gehýrdon ðæt mid Sigelwarum yppe wearþ dryhtlíc dóm Godes we have heard that the lordly doom of God was revealed among the Ethiopians, Apstls. Kmbl. 129; Ap. 65 : Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 1;

Linked entry: driht-líc

ehta

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
ehta, eight: — Ehta dagas gefyllede wǽron

consummāti sunt dies octo

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consummāti sunt dies octo, Lk. Bos. 2, 21

for-swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swelgan, -sweolgan, he -swelgeþ, -swilgeþ, -swelhþ, pl. -swelgaþ; p. ic, he -swealh, -swealg, ðú -swulge, pl. -swulgon; subj. pres. -swelge, pl. -swelgen; p. -swulge, pl. -swulgen; pp. -swolgen, -swelgen [swelgan to swallow]

To swallow up ⬩ devour ⬩ absorb ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ degluttīre ⬩ absorbēre

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Syndon hí æt stáne forswolgene absorpti sunt juxta petram, Ps. Th. 140, 8. Heó beóþ forswelgene they shall be swallowed up, 57, 8

Linked entries: for-sweolgan swelgan

án-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
án-líc, ǽn-líc; adj. [án one, líc like]

ONLY ⬩ singular ⬩ incomparable ⬩ excellent ⬩ elegant ⬩ beautiful ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ egregius ⬩ elegans ⬩ pulcher

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ONLY, singular, incomparable, excellent, elegant, beautiful; unicus, eximius, egregius, elegans, pulcher He is mín ánlíca sunu unicus est mihi filius, Lk. Bos. 9, 38.

Cerdices óra

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdices óra, Certices óra. an; m.

Cerdic's shore ⬩ Cerdăci lítus

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Hér cwómon Cerdic and Cynríc his sunu on Breteue, mid v scipum, in ðone stede ðe is gecweden Cerdices [Certices,25, 29, col. 1. 2] óra here, A.

Linked entry: Certices óra

ge-niman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into ⬩ sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Wintres dæg sigelbeorhtne genimþ hærfest winter's day takes away the sun-bright autumn, Menol. Fox 404; Men. 203. Hú lange démaþ gé unrihtwísnysse, and ansýne synfulra genimaþ usquequo jūdĭcātis inīquĭtātem, et făcies peccātōrum sūmĭtis? Ps.

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, -sión, ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -syhþ; p. -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; imp. -syh, -seoh; subj. pres. ic -sáwe; pp. -sawen

To see ⬩ videre, conspicere

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Ðíne gangas wǽron gesewene visi sunt gressus tui, Ps. Th. 67, 23: Shrn. 97, 30. Him wæs gesewen ðæt ... it seemed to him that..., 111, 27: Blickl. Homl. 195, 20. Hie wurdon gesawene they appeared, 173, 25.

Linked entry: ge-sión

min

(adj.)
Grammar
min, adj.

small ⬩ mean ⬩ vile

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small Ne ðé sunne on dæge ne gebærne ne ðé móna on niht min ne geweorþe may the sun not burn thee by day, nor the moon withhold her light from thee by night, Ps.

Linked entry: min-dóm

gémung

(n.)
Grammar
gémung, e; f.

A marriage ⬩ nuptiæ ⬩ epulæ

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A marriage; nuptiæ Ðe worhte gémunge sunu his qui fecit nubtias filio suo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 2: 3: 25, 10. Se ðe worhte gímungo bearne his qui fecit nuptias filio suo, Rtl. 107, 15. Gímungana nuptiarum, 108, 19: 109, 23

Linked entries: gýmung gíming

brǽc

(n.)
Grammar
brǽc, e; f.

Breach ⬩ breaking ⬩ destruction

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Breach, breaking, destruction His sunu cwæþ ꝥ hé nolde geþafian ꝥ man swá deórwurðne cræft (an astronomical instrument) tócwýsan sceolde, bútan man þá hálgan wurpe on háte ofnas, gif his fæder nǽre hǽled æfter þǽre brǽce, Hml. S. 5, 292

háte

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Substitute: of the sun, hotly, hot. cf. hát; 1 Of heofnum háte scíneð þeós beorhte sunne, Gen. 810. Þonne sunne hátost scíneð, Ph. 209. Ðonne þǽre sunnan scíma hátast scínþ, Bt. 5, 2 ; F. 10, 29. of glowing iron.

Norþ-wíc

(n.)

Norwich

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Ðá geaf se cyng his sunu ðone eorldóm on Norþfolc and Súþfolc; ðá lǽdde hé ðæt wíf tó Norþwíc, 1075; Erl. 213, 6

un-mennisclíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mennisclíc, adj.

Inhuman

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Inhuman Wé hérdon on ealdum spellum, ðæt sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ðæt hit unmennislíc (-lícu, Cott. MS.) dǽd wæs nimis e natura dictum est, nescio quem filios invenisse tortores, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 16