ge-hírness
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Take here <b>ge-hýrnes</b> in Dict. and add: the sense of hearing Sefa sensus, gesihþ visus, gehírnes auditus Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 30: ii. 7, 77. Gehérnes, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 6.
ge-wild
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Substitute: <b>ge-wild</b> power, control, in the phrase ánum tó gewildum gedón to get into one's power, subdue, subjugate Æfter þǽm þe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 9.
grindan
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Ðá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽr on lægde, þá orn seó cweorn, Shrn. 145, 21. Gif hió grindende þeówa sió, Ll. Th. i. 6, 6. <b>I a.
torr
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</b> a tor :-- On eofede tor; of eofede torre on heán dúne, Cht. E. 266, 18
hliþ
A slope, ⬩ declivity. ⬩ hill-side, ⬩ hill
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A slope, declivity. hill-side, hill Of hliþes nósan from the promontory, Beo. Th. 3789; B. 1892: Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 28; Bo. 22. Beneoþan ðæm hliþe under the hill, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. Swá tó ðám westhliþe, 123, 5.
Linked entry: hleoðo
a-cwencan
To quench ⬩ extinguish ⬩ put out ⬩ extinguere
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Fýr ne byþ acwenced ignis non extinguitur Mk. Bos. 9, 44
béna
A petitioner ⬩ demander ⬩ rogator ⬩ supplex
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A petitioner, demander; rogator, supplex Gehýr me helpys bénan exaudi me auxilii supplicem Ps. Th. 101, 2. Hý béna wǽron they were demanders, or they demanded Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 36. Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo.
éðel-riht
A land or country's right ⬩ patrium jus
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A land or country's right; patrium jus Wǽron orwénan éðelrihtes they were hopeless of country's right, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 8; Exod. 211.
fæder-æðelo
Fatherly nobility, origin, ancestry, fatherly honours ⬩ gĕneālŏgia păterna, nōbĭlĭtas hērēdĭtāria
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He scolde fæderæðelumonfón he should succeed to his father's honours, Beo. Th. 1826; B. 911
feorh-cwalu
Life-slaughter ⬩ death ⬩ vītæ cædes ⬩ mors
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He sóhte hú he sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan he sought how he could invent a death most painfully, through the worst torments, 74 a; Th. 276, 28; Jul. 573
Linked entry: ferh-cwalu
feorh-lást
A life-step ⬩ step taken to preserve one's life ⬩ flight ⬩ vītæ vestīgium ⬩ gressus vītæ servandæ causâ lātus ⬩ fŭga
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Th. 1697; B. 846
for-grówan
To grow up ⬩ grow into ⬩ increscĕre
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b; Th. 354, 16; Reim. 46
Frys-land
Friesland ⬩ Frīsia
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Friesland; Frīsia Be westan Eald-Seaxum is Ælfe múþa ðære eá and Frysland to the west of the Old Saxons is the mouth of the river Elbe and Friesland, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 36.
Linked entry: Fres-lond
ealdor-burh
A royal city, metropolis ⬩ rēgia arx, metrŏpŏlis
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A royal city, metropolis; rēgia arx, metrŏpŏlis On Cantwara byrig, seó wæs ealles his ríces ealdor-burh in civĭtāte Doruvernensi, quæ impĕrii sui tōtīus erat metrŏpŏlis. Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 19: I. 13; S. 482, 6.
Linked entry: aldor-burh
leód-gebyrga
a prince ⬩ chief man
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The protector of a people, a prince, chief man Se æþeling, leódgebyrga [Constantine], Elen. Kmbl. 405; El. 203. Hláford ðínne, leódgebyrgean [Hrothgar], Beo. Th. 543; B. 269.
Linked entry: ge-byrga
máðum-fæt
A costly vessel
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A costly vessel Máððumfæt mǽre, Beo. Th. 4801; B. 2405. Ðá genam hé ða máðmfatu, gyldene and sylfrene, binnon Godes temple, Homl. Th. ii. 432, 25. Ða mádmfatu ðæs temples ungeríme, gyldene and sylfrene, mid óðrum goldhordum, 66, 7.
mist-hliþ
A mist-covered hill-side
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A mist-covered hill-side Ðá com of móre under misthleoþum Grendel gongan then came from the moor, under the misty slopes, Grendel walking, Beo. Th. 1425; B, 710.
mycg
A midge
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A midge Mygg culix. Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 60: sciniphes, 120, 9. Mycg culix, 15, 55. Mygc, i. 281, 36, Micge (micgc ?) culex, 24, 17. Mycgæs cynomya Ps. Spl. T. 104, 29. Wið gnættas and micgeas, Lchdm. i. 54, 14. Heó gnættas and micgeas (micgas, MS.
grimlíce
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Spreceþ grimlíce speaketh fiercely, Soul Kmbl. 31; Seel. 16: Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 19; Cri. 100, 4
glig
Glee ⬩ music ⬩ minstrelsy ⬩ jesting ⬩ sport ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ ludibrium
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Glee, music, minstrelsy, jesting, sport; gaudium, musica, facetiæ, ludibrium Mid ðæm glige [MS. Cot. ðam gligge] with the music, Past. 26, 2; Swt. 183, 25; Hat. MS. 35 b; 8.