ofer
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) þé, Gr.
for-gýman
To neglect ⬩ pass by ⬩ transgress ⬩ neglĭgĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ transgrĕdi
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Hie þegnscipe Godes forgýmdon they neglected the service of God, Cd. 18; Th. 21, 20; Gen. 327. Forgýmdon hig ðæt illi neglexērunt, Mt. Bos. 22, 5. Ne forgým ðú ðínes Drihtnes steóre be not heedless of thy Lord's correction, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 21
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huntaþ
Hunting ⬩ game ⬩ venatio
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On ðæt gerád ðet ðenne ðæs neód bíþ his meu beón gearuwe tó huntoþe on the condition that, when there shall be need for it, his men may be ready for hunting Chart. Th. 148, 3.
ge-sceot
the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dart ⬩ jaculum ⬩ an advance [of money], a contribution, tribute ⬩ a part of a building shut off from the rest
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Ger. vorschiessen] Similar entries v. corn-, Róm-gesceot. a part of a building shut off from the rest Similar entries [v. Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict. skot, III ; and cf.
hergung
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hearmum þe ǽr þám gedón wǽre ǽr ꝥ frið geset wǽre, man eall onweig lǽte, Ll.
orþian
To breathe, pant
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Ðá ongann hé tó éðele ðæs upplícan lífes mid eallum gewilnungum orþian then began he to pant for the country of the life above with all his desires, ii. 118, 26. Orþiende swétnyssa spirans balsama, Hymn. Surt. 98, 19
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ge-bǽru
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Voc. ii. 91, 59: 40, 28 the forms seem to belong to the declension of feminine nouns which remain unchanged in the singular, and to this declension all the other instances (especially Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 57) might belong. In Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 21: Gr.
Ermanríc
The celebrated king of the Ostro-Goths or East-Goths
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The celebrated king of the Ostro-Goths or East-Goths
cyric-neód
Church-need ⬩ ecclesiæ necessitas
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the poor, L.
Engel
Anglen in Denmark , the country from which the Angles came into Britain ⬩ Angŭlus, terra quam Angli ante transĭtum in Britanniam cŏluērunt
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and Middle-Angles, and Mercians, and all the race of the Northumbrians, Bd. 1, 15 ; S. 483, 24
erce-hád
Archhood, an archbishop's pall, his dignity, of which the pall was a sign ⬩ pallium
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and the archiepiscopal dignity from the apostolic seat of the Roman church, Homl.
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ge-niðerung
Condemnation, humiliation, laying low
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Ðæt he onfó ðære écan genyðerunga that he receive the everlasting condemnation, Blickl. Homl. 61, 32. For deófles genyðerunge for the casting down of the devil, 67, 3
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wál
(?) some part of a helmet
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some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H.
stíme
a name given to a plant
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Cockayne says water-cress, in the note to the passage, but nettle in his glossary. Perhaps the alternative reading stune is the better, as it is said of the plant: stunaþ heó wærce . . . wið-stunaþ heó áttre. (?) Add:
bearhtm
Brightness ⬩ glittering ⬩ scintillation ⬩ twinkling ⬩ glance ⬩ claritas ⬩ splendor ⬩ nitor ⬩ scintillatio ⬩ acies
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Ðæt biþ an eágan bearhtm [MS. bryhtm] that is in the twinkling of the eye, in a moment, Bd. 2, 13 ; S. 516, 20
eal-nósu
All nose or all the nose, a swelling of the uvula ⬩ columella, columna nasi
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All nose or all the nose, a swelling of the uvula; columella, columna nasi Eal ufweard nósu tota ascendens columna nasi, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 86; Wrt. Voc. 43, 18. Eall-nósu, Mann: eal-nósu the swelling of the uvula; columella. v. Som.
ge-sǽlig
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[The gloss in which the word occurs is: Wicbora, gesǽli signifer, i. qui signum fert, An. Ox. 3808.The passage glossed is: Signifer duelli fertur. . . Napier suggests that ge-sǽli should be read, and that the gloss belongs to fertur.
ge-stun
A noise ⬩ stun ⬩ crash ⬩ whirlwind ⬩ strĕpĭtus ⬩ frăgor ⬩ turbo
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A noise, stun, crash, whirlwind; strĕpĭtus, frăgor, turbo Ðæt gestun and se storm brecaþ bráde gesceaft the stun and the storm shall break the broad creation, Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 27; Cri. 991.
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á-mearcian
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Yfen hér æfter ys ámearkod the symbol for the hyphen is given afterwards, 333, 30.
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hǽþen-scipe
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Wlfst. 73, 17. a time when (or place where) heathendom prevails Þá þe secgaþ þæt þeós world sý nú wyrse on ðysan crístendóme þonne hió ǽr on þǽm hǽþenscype wǽre, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 25