on-gin
a beginning ⬩ an attempt, undertaking, enterprise ⬩ action, proceeding ⬩ action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours
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Wrætlíc þúhte stánes ongin ( the stone spoke ), Andr. Kmbl. 1482; An. 742.
ambeht-þegen
An attendant-thane ⬩ an attendant ⬩ servant
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An attendant-thane, an attendant, servant
birhtan
to shine
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to shine, literal Eall mín weorod for ðǽre micelnesse ðæs goldes scán and berhte, Nar. 7, 15. Byr[htende] coruscans, An. Ox. 4203. figurative Hé beforan manna eágum swá manigum wundrum sceán and berhte, Guth. 90, 11.
míl
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For unfriðe man mót freólsǽfenan nýde fulfaran betweónan Eferwíc and six míla gemeta, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 27. Add
ge-dwimor
an illusion produced by diabolic agency, apparition ⬩ delusion, deception ⬩ a delusion, that which (by diabolic power) gives a false idea, deceit ⬩ a delusion, a false idea entertained, error :-- ⬩ a practice that deludes :--
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Add: an illusion produced by diabolic agency, apparition Gedwimore fantasmale, An. Ox. 4059. Feor áweg gewítan swefna and nihta gedwymeru (faniasmata), Hy. S. II, 31. Tunglera gedwimeru Chaldeorum fantasmata, An.
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sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Voc. i. 77, 8 . a shadow (cast by an object) Seó sceadu byþ tó underne seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes the shadow (of the dial-gnomon) will be twenty-six and a half foot long at nine o'clock (on Christmas day) Lchdm. iii. 218, 4 (and often on this
Linked entry: sceadu-genga
eówer
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of pers. pron. ðú Án eówer ūnus vestrûm, Mt. Bos. 26, 21. Eówer sum one of you, Beo. Th. 502; B. 248, Eówer ǽnig any of you, Cd. 22; Th. 27, 34; Gen. 427
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fór
a hog
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a hog. Foor, fór porcaster, Txts. 88, 810. Foor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 30. Fór, An. Ox. 20, 4: porca (but the passage glossed is the same as in the preceding), 22, 3. Add
grunian
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Add: and <b>grunnian.</b> to grunt Grunian (grunnian, An. Ox. 4337) grunnire, Hpt. Gl. 507, 15. to make a noise when chewing the cud (?) Grunað ruminat, Scint. 54, 15
næss
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Add Næssas cautes (rupibus in celsis qua tundunt caerula cautes, Ald. 267, 24), An. Ox. 26, 56. add: Cf. Hí nyþer ge*-*feallað under neowulne grund descendant usque ad abyssos, Ps. Th. 106, 25
scytere
a shooter ⬩ an archer ⬩ one that moves swiftly
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a shooter, an archer. v. scyteres (sciteres) clif, flóde, streám, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 330. [Icel. skytari a shooter.] one that moves swiftly (?) Ad rivulum qui scitere dicitur, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 102, 29
gild-scipe
A guild-ship ⬩ society ⬩ sodalitas
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A guild-ship, society; sodalitas Án gildscipe is gegaderod on Wudeburg lande a guild-ship is gathered at Woodbury land, Th. Diplm. 608, 30: 605, 8: L. Edg. C. 9; Th. ii. 246, 12
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citel
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Hé hét mycel fýr onǽlan and ǽnne cytel þǽrofer gesettan, and bǽd þǽre fǽmne fét and handan innen þone weallende cetel gesetton, Hml. A. 178, 286-9. Cytelas lebetes, An. Ox. 7, 319. Add
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Scot-land
Ireland ⬩ Scotland
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Án diácon wearð forþféred on Sceotlande (cf. an Scotta eálonde, 215, 21), and ðæs diácones nama wæs Njál háten, Wulfst. 205, 16. Hí cómon on Scotland (Hiberniam) upp, Bd. l, l; S. 474, 10.
áþ
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Add Se arcebiscop mid his selfes áþe geáhnode God . . . þá land . . . , and þæne áð nam se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa, and þǽr wæs gód eáca tén hundan mannan þe þane áð sealdan, Cht. Th. 273, 22-31.
hár-ness
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Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam (vetulae senectutis) canitiem, An. Ox. 1877. Hárnessa canos (suos cum dolore ducentes ad inferos ), 3367
hnæpf
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Steápes, hnæppes poculi, i. calicis An. Ox. 1847. Se cyning genam þone hnæp (steáp, v. l. calicem) . . . þá se Godes wer onféng þám hnæppe (steápe, v. l.), Gr. D. 186, 7-11. and add
hoferian
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to be humpbacked Houeriendne (hoferiiendne, An. Ox. 3662) gibbum Hpt. Gl. 492, 40. Hoferedne cyppum (= gibbum Ald. 50, 21, the passage to which this and the preceding gloss belong), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 78
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hearpe-nægel
An instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpnægel plectrum, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 96; Wrt. Voc. 43, 27. Apollonius his hearpenægl genam Apollonius took his harp-nail, Ap. Th.17, 7
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