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sǽ-holm

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-holm, es; m.

Sea

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Sea Sǽholm oncneów, gársecges begang, ðæt ðú gife hæfdes, Andr. Kmbl. 1058; An. 529

fyrs

Grammar
fyrs, furze.
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Fyres ruscus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 48. Fyrrsum ramnis, An. Ox. 23, 12. Add

on-lóciend

(n.)
Grammar
on-lóciend, es; m.

An on-looker, spectator

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An on-looker, spectator Heó wæs swíðe lufigendlíc eallum onlóciendum, Anglia ix. 30, 97

Linked entry: -lóciend

ge

andevenevenboth . . . and . . . and

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Add: connecting two words or clauses, and alone Mannes heáfod ge þá sculdro magan in, Bl. H. 127, 9. Þæfian mid lufe ge mid láþe, 45, 8. Þæs bysceopes líf on bysceopháde ge ǽr bysceopháde cujus uiri et in episcopatu et ante episcopatum uita Bd. 4, 6;

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe sum of thirty pence

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A mancus, the eighth of a pound, the sum of thirty pence Fif penegas gemacigaþ ǽnne scillingc and xxx penega ǽnne mancus (other MSS. manccus, mancs), Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 52, 8. In Cnut's laws the heriot of an earl included twá hund mancus goldes (which

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?)few

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Wanting in greatness or quantity(?), few On feorhgebeorh hæfde eallum eorþcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs fæder and móder tuddorteóndra geteled ríme mismicelra (misselícra or missenlícra?) ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth

ge-dræg

Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag.
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Substitute : What is drawn together (v. dragan; ), a concourse, an assembly, of living beings Deófla gedrseg sécan, B. 756. (1 a) a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly :-- Þǽr bið cirm and cwicra gewin, gehreów and hlúd wóp . . . earmlic

hleów

covershelterProtectiona protector

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Add: cover, shelter furnished by an object Under hrófes hleó, Rä. 28, 5. Hé holtes hleó geméteð, Ph. 429. Protection afforded by a person Hé ácenned wearð tó hleó and tó hróðre hæleða cynne, An. 567: III. Hé (Alfred) becóm tó Æðelingége, and on sumes

hylc

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Substitute: a bend, winding, tortuous way; anfractus (cf. anfractum, iter tortuosum vel difficile, Corp. Gl. H. 18, 657) Stíge mistlicum hylcum dweliende (a recto) tramite errabundis anfractibus exorbitant. An. Ox. 3696 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 54. Fram stíge

for

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Add: <b>B.</b> (15) in respect to, as far as regards Ic ondette ealles mínes líchaman synna, for fel and for flǽsc ... and for ǽghwæt huesces oþþe heardes, Ll. Th. ii. 264, 3-7: Angl. xi. 98, 46-99, 55. (16) marking extent(?) :-- For án to

be-míðan

(v.)
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Add: trans. To conceal Bemíþan, bedyrnan dissimulare, occultare, An. Ox. 983: Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 35. Wé magon monnum bemíðan úrne geðonc, Past. 39, 12. Bemíþende recludentes, An. Ox. 2334. God gecýþde ꝥ mannum bemiðen wæs, Bl. H. 199, 32: Gr. D. 174,

gealg-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
gealg-mód, galg-mód, gealh-mód; adj. [gealg = gealh sád; mód mind]

Sad in mindgloomyfurioustristis anĭmofuriōsus

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Sad in mind, gloomy, furious; tristis anĭmo, furiōsus Gealgmód guma the furious man, Exon. 73 b; Th. 274, 10; Jul. 531 : 74 b; Th. 278, 15; Jul. 598. Hie eágena gesihþ aguton gealgmóde gára ordum they, furious, thrust out the eyesight with javelins'

Linked entries: galg-mód gealh-mód

síþ-from

(adj.)
Grammar
síþ-from, adj.
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Good at travelling, bold in journeying Síþfrome, searwum gearwe, wígend ( Beowulf and his men when ready for their homeward voyage ), Beo. Th. 3630 ; B. 1813 : Andr. Kmbl. 493 ; An. 247. Land Perséa sóhton síþfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls. Kmbl.

ge-rif

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rif, a seizing.
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Substitute: ge-rif, es; n. A string of things, a number of things strung together (v. N. E. D. and D. D. riff, reeve a string or rope of onion s) An gerif fisca una serta, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 40. An geríf fisca oððe in snǽs fisca oððe ððra þinga, 64, 9

ge-sǽlig

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlig, es; m.
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One who carries a standard. [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

þweor-lic

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<b>. II.</b> add: — Hwyrlice, wiþewyrde contrariam, An. Ox. 2751. add: — Hwirlicere prútunge proteruo fastu, An Ox. 1160. Þa gesceafta ðe sind þwyrlice gedúhte, hí sind tó wrace gesceapene yfeldǽdum the creatures that seem evil, they are

tó-tellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-tellan, p. -teled

To distinguish in countingcount separately

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To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon má on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f.

An evening meala suppercœna

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An evening meal, a supper; cœna, Ælfc. Gl. 58; Som. 67, 87; Wrt. Voc. 38, 13

Linked entry: ge-reord

æl-fæle

(adj.)

All-fellvery balefulomnino perniciosus

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All-fell, very baleful; omnino perniciosus Áttor ælfæle very baleful poison, Andr. Kmbl. 1539; An. 771

Linked entry: eal-felo

áncor

(n.)
Grammar
áncor, áncer; g. áncres; m.

An anchorethermitanachoreta

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An anchoret, hermit; anachoreta Sléfleás áncra scrúd hermits' sleeveless garment, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 111

Linked entries: áncer áncor-líc