gist
a storm
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a storm
glof
A cliff
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A cliff Hafuc sceal on glofe wilde gewunian the hawk shall dwell wild on the cliff, Menol. Fox 494; Gn. C. 17
GOD
God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god
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God, the Deity, a god. The following epithets occur: dryhten, wealdend, nergend, hǽlend, sóþ, hálig, mihtig, ælmihtig, lifgende, ealwealda, heáhengla, heofona, heofonengla, heofonríces, gǽsta, mihta, mægena, weoruda, wuldres, sigores, sigora. Án God
Linked entry: af-god
ge-rif
A seizing, taking away, a catching-as of fish, also that which is caught ⬩ raptura, captura
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A seizing, taking away, a catching-as of fish, also that which is caught; raptura, captura Án gerif fisca, oððe án snǽs fisca oððe óðra þinga one taking of fish, or one spear of fish, or of other things; una sorta, Mone A. 141; Recd. 37, 77; Wrt. Voc
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ge-ríf
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A garment Fðtsíd gerif limus (limus vestis quae ad pedes prodmitur, Isidor, v. Nap. 25), Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 45
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gilm
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Take here <b>gelm</b> in Dict., and add: a wk. pl. occurs Genim þǽre ilcan wyrte gódne gelm, Lch. ii. 30, 23 : 60, 5. Gylma manipu-lorum An. Ox. 5252. Gilmum fasciculi's 7, 270. Gylmas manipulos, i. fasces 3431. Gilman, 2366
glid
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Substitute: <b>glid, glidd</b> (?) a slippery place Sién wegas hira ðeóstre and glidd (glid, Ps. Spl. C., glidd, Ps. Srt., slidornis, Bl. Gl. lubricum ), Ps. Vos. 34, 6. v. glidder
glíw
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Take here instances under <b>gleów, glíg,</b> and add: jesting, pleasantry Glió, gliú facetiae, Txts. 61, 825. Gleó, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 70. jeering, mockery Glió cabillatio, Txts. 47, 354. Gliú gannatura, 65, 948. Ðe lǽs ðe ðú wegférendum
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ge-wif
An affection of the eye ⬩ web
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An affection of the eye, web Wið ǽlces cynnes bróc on eágon wið gewif for every sort of malady in the eyes, for web, Lchdm. iii. 290, 3
gifte
Dowry
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Dowry Gilde be ðære giftan mǽþe reddat pecuniam juxta modum dotis quam virgines accipere consueverunt, Ex. 22, 17
gilp
powder ⬩ dust ⬩ scobs
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powder, dust; scobs, Cot. 181
gist-
Giúl
Yule ⬩ Christmas
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Yule, Christmas
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. Hí hæfdon him to glige his hálwende mynegunge habebant inter se ludibrio salutarem
glid
Slippery ⬩ ready to glide ⬩ lubricus
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Slippery, ready to glide; lubricus, Ps. Spl. C. 34, 7
Linked entry: glidder
ymb-lǽr(i)gian
to surround, encompass
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(?)to surround, encompass Sýn emblǽrg[ede] ambiuntur (cf. ymb-hammen, which is a gloss to the same passage) Anglia xv. 207, 289
GYRD
A staff ⬩ rod ⬩ twig ⬩ a yard ⬩ the fourth part of a hide ⬩ virga ⬩ virgata
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Fiórþe half gird three yards and a half, Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 2. Landes sumne dǽl ðæt is án gyrd a certain portion of land, that is the fourth part of a hide, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 260, 32: 263, 7.