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on-cirran

Grammar
on-cirran, <b>A. I a.</b>
Entry preview:

&lt;b>B. I c.&lt;/b> add :-- Thás spréce naenig mon on naenge óthre halfe oncaerrende sié, C.

ge-swinc

Grammar
ge-swinc, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I b.</b>
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the produce of labour Ic háte ꝥ gé gangen, tó mínum cyricum, and þǽr gé eówer geswinc sellað (cf. ꝥ gé ágeofan ðá teóðunge tó Godes cyrican, 16), Wlfst. 229, 7

ealdor

Grammar
ealdor, <b>; I 1 a α</b>
Entry preview:

L. 118, 23. &lt;b>I 1 b.&lt;/b> add: Lch. i. 176, 9. Add

swégan

Grammar
swégan, <b>. I b</b> 1.
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&lt;b>II a.&lt;/b> where the words of a passage are given, to be expressed in such and such words :-- ꝥ sárlice leóð þe þús swégð on þám sealme, 'Transivi et ecce non erat (Ps. 37, 35),' Angl. viii. 332, 38

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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&lt;b>I c&lt;/b> :-- Hé cwræð þæt him ofþúhte þæt hé ǽfre mancynn gesceóp, Hml. Th. i. 20, 25.

eáþ-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-lǽce, -lǽcne (-lác-); adj.
Entry preview:

Easy to cure Biþ hé þý eáðlǽcra ( printed -na) . . . hit bið þe uneáþlǽcra, Lch. ii. 258, 26. Biþ hit þý eáþlácre, 260, 2. Bið ꝥ eáðlǽcnere, 284, 23, 29. v. un-eáþlǽce, -lǽcne

íþan

(v.)
Grammar
íþan, to lay waste.
Entry preview:

ydwe, MS. ) wylce wan wætere gelíc /te clothed himself with cursing. . . it laid waste kis inward parts, fought like a flood; induit se maledictione . . . etintravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Íðende depopulans, Wrt.

Linked entry: ydwe

scín-lǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-lǽce, scín-lác; adj.
Entry preview:

Þá bróðru þe hé gemétte þǽr mid þám scínlácan (gedwimorlácum, v. l.) fýre bysmrian fratres quos phantastico reperit igne deludi, Gr. D. 124, 10. Ꝥ preóstas hí warnien wyð þá scínlácan híwinga deófla prettes (transformationes dęmonum). Chrd. 7, 25.

god

(n.)
Grammar
god, m. and <b>god;</b> n.
Entry preview:

Biscopas syndon Godes lage ( the doctrines of Christianity ) láreówas, 332, 27. Hé Godes lage smeáde, Chr. 963; P. 115, 4. Godes lof rǽran to promote the Christian religion, 5: Cht.

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
Entry preview:

L. p. 188, 2. mutually Þá óþre heom gemǽnelíce betwyh on þisse þénunge þeówian ceteri sibi invicem serviant, R. Ben. 59, 4. Gebiddaþ eów gemǽnelíce orate pro invicem, Scint. 30, 12 : 37, 6 : 64, 16

Linked entries: -mǽne-líce ge-ménelíce

netele

Grammar
netele, Add: <b>netel,</b> e
Entry preview:

Þá geseah hé þǽr neáh him weaxan þicce scaldþýfelas netelena (netlenu, nytelena, v. ll.) and brémela (urticarum et veprium) . . . hé hine sylfne nacodne wylede on þǽra netela (netlena, nytelena, v. ll. ) tendingum, Gr. D. 101, 11-17

Greátan leag

(n.)
Grammar
Greátan leag, leá, e; f.
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on ðam wæs se ærcebisceop Wulfhelme, mid eallum ðǽm æðelum mannum, and wiotan [and Æðelstáne cyninge] all this was established in the great synod at Greatley, in which was the archbishop Wulfhelm, with all the noblemen and witan [and King Athelstan], L.

grút

(n.; v.)
Grammar
grút, indecl. and <b>grút;</b> pl. n.
Entry preview:

Take these under &lt;b>grút;&lt;/b> gen. &lt;b>grýt&lt;/b> (?), &lt;b>grút&lt;/b> (?); dat. &lt;b>grýt, grút;&lt;/b> f. and add Grút far, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 76. Gruiit ( = grýt (?), grút (?)) pollinis, 117, 64.

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n. <b>I a.</b>
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&lt;b>I b.

geolstor

(n.)
Grammar
geolstor, gelostr, gillister, es; n.: <b>geolstor,</b> e; <b>gillistre,</b> an; f.
Entry preview:

Take here &lt;b>geolhstor&lt;/b> in Dict., and add Gelostr supuratio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 74. Geolstor tabo, i. sanie, An. Ox. 2, 228. Þonne yrnð ꝥ gillister út, Lch. ii. 24, 18. Weaxeð sió yfele gillestre and ꝥ yfele blód, 148, 6.

Linked entries: gillister gelostr geolhstor

Médas

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Médas, <b>Médisc.</b>

Similar entry: Mǽðas

meh

(n.; pronoun.)
Grammar
meh, <b>meht.</b>

Similar entry: mé

meðema

Grammar
meðema, <b> = (?)</b> meduma
Entry preview:

Meðema persa (wersa,Wrt.) tramarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 27

Linked entry: persa

ge-maca

Grammar
ge-maca, <b>; I 2.</b>
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Feówer gemacan sceóna calciamenta ... paria quatuor, Chrd. 48, 26. Add

ge-mǽre

Grammar
ge-mǽre, <b>; I 1.</b>
Entry preview:

Hé æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómáne gesæt, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 7. Add

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