gamel
of great age ⬩ ancient, of a time long past
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Add: of great age. of persons Ic eom gomel wintrum, Ps. Th. 70, 16. Gomol bið snoterost, fyrngeárum fród, sé þe ǽr fela gebídeþ, Gn. C.
riht-fæderencynn
Lineal descent or descendants on the father's side
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Gif héó bearn næbbe, feó ðonne an hire rehtfæderen[cynnes] sió néste hond, Chart. Th. 481, 21
Linked entries: fæderen-cyn riht-médrencynn
ofer-fæðman
To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope
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To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502.
tó-gínan
To yawn ⬩ gape ⬩ open
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To yawn, gape, open as the mouth does Eorðe tógaan and eall forswealh Dathanes weorod aperta est terra, et deglutivit Dathan, Ps. Th. 105, 15. Se stán tógán, stream út áweóll. Andr. Kmbl. 3044; An. 1525.
ymb-sittan
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Th. 12 arg
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hám-sócn
Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace ⬩ the crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house ⬩ an inroad or attack on one's home ⬩ attack on one's house
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Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace.
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BEÓN
To BE ⬩ exist ⬩ become ⬩ esse ⬩ fieri
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Ðonne ic stille beóm when I am still Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 5; Rä. 4, 74 : 72 a; Th. 268,,26; Jul. 438 : Mt. Lind. Rush. Stv. 9, 21. Ðú ána bist eallra déma thou alone art judge of all Hy. 8, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 38 : Bt. Met.
suþerige
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saniculum sanicle i. wudemerch, 554, 8
eald
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Add: of great age. of living creatures Ald senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 47. Hú mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne hé bið eald (ald, L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4. Ic eom eald tó híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94.
ge-nerian
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Wearð mycel wæ1 geslegen, and se dǽl þe þǽr áweg cóm wurdon on fleáme generede, Chr. 894 ; P. 88, <b>VI a.
deófol-gild
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Add: idolatry; an idolatrous practice Deófol*-*gild bið ꝥ man his Drihten forlǽte and his crístendóm, and tó deófollicum hǽðenscype gebúge . . . Óðer deófolgild is . . . ðonne se man þá sceandlican leahtras begǽð þe se sceocca hine lǽrð, Hml.
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Etna
Etna, the volcano of Sicily
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Etna, the volcano of Sicily; Ætna, æ; f. = Αἴτνη, ης; f. . Etna [MS. Eðna] ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode, dá hit upp of helle geate asprang on Sicilia ðam lande, and fela ofslóh mid bryne and mid stence [Ors. B.
pening
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[In l. 4 hymenis is a corruption of nummi s(ervire), as the gloss at Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 71 belongs to Ald. 207, 5: Semper avaritiae nummi servire volentem.] Add Smeágað sume men hwæt se pening (pænig, penig, v. ll.) getácnige, Hml, A. 44, 505.
GEARD
An inclosure ⬩ inclosed place ⬩ YARD ⬩ GARDEN ⬩ court ⬩ dwelling ⬩ home ⬩ region ⬩ land ⬩ septum ⬩ lŏcus septus ⬩ hortus ⬩ ārea ⬩ habĭtācŭlum ⬩ domĭcĭlium ⬩ rĕgio
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Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde that each should come to his own land, Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 18. On geard at home, Menol. Fox 215; Men. 109. In écne geard into the eternal home, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 17; Gú. 763 : 51 a; Th. 178, 8; Gú. 1241.
Linked entry: mǽr-geard
ge-warenian
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., and add: to warn a person, put on guard Críst gewarnode his apostolas þysum wordum: ' Vigilate ..., ' Hml. A. 49, 4. Hét hé áwritan hú hine gewarnode Mardocheus, 95, 125. ꝥ hé sí gewarnod fram him ut videatur ab ipso, R. Ben. I. 76, 7.
heáh-geréfa
A high reeve, reeve of high rank
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as the necessity of the case demanded; but that they are not established officers found in all the districts of the kingdom, and forming a settled part of the machinery of government.'
a-cyrran
To avert ⬩ avertere
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Acyrred from Cristes ǽ turned from Christ's law, 71 b; Th. 267, 6; Jul. 411
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for-grówan
To grow up ⬩ grow into ⬩ increscĕre
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To grow up, grow into; increscĕre Se ǽr in dæge wæs dýre, scríðeþ nú deóp feor, brondhord geblówen, breóstum in forgrówen copper was dear in [that] day, now it circulates wide and far, an ardent treasure flourishing, grown up in the hearts, Exon. 94
mamorian
to be deep in thought about anything
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Hí mamriaþ mín and unriht they are plunged in thought of crime and wrong; scrutantes scrutinio, Ps. Th. 63, 5. [Somner gives mamerung dormitio, dormitatio : cf. later English mammering He sits now in a mammering, As one that minds it not. Halliw.
streám-racu
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Fram streámracum óþ ðysse eorðan útgemǽru a flumine usque ad terminos orbis terrae, Ps. Th. 71, 8