gifol
Generous ⬩ bountiful ⬩ liberal ⬩ largus
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Generous, bountiful, liberal; largus He swá gifol is and swá rúmedlíce gifþ he is so liberal and gives so abundantly, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 14
gió-man
A man of old ⬩ qui olim vixit
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Fox 1, 46; Met. 1, 23. v. iú-man
scottettan
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sceóteþ: t for þ occurs in verb inflexions in the same glossary, e. g. geþwǽrat, 397, 439) saltat, Germ. 394, 222
blód-wanian
To diminish blood ⬩ sanguinem minuere
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[wanian to diminish] To diminish blood; sanguinem minuere Nys ná gód móna blódwanian it is not a good moon for diminishing blood, Lchdm. iii. 184, 16
ge-hola
A protector
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A protector Ðam ðe him lyt hafaþ leófra geholena to him who has for himself few dear protectors, Exon. 76 b; Th. 288, 15; Wand. 31
Linked entry: -hola
ge-rehte
related, explained, interpreted, directed,
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related, explained, interpreted, directed, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 2: Ps. Th. 140, 2: Jn. Bos. 1, 38, 41, 42; p. and pp. of ge-reccan
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þeód-fruma
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A prince of a people, a lord, ruler Ðæt hí þiówien swilcum þiódfruman (hláforde, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 29), Met. 29, 94. Cf. land-fruma
under-neoþemest
lowest
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Cf. sió eorðe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20), Met. 20, 135
Linked entries: neoþemest under-niþemæst
dracu
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Trouble, affliction Eal hit is for synnum and gyt weorþeð máre, þæs þe béc secgað, wracu (dracu, v. l. ) and gedrecednes, Wlfst. 91, 7. v. dreccan
folc-lár
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For ' Cot. . . . Lye' substitute
glasin
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See Angl. xxxiii. 137 for a Celtic origin of the word
hærn
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Substitute for passages Hraen, raen fiustra, undae, Txts. 60, 400. Flód oððe hærn flustra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 32. Hærn eft onwand árýða geblond, An. 531
huntnold
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færeld for suffix.
maga
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Hé cuæð ðæt gé móston drincan ge-wealden wínes for eówres magan mettrymnesse modico vino utere propter stomachum et frequentes tuas infirmitates, Past. 319, 7. Add
ondryslíce
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Awfully, terribly Hú egeslíce and hú andryslíce se heálica cyngc þǽr gedémeð ánra gehwylcum for ǽrdǽdum, Wlfst. 137, 2. Swíðe ondryslíce ierribiliter, Gr. D. 119, 24
riht-wirþe
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Fultuma mé þæt ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe þé lícwyrðe sí, and mé for þám lýfum best and rihtwyrðost sí, Solil. H. 13, 25
wæl-grǽdig
Greedy for the slain
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Greedy for the slain (an epithet of cannibals) Hæfdon hié áwriten wælgrǽdige wera endestæf, hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon, Andr. Kmbl. 269; An. 135
Linked entry: wæl-gífre
corn-troh
A corn-trough ⬩ bin ⬩ a vessel for cleansing grains of corn ⬩ cista frumentaria ⬩ capisterium
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A corn-trough, bin, a vessel for cleansing grains of corn; cista frumentaria, capisterium Corntroh capisterium Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 62; Wrt. Voc. 16, 35
spigettan
To spit
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Ðá ongan se Catulus him spigettan on, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 5
be-neoðan
BENEATH ⬩ below ⬩ under ⬩ infra
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Nis nán wuht benyðan [him] no creature is beneath him [beneath God's notice] Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 18