gífre
Greedy ⬩ covetous ⬩ voracious ⬩ eager ⬩ desirous ⬩ avidus
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Gífrum grápum with greedy clutches, 38 b; Th. 126, 28; Gú. 378: Andr. Kmbl. 2671; An. 1337. Gesyhst ðú nú ða sweartan helle grǽdige and gífre seest thou now the black hell greedy and ravenous?
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ge-árian
To give honour ⬩ to honour ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ honorĭfĭcāre ⬩ To have mercy or compassion upon any one ⬩ be merciful to ⬩ pity ⬩ pardon ⬩ propĭtium esse ⬩ misĕrēri ⬩ parcĕre ⬩ To endow
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[ár III. property] To endow Ðurh ðone tocyme we wǽron geweorðode and gewelgade and geárode through that advent we were honoured and enriched and endowed, Blickl. Homl. 105, 24
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wadan
To go ⬩ pass ⬩ proceed.
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To go, pass, proceed. of actual movement, absolute Wód wíges heard,... and wið ðæs beornes stóp, Byrht. Th. 135, 38; By. 130: 139, 13; By. 253. Brimmen wódon, 140, 29; By. 295. Ðá com hæleða þreát wadan, Andr. Kmbl. 2543; An. 1273.
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ge-tellan
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On eallum geáre sind getealde ðreó hund daga and fíf and sixtig daga, Hml. Th. i. 178, 19-21.
blód-seax
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Blódsex flebotomum, 149, 42, Sé án blódseax (lǽceíren, v. l.) ásette on míne tungan, Gr. D. 32, 24. Se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽces ansýne bær horn and blódsex (blódaexe, v. l.), 161, 2. Add
ge-síþman
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, l. v. ge-síþ ; Gesíþmen satrape, An.
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Gesǽlige beóð ða ðe ðam fyliaþ, and unlǽde beóð ða ðe ðam wiðsacaþ, Wulfst. 264, 21. Gé sind unlǽde, earm[r]a geþóhta, Andr. Kmbl. 1487; An. 745. Unlǽdra ( the cannibals) eafoð, 59; An. 30: (evil spirits ), 283; An. 142.
preóst-híred
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An ecclesiastical community, a body of clergy Preósthíredes cleri, An. Ox. 3006. Ætforan þám bisceope and þám preósthírede, Chrd. 37, 15. In ǽlcum preósthírede (canonica congregatione), 13, 20: 60, 32. Úre preósthýredas noster clerus, 42, 32.
slege
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Add: the handle of an axe (?) Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelǽhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege (held back the pole of the axe) þone slege the stroke, might have been expected), Hml. S. 31, 154
god-sǽd
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The fear of God, piety Æþele cnihtas and ǽfæste ginge and góde in godsǽde noble youths and pious, young and good in the fear of God, Cd. 176; Th. 221, 19; Dan. 90
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hundred-mann
a centurion
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Þúsendmen and hundrydmen and fíftiesmen and teóðingmen tribunos et quinquagenarios et decanos, Ex. 18, 21
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ge-týdan
To make learned, skilled ⬩ to instruct
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To make learned, skilled, to instruct Dysine and ungelǽredne ic ðé underféng and ðá ðé getýdde and gelǽrede foolish and ignorant I received thee, and then made thee wise and taught thee, Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 10.
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ymener
A book of hymns ⬩ hymnare, hymnarium
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A book of hymns; hymnare, hymnarium Thǽr synd twá Cristes béc, and i mæssebóc, and i. ymener, and i. salter, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 32.
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Lindisfaran
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Myrcna mǽgþ and Middelengla and Lindesfarena (-farona, v. l. ), Sch. 367, 7. Hé hine ásænde Myrceon tó biscope and Middelenglum and Lindesfarum, Shrn. 59, 14
weorold-folgoþ
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Ðá hé wæs týn wintre, and hine hys yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton, ðá fleáh hé tó Godes ciricean. Blickl. Homl. 211, 22-29. Ðá forlét hé ðone woroldfolgað, and ðá gewát tó Sancte Hilarie ðæm bisceope, 217, 1
pyle
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In l. 8 for seti l. setl, and add: pylu Pylu ceruical, An. Ox. 29, 4. Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne wynstran hand innewearde and lecge tó þínum eáron, Tech. ii. 126, 6.
husc-word
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An insulting, scornful word or speech Huscworde ongan ealdorsacerd hyspan, Andr. Kmbl. 1338 ; An. 669
meter-fers
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Hig gewurðiað heora spǽce and heora meterversa gesetnyssa, 313, 29. Add
corn-wurma
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Substitute: A scarlet dye, and add Cornuurma vr[r]miculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 45. Conuurma coccus, An. Ox. 1064, note. Gor[n]wurman murice, 1064. Be cornwurman de muricibus, 1067. Cornwurmum, 5141
staþol-fæst
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Transfer last passage under to and add there: steady Cild bið cumlíðe, þancful, staðolfæst, Lch. iii. 192, 8. Staþolfæstes wífes stabilis mulieris, Scint. 226, 3. Staþelfæste tremmincge firmo (scripturarum) fulcimento, An. Ox. 1420