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æt-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-gifan, p. -geaf, -gaf, pl. -geáfon, géfon; pp. -gifen [æt to, gifan]

To give torenderaffordtribuereaflferre

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To give to, render, afford; tribuere, aflferre Ic him Mf-wtaðe lytle meahte ætgifan æt gúðe / could render to him little life-protection in the conflict, Beo. Th. 5748; B. 2878

cynnan

(v.)

to declare, clear, proveadvocāre, purgāre, manifestāre

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to declare, clear, prove; advocāre, purgāre, manifestāre Gif he cynne ðæt he hit bohte if he declare that he bought it, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12, note 7

deáw-driás

(n.)
Grammar
deáw-driás, es; m? [dreósan to fall]

A fall of dew, dew-fall rōris cāsus

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A fall of dew, dew-fall; rōris cāsus Deáwdriás on dæge weorþeþ winde geondsáwen the dew-fall in day is scattered by the wind, Cd. 188; Th. 233, 17; Dan. 277

mæst-lón

(n.)

pulleys at the top of the mast over which the ropes are drawn

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pulleys at the top of the mast over which the ropes are drawn Carceria, mæstlón, sunt in cacumine arboris trocliae, quasi flicteria, per quas funes trahuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 59. (?)

ge-werdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werdan, p. de; pp. ed

To hurtinjurelæderenocere

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To hurt, injure; lædere, nocere Gif hwá on ceáse wíf gewurde if any one in strife hurt a woman, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17: 26; Th. i. 50, 24

ymb-hammen

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-hammen, adj.
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Surrounded, covered Ymbhamne (printed -humne) ambitiuntur (=ambiuntur ; the passage is: Manicae sericis clavate calliculae rubricatis pellibus ambiuntur, Ald. 77), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 59. Ymbhwyrfte, ymbhammene, 2, 14. Cf. seolfor-hammen

Linked entries: ymb-humne ymb-hwirfan

á-déman

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Ðæt is seó stów on ðǽre syndon tó ádémanne and tó clǽnsianne monna sáula ipse est locus in quo examinandae et castigandae sunt animae, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 4. Add

an-mód

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Add: In some of the passages perhaps án-mód should be read Onmód (an-) contumax, Txts. 48, 202. Anmóde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 67. Contumax, i. superbus anmóda contemptor, 135, 23

firwit-ness

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Voc. ii. 137, 56. Fyrewitnesse (feortwitnysse. Hpt. Gl. 429, 43) ardoris (cf. Hy. S. 14, 30 under firwit), An. Ox. 975. Take here fyrwitnes in Dict., and add

frecian

(v.)
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to be greedy, eat voraciously Freceo (for the verbal inflexion cf. fraefeleo, 103, 49), mengio (=ic menge, 58, 42) lu[r]cor Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 13. Freced(-o?), 51, 14

fullwian

(v.)
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Take here <b>fullian</b> in Dict., and add Ic þé fullwie on mínne Godfæder, Shrn. 106, 13. Ðá ongan hé fullwian ðá óðre cnihtas, 78, 28

Linked entry: fullian

glíw-gamen

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-gamen, es; n.
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Musical entertainment, music Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele cithara et lyra et tympanum et tibia et vinum in conviviis vestris (Is. 5, 12), Wlfst. 46, 16

hengest

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Hengest canterius, Lch. i. lxi, 4: caballus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 77: cabullus, i. 287, 43. The word occurs in several local names, v. C. D. vi. 297, col. 2. Add

hýþ-gild

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Substitute: A festival held at a harbour in honour of the god of harbours Hýdgylda portunalia (spurcas caeremonias exhibentes, aut lupercalia celebrando, vel portumnalia perpetrando, Ald. 67, II), An. Ox. 4717

Linked entry: hýþ-lic

séma

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Sum wer wæs on þyssere ylcan byrig, þæs nama wæs Aduocatus, sé wæs séma and ríhtend manigra manna ( the Latin is: Quidam aduocatus in hac urbe), Gr. D. 297, 6. Add

heáfod-ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ǽdre, e; f.

The cephalick vein

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The cephalick vein Lǽt him blód on ðam winestran earme of ðære heáfodǽdre let blood from the cephalick vein in his left arm, L. M. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 254, 7

feor

(adv.)
Grammar
feor, adv.

avoidancewidelywidelyfarfar

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Firr gáa longius ire, Lk. L. 24, 28. Ǽrendian fyr swá nýr swá hwyder swá him mon tó tǽcð, Ll. Th. i. 432, 18. where point from which distance is measured is given, in dative Hé hwearf mondreámum feor, B. 1715. with a prep.

Linked entries: fier firr fyr

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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l0: Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 342, 31; Hick, Thes. i. 135. a covering [in this sense the word is preserved in some dialects.

Linked entry: helmiht

ge-dwellan

(v.)
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To lead astray. in a physical sense (v. ge-dwelian ; II. 1), in a mental or moral sense, the object a person Ðæt hé gewundige ðá heortan ðára gehírendra . . ., ðæt is ðæt hé hié gedweleð ne erroris vulnere audientium corda feriantur, Past. 93, 20.

sunne

(n.)
Grammar
sunne, an (sunnu, Cd. Th. 286, 14; Sat. 352, and acc. sunne, 147, 11; Gen. 2437:
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<b>I b.

Linked entries: sunna sunnu sól