mete-cú
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Be oxanhyrde . . . his metecú mót gán mid hláfordes oxan. Be cúhyrde . . . gá his metecú mid hlafordes cú, Ll. Th. i. 438, 12-20. Add
máþum-cleofa
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A treasure-chamber, place where treasures are placed Gán út of þám má dmcleofan (cf. l. 266; see preceding word ), Hml. A. 110, 277
burg-gemet
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Measure used in a town Ne sceall bisceop geþafian wóh gemet, ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽlc burhgemet (cf. gange án gemet swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde, i. 270, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20
a-wreccan
To arouse ⬩ awake ⬩ revive ⬩ excitare ⬩ suscitare
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To arouse, awake, revive; excitare, suscitare Ic wylle gán and awreccan hyne of slǽpe vado ut a somno excitem eum, Jn. Bos. 11, 11. Ðe se Hǽlend awrehte quem suscitavit Jesus, 12, 1
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gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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tribute. in the following glosses Gedębin gebil gedaebeni geabuli debita pensio, Txts. 56, 336. Cesareum tributum, i. regalis gafol, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 3. Gebles (geabules, gaebles) monung exactio, Txts. 60, 394. Gafules manung, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 10.
mirce
dark ⬩ murky ⬩ dark ⬩ black ⬩ evil
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Gang ofer myrcan mór her course o'er the dark moor, Beo. Th. 2814; B. 1405. in a metaphorical sense (of sin, crime, etc.) dark, black, evil Mircne mægencræft mánwomma gehwone dark power, each sinful stain, Exon. 26 b; Th. 78, 26; Cri, 1280.
prófian
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To esteem or regard as Gif feorrancumen man búton wege gange, and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe, for þeóf hé is tó prófianne he is to be regarded as a thief, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25 : L. In. 20; Th. i. 116, 2
snǽding
A (slight?) meal ⬩ a meal ⬩ to take food
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Ðære wucan rǽdere gange tó hláfe and drince) ǽr ðan ðe hé áginne rǽdan R. Ben. Interl. 70, 4
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wudu-rǽden
Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood
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An ic twéga wǽna gang tó wuduredenne, vi. 36, 16. Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ, and éc ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf, ii. 100, 14
ears-ling
On the back, backwards ⬩ retrorsum
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Gán hý on ears-ling avertantur retrorsum, 6, 8
gest-hús
A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium
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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium Gán we sécan úre gesthús let us go and seek our hostel, Th. Apol. 18, 16. In gest-húsum in hospitiis, Ps. Surt. 54, 16
þreodung
deliberation ⬩ hesitation
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hwí nelt ðú út gán?' Wulfst. 140, 13. Tweógendlícere tweónunge þrydunge ancipiti ambiguitatis scrupulo, Hpt. Gl. 422, 34
gangere
A ganger ⬩ footman ⬩ pedester
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A ganger, footman; pedester, Som. Ben. Lye
ge-metfæstnys
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Ðæt sý mid micelre gemetfæstnesse and gestæþþignesse gedón ipsum cum summa gravitate et moderatione honestissime fiat, 67, 14. moderation in food, temperance Gang hé tó his gereorde and mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse his góda brúce, and ná
ǽr-morgen
The early morning ⬩ day-break ⬩ primum mane ⬩ matutinum ⬩ diluculum
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Ǽrmorgenes gancg wið æftentíd exitus matutini et vespere, Ps. Th. 64, 9. On ǽrmergen diluculo, 107, 2 : 56, 10: Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 27. Ǽrmyrgen mane, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Wrt. Voc. 53, 2
wísung
Direction ⬩ guidance
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Direction, guidance Scylon hý gán tó heora scriftan and hym hys synna ealle geandettan, and ealle be his wísunge gebétan Homl. Ass. 141, 71. Dathan and Abiron mycelne teónan Móyse gedydon and forsáwon his wísunge, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 224
geóng
went
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Th. 1855, note; B. 925; p. of gangan
freó-bearn
One free-born ⬩ a noble child ⬩ prōles ingĕnua ⬩ fīlius nōbĭlis
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Freóbearn wurdon alǽten líges gange the noble children were delivered from the course of the flame. Cd. 187; Th. 232, 19; Dan. 262
húsel-láf
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Gange se preóst tó ðam weofode mid ðære húselláfe ðe hé hálgode on Ðunresdæg housel must not be hallowed on Good Friday ... Let the priest go to the altar with what remains of the housel that he hallowed on Thursday, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 358, 22
læt-byrd
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A lateor slow birth Se wífman se hire cild áfédan ne mæg gange tó gewitenes mannes birgenne ... and cweþe ðás word ðis mé tó bóte ðære láþan lætbyrde let the woman who cannot nourish her [unborn] child go to the grave of a dead man ... and say these
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