ge-hwǽde
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Th. i. 510, 25. of quantity Áfédde seó wudewe þone wítegan mid dám lytlan melewe and þám gehwǽdan ele, Hml. 8. 18, 66. applied to non-material things. of time Ic eom gehwǽde tíd ( modicum ) mid eów.
hege
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Ne læg ælðeódig man wiðútan mínum hegum, ac mín dura geopenode symle wegférendum foris non mansit peregrinus, ostium meum viatori patuit (Job. 31, 32), Hml. Th. ii. 448, 22. 'Far geond wegas and hegas' . . .
weler
A lip
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Ic ne wirne míne welora labia mea non prohibebo Past. 49; Swt. 380, 10. Gif mannes múð sár sié, genim betonican . . . lege on ða weolore Lchdm. ii. 48, 29
Linked entry: weoler
elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Ne gespræc hé ná þý þe hé hit wolde forðbringan, ac elles beótigende non proferendo, sed minando, Gr. D. 152, 16. Búton þú elles wylle sin aliter tibi videtur, Num. 11, 15. Gif hé elles déð, Hml. Th. i. 266, 14: Hml. S. 27, 73.
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Sé fandað Godes, sé þe his ágen gesceád forlǽt þe him God forgeaf, and swá bútan gesceáde sécð Godes fultum, Scrd. 22, 2-4. to visit Ic wæs on cearcerne, and gé mín noldon fandian in carcere eram, et non visitastis me, Past. 329, 5.
cwealm-stów
A place of execution ⬩ patibuli vel supplicii locus
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A place of execution ; patibuli vel supplicii locus He to ðære cwealmstówe lǽded wæs he was led to the place of execution, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, note 38
Linked entry: cualme-stów
ferd-wíte
a fine for neglecting to pay the contribution to the army
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In. 51; Th. i. 134, 10, note 23, MS. B: Th. Diplm. A. D. 1044; 359, 3
mótan
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Gif man óðerne sace tihte and hé ðane mannan móte (meet with; Price translates cite, see his note) an medle oððe an þinge, L.H.E. 8; Th. i. 30, 11
ge-cígednes
A calling ⬩ vŏcātio
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Gecígednes vocatio, vocabulum, nomen, Hpt. Gl. 441, 466
Linked entries: ge-cænenis ge-cýgednes
geolhstor
Matter, corruption, poison, venom ⬩ sanies
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Matter, corruption, poison, venom; sanies Hire geolhstor út fleów the matter flowed out from her, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, note 3. Geolster virus, tabum, Hpt. Gl. 517, 490
gifig
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Possessing as the result of gift or grant Gifine com-potem Angl. xi. 171, 7 (v. note there in which the word is compared with Goth. gabeigs: Icel. gǫfugr)
herebeorgian
lodge
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To take up one's quarters, lodge Wolde his án mon herebeorgian æt ánes mannes (wícian æt ánes búndan húse, v. l.) his unðances, Chr. 1048; P. 173, note I
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stígend
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Ox. 32 note
ofer-firr
Too great distance
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Too great distance Hit is feáwum mannum cúð for ðære oferfyrre insula Thule, quae per infinitum a ceteris separata, vix paucis nota habetur, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 21
Linked entry: firr
exámeron
A work on the six days of creation ⬩ hexæmĕron = ἑξαήμερον = ἕξ, six, ἡμέριος, ον
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Norm. I. Basilius awrát áne wundorlíce boc, be eallum Godes weorcum, ðe he geworhte on six dagum, Exámeron geháten Basil wrote a wonderful book about all the works of God, which he wrought in six days, called Hexameron, Basil prm; Norm. 32, 12
gleowian
To play on an instrument ⬩ sing ⬩ joke ⬩ jest ⬩ act the gleeman or buffoon ⬩ fidicinare ⬩ jocari ⬩ scurrari ⬩ scurram agere
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Ðæt ǽnig preóst ne gliwige that no priest act the gleeman, L. Edg. C. 58; Th. ii. 256, 16.
geongra
A junior, disciple, vassal, subject, follower, attendant, servant ⬩ jūnior; adŏlescentŭlus, discĭpŭlus, assecla, sectātor, mĭnister
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Ne wille ic leng his geongra wurþan I will no longer be his vassal, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 15; Gen. 291: 15; Th. 18, 23; Gen. 277. Þurh ǽnne ðara apostola geongrena through one of the followers of the apostles, Ors. 6, 11; Bos. 121, 8.
teáfor
a pigment, material used for colouring, tiver (red ochre for marking sheep (Suffolk) ⬩ a material used in making a salve
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Old Farming Words, no. vi) Métingc pictura, reád teáfor minium, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 74. Teáfor minium, 75, 20. Tfafrf ( = teáfre) minio, Germ. 400, 130.
wirn
A hindrance ⬩ obstacle ⬩ difficulty
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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall . . . ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó the fire will go everywhere . . . and no one will be able to hinder it, Wulfst. 138, 7
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á-ceápian
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On ðá gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne on the condition that no man is to buy him out of the land he holds, i. e. get it by paying a higher rent Cht. Th. 151, 14. [Cf. O. H. Ger. er-kaufen redimere.] Cf. á-bycgan