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ge-mæcca

Grammar
ge-mæcca, <b>ge-mecca</b>
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Take here in Dict. and add: an equal, a like, fellow Fædor gimacca (but see ge-maca; I.I) Patris compar, Rtl. 164, 3.

hweorfan

(v.)
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Se móna is ǽfre se ylca þeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hweorfe, Lch. iii. 242, 16. Hweorfende versicolor (versiculos, MS. but the passage is: Versicolor penna pavonis, Ald. 142, 22), Wrt.

swéte

(adj.)
Grammar
swéte, adj.
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Sweet. in reference to the senses (lit. or fig.) of taste Ðis ofet is swá swéte, Cd. Th. 41, 12; Gen. 655. Ðæt is for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 11, 13.

Linked entries: swerum swót

cyning-feorm

(n.)
Grammar
cyning-feorm, cyninges feorm, e; f. [feorm food, support]

Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household regis firma

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in oxen, or in swine, or in sheep, Cod.

butere

(n.)
Grammar
butere, an; f. BUTTER; butyrum [= βούτυρον, βοῦς , Boûs a cow,τυρός cheese]
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M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 17, 19, 22. On ðære buteran in the butter, l, 36; Lchdm. ii. 88, 1.

gíme-leás

(adj.)
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gíme-leás, adj.
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Th. i. 238, 5. Útádrǽfdum gýmeleásra preósta fýlþum ejectis negle-gentium clericorum spurcitiis, Angl. xiii. 366, 16. <b>I a.

trahtnian

(v.)
Grammar
trahtnian, p. ode.

To expoundexplainto give as explanation of (be) somethingto treat of

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Th. i. 510, 26. Gregorius trahtnode ðis godspel, ii. 550, 1. Ic wolde eów trahtnian ðis godspel, ðe mann nú beforan eów rǽdde, i. 166, 3.

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULLfilledcompleteentireplēnussătiātusconfertusintĕger

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Hit is gecyndelíc ðæt ealle eorþlíce líchaman beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan ðonne on wanigendum it is natural that all earthly bodies are fuller at the increasing moon than at the waning, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 11; Lchdm. iii. 268,

Linked entries: ful ful- fol

ge-leornes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leornes, -ness, e; f.

A goingremovingdeparturedeathtransĭtustransmigrātio

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In dálum geliornesse in partes Galileæ, 2, 22. This gloss is to be explained by the old interpretation of the Hebrew, name, according to which Galilea = transmigratio

Linked entries: ge-leorednes ge-liornes

gripe

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In þæs wylmes grund ... in gléda gripe, El. 1302. v. níd-, on-gripe, and passages at gripa

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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</b> where the sensation is caused by disease :-- Þis sint tácn þæs hátan magan ómihtan, Lch. ii. 192, 24. <b>II b.

fileþe

(n.)

hay

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in: Andlang díces úp on fileþa, C. D. B. ii. 519, ii

be-fón

to seizecatchtake,to seizetake forcible possession ofto seize a criminallost propertyto catchget to see a personto getattain toto surroundencompassto enclose,to serve as a covering forcontainto put into a coveringto encircle,to lie roundto place roundto includecontaincompriseto surround with wordsfurnish with a commentaryto have to do with an objectto engage in an occupationget involved in an action

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Th. i. 118, 13. Sé geypte déman þæt Tiburtius wæs crísten, and hé wæs befangen, Shrn. 116, 24. ¶ to take in the act:-- In dernelegerscip befóen in adulterio deprehensam, Jn.

cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
cleófa, cleafa, cliófa, an; m.

a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chambercubīle, cellarium, cubiculum

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That which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber; cubīle, cellarium, cubiculum On heora cleófum oððe holum híg beóþ gelogode in cubilibus suis collocabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 103, 22.

Linked entries: cleáfa cliófa clýfa

here-cumbol

(n.)
Grammar
here-cumbol, -combol, es; m.

A military signal

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It is not so much an articulate sound, as a general cry of valour. They aim chiefly at a harsh note and a confused roar, putting their shields to their mouths, so that, by reverberation, it may swell into a fuller and deeper sound.'

hremman

(v.)
Grammar
hremman, p. de

To hinderobstructcumber

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To hinder, obstruct, cumber Forceorf hit tó hwí hremþ hit ðisne stede cut it down; why cumbereth it this place? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 4. Úre unlustas and leahtras ðe ús hremaþ our evil desires and vices that hinder us, i. 156, 12.

Linked entries: hramma ge-hremmed

þrafung

(n.)
Grammar
þrafung, e; f.

Reproofrebukecensure

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Th. i. 294, 16. Hí (Job's friends) mid manegum ðrafungum hine (Job ) geswencton, ii. 454, 21

Linked entry: þrafian

ge-nyhtsumlíce

(adv.)
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I. 90, 7

on-hrínan

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Th. ii. 164, 8. with dat. Hé ne mæg þám sáre mid handa onhrínan, Lch. ii. 198, 24

ceáp-land

(n.)
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Ic an mín wíf al ðat ceáplond and dat óðer ðat ic mid hire nam, C. D. iv. 294, 18