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gifig

(adj.)
Grammar
gifig, (?); adj.
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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)

god-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
god-lic, adj.
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God-like, divine Þǽre godlican besceáwunga deifice contemplationis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 61. Godlicum dealibus, i. deificis. 81

godwræc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
godwræc-lic, adj.
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Sacrilegious Ꝥ hé náme æt his handa ꝥ húsl þǽre godwræclican (-wræt-, -wret-, v. ll.) gehálgunge ut ex ejus manu sacrilegae consecrationis communionem perciperet, Gr. D. 238, 12. Gehrínan þám godwræclican (-wræt-, v. l.) mete contingere cibum sacrilegum

ge-wittiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wittiglíce, adv.
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Rationally, sensibly, sanely 'Ádumba, ðú unclǽna deófol, and gewít of ðám men.' And ðǽrrihte wearð se mann geclǽnsod fram ðám fúlan gáste, and gewittiglíce sprǽc, Hml. Th. i. 458, 6

ge-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, adj.
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Dele last reference, and add: of persons (or things personified), accustomed, used Ic mé, swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tó middes heora gemengde, Hml. S. 23 b, 372. Hý nán licgende feoh ne métton, swá hý ǽr gewuna (bewuna, v. l., cf. 16, where Thorpe prints

Linked entry: be-wuna

glade

(adv.)
Grammar
glade, (?); adv.
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Joyously, gladly Hié of þám grimman gryre glade treddedon, Dan. 439. Hí fore góddædum glade blissiað, Cri. 1287

glæd-man

(adj.)
Grammar
glæd-man, adj.
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Take here from <b>glæd</b> in Dict. Glædman hilaris, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 67. Glædman Hróþgár, B. 367

glengendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
glengendlíce, adv.
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Elegantly Glencendlíce delicate, Hpt. Gl. 435. 12

-gilde

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-gilde, adj.
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v. ǽ-gilde, ander-gilde, or-gilde, un-gilde, unander-gilde

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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that does not take care or trouble, careless, negligent Wé wénað ꝥ mænige gímeleúse menn ne réccean hú heora yrfe fare, Ll. Th. i. 238, 5. Útádrǽfdum gýmeleásra preósta fýlþum ejectis negle-gentium clericorum spurcitiis, Angl. xiii. 366, 16. <b>

gímeleáslic

(adj.)
Grammar
gímeleáslic, adj.
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That is done without care, careless, thoughtless Unwærlicu and giémeleáslicu sprǽc menn dweleð incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit Past. 89, 8. In manegum gýmeleáslicum wordum þe steór-leáslicu cildru gewuniað tó sprecanne. Gr. D. 289, 9

gin

(adj.)
Grammar
gin, adj.
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Vast

ge-tunecod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tunecod, adj.
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Provided with a tunic, dressed in a tunic Ge-tunecude togatos, Germ. 393, 155

Linked entry: tunece

ge-twinn

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-twinn, adj.
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twin; geminus, gemellus Getuin gemellus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 11. Getwinre edwiste gemine substantiae, Hy. S. 44, 13. Getwinnum gemina, Hpt. Gl. 407, 5. Getwinre mænifyld gemina, i. dupla-praeditus (gratia ), An. Ox. 1459. Getwinne lǽcedóm gemellam anodiam

ge-tynge

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-tynge, adv.
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Courteously Getincge affabiliter, An. Ox. 2853

glíw-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
glíw-georn, adj.
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Eager for amusement, fond of jesting or minstrelsy Bisceopum gebyreð ꝥ hí ne beón tó glíggeorne, ne hunda ne hafeca hédan tó swýðe, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 29

gníþelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gníþelíce, adv.
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Scantily, sparingly Geótende swíþe gnéðelíce exigue fundendo, Gr. D. 51, 13

Hámtúnisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Hámtúnisc, adj.
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Of Northampton Harold sǽde ꝥ hé Cnutes sunu wǽre and Ælfgyfe þǽre Hámtúnisca[n], Chr. 1035; P. 159, 29

haswe

(adv.)
Grammar
haswe, adv.
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Greyly Ic eom wráþre þonne wermód sý [þe] hér on hyrstum heasewe (cf. wermód se hára, Lch. iii. 30, 14) stondeþ durior quam glauca absinthia campi, Rä. 41, 61

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Add: having or communicating heat. of the sun, atmospheric conditions, &amp;c. Seó háte sunne scíneþ, E. S. viii. 478, 82. Scíneð sunne swegle hát, Met. 28, 61. Sceal eft cuman sumor swegle hát, Gn. Ex. 78. Se háta sumor drýgþ and gearwaþ sǽd and

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