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ge-dreóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-dreóhlíce, <b>ge-dreóglíce, ge-dreóhlíce </b> ; adv.
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Th. i. 418, 6. [ in a seemly manner, respectfully Hire tó leát Malcus swá dreóhlíce, Hml. A. 178, 311. ]

sǽ-rima

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-rima, an; m.

The sea-shore, coast

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The sea-shore, coast Hí mycel yfel gedydon ǽgðer ge on Defenum ge wel hwǽr be ðæm sǽriman, [Bí ða sǽrime áhwǽr in Engelande in littore marino alicubi in Anglia,Chart. Th. 422, 2.] Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20: 994; Erl. 133, 19.

ge-lang

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Is eal æt þé lissa gelong, B. 2150. from or in a place (hwǽr, þǽr). the object material Eáþe wé magon geseón on óþre healfe úrra feónda hwǽr se drinca is gelang . . . ac . . . wé him ne magon búton gefeohte tó cuman aquam quidem in conspectu esse respondit

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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Th. i. 108, 19. Hé sticmǽlum tóbræc ða anlícnysse, 464, 26. Ðæt húsel biþ sticmǽlum tódǽled, ii. 270, 33. here and there, in different places Styccimélum passim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 60.

cweccung

(n.)
Grammar
cweccung, e; f.

A moving, waggingcommotio

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A moving, wagging; commotio Ðú gesettest us on cweccunge heáfdes on folcum posuisti nos in commotionem capitis in populis, Ps. Lamb. 43, 15

gár-céne

(adj.)
Grammar
gár-céne, adj.

Spear-boldbold in armshastâ audax

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Spear-bold, bold in arms; hastâ audax Offa wæs gárcéne man Offa was a man bold in arms, Beo. Th. 3921; B. 1958

leóþ-sang

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-sang, es; m.

A songpoem

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A song, poem In swinsunge leóþsanges in modulationem carminis, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 35. For his leóþsongum cujus carminibus, S. 596, 36

mýðe

(n.)
Grammar
mýðe, (?), an; f.

The mouth of a stream

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The mouth of a stream Ǽrest fram mýðan in cyrstilmǽl ác ... eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 379, 20-380, 7

esne-wyrhta

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Hú manige esnewyrhtan (fela esnewyrhtena, v. l.) wǽron in mínes fæder húse quanti mercenarii in domo patris mei, Gr. D. 107, 4. Add

midlung

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Tó midlunge fyrdwícana heora in medio castrorum eorum, Ps. L. 77, 28. On midlunge mínra daga in dimidio dierum meorum, 101, 25. Add

sǽn

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽn, adj.
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Marine On sǽnum in glari(g)eris, An. Ox. 8, 128. Sénum, 6, 23. On sǽnum in marinis, 8, 157. Sǽnunum, 7, 201

Linked entry: sǽnig

impe

(n.)
Grammar
impe, [?], an; f.

An impsciongraftshoot

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An imp, scion, graft, shoot Ðæt is sió hálige gesomnung Godes folces ðæt eardaþ on æppeltúnum ðonne hie wel begáþ hira plantan and hiera impan óþ hié fulweaxne beóþ ecclesia quippe in hortis habitat, quæ ad viriditatem intimam exculta plantaria virtutum

irmen

(adj.)
Grammar
irmen, yrmen ; adj.
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In the following passages it occurs independently Faraþ geond ealne yrmenne grund go through the whole earth, Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 18; Cri. 481. Ofer ealne yrmenne grund, 66 a ; Th. 213, 14; Jul. 10

Linked entry: eormen

mǽg-hand

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-hand, a; f.

A relationkinsman

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A relation, kinsman Nis Eðelmóde énig méghondneór ðes cynnes ðanne Eádwald there is no nearer relative to Ethelmod in the family than Eadwald, Chart. Th. 466, 1. Wes hit becueden his bróðar suna and siððan néniggra méihanda má ðes cynnes, 465, 20.

rǽde-sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
rǽde-sceamol, es; m.
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Icel. reiðu-stóll, and see rád On rǽdescamole in pulpito, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 3. Rǽdescamelas fulchra (cf. fulcra eal bedreáf, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 33 : fulcris, thoris, lectis, Wülck. Gl. 245, 28), 36, 36

ge-weorþan

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ge-weorþan, <b>;
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III 2 a.</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29

ge-bregd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bregd, es; n, [ge-, bregdan to move to and fro]

A moving to and froagitationtossingvibrātioagĭtātiojactātio

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A moving to and fro, agitation, tossing; vibrātio, agĭtātio, jactātio Nis ðǽr on ðam londe wedra gebregd hreóh under heofonum, ne se hearda forst there is not in that land tossing of tempests rough under heaven, nor the hard frost, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201

ge-deorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen

To labour

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To labour Micel ic gedeorfe mullum laboro, Coll. Monast. Th. 20,25. In Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3, Heora scipa gedurfon L and C perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf], and Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24, Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon

Linked entry: dorfen

cleófan

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On wintra erian and in miclum gefyrstum timber cleófan, Angl. ix. 261, 23. On þone cleofenan beorh, Cht. E. 293, 27

glæsen

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Th. ii. 384, 7. Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9. Glæsene leóhtfatu, 49, 21. Add