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ge-berian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-berian, p. ede; pp. ed [ge-, berian to happen]

To happen ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ accĭdēre

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Geberede hit dæt Ercules com to him it happened that Hercules came to him, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 34, note 10, MS. Cot: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 61; Met. 25, 31

siru

(n.)
Grammar
siru, gen. sirwe ; f.
Entry preview:

Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Sette syrwa pone insidias, Jos. 8, 2

Linked entries: sirwe syrwa

un-áwendedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áwendedlíc, -áwendlíc; adj.

Unchangeable ⬩ fixed ⬩ invariable

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Gr. 43; Zup. 254, 17 note

for-drincan

Grammar
for-drincan, (fore-).
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Th. ii. 134, 21 note. For fordruncenes kyninges wordum, Mart. H. 156, 19. Add

on-stellan

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Hire nome . . . þe me ærst hire onstalde, Laym. 7132. Cf. Ger. an-stellen. Add

wígbed-steall

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-steall, es; n.

The part of the church where the altar stands

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C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9 note

Bryt-land

(n.)
Grammar
Bryt-land, Bryt-lond, es; n.

The land of Britain, Wales ⬩ Britannia, Cambria

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Into Brytlande in Walliam, Chr. 1063; Gib. 170, 41, note l

Linked entry: Bryt-

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
Entry preview:

Ne dó ic ðé nǽnne teónan (teáne, Rush.) non facio tibi injuriam, Mt. Kmbl. 20, 13. Se unrihtwísa wer wyle niman on teónan his néxtan dǽde ðeáh ðe hé him teónan ne gedó, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 19.

Linked entry: teóne

BREGO

(n.)
Grammar
BREGO, bregu, brega, breogo; indecl. m.

A leader, governor, ruler, prince, king, Lord; ⬩ imperator, princeps, rex, Dominus

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Se brega mǽra the great prince, Exon. 14a; Th. 29, note 1; Cri. 456, note. Beorna breogo the king of men. Andr. Kmbl. 609; An. 305

Linked entries: brega bregu breogo

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country

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Noe began tó wircenne ðæt land cæpit Noe exercere terram, Gen. 9, 20. Búton earmre wudewan ðe næfde nán land except a poor widow that had no land, L. Ath. v. 2; Th. i. 230, 20. Færende on lond euntes in villam, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 12.

Linked entries: land-gewyrpe landes mann

a-snǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
a-snǽsan, -snásan ; p. de ; pp. ed ; v. trans.

to hit or strike against ⬩ to stake oneself upon anything ⬩ impingere ⬩ to wrest anything from another ⬩ extorquere

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Noel, Lye

feld-gangende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
feld-gangende, -gongende; part.

Field-going ⬩ moving over a plain ⬩ campum peragrans

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Feldgongende feoh cattle traversing the field, Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 25; Seel. 81, note: Salm. Kmbl. 309; Sat. 154

Linked entry: gangan

ful-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
ful-wíte, full-wíte, es; n.

A full fine ⬩ plēna mulcta

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S. 49; Th. i. 404, 9, note 18, MS. G

Linked entry: full-wíte

lǽstend

(n.)
Grammar
lǽstend, es; m.
Entry preview:

Fylgend and lǽstend, 4, 3; S. 568, 15, note

lencten-eorþe

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-eorþe, an; f.

veractum

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Cokus quasi vere novo victum, vel subactum.'], Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 16; Wrt. Voc. 15, 16

Linked entry: eorþe

morþ-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
morþ-wyrhta, an; m.

One who causes death

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One who causes death (by witchcraft or poison) Wiccan oððe wigleras, mánsworan oððe morþwyrhtan, L.E.G. 11; Th. i. 172, 20 (see note): L. Eth. vi. 7, 36; Th. i. 316, 21, 324, 11: L.C.S. 4; Th. i. 378, 7: Wulfst. 266, 25

Linked entry: morþor-wyrhta

rád-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
rád-cniht, es; m.
Entry preview:

Gesetz. 93, note 6

ge-wæge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wæge, es; n.

A weight ⬩ measure

Entry preview:

Gewege, 2; Lchdm. i. 70, 15, note. Gewæge [giwege, Rush.] mensura, Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 24. Gewoege ł gemet mensura, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 38

big-hydiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
big-hydiglíce, -hydilíce, -hydlíce, -hidiglíce; adv.

Carefully ⬩ sollicite, sollerter

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Bighidiglíce sollicite, 1, 27; S. 489, note 39

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