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G

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WHEN g is the last radical letter of an Anglo-Saxon word, and follows a long vowel or an r, it is often changed into h, but then the g is resumed when followed by a vowel; as, - Beáh a ring; gen. es; m. beáges of a ring; pl. beágas rings; burh a town;

heonan

(adv.)
Grammar
heonan, heonon, heonun, hionan; adv. of place and time.

Hencefrom here

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Hence, from here Heonon abhine, Ælfc. Gr. 16; Som. 20, 4. Feor heonan far from here, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 19; Ph. 1. Ic mæg heonon geseón I can see from here. Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666. Ǽr ðú heonan móte ere thou mayest go hence, Exon. 72 a; Th. 269

hreám

(n.)
Grammar
hreám, es; m.

A cryoutcryhuecryingtumultuproar

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A cry, outcry, hue and cry, crying, tumult, uproar Ðæra Sodomitiscra hreám ys gemenigfyld clamor Sodomorum multiplicatus est, Gen. 18, 20: Past. 55; Swt. 427, 33: Cd. 229; Th. 309, 28; Sat. 717. Ðam hálgan were wæs geþuht ðæt ðæs gefeohtes hreám mihte

Linked entry: hrýman

inne-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinteriorintestinesviscera

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Inward, internal, interior; the word may generally be rendered by the phrase the inner part of [the noun with which it agrees]. In the neut. sing. and pl. it is used as a noun, intestines, viscera, the inward part Inneweard þeoh femen, Ælfc. Gl. 75 ;

Linked entry: innan-weard

láreów

(n.)
Grammar
láreów, es; m.

A teachermasterpreacher

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A teacher, master, preacher Láreów doctor vel imbutor, vel eruditor: dogmatista, Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 73, 98, 102; Wrt. Voc. 46, 55, 59. Cilda láreów pædogogus, Som. 73, 103; Wrt. Voc. 46, 60. Láreów dogmatista, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 50. Wé cildra biddaþ ðé

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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To feign, pretend, profess falsely, simulate Forðam seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet ðæt mon scyle wénan ðæt beó is sió sóþe gesǽlþ illa [prospera fortuna] enim specie felicitatis, cum videtur blanda, mentitur, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 30. Oft ða unþeáwas

Linked entry: líccettan

mynetere

(n.)
Grammar
mynetere, es; m.

a moneyera money-changermoney-dealera minterone who coins

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a moneyer, a money-changer, money-dealer Mynetere nummularius, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 15 : trapezita, 57, 33 : trapezeta vel nummularius, 73, 47. Miyniteri numularius, nummorum praerogator ii. 115, 2. Mynetere trapezita, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 43. Mynetera nummulariorum

Linked entry: mynet-smiððe

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to haveto be without

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not to have, to be without Næbbe ic synne gefremed, Cd. Th. 160, 15; Gen. 2650, Næbbe ic welan, Andr. Kmbl. 601; An. 301. Nafast hláfes wiste, 621; An. 311. Ðú næfst nán þing, Jn. Skt. 4, 11. Næft ðú, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 71; Met. 20, 36. Hé nǽnige mehte

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne

nearuness

(n.)
Grammar
nearuness, e; f.

a straitoppressiondistressdistressanxietytribulationtroublegrief

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a strait Mid longre nearonesse be eástan Constantinopolim ligeþ juxta Constantinopolim longae mittuntur angustiae, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 21. oppression, distress (of body) Nearones breósta oppression of the chest, Lchdm. ii. 204, 27. Ðæt ( asthma ) ys

Linked entry: nirwett

GOD

(n.)
Grammar
GOD, es; m.

Godthe Deitya god

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God, the Deity, a god. The following epithets occur: dryhten, wealdend, nergend, hǽlend, sóþ, hálig, mihtig, ælmihtig, lifgende, ealwealda, heáhengla, heofona, heofonengla, heofonríces, gǽsta, mihta, mægena, weoruda, wuldres, sigores, sigora. Án God

Linked entry: af-god

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Swift, fleet, that does or can move quickly Suift alacer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 76. Swift, 6, 51: expeditus, 145, 36: celer, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 44, 9. Swyft pernix, 9, 64; Zup. 71, 2. Swift scip archiromachus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 30. Hé (the phenix) is snel

Linked entry: swyft

wícnere

(n.)
Grammar
wícnere, es; m.
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An officer, a minister, steward, manager Wícnere dispensator, Hpt. Gl. 453, 47, Be ðam men ðe ðone wífman fram his hláforde áspaneþ, ðe his wícnere (villicus ) bið, L. Ecg. P. ii. 14, tit.; Th. ii. 180, 25. Hé clipode him tó his yldestan geréfan ( servum

Linked entry: wícnung

fleógan

to flyto fleeto avoid

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Add: to fly with wings (lit. or metaph.) Né ic fleóge non trano, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 49. Hwelc seleð mé fíðru swé swé culfran and ic flígu (volabo), Ps. Srt. 54, 7. Hé ástág on þone torr, and áþenedum earmum ongan fleógan on þá lyfte, Bl. H. 187, 28. Hé

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Substitute: and add: a first shaping, birth Þé wǽre sélre . . . þǽr þú wurde ǽt frymþe (frumsceafte, v. l.) fugel . . . þonne þú ǽfre on moldan man gewurde it had been better for thee . . . if thou hadst been born a bird . . . than that thou shouldst

ge-lytlian

(v.)
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Add Gewanude vel gelytlade deminute, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 67. I. trans, to make less than something else Þú gelitludest hine lythwón lǽs fram englum minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis, Ps. L. 8, 6. to mate less than before, to diminish, lessen, with

ge-metlic

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Add: pertaining to measuring (?) Gemetlic funalis (cf. metráp for connexion of a rope with measuring), Wrt. Voc. II. 151, 57. measurable Gemetelice (mensurabiles) þú ásettest dagas míne, Ps. L. 38, 6. meet, suitable, fit Þ hé ne wilnige wynsumran wyrde

Linked entry: ge-métednes

ge-þrowian

(v.)
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Add: absolute, to suffer; in a special sense, to suffer martyrdom, die Ðonne forwyrð ðín bróður, for ðone Críst geðrowade ( propter quem Christus mortuus est ), Past. 451, 34; Jul. 448. Geðrouende hine foresǽgde passurum se praenuntians, Mt. p. 17, 17

ge-cennan

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Substitute: to bring forth, bear children Gecennes sunu pariet filium, Mt. L. i. 21, 23. Gecende (peperit) sunu hire frumcende, 25. ꝥ cneúreso gicende quod generatio edidit, Rtl. 108, 29. Of ðaem gecenned ł geboren is Haelend de qua natus est Iesus,

ge-fégan

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Add: — Gefégað conpingite, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 43. of construction, to join the parts of a structure, construct, compact Þæt fær ( the ark ) wið ýða gewyrc, gefég fæste, Gen. 1310. Gefégde compacta, i. conjuncta (delubra), An. Ox. 2254. (1 a) of the structure

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Add: to presume, absolute Audeo ic dearr audens gedyrstlǽcende, ausus gedyrstlǽcð, ausurus sé ðe gedyrstlǽcð. Ælfc. Gr. Z. 247, 3-5. with an object Gif wé mid rícan mannan hwæt embe úre neóde manian willað, þæt wé ne gedyrstlǽcað ( prae sumimus ) bútan