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geoht

(n.)
Grammar
geoht, es; n.
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Iuht subiugales, uiles æquos (indomitos bigarum subiugales, Ald. 30, 12), An. Ox. 7, 135: uiles æquas, Angl. xv. 205, 101

sóþfæstness

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Hwæðer þé þince þæt hyt eall án sí . . . sóð and sóðfestnes (verum et veritas )? . . . Hweðer ðincð þé betre, þe þæt sóð, þe seó sóðfestnes?, Solil. H. 50, 2-15. Add

ǽfen-rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-rǽding, e; f.

An evening readingcollatio (apud monachos sacrorum librorum lectio quae maxime post coenam coram iis fiebat, Migne)

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An evening reading; collatio (apud monachos sacrorum librorum lectio quae maxime post coenam coram iis fiebat, Migne) Ðænne ǽfenrǽding collatio byþ gerǽdd, Angl. xiii. 393, 400. Tácne ǽfenrǽdincge gestyredum signo collationis moto 416, 723.

Linked entry: æfter-rǽding

ofer-brú

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-brú, gen. -brúwe; f.

An eye-brow

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An eye-brow Mǽden (hæfþ) tácn on ofer-brúwe swíðran, Lchdm. iii. 186, 25 : 192, 28. Oferbrúa supercilia, Wrt. Voc, i. 42, 69. Oferbrúwa supercilium, 64, 33 : 70, 40 : 282, 47. Betwux oferbrúan and brǽwum intercilium, 43, 4.

Linked entry: ofer-brǽw

CAMP

(n.)
Grammar
CAMP, comp, es; m.
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Th. 5003; B. 2505: Chr. 937; Th. 202, 2, col. 1, 2; Æðelst. 8: Andr. Kmbl. 2651; An. 1327. Mec gesette Crist to compe Christ has placed me in battle, Exon. 102b; Th. 389, 3; Rä. 7, 2: Andr. Kmbl. 468; An. 234.

cyre

(n.)
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, Angl. vii. 24, 232: An. Ox. 1315: 2682. Hé ús forgeaf ágenne cyre. Hé sealde swíðe fæste gife . . . ꝥ is seó gifu, ꝥ se man mót dón ꝥ hé wile, Hml. S. 17, 250.

gál-ness

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Se óðer leahtor is forligr and ungemetegod gálnyss; sé is geháten fornicatio Hml. S. 16, 276: Hml. Th. ii. 220, 3. Seó gálnes (luxuria) æt hyre ǽfengereordum sitt, Prud. 40 : 41: 43. Fúlre gálnysse lupanaris incesti An. Ox. 4221.

godcundnys

(n.)
Grammar
godcundnys, se; f.

Divine natureDeityDivinityGodheaddivine service

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Ond Wærferþ bisceop and se heóréd habbaþ geseted ðas godcundnysse and bishop Werferth and the convent have established this divine office, Chart. Th. 137, 28: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 218, 32

irfe-stól

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-stól, es; m.

An hereditary seat

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Ne þearf ic yrfestól eaforan bytlian ǽnegum mínra ... ne sealdest ðú mé sunu I need not build an hereditary seat for any descendant of mine. .. thou hast not given me a son, 99; Th. 131, 14; Gen. 2176

fullian

(v.)
Grammar
fullian, to fulfil.
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D. 270, 16. to fulfil an order, carry out an injunction Ic ðás forecuaedenan uuord fullíae, C. D. i. 293, 1

ge-sibling

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Wǽron þá gesyblingas (the descendants of Noah) þus tðdǽlde, Angl. xi. 3, 64. Æt hwám nimað eorðlice cynegas gafol, æt heora gesiblingum oþþe æt ælfremedum (a filiis suis an ab alienis, Mt. 17, 25), Hml. Th. i. 510, 33.

á-wiht

aloneany goodgood for anything

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Átes-hwón (v. nátes-hwón) ullatenus, Angl. xiii. 434, 987. Áreccan fier ówihte to recount any further, Cri. 248. Leng ówihte, 343: An. 801. Láðra ówihte, B. 2432.

ge-hirstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirstan, to fry.
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Haran sina gedrýgede and mid sealte gebrǽdde and gehyrste, i. 344, 13. figurative Hwæt is ðinga þe ðæs láreówes mód swíður gehierste and gegremige ðonne se anda ðe for ryhtwísnesse bið úp áhafen quid vere acrius doctoris mentem quam zelus Dei frigit

Linked entries: ge-hyrstan hirstan

for-ðam

(adv.)
Grammar
for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon; adv.

For that causeconsequentlyproptĕreaidcircoĭdeo

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He arás of deáþe, and forðan synd ðás wundru gefremode on him ipse surrexit a mortuis, et ĭdeo virtūtes operantur in eo. Mt. Bos. 14, 2: Beo. Th. 1362; B. 679: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 25; Sat. 194: Andr. Kmbl. 915; An. 458: Elen. Kmbl. 618; El. 309.

folc-lic

publicnationalcommongeneralpublicplebeiancommoncommonpopulous

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Án his þeówa his gesíða wæs. . . and samod hí gereordoden swá swá gelican. Þreo geár hé férde mid þám folclicum cempum, Hml.

sittan

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Godwine eorl and Harold and seó cwén sǽton on heora áre, Chr. 1052; P. 182, 7. Bútan hié þá burg forléten, and ꝥ nán ne sǽte hiere x mílum neáh. Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 22.

in-gang

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Tó ingangum ad fauces, ad introitum, An. Ox. 50, 47. an entering, a going into Inngong Godes mínes ingressus Dei mei. Ps. Srt. 67, 25. Hí ne dorston þæt hálige hús mid ingange ( by entering ) geneósían. Hml.

hræding

(n.)
Grammar
hræding, e; f.

Hurryhaste

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An. 123, 22

hrycg-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hǽr, es; n.
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its

dwellan

(v.)
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Dele 'p. dwelede,' and (see dwelian, 1 a), and add: trans. To lead astray, lead into error Unwærlicu sprǽc menn dweleð incauta locutio in errorem pertrahit, Past. 89, 8. Ðæt hí mid ðǽre lícettunga óðre men ne dwellen, 449, 24. intrans.