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eormen-láf

(n.)
Grammar
eormen-láf, e; f.

The great legacy ⬩ immensum rĕliquum

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The great legacy; immensum rĕliquum He eormen-láfe gehýdde he had hidden the great legacy, Beo. Th. 4460; B. 2234

féding

(n.)
Grammar
féding, e; f.

A feeding ⬩ pastio

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A feeding; pastio Seó féding ðara sceápa the feeding of the sheep, Past. 5, 2; Hat. MS. 10 b, 11

fóran-heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
fóran-heáfod, es; n.

The forehead ⬩ antĕrior pars căpĭtis ⬩ frons

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The forehead; antĕrior pars căpĭtis, frons On fóran-heáfde on the forehead. Homl. Th. ii. 266, 13: Nar. 15, 13

fulwiht-wer

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht-wer, es; m.

A baptist

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A baptist Seó gebyrd Sancte Iohannes ðæs fulwiht-weres the birthday of St. John the Baptist, Blickl. Homl. 161, 6

fyrnian

(v.)
Grammar
fyrnian, he fyrnaþ; p. ede; pp. ed

To revile ⬩ calumniāri

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To revile; calumniāri Fyrnaþ ðus ðæt flǽschord thus, it [the soul] shall revile the flesh, Soul Kmbl. 203; Seel. 103

máðum-wela

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-wela, an; m.

Wealth consisting of costly things

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Wealth consisting of costly things Æfter máððumwelan ( the contents of the fire-draké s cave ), Beo. Th. 5493; B. 2750

bil-hete

(n.)
Grammar
bil-hete, bill-hete, es; m. [bil, bill ensis, hete odium]

The hate of swords

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The hate of swords; odium ope ensium manifestatum Æfer billhete after the hate of swords, Andr. Kmbl. 156; An. 78

blǽc

(adj.)
Grammar
blǽc, adj.

Shining, pale, livid ⬩ lucidus, pallidus, lividus ⬩ to bleach

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Shining, pale, livid; lucidus, pallidus, lividus Ís brycgade blǽce brimráde the ice bridged the pale water road, Grn. An. 1264

Linked entries: blec æ-bléc

ge-hát-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hát-land, es; n.

Land of promise

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Land of promise Be inngonge ðæs gehátlondes about the entrance of the promised land, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 12

ge-sehtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sehtian, p. ode; pp. od [sehtian to settle]

To settle, reconcile ⬩ rĕconcīliāre

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To settle, reconcile; rĕconcīliāre Ða heáfodmen ða bróðra gesehtodan the chief men reconciled the brothers, Chr. 1l01; Erl. 237, 26

Linked entry: sehtan

angnere

(n.)
Grammar
angnere, es; m.
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The corner of the eye Yrqui beáhhyrne vel a(n)gneras; volvos dicimus angulos oculorum, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 2

Linked entry: agnere

gisting

(n.)
Grammar
gisting, e; f.
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The being a stranger, exile Gestinccum (one c above the line) exilia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 66. Gestincum, 30, 2

Linked entry: gestinc

hrǽcetung

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Sé þe bitere hrǽcetunge þrowað, Lch. ii. 158, 9. Lǽcedóm þe bitere hrǽcetunge áweg déþ, 188, 19: 256, 11. Add

wæl-streám

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-streám, es; m,

A destructive stream

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A destructive stream Ðonne wselstreámas (the waters of the Deluge) werodum swelgaþ, sceaðum scyldfullum, Cd. Th. 78, 30; Gen. 1301

ǽc

(n.)

an oak

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Dele; the passage belongs to ác, q. v. an oak. Dele: the passage belongs to ác, q. v

scin-hosu

(n.)
Grammar
scin-hosu, e; f.

A shin-hose ⬩ a covering for the lower part of the leg ⬩ a greave

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A shin-hose, a covering for the lower part of the leg, a greave Scinhose ocreis Hpt. Gl. 521, 5

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

mockery, blasphemy ⬩ To mock, deride, irritate, reproach, blaspheme, defame, revile ⬩ illudere, deridere, irritare, irridere, blasphemare, calumniam facere, maledicere

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Ongunnon hí on ðám wícum Moyses bysmrian they began to irritate Moses in the camps, 105, 14. Hú lange bysmraþ se wiðerwearda naman ðínne usquequo irritat adversarius nomen tuum? Ps. Spl. 73, 11.

ge-frignan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frignan, -fringan; p. -frægn, -fregn, pl. -frugnon; pp. -frugnen.

to ask ⬩ interrogare ⬩ to learn by asking ⬩ hear of

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Ne gefrægen ic ða mǽgðe sél gebæran never have I heard of the tribe bearing itself better, Beo. Th. 2026; B. 1011

ge-hwylc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwylc, -hwelc, -hwilc; pron.

Each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ whoever ⬩ whatever ⬩ quisque ⬩ unusquisque

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And hiera se æðeling gehwelcum feoh and feorh gebeád and the atheling offered each of them money and life, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 5. He beheóld heora ánra gehwilcne he observed each one of them, Th. Ap. 12, 24

æra gebland

(n.)
Grammar
æra gebland, [ær = ear sea]

The agitation of the sea

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The agitation of the sea, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 38, col. 1; ear in col. 2, and p. 203, 38, col. 1; eár in col. 2

Linked entry: ǽr-geblond