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un-gelǽredness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelǽredness, e; f.

Uninstructedness ⬩ ignorance ⬩ inexperience ⬩ rudeness

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Hé hié ðreáde for hira ungelǽrednesse pastorum imperitia increpatur, 1; Swt. 27, 24. Mid ðearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse paupertate ac rusticitate sua, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 28

Linked entry: ge-lǽrednes

wuldor-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-gifu, e; f.

A glorious gift ⬩ a gift of heaven

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Ðý læs hé for wlence, wuldorgeofona ful, mon móde swíð, of gemete hweorfe, Exon. Th. 294, 33; Crä. 24. Dé beorht Fæder geweorðaþ wuldorgifum, cræfte and mihte, Andr. Kmbl. 1875; An. 940. Gástes mihtum, wuldorgifum, Elen. Kmbl. 2141; An. 1072

ǽmetta

Grammar
ǽmetta, ǽmeta, ǽmta.
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Beóð hié swíður on hiera móde geswenced for ðǽm ǽmettan (ǽmtan, Hatt. MS.) ipsa deterius sua quiete fatigantur, 126, 24, Swá oft swá hí ǽmtan (ǽmettan, v. l.) habbaþ quotiescumque vacant, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 16: Ll. Th. i. 236, 3. Add

Linked entry: ǽmta

á-lífedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
á-lífedlíce, adv.
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Þæt hé his ǽwe healde, and álýfedlíce for folces eácan bearn gestreóne, Hml. Th. ii. 94, 20. Álífed*-*lícur expedius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 42

coccel

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For last citation substitute Lasers, coccela loliorum, zizaniorum, Hpt. Gl. 462, 24, and add :-- Hyre corn beóð gelíce coccele ( a mistranslation of cocci simile), Lch. i. 170, 2. Hé sǽwð ge lasor ge coccul on manna æceron, Angl. viii. 300, 24.

ge-treówfull

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Þá getreówfullan for Godes ege ealle lífes wiðerweardnesse forþyldigian scylun fideles pro Domino universa contraria sustinere debent, R. Ben. 27, 7. Sǽd getreówfulra semen Iacob, Ps. Rdr. 21, 24. Ðá getreówfullan Israhél, 13, 7

gor

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Goor (for oo = ov. boor = bor, 98, 7, hool = hol; 124, 13) fimum, 108, 65. pulp (?) Mængc wiþ þá sápan and þæs æpples gor, Lch. iii. 36, 31

heofon-wlitig

(adj.)
Grammar
heofon-wlitig, adj.
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Of heavenly beauty Wé magon gedón þæt eorðcundlice men magon gewiorðan hiofonwlitige, Forst. Verc. 115, II

swǽr

(n.)
Grammar
swǽr, swár, es; n.
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Först. 173

þúr

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Först. 123, 20. Add

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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  Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

GEALLA

(n.)
Grammar
GEALLA, ealla, an; m.

GALL ⬩ bile ⬩ fel ⬩ bīlis ⬩ a gall ⬩ fretted place on the skin ⬩ intertrīgo

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Wið seóndum geallan for straining out bile, L. M. 3, 11; Lchdm. ii. 314, 7. a gall, fretted place on the skin; intertrīgo Wið horses geallan for a horse's gall, L. M. 1, 88; Lchdm. ii. 156, 21.

Linked entry: ealla

ge-healdsumnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-healdsumnys, -nyss, e; f.

A keeping ⬩ observance ⬩ preservation ⬩ abstinence ⬩ custōdia ⬩ observātio ⬩ conservātio ⬩ abstĭnentia

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For gehealdsumnysse sóþre eádmódnysse beóþ fórwel oft Godes gecorenan geswencte for preservation of true humility God's chosen are very often afflicted, Homl. Th. i. 474, 10. Mid ðære gehealdsumnysse with abstinence, i. 318, 8

géman

(v.)
Grammar
géman, p. de; pp. ed
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To care for, regard, heed, cure; cūrāre Ne gémdon hie nánes fyrenlustes they cared not for any luxury, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 7 : Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 39.

Linked entry: GÝMAN

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.
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Hilda was for thirty-three years in the world and for thirty-three years in the cloister, Shrn. 149, 5.

híw-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
híw-rǽden, e; f.
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For bénum abbodes and ðære heórǽdene æt Bercleá for the prayers of the abbot and of the brethren at Berkeley, Chart. Th. 129, 30: 168, 24. Sib sí ðisse híwrǽddenne pax huic domui, Lk. Skt. 9, 5: 19, 9: Gen. 28, 2: Ex. 2, 1.

up-áhefedness

(n.)
Grammar
up-áhefedness, e; f.
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Elevation. literal Exaltatio sancte crucis, ðæt is on Engliscre sprǽce upáhefednyss ðære hálgan róde, for ðan ðe heó wæs áhafen on ðam dæge, Homl.

Linked entry: up-áhafenness

fadian

(v.)
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Ox. 56, 326. absolute Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for strangers), Ll.

freó-man

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For last passage substitute Hwæt gifest þú me, gásta Waldend, freómanna tó frófre ... ne sealdest þú mé sunu ... Gǽð geréfa mín fægen freóbearnum what freeborn children wilt thou give me, Ruler of spirits, for my comfort? ...

ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, l. ge-herian,
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Nán mon ne bið mid rihte for óþres góde nó ðý mǽrra ne nó ðý geheredra, Bt. 30, l; F. 108, 27

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