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níd-genga

(n.)
Grammar
níd-genga, an; m.

One who is forced to goone who goes in misery

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One who is forced to go or one who goes in misery Nacod nídgenga ( Nebuchadnezzar ), Cd. Th. 255, 32; Dan. 633

ge-trúwa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trúwa, an; m.

Confidenceconfīdentia

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Confidence; confīdentia Ǽlcum getrúwan ic gyrne fultum ðínre foreþingrǽdene omni confidentia implōro auxĭlium tuæ interventiōnis, Wanl. Catal. 294, 4, col. 2

Linked entry: ge-trúwad

ging

(adj.)
Grammar
ging, adj.

Youngjŭvĕnis

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Young; jŭvĕnis Ic up ahóf eaforan gingne I raised up a young offspring, Elen. Kmbl. 706; El. 353: 1746; El. 875

bóc-reád

(n.)

Book-red, vermilionminium

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Book-red, vermilion: so named, because it was much used in ornamenting books; minium Of bócreáde ex minio, Cot. 75: 176

geómor-fród

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-fród, adj. [geómor sad, fród old]

Old with sadnessmisĕre ætate provectus

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Old with sadness; misĕre ætate provectus Ic eom geómorfród I am old with sadness, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 14; Gen. 2224

tyge-hóc

(n.)
Grammar
tyge-hóc, es; m.
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A hook to pull with, the word occurs in a list of implements Scafan, sage, cimbíren, tigehóc, Anglia ix. 263, 2

Linked entry: hóc

þrýþ-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ-bearn, es; n.

A mighty youth

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A mighty youth Ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann, þrýðbearn hæleð, ðé gelícne, steóran ofer stæfnan, Andr. Kmbl. 987; An. 494

worms-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
worms-gemang, (?), es; n.

A mixture

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A mixture in which there is corrupt matter Wið ðæt man blód and worsmgemang (worsm gemang ?) hrǽce. Lchdm. i. 250, 7

diregað

Grammar
diregað, =
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Lat. dirigat Vibrat borettið vel diregað (the corresponding gloss, in Epinal and Erfurt glossaries is :-- Vibrat, dirigat boretit), Txts. 107, 2147

dóm-settend

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Substitute: One who ordains judgement (v. settan, ), a lawyer Juriconsultus, jurisperitus, id est rihtscrífend sive dómsettend, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 13

ge-glófed

(adj.; part.)
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gloved Ic nát hú þú hym onfón mage mid geglófedum handum; ðú scealt dón bær líc ongeán, Solil. H. 42, 11

Linked entry: glófed

geó-man

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Take here <b>-man</b> in Dict., and add Swá geómen cwǽdon, Lch. iii. 430, 32

ge-byrgednes

(n.)
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The better reading of the passage given in Dict. under ge-byrigednes is ge-byrgednes, Bd. 4, 32; Sch. 546, 3

Linked entry: ge-byrigdnes

heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, m.
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Add: One who performs heáfod-weard (see next word), one who is on guard Heáfodweardas excubitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 16

hnut-scill

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-scill, (?), e. f.

A nut-shell

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Perhaps the word may be inferred from the form hnutscyllingas in hnutscyllinga mearc, C. D. iv. 105, 5

ildend

(n.)
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The proper reading in the passage given is ylding Næs þá nǽnig ylding tó ðám nec mora, Guth. Gr. 129, 135

wille-weg

(n.)
Grammar
wille-weg, es; m.
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A road to a well Andlang d;íc on wylleweg; ðæt andlang wylleweges, C. D. v. 150, 12. Cf. well-weg

sǽ-leóþ

(n.)

a sea-song,

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a sea-song, song sung by the sailors in rowing, to keep stroke Sǽleóþes celeumatis (κέλευμα), Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 24

wæter-slæd

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-slæd, es; n.

A valley with water in it

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A valley with water in it On wæterslædes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 297, 11. On ðæt wæterslæd, iii. 394, 17

ǽngan-cundes

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽngan-cundes, adv.

In a way that is unique

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In a way that is unique (?) Críst stód ofer ádle (alde, MS.) ǽngancundes as none other did Lch. iii. 36, 25