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GELM

(n.)
Grammar
GELM, gilm, es; m.

A YELM ⬩ handful ⬩ manĭpŭlus

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A YELM, handful; manĭpŭlus Genim gréne mintan, ǽnne gelm take green mint, a handful, L. M. 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 120, 22 : iii. 74, 18

Linked entry: gilm

geonc

(adj.)

young

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young, Bt. 8; Rawl. 15, 13, note m

gelt

(n.)
Grammar
gelt, es; m.

A sin, crime, fault, debt ⬩ delictum, dēbĭtum

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A sin, crime, fault, debt; delictum, dēbĭtum Geltas geclánsa ða ðe ic gefremede cleanse the sins which I have committed, Ps. C. 50, 39; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 39. Gelt dēbĭtum, Prov. 24

géna

(adv.)
Grammar
géna, adv.

Yet, still, further

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Yet, still, further Ðafodest ðú géna ðæt me þeówmennen drehte thou hast still permitted the slave-woman to vex me, Cd. 102; Th. 135, 21; Gen. 2246. Næbbe ic synne wiþ hie gefremed géna I have not committed sin against her yet, 125; Th. 160, 17; Gen.

Linked entries: geóna giéna

geng

(n.)

a privy ⬩ latrina

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a privy; latrina, Cot. 123

geofa

(n.)

a giver

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a giver

Geóhol

(n.)
Grammar
Geóhol, Geóhhol, es; n.

Yule, Christmas

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Yule, Christmas Ðý twelftan dæge ofer geóhol on the twelfth day after Yule, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 8: L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 23, note

geoht

(n.)
Grammar
geoht, es; n.

A yoke

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A yoke, L. In. 60; Th. i. 140, 8: 60; Th. i. 140, 7

Linked entry: iuht

geolca

(n.)
Grammar
geolca, gioleca, geoloca, an; m.

A YOLK ⬩ ovi vitellus

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A YOLK; ovi vitellus Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg, Homl. Th. i. 40, 28. On æge biþ gioleca on middan in

Linked entries: geoloca gioleca

geolna

(n.)
Grammar
geolna, an; m.

A kind of Egyptian stork ⬩ ibis

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A kind of Egyptian stork; ibis, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 30; Wrt. Voc. 29, 49

geár

(n.)
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Add: (n.) and m. as a unit of time-measurement, in the case of (approximately) exact measurement, the number of years being given Þá wæs syxte geár Constantínes cáserdómes, El. 7. Ánes geáres cild oððe lamb anniculus Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 11. Wé ealne þysne

gegn-

(prefix)

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gella

Similar entry: stán-gella

gelm

Similar entry: gilm

géme-

(prefix)

Similar entry: gíme-

géna

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Take here geána, geóna in Dict. and add In Ongel-cyricean, on þǽre þú ána nú géna (gyt, gyta, v. ll.) eart bysceop ge-méted in Anglorum ecclesia, in qua adhuc solus tu episcopus inueniris, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 73, 3. Geóna (geáne, L., nú gyt, W. S.) feówer

geng

(n.)
Grammar
geng, a privy. l. genge, q. v.

-geng

(suffix)
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practice

-geng

(suffix)
Grammar
-geng, company.

Similar entry: ge-geng

gefole

Grammar
gefole, l.
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ge-fol

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