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a-græfen

(adj.; part.)

engravedcarvedcælatum

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engraved, carved; cælatum.Cot. 33

á-grápian

(v.)
Grammar
á-grápian, p. ode
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To handle, grasp Búton mín líchama beó on þínum bendum genyrwod and fram ðínum cwellerum on þínum copsum ágrápod unless my body in thy fetters be handled (tormented) by thy executioners , Hml. S. 8, 121

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ge-grápian

(v.)
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Add: to lay hold of with the hand; to reach Seó clǽne beó oft wíde and síde blósman gegrét . . . and hig grimme windas gemétað, and þá wreccan geswencað, ꝥ heó earfoðlíce cýððe gegrápað ( that hardly can she reach home ), Angl. viii. 324, 15. Gegrápade

mearc-grǽfa

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-grǽfa, an; m.
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A boundary grǽfa (q. v. ) Of ðes westlangan hlinces ende on ðonne mearcgréfan, C. D. iii. 135, 26

Grantan-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
Grantan-brycg, e; f: Grante brycg, e; f: Granta-brycg, e; f. [Hunt. Grantebrige: Dunel. Grantabric, Grantnebrige, Grantebryge: Hovd. Grauntebrigge]
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CAMBRIDGE, the chief town in Cambridgeshire, and seat of the University; Cantābrĭgia, agri Cantabrigiensis oppidum primarium To Grantanbrycge to Cambridge, Chr. 875; Th. 144, 9, col. 2: 145, 9, col. 2: 921; Th. 195, 29. To Grante brycge to Cambridge,

ge-grápian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grápian, p. ode; pp. od

To gropetouchpalpāre

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To grope, touch; palpāre Sió gefrédnes hine mæg gegrápian the feeling may touch it, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 10 : Ps. Th. 113, 15 : 134, 18. Hand hí habbaþ and híg ne gegrápíaþ mănus hăbent et non palpābunt, Ps. Lamb. second 113, 7. Ðá he hyne ggrápod hæfde

on-gratian

(v.)
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to grate with the teeth (?), smile (?) -Ongrynt oððe ongratað arridet, An. Ox. 33, 2. [v. N. E. D. grate.] See next word. (?)

Linked entry: gratian

níþ-grama

(n.)
Grammar
níþ-grama, an ; m.
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Malicious anger, anger and malice Geclǽnsige his heortan gehwá fram ǽghwilcum níðgraman and hetelican yrre, Wlfst. 180, 9

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pir-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
pir-gráf, es ; m.
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An orchard of pear-trees On pirgráf, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 284, 23

gor-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
gor-gráf, gor-grǽfe
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a muddy copse (?) Æt gorgráfes slædę ... eft in on gorgráfes slæd, C. D. vi. 120, 8-26. Of gorgrǽfan, v. 579, 18. On gorgráues, 380, 4

Linked entry: gráf

gran-wisc

(n.)
Grammar
gran-wisc, chaff (
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Gronuisc acus (cf. acus sifeþa, i. 83, 19) Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 16. Gronwisc, 4, 37. ?)

Linked entries: -wisc gron-wisc

wíþig-gráf

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On wíðiggráfe, C. D. v. 147, 32. Add

a-gróf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-gróf, p. of a-grafan.

inscribed

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inscribed,Exon. 1233; Th, 473, 10; Bo. 12;

græf

(n.)
Grammar
græf, graf es; n.
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A grave, trench Æt openum græfe at the open grave, L. Æthelb. 22; Th. i. 8, 5: L. Eth. 5, 12; Th. i. 308, 4: 6, 20; Th. i. 320, 4: Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 24; Seef. 97: 91 b; Th. 342, 29; Gn. Ex. 149. Ic ongyte ðeáh ðæt ða worlde lustas ne sint eallunga

Linked entries: graf grafu

gróf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gróf, pl. grófon carved, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 113; Met. 8, 57; p.
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of grafan

ísen-græf

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-græf, es; m.
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An ironstone quarry On tsengrafas ; oi isen-grafan, C. D. v. 234, 30. Cf. Isern-ðre

grǽfe

(n.)
Grammar
grǽfe, an; f.: grǽfa, an; m. (? v. mearc-grǽfa.)
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On hincstes gréfan; of hincstęs grǽfan ( but gráfan, C. D. B. iii. 655, 13), iii. 134, 27. On grǽfan, Cht. Crw. 4, 2. Þǽm gehilmdum grǽfum frondosis dumis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 76: 37, 37. Geþúfum grǽfum, 151, 22.

Linked entry: grǽf

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