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pening

(n.)
Grammar
pening, penning, pending, penig, pennig, es; m.
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Hý man wegeþ, swá man déþ gold wið penegas, and gif ða penegas teóþ swíðor ðonne ðæt gold, ðonne miswyrþ ðam men hraðe,Wulfst. 240, 2-4

Linked entry: pending

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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We willaþ wið ðam golde grið fæstnian for the gold we will make a truce, Byrht. Th. 132, 53; By. 35. Heó gesóhte Baldwines grið she sought the protection of Baldwin, Chr. 1037; Erl. 167, 3: 1048; Erl. 178, 34: 180, 17, 19.

ge-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lúcan, p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen

To shut, lock, fasten, weaveclaudĕre, nectĕre

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he saw an all-golden ensign, greatest of hand-wonders, woven by arts of song [by magic], Beo. Th. 5531; B. 2769

birhtan

(v.)

to shine

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to shine, literal Eall mín weorod for ðǽre micelnesse ðæs goldes scán and berhte, Nar. 7, 15. Byr[htende] coruscans, An. Ox. 4203. figurative Hé beforan manna eágum swá manigum wundrum sceán and berhte, Guth. 90, 11.

Linked entries: beorhtan brihtan

cræt

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Ðá stód þǽre sunnan cræt mid feówer horsum of golde ágoten . . . ; on óðre healfe stód ðæs mónan cræt of seolfre ágoten and ðá oxan ðǽrto, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 22. Se þegen álýhte of his cræte ( de curru suo ), i. 400, 26. On cræte in carruca, Wrt.

hlifian

(v.)
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Hlifode ofer mycel stánclif and swá hlifiende . . . ꝥ stánclif þe him ofer hlifode magna desuper rupes eminebat . . . prominens . . . saxum quod desuper incubuerat 213, 10-24. of degree Fore golde and fore gimmum forð hlifað seó reádnes and bryne ðæs

ágnian

(v.)
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Ágnege (agan, R.) gold possidere aurum , 10, 9. of legal possession, to declare one's self the owner of property, so rendering team (q. v. , also tíman, ) unnecessary Swá hé hit ágnode swá hé hit týmde whether he declared himself to have been the owner

ge-clǽnsian

(v.)
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Add:, ge-clásnian. to cleanse an object from impurity (gen. or prep.). physical Gold womma gehwylces geclǽnsod, El. 1311. Seolfur earðan geclásnad argentum terrae purgatum. Ps.

reáfian

(v.)
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Ðá ðe giét fliétað æfter óðera monna (gódum) and hié reáfiað qui aliena rapere contendunt, Past. 319, 16. (2 a) to take something from a person :-- Biþ leófwendra sé ðe gold selþ ðonne sé þe hit gaderaþ and on óþrum reáfaþ, Bt. 13; F. 38, 13

wecg

(n.)
Grammar
wecg, es; m.

a wedge a mass of metal a piece of money

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On smǽtum goldórum ł (gold-?) wecgum in obrizum auri metallum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 14. Nis ná Godes wununge on ðám grǽgum stánum, ne on ǽrenum wecgum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 136.

hǽðen-styrc

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðen-styrc, es; m.

A heathen stirk, calf used in heathen worship, the golden calf made by the Israelites

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A heathen stirk, calf used in heathen worship, the golden calf made by the Israelites Hí on Choreb swylce cealf ongunnon him tó godegylde georne wyrcean; onwendan heora wuldor on ðæne wyrsan hád hǽðenstyrces hig etendes fecerunt vitulum in Choreb, et

bi-settan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-settan, p. -sette, pl. -setton; pp. -seted, -sett

To set, beset, surroundinserere, circumdare

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To set, beset, surround; inserere, circumdare Ðonne gim in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted weorþeþ when a gem has been set in a golden vessel by the artifice of smiths, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 9; Ph. 304.

íre

(n.)
Grammar
íre, es; m.
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For this entry I hove to thank Professor Max Förster] Ægylsige bohte Wynríc æt Ælfsige abbude mid ánon ýre goldes, C. D. vi. 210, 24. Bohte man .LX. æcera mid þrím pundum and mid ánum ýre, C. D. B. iii. 371, 2

tácn-circul

(n.)
Grammar
tácn-circul, es; m.

A circle or cycle which marks the date.the indiction, a cycle of fifteen years.the lunar cycle of nineteen years; the place which any year occupies in the cycle is marked by the golden number of the year

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an ðam tácncircule ðæt seofanteóðe geár ( the golden number of the year 1061 is the remainder after dividing 1061+1 by 19; this remainder is 17, which agrees with the number given in the passage ), Chart.

pæll

(n.)
Grammar
pæll, pellt, es ; m.
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Mycel ðǽr wæs gegaderod on golde and on seolfre and on faton and on pællan, Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 30. purple, a purple garment Of ðam biþ geweorht se weolocreáda pæl quibus tinctura coccinei coloris conficitur, Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 473, 20 note.

Linked entry: pell

sæl

(n.)
Grammar
sæl, sel, es; n.

A hall

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Gesáwon ofer since salo hlifian, reced ofer reádum golde, 145, 10; Gen. 2403. Wyn for to schenche, after mete in sale, Horn. 1107. Þyse renkeȝ schal neuer sitte in my sale my soper to fele, Allit. Pms. 41, 107.

Linked entries: sel sales salor

weorold-gleng

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gleng, es or e; m. or f.
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Worldly pomp Se blinda ne bæd goldes, ne seolfres, ne worldglenga, Blickl. Homl. 21, 6. Se snotera wer ne gewilnaþ ðara woruldglenga, ne ðæs líchaman wlite, ac gewilnaþ ðære sáwle, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 52, 14.

ge-nyhtsum

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Wæs gold swá genihtsum and seolfor swá stánas ofer eorðan, Angl. xi. 8, 27. Syb genihtsum abundantia pacis, Ps. Th. 71, 7. [Genihtsum affatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 25. v. ge-nyhtsumlíce.] Genihsumre wennę opulenti luxus, An. Ox. 11, 44.

HORD

(n.)
Grammar
HORD, es; n. m.

HOARD, treasuren. thesaurus

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Hordas, gerýne arcana, Mone B. 4216 Similar entries (v. gold-hord)

Linked entries: hord-cófa hord-loca

un-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
un-gerím, es; n.

A countless numberan immense number or quantity

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Hire olfendas bǽron ungerím goldes, Homl. Th. ii. 584, 11. Ungerím feós syllan, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 101