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swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Him on swift wind (cf. ungemetlíc wind, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 15) swápeþ, Met. 7, 20. Rodor swíféþ swift, 28, 17. Bufan ðam swiftan rodore. Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 15. Micel swég gǽþ of heora (the stars) swiftan ryne, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 43. Hors swiftne, Exon.

Linked entry: swyft

el-þeódignes

exilebanishmentpilgrimage

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Þrié Scottas cómon of Hibernia, þonon hí hí bestǽlon, for þon þe hí woldon for Godes lufan on elþiódignesse beón, hí ne róhton hwǽr, Chr. 891; P. 82, 21.

þrinness

(n.)
Grammar
þrinness, þriness, e; f.

Trinity

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For ða háligan ðrinesse, Rtl. 114, 17. Þrynesse, Blickl. Homl. 205, 30

Linked entry: þryness

ǽg-hwider

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwider, -hwyder; adv.

On every sideevery wayquaquaversum

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Fox 20, 184; Met. 20, 92

beót-háta

(n.)
Grammar
beót-háta, an; m. [MS. beo = beót, gebeót a command, decree, háta a caller, commander]

A commanderleaderimperatordux

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A commander, leader; imperator, dux Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde calla, bald beót-háta bord upahóf then the herald of war leaped before the warriors, the bold commander [Moses] upraised his shield Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253

dyderian

(v.)
Grammar
dyderian, dydrian; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To deceive, deludeillūdĕre

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.], swá mon cild déþ methinks that thou misleadest and deludest me, as any one does a child, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 12

ende-byrdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ende-byrdlíce, adv.

Orderly, in order, in succession successĭve

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Endebyrdlíce in order, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 7

hrímig

(adj.)
Grammar
hrímig, adj.

Rimy

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Fox 411; Gn. C. 6

hyrned

(adj.)
Grammar
hyrned, adj.
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Fox 26, 46; Met. 26, 23

land-stycce

(n.)
Grammar
land-stycce, es; n.
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A small portion of land Him gebyreþ sum landstycce for his geswince convenit, ut aliquam terre portiunculam habeat pro labore suo, L. R. S. 18; Th. i. 440, 8. Him man hwilces landsticces geann, 19; Th. i. 440, 14

ge-weorht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-weorht, es; n.

Workdeedmeritdesertŏpusfăcĭnusmĕrĭtum

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Fox 27, 53; Met. 27, 27

ge-sceád

Grammar
ge-sceád, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add For gódum gesceáde propter preuidentintn bonam, Chrd. 21, 22. Add Ne forlǽton heora gesettan tída ne an godcundum þénungum ne an óðrum gesceádum non eos debent preterire hore constitute, tam de officiis diuinis, quam aliunde, Chrd. 34, 27

Linked entry: sceád

ge-scræpe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scræpe, -screope, -scroepe; adj.

Convenient, meet, fit for, accommodatedaptus

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Convenient, meet, fit for, accommodated; aptus Breoton is gescræpe on læswe sceápa and neáta Brittannia est apta alendis pecoribus ac jumentis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 13, 22. Giscroepo aptas, Rtl. 117, 14: Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 41

dæftan

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For Glos. . . . 73 read Germ. 400, 476, and add Se fæder hét feccan þone cniht, and hine sóna scrýdde mid deórwurðum reáfum, and hét dæftan his búr mid pallum and mid wáhryftum wurðlíce þám cnihte, Hml. S. 35, 49

geár-gemynd

(n.)
Grammar
geár-gemynd, es; n.
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A yearly commemoration on the anniversary of a person's death Ðis is seó caritas þe Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnon his gebróðrum for Eádwardes sáwle, ꝥ is healf pund æt his geárgemynde tó fisce, Nap. 28. Tó mínon geárgemynde, ib

geoc-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-sticca, geoc-stecca, an; m.
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(Later a yoke-stick is 'a yoke for carrying pails.' v. D.D.) Take here <b>iuc-sticca</b> in Dict., and add Geocstecca obicula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 33. Geocsticca, 63, 29

graþul

(n.)
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a gradual, an antiphon sung between the Epistle and the Gospel at the Eucharist, so called because it was sung at the steps of the altar [Alleluia] for graþulum byþ gesungen Alleluia pro gradualibus canitur, Angl. xiii. 436, 1020

Hungerie

(n.)
Grammar
Hungerie, the Hungarians; later,
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Þes folces þe be Hungrie fór fela þúsenda þǽr earmlíce forfóran, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 36

ífig-tearo

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Ýuiteruni (printed yuk-; for k = i v. 392, 59, 94) ederas, Germ. 389, 26

in-geþóht

(n.)
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conscience Þá gewordenum þám ǽrmergene heó wearð on hire ingeþóhte (geþóhte, v. l.) áfyrhted for þon þe heó þá þurhtogenan lustas on hire líchaman gefremede cum mane facto conscientiam deterreret perpetrata carnis delectatio, Gr.

Linked entry: in-gehygd