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girela

(n.)
Grammar
girela, gierela, am; m.: <b>girelu,</b> e; f.
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On lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan, 411, 35. Macheus his ágenne sunu gemétte mid purpurum gegieredne on biscepháde. Hé hiene for þǽm girelan gebealg, and hiene hét áhón, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 32. Gyrlan cultu, An. Ox. 1194. Gyrle habitu, 3364.

Linked entries: gyrla gerela

hæften

(n.)
Grammar
hæften, e; f.

Captivity, custody

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Captivity, custody Ða betste of ðes eorles híréde innan ánan fæstene gewann and on hæftene gedyde he took the best of the earl's household within a fortress and placed them in custody, Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 29

blanden-feax

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
blanden-feax, bionden-feax, -fex; adj.

Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, oldcomam mixtam vel canam habens, senex

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[blanden; pp. of blandan to mix; feax, fex hair] Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old; comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex.

Linked entry: blonden-feax

BIN

(n.)
Grammar
BIN, binn, e; f.

A manger, crib, BIN, hutchpræsepe, præsepium

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Heó hine on binne aléde reclinavit eum in præsepio, Lk. Bos. 2, 7, 12, 16: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 25; Cri. 724. On heora assena binne in the manger of their asses, Homl. Th. i. 30, 13, 31

Linked entry: binn

for-gyltan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gyltan, p. -gylte; pp. -gylt
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To make guilty (occurs as reflexive or in passive) Þá ðe on openlican synnan (mid openan heáfodgyltan) hý sylfe forgyltan, Wlfst. 104, 12: 153, 10. Ꝥ man freóge ǽlcne wítefæstne man þe on his tíman forgylt wǽre, Cht. Th. 551, 15.

hæft

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a bond.Add: Þá hæftlingas þe hé hét lǽdan of þám hæftum, Hml.

mán-full

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Ox. 2783. Sittaþ mánfulle (perversi) on heáhsetlum, and hálige under heora fótum þryccaþ, Bt. 4 ; F. 8, 14. Þás mánfullan men þe wé ymbe specað wǽron getealde for godas, Wlfst. 106, 15.

fǽr-lic

(adj.)

suddensuddenfortuitous

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Mín Drihten, ne lǽt mé nǽfre fǽrlicum deáðe of þissum lífe gewítan, Angl. xii. 499, 5. For his fǽrlican áweggewitennysse, Hml. S. 30, 225. Férlican ógan repentino terrore, Kent.

swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
swæþ, es; n.
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a track, the mark left by a moving body, a single footprint or a series of footprints (lit. or fig.) Mé (the plough) biþ gongendre mín swæð sweotol, Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10. Ðonne fylge wé Drihtnes swæþe. Blickl. Homl. 75, 14: Rtl. 26, 5.

ge-stígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stígan, p. -stág, -stáh, pl. -stigon; pp. -stigen

To mountascenddescend

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Mihtig god on hira ánne gestág the mighty God mounted on to one of them [trees], Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 13; Cri. 1172. Siððan ðú gestígest steápe dúne after thou dost mount the lofty hills, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 32; Gen. 2853: 227; Th. 303, 14; Sal. 612.

GALGA

(n.)
Grammar
GALGA, gealga, an; m.

A gallowsgibbetcrossarbor infēlixpatĭbŭlumcrux

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He his blód ageát on galgan he shed his blood on the cross, Cd. 225; Th. 299, 15; Sat. 550 : Menol. Fox 170; Men. 86 : Elen. Kmbl. 957; El. 480. On galgum on the cross, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 3; Sat. 511. Grm. R. A. pp. 682-4. See

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óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an ; m.

A border, edge, margin, bank

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Ðonan on ðone óran foran wið-eástan Ecgulfes setl west be ðatn óran eft tóweard setle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 216, 2-3. Siððan dú gehýrde on hliþes óran galan geác on bearwe. Exon. Th. 473, 28; Bo. 21. On óra[n] his hrægles in oram vestimenti ejus, Ps.

Linked entries: íre óre

eard-fæst

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Dele 'earth-fast,' and add: domiciled: of human beings On ðǽre dene Drihten selfa þára eádmétta eardfæst wunigað (cf. Crist eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22), Met. 7, 38.

frec

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Hí mettas him on múð bestingon on swilcum fæstendagum mid fræcere gýfernysse. Hml. Th. ii. 330, 31. Ðǽm frecum ambronibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 33: 4, 69: 1, 23. Add

heáfod-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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Be fenne on þonne heáfodæcer, C. D. B. iii. 517, 24, 27. On þone heáfodæcre, C. D. iii. 442, 6

Linked entry: -hafol

hrægel-þegn

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Eadred's will). as officer of a monastery Beón eác on hrægelhúse (hrægl-, v. l.) gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas . . . and notian þára þe . . . on ýtinge farað, and þá eft þám hrægelþéne (vestiario ) betǽcen swá hý hám cumen, R. Ben. 91, 13.

heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclinedleaning, slopingclivus, obliquus, pronus

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Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28. Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26

hladan

to loadto loadfreightcargoto loadto drawto drawto drawto drawobtainto scoop out

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Windhladen (q. v.) ventuosus. to put as a burden, freight, or cargo, to load something on a porter or vehicle Ic mé [on] hrycg hlade, þæt ic habban sceal, Rä. 4, 65, Hý ne móston on bǽl hladan leófne mannan, B. 2126.

wan-hálness

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On geogoðe and on ylde, on gesundfulnysse and on wanhálnesse, Archiv cxxi. 46, 9. Add

ge-brengan

(adj.)
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Hí þet wærod on fleáme gebróhtan, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 9. Ic wæs on þám bysmore and on þǽre sceame þe hý mé on gebróhton, Solil. H. 12, 7. Ðætte hiene sió gewilnung ðǽre gífernesse of his módes fæstrǽdnesse ne gebrenge, Past. 316, 7.