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ge-mǽrsung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrsung, -mérsung, e; f.

Magnificence ⬩ magnĭfĭcentia

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Magnificence; magnĭfĭcentia Ðæt hí cúðe wyrcan wuldor gemǽrsunge ríces ðínes ut nōtam făciant glōriam magnĭfĭcentiæ regni tui, Ps. Spl. 144, 12. Gimérsung celebritas, Rtl. 48, 20

stán-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
stán-fæt, es; n.
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Miððý gebrocen wæs ðæt, stánfæt, Lind. 14, 3

tender

(n.)
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Ðæt ne gehigeleás[t] méte tender ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, R. Ben. Interl. 75, 17

Linked entry: tynder

un-þæslícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þæslícness, e; f.

Unseemliness ⬩ impropriety

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Unseemliness, impropriety Menn dæftaþ heora hús, gif hí sumne freónd onfón willaþ tó him, ðæt nán unðæslícnys him ne ðurfe derian, Homl. Th. ii. 316, 8

Linked entry: þæslícness

yfes-drype

(n.)
Grammar
yfes-drype, es; m.
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Eaves-drip Ðǽr ne gebyreþ an ðam lande an folcæs folcryht tó léfænnæ rúmæs bútan twígen fýt tó yfæsdrype, Chart. Erl. 141, 16, where see note

Linked entries: efes-drypa drype

brǽw

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Ox. 1731 On ðæs siwenígean eágum ðá brǽwas (palpebrae) greátigað, Past. 69, 2. Dínum bréwum, palpebre, Kent. Gl. 79. Add:

bróþor-slege

(n.)
Grammar
bróþor-slege, es; m.
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Se anda wearð tó sǽde ðæs bróðorsleges (-slæges, v. l.) livor fratricidii seminarium fuit, Past. 235, 8

Linked entry: slege

geár-geriht

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Þæt wé eal gelǽstan on geárgerihtan þæt úre yldran hwílum ǽr Gode behétan; ðæt is sulhælmessan and Rómpenegas and cyricsceattas and leóhtgescota, Wlfst, 113, 9. Add

ge-unwlitigian

(v.)
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to destroy the beauty of, disfigure Se teter ðæt lim geunwlitegað impetigo membrorum decorem foedat, Past. 71, 18. Geunwlitegad foedatus, deturpatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 41

Linked entry: un-wlitigian

hwæg

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hwæg, l. hwǽg,
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Gáthyrde gebyreð his heorde meolc ... and his dǽl hwǽges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 28

hund-nigontigoþa

(num.; adj.)
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Oð ðæt hundnigonteóþe geár, Hml. A. 37, 330

Lazarus

(n.)
Grammar
Lazarus, gen. Lazares; pl. Lazaras
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Lazarus Ic bidde eów þæt gé beón gemyndige ðæs Lazares reste . . . manega Lazaras gé habbað nú licgende æt eówrum gatum, Hml. Th. i. 334, 25-29

maga

(n.)
Grammar
maga, the stomach.
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Hé cuæð ðæt gé móston drincan ge-wealden wínes for eówres magan mettrymnesse modico vino utere propter stomachum et frequentes tuas infirmitates, Past. 319, 7. Add

on-drincan

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Ic ðæs wæteres ondranc, Hml. S. 23 b, 506. Ðis deór mid þý ðe hit þæs wætres ondronc haec bestia potata aqua, Nar. 15, 18. Add

reónung

(n.)
Grammar
reónung, e ;f.;

Whispering, muttering

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;Whispering, muttering; Nánes mannes stefn oððe reónung gehýred ne sý, bútan ðæs rǽderes ánes ;nullius musitatio uel vox audiatur nisi solius legentis,; R. Ben. 62, 14

gealga

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

Sadness, gloom

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Sadness, gloom Ðæs sweartan galgan (cf. the gloss to the same passage in An. Ox. 2960 :--Sweartes geallan) melancoliae Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 8 : 56, 72

heáh-stede

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-stede, es; m.

A high place ⬩ a high place

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A high place Ðenden ðǽr wunaþ on heáhstede húsa sélest whilst there in its lofty place the best of houses continues, Beo. Th. 575; B. 285

heáh-weofod

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-weofod, es; n.

The high altar

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The high altar Gesceot bæftan ðæm heáh-weofode propitiatorium vel sanctum sanctorum, vel secretarium, vel pastoforum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 27; Wrt. Voc. 59, 1

ge-súpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-súpan, p. -seáp, pl. -supon; pp. -sopen

To sup ⬩ sip ⬩ suck up ⬩ absorb ⬩ absorbēre

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To sup, sip, suck up, absorb; absorbēre Wén is ðæt hí us woldan wætre gelíce sóna gesúpan forsĭtan vĕlut aqua absorbuissent nos, Ps. Th. 123, 3

twi-gǽrede

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-gǽrede, adj.

Cloven

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Bufan ðam hlince æt ðæs gǽredan landes ende, (pointed, angular), Cod. Dip. B. iii. 251, 42

Linked entry: gǽrede