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hréd-eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
hréd-eádig, adj.

Gloriousnobletriumphant

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Glorious, noble, triumphant Biþ ðǽr his þegna eác hréðeádig heáp there too shall be a triumphant band of his servants, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 33; Cri. 945. Sum biþ on huntoþe hréðeádigra deóra drǽfend one is more famous in hunting, a chaser of wild beasts

hwíl-tídum

(adv.)
Grammar
hwíl-tídum, dat. pl. as adv.

At timessometimes

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At times, sometimes Hwíltídum oððe nú ðá modo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 37: aliquando, Past. 57, 1; Swt. 437, 3: Lchm. iii. 240, 23: 242, 18. Eác hé sceal hwíltídum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan also at certain times he must be prepared

in-lendisc

(adj.)
Grammar
in-lendisc, adj.

Nativeindigenous

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Native, indigenous Inlendisc indigena velincola, Wrt. Voc. 74, 63. Sí hé gemang eów swá inlendisc sit inter vos quasi indigena, Lev. 19, 34, Ðǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie where a foreigner injures a native, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 29. Se forsǽda

ge-leccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leccan, part. -leccende; ic -lecce, ðú -lecest, -lecst, he -leceþ, -lecþ, pl. -leccaþ; p. -lehte; pp. -leht

To moistenwethŭmectārerĭgāre

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To moisten, wet; hŭmectāre, rĭgāre Geleccende muntas ofer ðám uferum his rĭgans montes de sŭpĕriōrĭbus suis, Ps. Spl. 103, 14. Mid mínum teárum strecednysse míne oððe míne beddinge ic beþweá oððe ic gelecce lacrĭmis meis strātum meum rĭgābo, Ps. Lamb

Linked entry: ge-leht

geofu

(n.)
Grammar
geofu, e; gen. pl. -a, -ena, -ona; f.

A gift, gracedonus, gratia

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A gift, grace; donus, gratia Beó geofena gemyndig be mindful of gifts, Beo. Th. 2351; B. 1173. Ðæt he dryhtnes mót geofona neótan that he may partake of the Lord's gifts, Exon. 61 a; Th. 225, 5; Ph. 384. Ne biddan we úrne Drihten ðyssa eorðlícra geofa

swinsung

(n.)
Grammar
swinsung, e ; f.
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melody, harmony Suinsung armonia, Wrt.Voc. ii. 100, 62: melodium, 113, 79. Dreám, swinsunge (-c?) armonia, 3, 29: 90, 61. Swinsung, Hpt. Gl. 498, 63. Gedrémere swinsunge consona melodia, 519, 6: consona vocis harmonia (modulatione ), 467, 9. Wensumne

Linked entry: dreám-swinsung

un-gemetfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gemetfæst, adj.

immoderateimmodestintemperateimmoderateexcessiveirretentive

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in a moral sense, immoderate, immodest, intemperate Ðá forseah se Catulus hine, for ðam hé hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 5. Ðám monnum ðe beóþ neátenum gelíce, ðæt beóð unrihtwíse and ungemetfæste, 14, 1;

un-gewittig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewittig, adj.

madinsanefoolishsenselessnot having reasonirrational

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mad, insane Ic wát ðæt gé wénaþ ðæt ic ungewittige móde ( insana mente ) sprece, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 1. foolish, senseless Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ, hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðæt hé ðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe

Linked entry: un-wittig

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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To practise witchcraft Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe, and him on ǽte sylle, oððe on drince, oððe on ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum, ðæt hyra lufu for ðon ðe máre beón scyle . . . Gif hit bið cleric . . . si quis veneficiis utatur, alicujus amoris

wudu-fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-fæsten, wudu-fæstenn, es; n.

a place rendered secure by woodsa wood as a place of securitya place of security built of wood

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a place rendered secure by woods, a wood as a place of security Ðǽr gewexen is wudufæstern micel there has grown a great wood which affords shelter, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 376, 4. He gewícode ðǽr ðǽr hé niéhst rýmet hæfde for wudufæstenne he pitched his camp

Linked entry: wudu-wésten

bil

Grammar
bil, bill.

a falchiona bill

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Dele Dut. and Ger. cognates, and add: [a falchion, v. Dict.] a bill, an implement for cutting (wood, stone, weeds) Síðe vel bill falcastrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 16: 34, 16. Bill bidubium (ferramentum rusticum idem quod falcastrum, Migne), i. marra, ii.

cwalu

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Ús stalu and cwalu . . . derede swýðe þearle, Wlfst. 159, 10. Him næs on þám hláfe forholen seó cwalu (wól, v. l. pestis ), Gr. D. 118, 9. Hwæt bið unáberendlicre tó gesiónne ðonne ðæs bearnes cwalu ( mors ) beforan ðæs fæder eágum?, Past. 34. 3, 11.

ge-bǽran

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Gebǽrað gestiunt, Scint. 181, 12. Hé ongan biterlíce wépan . . . þá ꝥ his geféra geseah, hé hine ácsade, hwæt him wǽre, and for hwon hé swá gebǽrde (quod intuens comes, quarefaceret, inquisivit), Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 498, 8. Hé hreówlíce beforan Gode gebǽrde

ge-sweorcan

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Add: of physical darkness Bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dón. L. 105 : Wlfst. 137, 9. of dark passions, sadness Ic geþencan ne mæg for hwan módsefa mín ne gesweorce, Wand. 59. fear Wé férað gesworcene mid

ge-þingan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingan, to determine.
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Add: [a strong pp. seems to occur in Gr. D. 206, 15.] to appoint to an office Hraðe sóna wæs æfter mundgripe méce geþinged þæt hit sceáden mǽl scýran móste, cwealmbealu cýðan, B. 1938. to assign an office to a person Seó heordelice gýming tó þám beran

ge-wítigian

(v.)
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Add: to declare, make known Ðerh ðǽra táceno ædeáwnise mið ðý genítgade Críst per signorum experimenta promens Christum, Jn. p. 2, 1. Án gedæfneð ꝥte sié deád for ðǽm folce gewítgade unum debere mori pro populo prophetizat, 6, 11. Gewítga ( prophetizo

ge-wealdes

(adv.)
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of deliberate, voluntary action, intentionally, of one's own accord Hý fúl ne friðian willes ne gewealdes, Ll. Th. i. 162, 26. Nǽfre willes ne gewealdes ówiht dón, 178, 6. Ná gelíc þám þe willes and gewealdes misdéð, 328, 22, Gif hwá hwæt t Gif

hana

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Hana gallus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 16. Sumes wífes gást wunode mid hire oð hana sang, Shrn. 30, 29. Hana (gallus) þá licgenda[n] áwecð and þá slápolon hé þreáð, cocc (gallus) þá wiþsacen*-*dan cít; hanan (gallo) cráwendon hopa gehwer[f]þ, Hy. S. 6, 36-7,

múl

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Absalon rád on his múle . . . þá geféng hine án treów be ðám fexe . . . and se múl am forð fram þám árleásan hláforde, Hml. S. 19, 222. Him cóm ongǽn se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽces ansýne, Gr. D. 161, I. Martinus rád him wið gescrýd mid

mylen-gear

(n.)
Grammar
mylen-gear, es; m.
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A mill-yair (yair an enclosure for catching fish. v. D. D. yair) Þæs hagan gemǽre æt Wintanceastre líð úp of þǽm forda on þone westmestan mylengear westeweardne; þæt eást on þone ealden welig, and þonan úp andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares . . . on þone

Linked entries: gear myliær