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hýdels

(n.)
Grammar
hýdels, es; m.

hiding-placecavern

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A place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern Hýdels þeafana spelunca latronum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 11, 17. Gif hit on hýdelse funden sý if it be found in a place of concealment, L. Ath. iv. 6; Th. i. 226, 4

lengþ

(n.)
Grammar
lengþ, e; f.

Length

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Length On lengþe mid him hé begeat ealle ða eástlond at length with them he gained all the east country, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 144, 1. [Hit weáx on lengþe it grew in length, Chr. 1122; Erl. 249, 22.]

ranc-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ranc-strǽt, e; f.
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A road in which bravery is displayed (?) God ðé wǽpnum lǽt rancstrǽte forþ rúme wyrcan God let thee with weapons work an ample road where thy bravery was shewn (of Abraham's rescuing Lot), Cd. Th. 127, 17; Gen. 2112

ge-mengan

Grammar
ge-mengan, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
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add: with tó Man gemencge wæter tó ðám wíne, Hml. Th. ii. 278, 5 (Bt. 34, 5; F. 145, 13, in Dict.). Add Wé þe wǽron gemængde tó þysum folclicum mængungum nos turbis popularibus admixti, Gr. D. 209, 12

þurh-

(prefix)

throughoverper-trans-

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With words expressing motion the prefix signifies through, over; in other cases it implies thoroughness, completeness, continuity; with adjectives of quality it has an intensive force. It is often a rendering of the Latin prefix per-; sometimes of trans

Linked entries: weorod þyddan

un-gedyrstig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedyrstig, adj.

Faint-hearteddiffident

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Faint-hearted, diffident Ða unmódigan and ða ungedyrstigan wénaþ ðæt ðæt suíðe forsewenlíc sié ðætte hié dóð and forðon weorðaþ oft ormóde pusillanimes vehementer despecta putant esse, quae faciunt, et ideirco in desperatione franguntur, Past. 32; Swt

Linked entry: ge-dyrstig

eáþ-módlic

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-módlic, adj.
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Humble On Crístes sóþre eáþmódlicre and*-*etnesse in true, humble confession of Christ, Bl. H. 171, 12. Éðmódlice ué biddað supplices deprecamur, Rtl. 101, 32. Gif wé ásmeágaþ þá eádmódlican dǽda þá þe hé worhte, Bl. H. 33, 6

ge-hrídrian

(v.)
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to sift, winnow Ic sweóp ł gehrudrede ( = (?) -hriid-rede, -hridrede) mínne gást scobebam spiritum meum, Ps. L. 76, 7. [Cf. other versions of the passage Ic windwode on mé gást mínne uentilabam in me spiritum meum, Ps. Rdr. Srt.] (?)

Linked entries: ge-hrudrian hridrian

ge-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lísan, p. de.
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to loosen, relax, weaken the connexion of the parts of an object, crush; v. ge-lýsan in Dict. to redeem, release Gilésdes úsig redemisti nos, Rtl. 29, 19. Eft gilésdest, 102, 25. Giléseno aron gié redemti estis, 24, 38

Linked entry: ge-lýsan

geoc-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-sticca, geoc-stecca, an; m.
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A yoke-stick. (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

ge-twinness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-twinness, e; f.
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Pairing, joining of two identical things, in grammar, repetition of a word Epizeuxis, on lýden super-conjunctio, on englisc getwynnys, þonne man cwyð twá gelíce word on ánum verse, swá swá ys þis consolamini, consolamini, Angl. viii. 331, 35

ídellíce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
ídellíce, adv.
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in vain, to no purpose Haldende ídelnisse ídel-líce ( supervacue ), Ps. Srt. 30, 7. Mon hweðre ídellíce ( vane ) bið gedroefed, 38, 7: 88, 48. without cause Ídellíce ( vane ) edwíttun sáwle míne, 34, 7. v. on ídel under ídel; n

igil

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Add: iil Iil ericius, Txts. 59, 765: histrix, 69, 1023. Stán gebeorg íles (igles, Txts. 336) petra refugium erinacis, Ps. Vos. 103, 18. Ílum herenacis, Ps. Rdr. 103, 18. ¶ in a local name :-- Tó ílmere, C. D. vi. 4

líming

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Líming liture. Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 51. The passage to which all three glosses belong is: Turrem . . . forti liturae compage constructam erexit, Aid. 62, 13. In Hpt. Gl. 509, 54 and An. Ox. 4439 the reading is linunge. Add

osogen

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
osogen, Cf.
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Mid deórenum ceáflum wǽre forsocen ł forgnegen ferinis rictibus suggillaretur, i. rapietur (Ald. 45, 34, the passage glossed at Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 23), An. Ox. 3344. The meaning of á-sogen in Nar. 16, 26 (v. á-súgan)

Pentecosten

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Pentecostenes dæg, Chr. 973; P. 118, 12. Paulinus gefullade his dohter on Pentecosten (in þone hálgan ǽfen Pentecosten, v. l. ), 626; P. 25, 14. Seó wæs gefulwad þý hálgan dæge æt Pentecosten, Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 148, 22. Add

tínan

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In l. 2 for tale l. tále, and add: to insult, abuse, revile Hét se árleása hine útan belúcan ... and týnde þone hálgan, Hml. S. 31, 658. Þá sǽde hé him hospword and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, 724

wæter-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wæter-leás, adj.

Without water, dry

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Without water, dry Hig dydon hine on ðone wæterleásan pytt miserunt eum in cisternam, quae non habebat aquam, Gen. 37, 24. Hé gáð ðerh stówa (-e, Rush.) wæterleása (-e, Rush.) perambulat per loca inaquosa, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 24

hát-hirtan

(v.)
Grammar
hát-hirtan, -hiertan, -hyrtan; p. te

To make angry

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To make angry Ðonne is micel þearf ðætte se, se ða hátheortnesse ofercuman wille, ðæt hé hiene ongeán ne háthirte necesse est, ut hi, qui furentes conantur reprimere, nequaquam se in furore erigant, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 296, 6

cniht-cild

(n.)
Grammar
cniht-cild, es; n.

A male childboypuer

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A male child, boy; puer Wæs on ðam ylcan mynstre cnihtcild sum, ne wæs yldre ðonne þrý-wintre there was in the same monastery a boy, he was not older than three years Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 27