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ur

(adv.)
Grammar
ur, (occurring only as it is represented by the U-rune); adv.

Formerly

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Formerly ᚢ (= ur) wæs geára (cf. iú (geó) ... geára) geógoðhádes glǽm; nú synt geárdagas forð gewitene, lífwynne geliden, Elen. Kmbl. 2530; El. 1266. ᚢ wæs longe laguflódum bilocen lífwynna dǽl, feoh on foldan, Exon. Th. 50, 25; Cri. 806

Linked entry: or

winter-gerim

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Add: cf. geár-gerím

winter-getæl

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Add: cf. geár-getæl

stígan

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2 Add Hé ofer þone geard stáh, Gr. D. 23, 26

Legaceaster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Legaceaster-scír, e ; f.
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Cheshire Þý ilcan geáre wæs Legeceasterscír gehergod, Chr. 980; P. 124, 9

án-seld

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Dele note, and see geár-gemearc

fugeloþ

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God sendeð mycele fugeloð on þám geáre, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 5

hund-nigontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-nigontig, num.

Ninety

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Feówer hund geára and hundnigontig geára, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 71, 459

Linked entry: nigontig

hreóh-full

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóh-full, adj.

Stormy

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Stormy Hreóhfull geár a stormy year, Lye

Linked entry: hreóh

wederung

(n.)
Grammar
wederung, e; f.

Weather

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Weather Ðæs ilcan geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc gear . . . swá mycel ungelimp on wæderunge swá man náht ǽþelíce geþencean ne mæg; swá stór þunring and lǽgt wes, swá ðæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 21.

Linked entry: wederian

ryne

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Cum nú ymb geáres rynu, 706. Þá gelamp hit imbe geára rina, Chr. P. 3, 18. Add Gefylledum ryne consummato (vitae) curriculo, i. cursu, An. Ox. 2147. Hí bútan ǽghwilcre gedréfednysse heora ryne gefyldon, Hml. S. 23 b, 103

wæl-slihta

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-slihta, (?), an; m.
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A murderer Þá stód se árwyrða wer swá gelǽded betwyh þám gewǽpnedum wælslihtum; þá gearn hé sóna mid his geþóhte tó his ágnum wǽpnum háligra gebeda venerandus vir inter crmatos deductus ad sua arma statim cucurrit, Gr. D. 254, 22

Linked entry: slihta

bed-reda

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His cépte sum bedd-ryda þe læg seofon geár tóslopenum limum . . . þá bletsode hé þone beddrydan mann, Hml. S. 6, 254-7. Hé læg bæddryda sume nigon geár and of þám bedde ne mihte, búton hine man bǽre, 21, 339. Beddryda, 24, 84.

nigontíne

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Ǽfre ymbe neogontýne geár, Lch. iii. 264, 22. Add

hǽle

(n.)
Grammar
hǽle, an; f.

Health, safety

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Health, safety On gode standeþ mín gearu hǽle in Deo salutare meum, Ps. Th. 61, 7

Linked entry: ge-hǽle

sixteóþa

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Þú scealt gewítan on ðám sixteóðan geáre þæs ðe þú munuc wurde, Hml. S. 6, 80. Add

á-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
á-fæstan, p. te
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To entrust, let out land to a person Hé áfæste wín-geard ðǽm londbígengum, Mk. R. 12, l

edmǽl-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
edmǽl-tíd, e; f.
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A festival-time Ǽlce geáre tó ðǽre edméltíde (cf. man his gemynd dó, 15), Cht. Th. 158, 21

nigonteóþa

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Neár þám neogonteóðan geáre, Lch. iii. 264, 25. On ðone nygentegðan dæg, Shrn. 92, 21 : 105, 29. Add

rífe

(adj.)
Grammar
rífe, adj.

Rifeabundant

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Rife, abundant Ðere .vii. niht gyf wind byoþ, fír byþ swíðe rýfe ðý geáre, Lchdm. iii. 164, 21

Linked entry: rýfe