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un-wil

(n.)
Grammar
un-wil, un-will, es; n.

Absence of good will ⬩ dislike ⬩ despite ⬩ repugnance ⬩ reluctance ⬩ against one's will ⬩ not willingly ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ without intention ⬩ involuntarily

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Absence of good will, dislike, despite, repugnance, reluctance; against one's will, not willingly, without one's consent, without intention, involuntarily, is (almost) the only case used.

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes tún wæs, in ðám his gebúr ( colonus ) hæfde sunu, Gr. D. 11, 4.

Linked entry: ge-býr

here-toga

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Gercyning oððe heretoga consul, ii. 20, 4. used of an English official Ic Óswald mid geðafunge and leáfe Eádgáres Angul-cyningces and Ælfheres Mercna heretogan (cf. Ælfhere ducis Merciorum 33,) C.D. iii. 5, 5: 49, 29: 159, 20. Cf. Ælfere ealdorman.

hete

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Srt. 139, 3. used in reference to the Deity Him níð Godes. . . hete gesceóde, Dan. 620. Þú mé forlǽred hæfst on mínes herran hete, Gen. 819. punishment that is due to God's anger: Þone mǽstan hete (magnas plagas) hé sent on eów. Deut. 28, 59

seofon

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Add: when used without an immediately following noun the nominative is seofon or seofone. .vii. fiscas sélaes fyllu, sifu sélas hronaes fyllu, sifu hronas hualaes fyllu, An. Ox. 54, 1. Þǽra eádigra seofon slǽpera ðrowung, Hml. S. 23, 1.

slipor

(adj.)
Grammar
slipor, adj.

slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum

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Sliper lubricum Nares gives several instances of slipper in sixteenth century, and Shakespeare uses the form: A slipper and a subtle knave, Oth. ii. 1. O. H. Ger. slefar, Grff. vi. 506 M. H. Ger. slepfer.]

Linked entries: slifor slípan

stund

(n.)
Grammar
stund, e; f.
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</b> ¶ adverbial use of cases or adverbial phrases, cf. hwíl :-- Hé word stunde áhóf he spoke at once (cf. Ger. zur Stunde), Andr. Kmbl. 832; An. 416: 2993; An. 1499: Elen. Kmbl. 1445; El. 724: Ps. Th. 55, 11.

slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
slǽd, sléd, es; n.
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. -1570- a slade, valley = vallis, and Drayton uses the word in this sense, v. Nares; see also Halliwell's Dict. , low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom, a valley. The word occurs not unfrequently in the charters, e. g. On slédes heáfad.

Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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For the use by Bede, see Bd. 3, 7-'Gens Occidentalium Saxonum qui antiquitus Gevissæ vocabantur ... primum Gevissorum gentem ingrediens,' where the translation has 'West Seaxna þeód ... Ðá com he ǽrest upp on West Seaxum.' See also 4, 15, 16.

hǽl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽl, e; f.

Health, safety, salvation, happiness ⬩ salus ⬩ good, luck, happiness ⬩ salus

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Brúc ðisses beáges mid hǽle use this collar with good fortune, Beo. Th. 2438; B. 1217. Héht hé Elenan hǽl ábeódan he bade them greet Elene, Elen. Kmbl. 2004; El 1003 : Beo. Th. 1311; B. 653. Ðíne hǽle syle salutare tuum da, Ps. Th. 84, 6

horn

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See Rä. 15 for various uses of the horn, and Tupper's notes on the riddle

níwe

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</b> recently made, not yet used or worn, still unimpaired by use :-- Heó wæsceð his wárig hrægl, and him syleð wǽde níwe, Gn. Ex. 99.

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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Add: to lend, grant the temporary use of Be ðám Engliscum gewritum ðe ic ðé álǽnde, Hml. A. 1, 4. Hé wæs úre munuc, wé willað hine habban for þan þe wé hine álǽndon ǽr, Hml. S. 31, 1447. Ðone ylcan ( St.

eáster

(n.)
Grammar
eáster, eástor; gen. eástres; pl. nom. acc. eástro; gen. eástrena; dat. eástron, eástran [ = eástrum]; n: eástre, an; n.

the passover, paschal lamb ⬩ pascha

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Hence used by Teutonic christians for the rising of the sun of righteousness, the feast of the resurrection, Bd. de Temp. Rat. Works, vol. ii. p. 81: Grimm&#39;s Deut. Mythol. 8vo. 1855, pp. 180-183.]

Linked entries: eóster éster

betonice

(n.)
Grammar
betonice, an; f : also Lat. betonĭca, æ; f.

The herb BETONY ⬩ betonĭca officinālis

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It is very plentiful in Great Britain, and formerly much used in medicine. The leaves have a rough bitter taste, and are slightly aromatic.

Linked entries: betoce bettonice

ge-dafenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dafenian, -dafnian, -dæfnia; p. ode; pp. od

To be becoming or fit ⬩ to behove ⬩ decere ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ it behoves ⬩ it is becoming or fit ⬩ ought ⬩ dĕcet ⬩ oportet

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To be becoming or fit, to behove; decere, convĕnīre : chiefly used impersonally, it behoves, it is becoming or fit, ought; dĕcet, oportet Ic axige hwæðer hit mihte gedafnian Abrahame I will ask whether it was becoming to Abraham, Boutr.

tíd-sang

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-sang, es; m.
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A song used at a particular time, the service held at one of the canonical hours Seofon tídsangas hí gesetton ús tó singenne dæghwamlíce . . .

Linked entry: tíd-þegnung

ge-maca

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Th. 524, 28. a mate, of persons, one of a married pair, either husband or wife [cf. ge-bedda which is used of a husband, Hml. Th. i. 134, 20] Hic et haec conjunx þes and þeós gemaca, Ælfc. Gr. 73, 12.

gim

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M. 27, 7. used of the heavenly bodies Hálge gimmas, sunne and móna, Cri. 692. Swegles leóht, gimma gladost, æðeltungla wyn the sun Ph. 289. <b>II a.</b> </b>

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