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DÁH

(n.)
Grammar
DÁH, dóh; gen. dáges; m?

DOUGH farina subacta,

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Cned hyt ðæt hit sí swá þicce swá dóh knead it that it may be as thick as dough, Lchdm. iii. 88, 17. Wyrc clam of dáge make a paste of dough, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 18

Linked entry: dóh

ge-wef

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wef, ge-wefe, -wife, es; n.

A webtextura

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Him Dryhten forgeaf wígspéda gewiofu the Lord gave him the webs of success in war, i. e. he was successful in war, Beo. Th. 1398; B. 697

Linked entries: ge-wife ge-wifsǽlig

ge-gaderung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaderung, e; f.

A gatheringcongregationassemblycrowdcongregatioturba

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Rihtwísra manna gegaderung is gecweden heofenan ríce a gathering of righteous men is called the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 25

ge-hádian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hádian, p. -hádode; pp. -hádod

To ordainconsecrateconsecrare

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Hér Paulinus wæs gehádod Norþhymbrum to biscepe in this year Paulinus was consecrated bishop of Northumbria, 625; Erl. 22, 11. Mauricius hine gehádian hét Mauricius ordered that he should be ordained, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 32 : Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 30

scild-hreóða

(n.)
Grammar
scild-hreóða, -hréða, an ; m.
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Voc. ii. 56, 63

Linked entry: scild-réða

un-fǽhð

(n.)
Grammar
un-fǽhð, e; f.

Absence of hostility

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In. 28; Th. i. 120, 6

weorold-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-snotor, adj.
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Voc. ii. 81, 52. Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig worldsnotera (woruld-, v.l.) þonne hé wyrðeþ there shall be none in the world that has more worldly cunning than he (Antichrist) has, Wulfst. 54, 21

bítan

to bite

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Th. i. 46, 27. of a pungent substance Þone yfelan, bítendan wǽtan, Lch, ii. 60, 23

bridel

Grammar
bridel, l. brídel (from brigdel),
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Bagula brídel, i. frenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 35, Bridel frenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 7. Ðone brídel ðínre mettryrnnesse, Past. 467, 2. Ic gesleá ǽnne brídel on his weleras, Hml. Th. i. 568, 33.

efen-éce

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Th. i. 276, 26. Ðurh ðínum euenécum wísdóme, ii. 598, 31. On mec his efenécne sunu, Shrn. 106, 13. Add

epistol

(n.)
Grammar
epistol, es; m. (not e; f.): epistola, an; m.
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strong forms Hér is seó gesetenis Alexandres epistoles . . . Cwæþ hé in fruman þæs epistoles, Nar. 1, 2, 9. On þǽm ǽrron epistole, 3, 28. weak forms Hé cuæð on his epistolan tó Galatum, P. 117, 7.

helle-fýr

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On hwylc gerád is hit tó gelýfanne ꝥ ꝥ líchamlice hellefýr mage geniman þá unlíchamlican wísan þǽre sáwle ?, Gr. D. 303, 18. Hweþer hit sý tó gelýfanne ꝥ sý án hellefýr (unus gehennae ignis) . . . witodlíce án hellefýr is, 333, 13-16.

hýþ

Grammar
hýþ, a port. (
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Voc. ii. 86, 30) portunalia (v. hýþ-gild), An. Ox. ll, 186

Linked entries: hýþ-gild Lamb-hýþ

of-gán

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B. iii. 547, 6

sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
sǽlan, de

To happen, betide, fortune

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Sǽlde unc on þám brocum swá unc gesǽlde (sǽlde, Kmbl.) happen what might to us in those troubles, 485, 23. Hú ðé sǽle how it may happen to thee, what your success may be, Andr. Kmbl. 2710; An. 1357

oftrǽdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
oftrǽdlíce, adv.

Frequently, often, habitually

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Voc. ii. 136, 81. Se Hǽlend oftrǽdlíce (frequenter) com ðyder, Jn. Skt. 18, 2. Gif man hine oftrǽdlíce (ex consuetudine) ofer drince, L. Ecg. P. iv. 33; Th. ii. 214, 12. Ǽghwæðer óðerne oftrǽdlíce út drǽfde, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 12.

on-timber

(n.)
Grammar
on-timber, es; n.

materialreason, occasionmateria

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For ðisum antimbre ic gedyrstlǽhte ðæt ic ðás gesetnysse undergann, Homl. Th. i. 2, 26

Linked entry: an-timber

snaca

(n.)
Grammar
snaca, an; m.: snacu (?), e; f.

A reptile, a snake

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Voc. i. 78, 56: 287, 30: ii. 16, 75: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 7. Sý Dan snaca on wege fiat Dan coluber in via Wulfst. 192, 20. Snace colubro Hpt. Gl. 409, 72.

sníte

(n.)
Grammar
sníte, an; f.

A snite, snipe.ibis ibex

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Sníte acegia 62, 23: ii. 4, 36: 99, 14. [In later glossaries snyte glosses ibis, i. 177, 29: 253, 1. Prompt. Parv. snype or snyte ibex.]

Linked entry: wudu-sníte

spinel

(n.)
Grammar
spinel, spinl, e; f.

A spindlefusus

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Hé sceal . . . spinle habban, Anglia ix. 263, 10