gim-cyn
A gem-kind ⬩ a precious stone ⬩ a gem ⬩ genus gemmarum ⬩ gemma
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A gem-kind, a precious stone, a gem; genus gemmarum, gemma Se forma feohgítsere gróf æfter gimcynnum the first miser delved after precious stones, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 114; Met. 8, 57: 15, 8; Met. 15, 4.
BYDEN
a bushel ⬩ modius ⬩ a barrel, tun, butt ⬩ dolium, cupa
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Bos. ll, 33. a barrel, tun, butt; dolium, cupa Hí mec baðedon in bydene they bathed me in a tub, Exon. 107b; Th. 409, 24; Rä. 28, 6. Byden cupa, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 94; Wrt. Voc. 34, 24
án-ád
Solitude ⬩ a desert ⬩ solitudo ⬩ desertum
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Solitude, a desert; solitudo, desertum On ðam ánáde in the desert, Exon. 37a; Th. 122, 12; Gú. 304: 37b; Th. 123, 34; Gú. 327. On ánǽde in a desert, 122b; Th. 471, 22; Rä. 61, 5
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fýr-bæþ
A fire-bath ⬩ igneum balneum
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A fire-bath; igneum balneum On fýrbæðe in the fire-bath, Elen. Kmbl. 1895; El. 949. In fýrbaðe in the fire-bath, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 10; Cri. 831 : 22 b; Th. 61, 18; 986
geagl-swile
A swelling of the jowl ⬩ faucium tŭmor
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A swelling of the jowl; faucium tŭmor Lǽcedóm wið geaglswile a remedy for jowl-swelling, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 46, 7. Wið geaglswile [MS. gealhswile] for jowl-swelling, 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 44, 8
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geár-gemearc
A year's limit or space ⬩ anni defīnītio vel spătium
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A year's limit or space; anni defīnītio vel spătium Siððan ic ongon on ðone ánseld búgan geárgemearces after I had dwelt in the hermitage for a year's space, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 24; Gú. 1215
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hengest
A gelding ⬩ horse ⬩ steed
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A gelding, horse, steed Hengst canterius, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 46; Wrt. Voc. 23, 8. Án hundred wildra horsa and xvi tame hencgestas a hundred wild horses and sixteen tame steeds, Chart. Th. 548, 11
heorþ-geneát
A hearth-comrade ⬩ a follower who shares the hearth of his lord
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A hearth-comrade, a follower who shares the hearth of his lord Wé synt Hygeláces heorþgeneátas, Beo. Th. 528; B. 261: 3165; B. 1580: 4365; B. 2180: 6341; B. 3180; Byrht. Th. 137, 50; By. 204
hrisel
A shuttle ⬩ radius
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A shuttle; radius Hrisl radiolum, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 54; Wrt. Voc. 59, 25: radium, Wrt. Voc. 281, 75. Hresl [hrefl. Wrt.] radius, 66, 12. Hrisil, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 20; Rä. 36, 7
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in-seglian
To seal
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To seal, place a seal upon Hig innseglodon ðone stán signantes lapidem, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 66. Inseglige man ða hand let a seal be put upon the hand, L. Æðelst. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30
medu-benc
A bench in a banqueting-hall
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A bench in a banqueting-hall Medubenc monig, Beo. Th. 1556; B. 776. On ðære medubence, 2108; B. 1052. Medobence, 4376; B. 2185. Meodobence, 3808; B. 1902. Meodubence, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 9; Vy. 48
mis-rǽcan
to reach or touch wrongly ⬩ to apply abusive language to a person
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to reach or touch wrongly, metaph. to apply abusive language to a person Ðæt man biddendne þearfan misrǽce to abuse a needy person who begs (is one of the lighter offences), Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25
ge-healdan
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add: (3 a) with complement Þé sind gehealdene ðiacute;ne méda gewisse, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 23. add: (1 a) with complement Trúwiende ꝥ hine ungederodne geheólde þæt mægn þæs licgendan, Hml. S. 236, 777 n
BLÓT
A sacrifice ⬩ sacrificium
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A sacrifice; sacrificium He ealle ða cuman to blóte gedyde he gave all the strangers for a sacrifice, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 4. On blóte by sacrifice, L. C. S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21
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weorold-feoh
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Worldly wealth, this world's goods Nis woruldfeoh ðe ic mé ágan wille sceat ne scilling ( I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, Gen. 14, 23), Cd. Th. 129, 12 ; Gen. 2142
drugaþ
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drought Drúgoða eów cymð, þonne gé rénas behófedan, Wlfst. 297, 10. Drúgaþe (-a ?), Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 43. a dry place Hí dweledon on wéstene on drúgoþe erraverunt in solitudine in inaquoso, Ps. L. 106, 4
flów-nys
a flow ⬩ flux ⬩ a stream
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Add: a flow, flux Astód ðió flównis (fluxus) blódes. Lk. R. 8, 44. Sió unrótnes ðe cymð of yfles blódes flównesse, Past. 455, 14, 23. a stream Ðára lára flównisa doctrinarum fluenta, Mt. p. 8, 17
ge-myndig
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Memory of a person v. ge-mynd; IV a Ic wil-node . . . æfter mínum lífe þám monnum tó lǽfanne þe æfter mé wǽren mín gemyndig (gemynd, v. l. ) on gódum weorcum, Bt. 17; F. 60, 16
háligdóm-hús
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A place where holy things are kept, a sacrarium Beón út ágáne diácon and pistelrǽdere of (on, MS. ) hálig*-*dómhúse mid líchaman Drihtnes egrediantur diaconus ac subdiaconus de sacrario cum corpore Domini, Angl. xiii, 422, 818
hæg
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a fence; a hag, an enclosure Terram nominatam Haeg, C. D. i. 49, 23. The word is found forming the first part of local names, Hægdún, Hæghyll, Hægleá; also in other words, hæg-steald, hæg-þorn