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Anglo-Saxon

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gifes

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in the phrase tó gifes

lǽrig

(n.)
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the border of a shield

tó-sendan

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Dele, the MS. has tówende

Beorht-Dene

(n.)
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the Danes, B. 427: 609

sám-

(prefix)
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half-; the prefix denotes imperfection

Linked entry: sǽmra

brémel-leáf

(n.)

the leaf of a bramble

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the leaf of a bramble

fram

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Regn þe þeós eorðe fram æfter gróweð, Ps.

LEÓHT

(n.)
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LEÓHT, líht, es; n.

LIGHTa light

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Se blinda bæd his eágena leóhtes the blind man asked for his eye-sight, Blickl, Homl. 21, 6: Elen. Kmbl. 596; El. 298. Se dæg wæs fruma ðyses lǽnan leóhtes the day was the beginning of this transitory light, Blickl. Homl. 133, 10.

Linked entry: líht

eard

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Úre ealra bliss eard hæbbendra on ánum þé éce standeð the joy of us all having habitation in thee alone stands for ever; laetantium omnium nostrum habitatio est in te, Ps.

cyric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-sceat, ciric-sceat,es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate

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Church-scot was at first a certain measure of corn paid to the church.

Linked entry: ciric-sceat

for-gifnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifnes, -gyfnes, forgifnes-ness, -nyss, -gifeness, -gyfenes, -gyfennes, -gifeniss, -gifenys, -gefenes, -ness, e; f.

FORGIVENESSremissionindulgencepermissionremissiovĕniaindulgentia

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A.] let there be a remission in the compensation, L. Edg. ii. 1; Th. i. 266, 5: L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 9: 9; Th. i. 276, 3. Dó him his synna forgifenesse grant him forgiveness of his sins, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 39.

ge-fetian

(v.)
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S. 2, 197. the object a thing Hí ofer six míla him wæter on heora exlum gefetton, Hml. Th. i. 562, 4. to go and get what one seeks, get, obtain, with concrete object Críst sitt on heofonum mid þám hálgum þe hé on ðisum lífe gefette, Hml.

oþþe

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add: a particle co-ordinating words, phrases, or clauses, between which there is an alternative, words Feorran oððe neán, Gen. 1047.

Linked entry: of-þe

ge-swutelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swutelian, -swuteligan, -swytelian, -sweotulian, -sweotlian; p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [sweotol manifest, clear, open]

To declarepublishmake knownexplainprovemanifestshowglorifymonstrāredemonstrārepublĭcāreexprĭmĕremanĭfestāresignāreexplānāreprŏbāreclārĭfĭcāre

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guardian of the place, Homl.

CEALD

(adj.)
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CEALD, cald; ra; ost; adj.[ceald = cald, q. v.]

Cool, COLDfrigidus, gelidus

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Ðú ðæm wætere wǽtum and cealdum foldan fæste gesettest thou firmly settest the earth to the water wet and cold, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 180; Met. 20, 90: 20, 152; Met. 20, 76. Wedera cealdost the coldest of tempests, Beo. Th. 1097; B. 546

Linked entries: cald cyld

dúru

(n.)
Grammar
dúru, gen. e; dat. e , a ; acc. e, a, u; pl. nom. a; gen. ena; dat. um; acc. a, u; f: dúre, an; f.

An opening, a door, the door of a houseostium, jānua, fŏris

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An opening, a door, the door of a house; ostium, jānua, fŏris Dúru ymbstandennesse welerum mínum 'keep the door [opening ostium] of my lips,' Eng. versn. Ps. Lamb. 140, 3. Seó dúru wæs belocen clausa erat jānua, Mt. Bos. 25, l0.

Linked entry: dúre

EBBA

(n.)
Grammar
EBBA, an; m?

EBB or receding of waterrĕcessus măris

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Gewrixle ðæs flódes and ðæs ebban change of the flood and the ebb, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 30. Com flówende flód æfter ebban the flowing flood came after the ebb, Byrht. Th. 133, 45; By. 65 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 138; Met. 11 69

Linked entry: æbbung

flyht

(n.)
Grammar
flyht, fliht, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flightvŏlātus

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Se ðe nafaþ fugles flyht who has not the flight of a bird, Salm. Kmbl. 451; Sal. 226: Exon. 17a; Th. 41, 12; Cri. 654. Earnas feredon sáwle flyhte on lyfte eagles conveyed the soul in flight through the sky, Andr.

Linked entries: fliht flyþ

helpend

(n.)
Grammar
helpend, es; m.

A helper

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Ealles middangeardes hǽlend and ealra sáula helpend the saviour of all the earth and the helper of all souls, Blickl. Homl. 105, 190.

hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
hweorfa, an; m.

a jointa whorl

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Voc. 44, 32 [in both cases the words occur among names of parts of the body — the two following are found among words connected with spinning]. Hweorfa verticillum, Wrt. Voc. 66, 16: vertelum, 281, 72.