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dreórig

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig, dreóreg, dreórg, driórig; def. se dreóriga, dreórega, seó, ðæt dreórige; adj.

bloody, gory, glorious cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsussad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY mœstus

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Soul Recd. 33; Seel. 17. sad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY; mœstus Híg wurdon swíðe dreórige they became very sorrowful, Gen. 44, 13: Mk. Bos. 14, 19. On ðas dreórgan tíd in this sorrowful tide, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 10; Gú. 1058

Linked entry: driórig

GEONG

(adj.)
Grammar
GEONG, giong, geng, ging, giung, iung, gung; def. se geonga, seó, ðæt geonge; comp. geongra, gingra, gyngra; superl. gingest, gingst; adj.

YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, freshjŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcensyoung

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Se gingsta ys mid úrum fæder mĭnĭmus cum patre nostro est, Gen. 42, 13, 32. Fram ðam yldestan óþ ðone gingestan a mājōre usque ad mĭnĭmum, 42, 12

enge

(adj.)
Grammar
enge, def. se enga; adj.

Narrow, anxiousangustus, anxius

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Narrow, anxious; angustus, anxius Ufan hit is enge it is narrow above, Exon. 116a; Th. 446, 14; Dórn. 22: 47a; Th. 162, 3; Gú. 970. Of ðam engan hofe from that narrow house, 73b; Th. 274, 12; Jul. 532: 8a; Th. 3, 6; Cri. 32. Enge ánpaðas narrow passes

þyrs

(n.)
Grammar
þyrs, es; m.

A giantan enchantera demon

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Þyr[ses] colossi, Hpt. Gl. 445, 2. Gehégan ðing wiþ þyrse ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 856; B. 426. Ealdum þyrse (þyrre, MS.), Exon. Th. 425, 29; Rä. 41, 63. Þyrsa oððe wyrmgalera Marsorum, þyrsas ł wyrmgaleras Marsi, Hpt. Gl. 483, 13-15. Cf. Wrt.

dys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dys-líc, dyse-líc; def. se -líca, seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Foolish, stupid stultus

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Foolish, stupid; stultus Hit biþ swíðe dyslíc ðæt se man beorce oððe blǽte it is very foolish that the man bark or bleat, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 11: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 11. Oft ge dyslíce dǽd gefremedon often ye have done a foolish deed, Elen.

fífta

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fífta, m: seó, ðæt fífte; adj.

The FIFTHquintus

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Her onginnþ seó fífte bóc Boéties here begins the fifth book of Boëthius, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 9. Ǽr ðam fíftan geáre before the fifth year, Lev. 19, 25.

a-rǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
a-rǽd, def. se a-rǽda; adj.

Counsellingconsultingwiseprudentsagaxprudens

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Counselling, consulting, wise, prudent; sagax, prudens Hwǽr is nú se fóremǽra and se arǽda Rómwara heretoga where is now the illustrious and prudent consul of the Romans? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 6

grénnes

(n.)
Grammar
grénnes, se; f.
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GREENNESS; viriditas, Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 21

gripennis

(n.)
Grammar
gripennis, se; f.
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Captivity; captivitas, Som

grǽdignes

(n.)
Grammar
grǽdignes, se; f.
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GREEDINESS, covetousness; aviditas Grǽdinesse he lufode covetousness he loved, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 25. Eorþlícan grǽdignysse greediness after earthly things, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 11

greátnes

(n.)
Grammar
greátnes, se; f.
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GREATNESS; magnitudo, R. Ben. 55, Lye

eal-nósu

(n.)
Grammar
eal-nósu, eall-nósu, eall seó násu, e; f.

All nose or all the nose, a swelling of the uvulacolumella, columna nasi

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Eall seó násu columna, Wrt. Voc. 282, 64

ge-wítendnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wítendnes, se; f.

Departure

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Departure Sǽdon his gewítendnesse dicebant excessum ejus, Lk. Bos. 9, 31

gramfærnys

(n.)
Grammar
gramfærnys, se; f.
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Anger, fury Ǽlc gramfærnys cymþ of deófle omnis furor venit a diabolo, L. Ecg. P. 4, 66; Th. ii. 226, 25

geallig

Grammar
geallig, Dele, and see gealgmódlíce (?).

feówerþa

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówerþa, seó, ðæt feówerþe; adj.

The fourthquartus

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The fourth; quartus Is feówerþe lyft the fourth is air, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 122; Met. 20, 61

Linked entry: feórþa

býn

(adj.)
Grammar
býn, def. se býna, seó, ðæt býne; adj. [býþ; pres. of búan to inhabit, occupy]
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Inhabited, occupied; habitatus Ðæt býne land is eásteweard brádost the inhabited land is broadest eastward, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 45. Licgaþ wilde móras on emnlange ðæm býnum lande wild mountains lie along the inhabited land, 1, 1; Bos. 20, 44

feórþa

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
feórþa, feówerþa; seó, ðæt feórþe, feówerþe; adj.

The FOURTHquartus

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The FOURTH; quartus Wæs geworden ǽfen and mergen se feórþa dæg the evening and morning were the fourth day, Gen. 1, 19. Seó feórþe eá ys geháten Eufrates flŭvius quartus ipse est Euphrātes, 2, 14.

glædnes

(n.)
Grammar
glædnes, se; f.

Gladnessjoycheerfulness

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Gladness, joy, cheerfulness Ongan se bisceop lustfullian glædnesse his dǽda delectabatur antistes alacritate actionis, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 47. Glædnisse miclo gaudio magno, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 10: 13, 20: 25, 21. Glædniso lætitia, Rtl. 57, 2

ald

(adj.)
Grammar
ald, se alda

old

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Se alda út of helle the old one out of hell, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 6; Sat. 34

Linked entry: wyrd