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sceát

(n.)
Grammar
sceát, es; m.

a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold

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Similar entries (cf. sceáta) a nook, corner, region (in the phrases eorþan, foldan sceát) Is feor heonan eástdǽlum on æþelast londa . . . nis se foldan sceát mongum gefére est locus in primo felix oriente remotus, Exon. Th. 198, 1; Ph. 3.

Linked entry: sceáta

á-ídlan

Grammar
á-ídlan, á-íd(e)l(i)an.
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Hé bið innan áídlad ðǽre ryht*-*wísnesse intus veritate vacuatur, 111, 9

a-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
a-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. -feallen

To fall down ⬩ cadere

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Wearþ afeallen Æðelrǽdes eorl Ethelred's earl fell [in the battle ], Byrht. Th. 137, 46; By. 202

Linked entry: a-feóll

ful-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-cúþ, full-cúþ; adj.

Full known ⬩ well known ⬩ famous ⬩ public ⬩ bĕne nōtus ⬩ insignis ⬩ publĭcus

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Full known, well known, famous, public; bĕne nōtus, insignis, publĭcus On fulcúþum gemynde in famous memory, Ælfc. T. 21, 1. Bí fulcúþum strǽtum juxta publĭcos viārum transĭtus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 4, note, MS. T: Nar. 2, 15

gást-gerýne

(n.)
Grammar
gást-gerýne, gǽst-gerýne, es; n.

A ghostly or spiritual mystery ⬩ a mystery of the mind ⬩ spīrĭtāle mystērium ⬩ ănĭmi mystērium

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A ghostly or spiritual mystery, a mystery of the mind; spīrĭtāle mystērium, ănĭmi mystērium Him ða æðelingas ondsweorodon gástgerýnum the princes answered him in spiritual mysteries, Andr. Kmbl. 1716; An. 860 : Elen.

Linked entry: gǽst-gerýne

macung

(n.)
Grammar
macung, e; f.

Making ⬩ doing ⬩ action

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Making, doing, action Þurh ðes macunge mǽst se eorl Rotbert ðises geáres ðis land mid unfriþe gesóhte it was mostly his doing that Earl Robert attacked this country in the course of this year, Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1

gán

Grammar
gán, <b>;
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</b> add Gif hwá gǽð sittan æt wega gelǽtan si quis in biuiis residere temptauerit, Chrd. 61, 6. (2 a) add :-- Sleah þriwa on ... sió heáfodpanne gǽþ onriht sóua, Lch. ii. 342, 7

bord-gelác

(n.)
Grammar
bord-gelác, es; n.

A missile, dart ⬩ telum

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[lácan to play, sport, fly] What flies against a shield, hence,- A missile, dart; telum Ðý-læs ingebúge biter bordgelác under bánlocan lest the bitter dart enter in under the skin, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 9; Cri. 769

ge-fara

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fara, an; m.

A companion ⬩ sŏcius

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Hí heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran in sŏcios arma vertĕre incipiunt, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 5

Linked entry: fara

ge-hendnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hendnys, -nyss, e; f.

Nearness ⬩ proximity ⬩ vicinity ⬩ proxĭmĭtas ⬩ vīcīnĭtas

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On gehendnysse his mynstres in the neighbourhood of his monastery, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 5

gehér-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gehér-nes, -ness, e; f.

Hearing ⬩ auditus

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Hearing; auditus In gehérnesse audiendo, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 6. Dryhten ic gehérde gehérnisse [gehírnesse, Ps. Trin. Camb. fol. 244, 7] ðíne Domine audivi auditum tuum vocem tuam, Cant. Abac. Surt. 189, 2 : Jn. Skt. Rush. 12, 38

wer-met

(n.)
Grammar
wer-met, es; n.
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(In both cases stauram is printed; but the former is a gloss on Mt. 6, 27. v. Wülck. Gl. 479, 23.)

be-lecgan

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Líge belegde enveloped in flame, Dan. 296. Add

ge-tengan

(v.)
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To press, apply oneself to; incumbere Ongan Dryhtnes ǽ georne cýðan, and hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm, æscróf unsláw, El. 200

geár-dagas

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Add: days, lifetime Heora geárdagum in their days, Gen. 1657, days of yore Án wæs on geárdagum Gode wel gecwéme, Isaias se wítega, Wlfst. 44, 21. Hit gewearð on geárdagum þæt God sylf spæc of Synai munte, 66, 9

gíme

Grammar
gíme, care.
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Take here <b>gýme</b> in Dict., and add Gif wé habbað suá micle sorge and suá micle giéman úrra niéhstena suá suá úre selfra si ut nostram, sic curam proximi gerimus Past. 45, II

híwcúþ-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
híwcúþ-lic, adj.

domestic ⬩ familiar

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Ox. 2531. used substantively: On híwcúðlicum ðínum in domesticis tuis, Scint. 194, 9. familiar Mid híwcúlþlicre byldo familiaritatis ausu, Gr. D. 32, 9

hwirflung

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Take here <b>hwerflung</b> in Dict. and add: change, vicissitude Huoerflunges vicissitudinis Rtl. 28, II. Ðæt gér byð áwend mid twi six hwyrfolunga, and hyt hæfð twá and fíftig wucan, Angl. viii. 301, 36

Linked entry: hwerflung

on-bindan

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Ðý lǽs hí sín tó swíðe gebundne mid ðǽm ðurhtogenum scyldum, and tó lange forelden ðæt hí hí ne anbinden mid ðǽre hreówsunge ne plus adstringantur in debito perpetrati operis, et minus solvant fletibus satisfactionis, Past. 413, 9. Add

un-áspringendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áspringendlic, adj.
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In heofona ríce is éce líf and unáspringenlic gefeá, Nap. 64

Linked entry: á-springendlic