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ge-þegnsum

Grammar
ge-þegnsum, ge-þénsum.
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S. 23, 4. of things Géþénsume scúras coloni nimbi, i. manna pluviae famulantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 28

Linked entry: ge-þénsum

hreówlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 478, 14

lást

(adj.)
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Voc. ii. 115, 73. ¶ on lást afterwards, at last :-- Heó on lást tiliað tó cwémanne Gode and mannum mid wordum postea in ore suo benedicent Ps. Th. 48, 12. Paulus férde wíde geond þás woruld oð þæt hé on lást becóm intó Rómebyrig, Ælfc. T.

mersc

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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

þreátian

(v.)
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Add: p. þreátte (in Rushworth Gospels). <b>I l.</b> add: — lié him ILLIGIBLE hwylc neádung þæs gafoles híne þreátode quaecum urgeret debiti necessitas indicavit, Gr.

gealga

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Voc. ii. 31, 76. Gealgan labaro (Christi An. Ox. 1860. Add

hold-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hold-scipe, es; m.

Loyalty, ⬩ fealty, ⬩ allegiance

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Sægdon ðæt hí hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe said that they did it on account of the loyalty of the monastery, 1070; Erl. 209, 15

twelf-gilde

(adj.)
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twelf-gilde, adj.

To be restored twelve-fold

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Ethb. 1; Th. i. 2,4

húsel

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Voc. ii. 30, 59: 70, 12. Hwí is þæt hálige húsel gecweden Crístes líchama oððe his blód, gif hit nis sóðlíce ꝥ ;ꝥ; hit geháten is?, Hml. Th. ii. 268, 21.

fénix

(n.)
Grammar
fénix, es; m.

the fabulous bird phœnix ⬩ φoινιξ ⬩ a genus of palms ⬩ the date tree ⬩ date palm ⬩ phœnix dactylĭfĕra

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Se fugel se is fénix háten the bird which is called phœnix, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 19; Ph. 86.

þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
þráwan, p. þreów; pp. þráwen

To throw ⬩ To twist ⬩ rack ⬩ torture ⬩ To twist ⬩ turn round ⬩ to take a different direction ⬩ to turn round ⬩ revolve ⬩ to curl

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Th. ii. 510, 8. to turn round, revolve Þráwende rotante (fusa, Ald. 175, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 78. to curl Þráwendum ł cyrpsiendum loccum crinibus crispantibus, Hpt. Gl. 435, 9

hleór

a cheek ⬩ a face

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Ic bidde ꝥ gé wylspringas ontýnan on hleórum . . . dreórige hleór (moestam faciem) drecab mid wópe, Dóm. L. 26-35. Hleór genas Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 20. a face Hleór frons, Txts. 64, 438: facies Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 44. Hleór vel wlita frons 151, 4.

sceadwung

(n.)
Grammar
sceadwung, e; f.

An overshadowing

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R.) in one land days are longer, in another shorter, because of the way in which the shadow falls on the earth, Lchdm. iii. 258, 4.

scip-fæt

(n.)
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scip-fæt, es; n.

A vessel in the form of a ship

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A vessel in the form of a ship Húseldisc patena, scipfæt cimbia (the word occurs under the heading nomina vasorum), Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 32. Cf. Hec acerra a schyp for censse, 230, col. 2.

á-gildan

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H. 51, 25. to render, pay what is due (v. riht, ) Ic ágylde dependo, i. reddo, persolvam , Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 80. Ágilst þú ( reddis ) Drihtene þás þing? Deut. 32, 6. Ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora gafol águldon, Bl. H. 185, 22.

Linked entries: á-geldan on-gildan

ge-lómlic

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Voc. ii. 23, 34. that is done or happens often, frequent, constant Gelómlic ꝥ wæs . . . ꝥ . . . it often happened . . . that . . ., Bi. H. 223, 17. Gelómlic gibed continua oratio, Rtl. 74, 22. Folces men wið-hæfton þǽre gelómlican mynegunge, Ll.

Linked entry: lóm-lic

for-gifnes

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for-gifnes, for-gifennes (-gifenes).

release ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ indulgence ⬩ laxity

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In forgefnisse synna in remissionem peccatorum, Lk. R. L. 1, 77. Ðǽm hóendum forgefnise from feder of gebæd crucifigentibus ueniam a patre deposcens, Lk. p. 11, 7. On synna forgifennysse (-gyfenesse, v. l., -gefnisse, L.

á-wegan

to carry off ⬩ to put away ⬩ renounce ⬩ to weigh. ⬩ to put in a balance ⬩ to estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ to be equal in weight to

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Voc. ii. 86, 4, Áweh wiþ ǽnne pening, Lch. ii. 88, 5. Oððe gemetan oððe getellan oððe áwegan, Ll. Th. i. 194, 8. Sié áwegen expendatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 32.

ge-métan

(v.)
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ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét

To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet with ⬩ invĕnīre, compĕrīre

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Gif ic geméte fíftig rihtwísra wera si invĕnĕro quinquaginta justos, Gen. 18, 26, 28. Gif hwá þeóf geméte if any one find a thief, L. C. S. 29; Th. i. 392, 14: L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 12.

Linked entries: métan ge-mittan

ge-byrde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byrde, -bierde; adj.

Inborn ⬩ innate ⬩ natural ⬩ innatus ⬩ ingenitus ⬩ naturalis

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Him gebyrde is ðæt he géncwidas gleáwe hæbbe to him it is natural that he should have prudent replies, Elen. Kmbl. 1183; El. 593

Linked entry: ge-bierde