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meagol

(adj.)
Grammar
meagol, <b>, megol;</b> adj.

Earnest ⬩ strenuous ⬩ firm

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Mary (cf. the form 'Ego donationem indeclinabiliter consensi,' 322, 6), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 331, 5.

súgan

(v.)
Grammar
súgan, p. seáh, pl. sugon; pp. sogen.
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[In Txts. 64, 455 the entry fellitat suggit is perhaps all Latin, as the same form occurs again in a later glossary, where the termination of the verb is never -it, fellitat, i. decepit, suggit, beswícþ, Wrt.

Linked entry: for-súgan

gúþ-fana

(n.)
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. ¶ in the following instances the form gúþ-fan ; n. seems to be used :-- Gúþfan labarum, An. Ox. 2130. Sigefæst gúþfana uictricia uexilla, 1746. Segnes gúðfana labara, Wrt.

magan

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For 'does not occur in W. S. but' substitute: magan = posse occurs in Angl. xiii. 389, 337 : Scint. 46, 6 : 159, 6; in 1. 8 for mágon l. magon. add Ne magon hý ús þonne ǽnige góde, Wlfst. 122, 7.

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To lout ⬩ bow ⬩ stoop

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Forþ lúten wé procidamus, Ps. Surt. 94, 6

inwid

(n.)
Grammar
inwid, inwit. es; n.

Fraud ⬩ guile ⬩ deceit ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness

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Forðan mé inwit næs on tungan quia non est dolus in lingua mea, 138, 2. Mán inwides dolus, 54, 10. For inwite propter dolos, 72, 14. Mið inwite [mit fácne, A. S.] dolo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 4.

Linked entries: -wid inwit

æcer

field, land ⬩ of arable land ⬩ the crop raised on the land ⬩ a definite quantity of land, an acre

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The acer seems to have been four rods broad, and forty rods long. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s. v. acre, and Sax. Engl. i. 96 Æceras jugeri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 5. Twelf æceras mǽde, C.

tó-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-lúcan, p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen

To tear to pieces, ⬩ wrench asunder, ⬩ dislocate ⬩ to root out, ⬩ destroy

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Forðon ðe míne innoþas on ðam fylle tólocene wǽron eo quod interanea essent ruendo convulsa, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 31. Sint mé leoð tólocen, líc sáre gebrocen, Andr. Kmbl. 2807; An. 1406.

Linked entry: lúcan

rǽswa

(n.)
Grammar
rǽswa, an; m. (a word used only in poetry).

a counsellor ⬩ one who takes thought (for the public good), ⬩ a prince, king ⬩ a leading man, chief person, leader

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Th. 125, 6; Gen. 2075. a leading man, chief person, leader Ðá wearð forht manig folces rǽswa many a chief man among the Mermedonians, Andr. Kmbl. 2174; An. 1088.

a-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúnian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a away, scúnian to shun] .

to avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ fly from ⬩ evitare ⬩ reprobare ⬩ to hate ⬩ detest ⬩ odisse ⬩ detestari ⬩ to accuse ⬩ reprove ⬩ convict ⬩ arguere

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Ðá ascúnodon híg hine oderant eum, Gen. 37, 4. to accuse, reprove, convict; arguere Hwylc eówer ascúnaþ me for synne quis ex vobis arguet me de peccato? Jn. Bos. 8, 46

Linked entry: scunian

enge

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

Narrow, anxious ⬩ angustus, anxius

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Helle wísceþ, ðæs engestan éðel-ríces shall wish for hell, the narrowest realm, Salm. Kmbl. 213; Sal. 106

ge-anbídian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbídian, part. -anbídiende, -anbídigende; p. ode; pp. od [anbídian to abide]

To abide ⬩ await ⬩ wait for ⬩ expect ⬩ expectāre ⬩ sustĭnēre

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To abide, await, wait for, expect; expectāre, sustĭnēre Ðes man wæs óþ Israhéla frófor geanbídiende hŏmo iste expectans consōlātiōnem Israel, Lk. Bos. 2, 25. Ðæt folc wæs Zachariam geanbídigende ĕrat plebs expectans Zachariam, 1, 21.

hrán

(n.)
Grammar
hrán, es; m.

A reindeer

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Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas; ðara wǽron syx stælhránas: ða beóþ swýðe dýre mid Finnum, forðæm hý fóþ ða wildan hránas mid those deer they call 'rein;' six of them [Ohthere's] were decoys: those are very precious among the Fins, for they catch the wild reindeer

Linked entry: hrǽn

líc-þegnung

(n.)
Grammar
líc-þegnung, -þénung, e; f.

funeral ⬩ exeguies

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Ðá ðá his frýnd ða lícþénunge gearcodon when his friends were performing the last offices for the dead, ii. 28, 3. Ða fǽmnan dedan hire liicþénunge and lǽddon hí tó byrgenne, Shrn. 87, 27. Lícþénunga exsequiæ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 17

ge-gódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gódian, p. ode; pp. od

To bestow goods upon ⬩ enrich

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To bestow goods upon, enrich Ða mynstru he genihtsumlíce to dæghwomlícum bigleofan gegódode he abundantly enriched those minsters for daily subsistence, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 30 : H. R. 105, 6 : Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 39.

Linked entries: gódian ge-góded

stefning

(n.)
Grammar
stefning, stemning, e; f.
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Cornwall Glossary stemming is given as 'a turn in succession, as when in dry seasons people have to take their regular turn for water at the common pump') Hié (seó fyrd) hæfdan heora stemninge (steminge, another MS.) gesetene, Chr. 894; Th. i. 166, col

teón-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
teón-cwide, es; m.
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Reproachful, abusive, insulting speech, blasphemy, contumely, calumny, slander Ne fríne ic ðé for tǽle ne þurh teóncwide, Andr. Kmbl. 1266; An. 633.

weorold-cempa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cempa, an; m.
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Se woruldcempa sceall winnan wið úre fýnd, and se Godes þeówa sceall symle for ús biddan . . . Nu ne sceolon ða woruldcempan to ðam woruldlícum ge*-*feohte ða Godes þeówan neádian fram ðam gástlícan gewinne, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 820-8

circul

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Dele 'the zodiac,' and add: a cycle, circular arrangement for computing Sceal wintrum fród on circule cræfte findan hálige dagas, Men. 67.

cystig-ness

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Sé ðe him for Godes lufon bigwiste foresceáwað, þonne hǽfð hé méde his cystignysse æt Gode, Hml. Th. i. 514, 14. Cystignesse liberalitate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 21. abundance Hé metta mid cystignysse wealð aescarum largitate feruescit, Scint. 56, 2