Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-fér-rǽdnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fér-rǽdnes, -ness, e; f.

Society ⬩ societas

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Society; societas,Lye

ge-gild-heall

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gild-heall, e; f.

A guild-hall

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A guild-hall Orc hæfþ gegyfen ðæ gegyldhealle ðam gyldscipe to ágenne Orc hath given the guild-hall for the guild to own, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iv. 277, 21

Linked entry: heall

ge-gyld-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gyld-scipe, es; m.

A guild-ship ⬩ society ⬩ sodalitas

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A guild-ship, society; sodalitas, L. Ath. v. § 8, 6; Th. i. 236, 35

ge-leáfnes-word

(n.)
Grammar
ge-leáfnes-word, es; n.

A pass-word

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A pass-word, Beo. Th. 496

ge-mǽnelíc nama

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíc nama, an; m.
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A common noun; appellativum nomen, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 31

ge-mal-mægen

(n.)
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an assembly

ge-lod-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lod-wyrt, e; f.
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Silverweed; potentilla anserina Gelodwyrt heptaphyllon, Recd. 42, 75; Wrt. Voc. 68, 10 : Lchdm. ii. 78, 1 : 98, 16

ge-mynd-stów

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd-stów, e; f.
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A monument Gemyndstówa monumenta, Mt. Bos. 23, 29

ge-neát-scólu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-neát-scólu, e; f.
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A band of companions Ða ðegnas seó geneát-scólu, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 22; Jul. 684

ge-ond-swarian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ond-swarian, p. ode; pp. od
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To answer; respondere, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 28

ge-ond-weardan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ond-weardan, -wardan; p. de
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To answer, Blickl. Homl. 21, 21: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 15: 8, 8

ge-met-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæstlíce, adv.
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Modestly; modeste He swá gemetfæstlíce hine sylfne beheóld ita se modeste gerebat, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 4

ge-met-fæstnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæstnys, -nyss, e; f.
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Moderation, modesty; moderatio, moderamen, modestia Mycelre monþwǽrnysse and ǽrfæstnysse and gemetfæstnysse mon summæ mansuetudinis et pietatis ac moderaminis vir. Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 32: 3, 14; S. 540, 13. Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf to eádmódnesse and

ge-met-festan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-met-festan, p. -feste; pp. -fested, -fest
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To compare; comparare Gemetfest comparatus, Ps. Spl. T. 48, 21

Linked entry: ge-mæt-fæstan

ge-mynd-benimming

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd-benimming, e; f.
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Lethargy, Lye

ge-recce-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-recce-líc, adj.
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Stretched out, extended, strict, firm, steadfast; extensus, strictus, firmus, Som

ge-rec-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-rec-líce, adv.
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In a direct course, directly, extensively, strictly, firmly; extenso cursu vel modo, directe, stricte, firme Gereclíce rihte flóweþ flows in a direct course straight along, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 27; Met. 5, 14: 24, 16; Met. 24, 8: Bt, 35, 4; Fox 162, 1

ge-réf-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réf-ærn, es; n.
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A court-house Urbanus eode to his geréfærne Urbanus went to his court-house, Shrn. 106, 16

ge-réf-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-réf-scipe, es; m.
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Office of a geréfa Ne heora nán geréfscipe ne drífe let none of them practise any reeveship, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 33

ge-reord-hús

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reord-hús, es; n.
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A dining-room; refectorium, triclinium, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 74; Wrt. Voc. 57, 51

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