ge-giscan
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To stop up, close Gegiscte (gigiscdæ, Ep., gescdae, Erf., gigisdae, Ld.) oppilavit, clausit, Txts. 83, 1447. Gegiscde, betýnde oppilavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 18
Linked entry: gescan
tó-cirran
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Hí mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon on þǽre stówe þe genemned is æt Eámótum ... and syþþan mid sibbe tócyrdon, Chr. 926; P. 107, 26. Add
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Worse, worst, in a moral sense For hwam lifaþ se wyrsa leng? Salm. Kmbl. 716; Sal. 357. Ne wearð nán wærsa dǽd gedón ðonne ðeós wæs, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 4. Gif wé ðæt ne dóþ, ðonne wyrce wé ús myccle synne; and ús is get wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian
mearcian
To fix the bounds or limits of a place
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To fix the bounds or limits of a place Se mearcode ða stówa ðe gé eówre geteld on sleán sceoldon metatus est locum, in quo tentoria figere deberetis, Deut. 1, 33
apa
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Þá stód þǽr sum man mid ánum apan ( simia ). Gr. D. 62, 15. Add
feldlíc
Fieldlike ⬩ country ⬩ rural ⬩ campester
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On feldlícre stówe in lŏco campestri, Lk. Bos. 6, 17. On feldlícum wunungum in campestrĭbus habĭtācŭlis, Jos. 10, 40
ge-wald
Power ⬩ mastery ⬩ sway
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Power, mastery, sway Ða Denescan áhton wæl-stówe gewald the Danes had the mastery of the battle-place, Chr. 833; Th. 116, 7, col. 1: Cd. 214; Th. 268, 15; Sat. 55
gearc
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Ready, active, quick On orde stód Eádweard se langa, gearc (gearo? cf. þá flotan stódon gearowe, wíges georne, 72. But see yark ; adj. in D. D. and gearcian) and geornful, By. 274
ǽ-lǽte
A desert
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Wéstensetlan ðe feor fram mannum gewítað and wéste stówa and ǽlǽtu lufiaþ, R. Ben. 134, 12
stoppa
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A stop, a bucket, pail. Halliwell gives stop a small well-bucket, and also stoppe a bucket, or milking-pail, as Norfolk words ; the latter being still in use.
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þeóster-full
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Se engel mé lǽdde tó ánre þeóstorfulre stówe ... ealle ða ðeóstorfullan stówe, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 15-26. Hé geseah swilce án ðeóstorful dene, 338, 5. Ðeósterfulle wununga, i. 68, 4. Þésterfulle dimhoua latebrosa latibula, Hpt. Gl, 446, 5
fór-tymbrian
To build before or in front of ⬩ stop up ⬩ obstruct ⬩ obstruĕre
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To build before or in front of, stop up, obstruct; obstruĕre Fórtymbred is múþ sprecendra unrihtu obstructum est os lŏquentium inīqua, Ps. Spl. C. 62, 10
under-neoþemest
lowest
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lowest Eorðe stód ealra gesceafta underniþemæst (under niþemæst? Cf. sió eorðe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20), Met. 20, 135
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eardiend
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A dweller, an inhabitant Se unclǽna eardiend ( habitator ) eóde of þǽre ilcan stówe, Gr. D. 236, 8. Þá eardiend þǽre ceastre inhabitatores civitatis illius, 192, 3
óht
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Hí ne dorston ofer ꝥ geþrýstlǽcan ꝥ hí óhte gréttan þá hálgan stówe rihtgeleáffullra manna nequaquam ulterius praesumserunt catholica loca temerare, Gr. D. 235, 6. Add
syndrig
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Add Hé ǽnlýpig áwunode on syndrige (-re, v. l.) stówe fram þǽre cyrican in remotiore ab ecclesia loco solitarius manebat, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 535, 14
gemót-hús
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A house where a ' gemót' is held Curia, i. domus concilii, conventus gemóthús vel -[gemót]stów congregatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, . 51.
ge-hwilcness
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Æfter stówa gehwylcnysse secundum locorum qualitatem R. Ben. I. 91, 10. Bútan þissum þingum . . . synt geswutelunga and gehwylcnyssa, Angl. viii. 299, 23
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stǽger
A staircase
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Hé ástáh up tó ðære stǽgre ðe stód wið ðæs cáseres botl, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 438. Hé feóll of ánre stǽgere, 18, 232
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helto
Haltness, ⬩ lameness
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Haltness, lameness Áfyrr ðú dríhten from ðære stówe blindnesse and helto and dumbnesse remove O Lord from the place blindness and lameness and dumbness, Shrn. 101, 35