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geofon

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On geofones staðe, 580. Ymb geofenes stæð gearwe stódon sǽmearas, El. 227. Ofer geofenes streám across the sea, 1201. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, and hine gebringeð on Crístes cempena fæðmum?, Sal. K. 146, 27.

ge-byrd

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on þǽrehis gebyrde oferswíþde ealle ǽ þisse menniscan gebyrde, 167, 3. Hé latode on þissum líchomlicum gebyrde, 8. Manige on his gebyrd gefeóþ, 165, 10. On þá his gebyrd, 167, 16.

Eðelinga íg

(n.)

the island of nobles, the island of Athelney

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the island of nobles, the island of Athelney, Som. Ben. Lye

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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Ox. 3307. Hýrede, Rä. 60, 6. Ðone ðegn gesette hláferd his ofer hiórod (heórod, R. familiam) his, Mt. L. 24, 45. Híred, Past. 459, 12. On .xiiii. nihte mónan is gód on níwne híred tó fǽrenne, Lch. iii. 178, 32.

tó-cyme

(n.)
Grammar
tó-cyme, es; m.

A coming to a place,coming,approach,arrival,adventthe coming of Christ to the world,the first or second Adventthe anniversary of Christ's coming,Advent

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Folc sceal gefeón on ðone his (John the Baptist) tócyme, 167, 14. Se mæssepreóst, ðe se bisceop tó fundode . . . wyste his tócyme. Homl. Skt. i. 3, 471. Hú hwósta missenlíce on mon becume . . .

weallan

(v.)
Grammar
weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.

of water, &c. issuing from a source to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow of the source, to well with, flow with, with a noun absoluteimplying abundanceto swarm, exist in large numbers of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with flow with of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot used of a vessel in which a liquid boils of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, ragefiguratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn

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Mon geseah weallan blód of eorþan sanguis e terra visus est manare, Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 6.

Linked entry: for-weallen

heorot-crop

(n.)

a bunch of the flowers of hartwort,

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a bunch of the flowers of hartwort, Lchdm. ii. 392

Linked entry: crop

scearp

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp, adj.

sharppungent, acidacridsharp-tonguedsharp, keen, severe,sharp, roughsharp, keen, active, strenuouseffectual, penetrating,sharp, keensharp, keen, acute,

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Th. 56, 5. sharp, keen, severe, of pain or of that which causes pain Syððan com se scearpa hungor and ádyde hí mid ealle, Chr. 1086;Erl. 219, 37.

Linked entries: un-scearp scearpness

midde

(n.)
Grammar
midde, an; f.

The middle

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Múð wæs on middan, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 10; Rä. 33, 9. On æge biþ gioleca on middan, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339; Met. 20, 170

munuc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-hád, es; m.

Monk-hoodthe monastic state

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Monk-hood, the monastic state (of women as well as of men) Munuchád and abbudhád syndon on óðre wísan (different from the seven orders previously mentioned), L. Ælfc. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31.

ge-dál

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dál, es; n.

A divisionseparationpartingdistributiondīvīsiosepărātiodīvortiumdistrĭbūtio

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Æfter ðæs líchoman gedále and ðære sáwle after the separation of the body and soul, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 12. Ðú ondrǽtst ðé on ðam gedále thou fearest to distribute, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 25.

un-gebét

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebét, un-gebétt; adj.

unamendeduncorrectednot amended through the penance prescribed by the churchunatoned because 'bót' has not been made

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Ealle scylda, ðe wið God beóð ungebétta, beóð unforgifne on dómes dæge, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 17. of persons, unatoned because 'bót' has not been made Ðá wæs hé ðisse spǽce, ǽgðer ge on lífe and æfter, ungeládod ge ungebétt he was, both when alive and

ge-staþelfæstan

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Vos. 143, 12. of a person. to fix in a position to be occupied Munuc gestaþolfæstan mæg abbod on máran þænne in eóde stede monachum stabilire potest abbas in maiori quam ingreditur loco, R. Ben.

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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Hét hé beódan ofer ealle þá fird, 94, 4. Hé sende firde ge of West-Seaxum ge of Mercum, 910; P. 94, 28.

fremfull

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Ox. 56, 310. of persons, beneficent, benignant Drihten wiste hú fremful hé beón wolde, Lch. iii. 436, 21.

ge-horsod

Grammar
ge-horsod, ge-horsian.
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Hé sceal beón gehorsad tó hláfordes neóde equum habeat in opus domini sui 436, 18. mounted (of cavalry) On his féðehere wǽron XXXN M. and þæs gehorsedan fífte healf M. Ors. 3, 9; S. 124, 12. XM gehorsedra and eahtatig M féþena.

ge-rihtwísian

(v.)
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Gl. 251, 35. to maintain the righteousness of a person Gé eów sylfe beforan mannum gerihtwísiaþ, Lk. 16, 15. to exculpate, in theology to declare or make free from the penally of sin Andetnys gerihtwísað, andetnys synne forgyfednysse sylð, Scint. 40

Linked entry: rihtwísian

grindan

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Ðá hé þǽre cweorna neálǽhte, and ꝥ corn þǽr on lægde, þá orn seó cweorn, Shrn. 145, 21. Gif hió grindende þeówa sió, Ll. Th. i. 6, 6. <b>I a.

sweltan

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S. 3, 569. to die of something, in a manner described Hé wæs wániende ... ꝥ hé swelce deáðe swealt, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 5.

fægere

(adv.)

beautifullyelegantlygentlyfairplausiblyspeciouslyimpuritythoroughlynoblysplendidlyjustly

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Þæt on foldan fægre stóde wudubeám wlitig, Dan. 498. of sound Hí singað fægre, Cri. 390. of composition, elegantly Ic þá ged ne mæg gefégean swá fægre (cf. ic sceal mid ungerádum wordum gesettan, Bt. 2; F. 4, 7), Met. 2, 6. of gentle movement or procedure