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nafu-gár

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ofer-gán

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add: to overspread a surface, occupy Se teter bútan sáre ofergǽð ðone líchoman impetigo sine dolore corpus occupat, Past. 71, 17 : 437, 18. Gif ðone æpl ðæs eágan ðæt fleáh mid ealle ofergséð, ne mæg mon nóht geseón pupilla oculi. . . albuginem tolerans

ort-geard

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Angl. ix. 261, 24. Add: — Orceard rǽran, Synt orceardas gedafenlice æpplum sunt pomaria congrua malis, Lch. i. lxii, 8

óþer-geáre

(adv.)
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óþer-geáre, adv.
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Next year Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna scyle beón óþergeáre on þisne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 16, 19

feówertig-geáre

(adj.)
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feówertig-geáre, adj.
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Of forty years Geond feówertiggeáre fec, Hml. S. 3, 469

æfter-gán

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dele

fyrs-gára

(n.)
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fyrs-gára, an; m.

A triangular piece of land covered with furze

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A triangular piece of land covered with furze On ðane fyrsgáran, C. D. iv. 8, 35

gád-íren

(n.)
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gád-íren, es; n.

A goad

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A goad Hé sceal habban gádíren, Angl. ix. 263, 4

Linked entry: gád-ísen

gál-freólsas

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For ' Som. . . . Lye ' substitute Gálfreólsas luper-calia An. Ox. 4715. Gálfreólsum lupercalibus, i. idolatriis 4861

gál-full

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For ' Scint. . . . 58 ' substitute Gálful þing wín luxuriosa res uinum Scint. 105, 5. Gelustfullunge gálfulre misláre delectationem libidinose suggestionis 88, 7. Dohter gálfulle filliam luxuriosam 177, 2. Mid wordum gálfullum verbis luxuriosis Angl.

gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Buffoonery, scurrility

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Buffoonery, scurrility Hwǽr biþ his gafsprǽc, and ðá ídelan gamenunga, and his ungemetegode hleahter?, Bas. 50, 28

Linked entry: gaf

gál-ness

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Gálnyss gehorwigende libido sordidans Hy. S. 5, 5. On ðám lændenum is getácnad seó fúle gálnes, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 35: Hml. A. 17, 98. Se óðer leahtor is forligr and ungemetegod gálnyss; sé is geháten fornicatio Hml. S. 16, 276: Hml. Th. ii. 220, 3. Seó

gál-scipe

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Ðis synt þá ídelnessa þisse worlde . . . gálscipe (lascivia), Ll. Th. ii. 174, 33. Se seofoða heáfodgylt ys luxuria ꝥ ys gálscype, Angl. viii. 337, 4. Byrnendes gálscipes flagrantis furie Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 36. Of gálscipe petulantia An. Ox. 5290. Mid

gál-smerc

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gál-smerc, l. -smǽre,
  • R. Ben. 30, 8.
Cf. smǽr[e] in Dict.

Linked entry: smǽr

gár-leác

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Gaarleec, gárlęc, -léc alium Txts. 39, 113. Gár-leác, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 45. Add

gás-ríc

(n.)
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gás-ríc, es; m.

An impetuous creature, a furious animal

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An impetuous creature, a furious animal (used of the whale ; cf. the description in Wal. 5 : Se micla hwæl biþ unwillum oft geméted frécne and ferðgrim fareðlácendum) Fisc (a whale) flódu áhóf on fergenberig; warþ gásríc grorn þǽr hé on greút giswom

gealg-treów

a gallow-tree

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Add: a gallow-tree (gallows-tree comes in only in the 19th cent. The older form remains in local names e. g. Gallowtree-gate in Leicester) Tó ðám galhtreówe on deópan dene, C. D. iii. 439, 12

wíf-gál

(adj.)
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wíf-gál, adj.

Incontinentlicentious

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Incontinent, licentious Swá lǽren hí ða wífgálan gesinscipe, swá hí ða forhæbbendan ne gebrengen on unryhthǽmde sic incontinentibus laudetur conjugium, ut tamen jam continentes non revocentur ad luxum. Past. 60; Swt. 453, 30

Linked entry: gál

wí-gár

Similar entry: wíg-gár

wíg-gár

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-gár, es; m.

A lance

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A lance Wígár lancea, wegures (wīgáres?) gewrið amentum Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 46 - 47. Cf. wíg-spere

Linked entries: wegures wí-gár