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gós-hafoc

(n.)
Grammar
gós-hafoc, es; m.
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[Chauc. gos-hauk: Icel. gás-haukr: O. H. Ger. gaus-hapich.]

ge-unclǽnsian

(v.)
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Add: to defile Ne geunclǽnsað ( coinquinat ) ðæt nó ðone mon ðæt on his múð gáð, ac ðæt ðæt of his muðe gǽð, ðæt hine geunclǽnsað, Past. 317, 14

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric's Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement

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Gáta loc titula, 288, 20. Loce ł fæstene clustello, Hpt. Gl. 527, 72. In scípa locc in ovile ovium, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 1 : p. 6, 2. Ic scitte sum loc oððe hæpsige sero, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 21. Uton belúcan ðás circan and ðæt loc inseglian, Homl.

Linked entry: loca

eóde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
eóde, ðú eódest, pl. eódon went, delivered. Ps. Th. 60, 4: 67, 21: 94, 11; p.
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of gán

bi-eóde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
bi-eóde, venerated, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 3; Jul. 208; p.
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of bi-gán

bi-gǽþ

Grammar
bi-gǽþ, commits, Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 18; Cri. 1308; pres.
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of bi-gán

gealpettan

(v.)
Grammar
gealpettan, p. te.
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D. galp to gape; D.

cæfl

(n.)
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a bit, muzzle, gag Caefli capisto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 48. Cæfli, 14, 11[Cf. Icel. kefli a piece of wood, a gag. v. N. E. D. kevel.]

wilder

(n.)
Grammar
wilder, (-or ? cf. wildor-líc. v. next word) (and wild ? cf. þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347.
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O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n. A wild beast Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10; Pa. 43. Ðæt fiǽsc, ðæt wildro ábiton carnem, quae a bestiis fuerit prae-gustata Ex. 22, 31. Weorpan

Linked entry: wildor

beaf

(n.)

a gad-fly ⬩ œstrus ⬩ οίστροs

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a gad-fly; œstrus = οίστροs,Leo 118

Hróð-

(prefix)
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Hróð-gár, -mund, -wulf

fore-meahtiglic

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-meahtiglic, (-miht-); adj.

strenuous

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, þá stra[n]gan ł foremihti[gan? or -glice?]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 60

Linked entries: fore-meahtig fore-mihtiglíce

díc-sceard

(n.)
Grammar
díc-sceard, es; n.
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A gap in a ditch Dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 20

líc-mann

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Add: — Gewát se Gád of worulde tó helle. Man heóld þá ꝥ líc on þá hǽðenan wísan . . . þá on þone feórðan dæg fǽrlíce on mergen árás se ylce Gád árǽred þurh God, and þá lícmen wurdon wundorlíce áfyrhte, Hml. S. 36, 130

máðum-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
máðum-ǽht, e; f.

A costly possession ⬩ valuable ⬩ treasure

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A costly possession, valuable, treasure Ne nom hé máðmǽhta má, ðeáh hé monige geseah, búton ðone hafelan and ða hilt somod since fáge more things of price he took not, though many he saw, than the head and the hilt gay with gold, Beo.

briosa

(n.)
Grammar
briosa, an; m.
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A BREESE, gad-fly; asilus, tabānus, Cot. 160; Wrt. Voc. 281, 32

Linked entry: breósa

geleger-gild

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Cf. gál-freóls

tirwan

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Add: v. níw-tirwed: tite-gár. Dele '(?)', and cf. An. Ox. 786

forþ-clypian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-clypian, p. ode; pp. od

To call forth ⬩ provoke ⬩ provŏcāre

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To call forth, provoke; provŏcāre Forþclypiende us betwynan provŏcantes invĭcem, Gal. 5, 26

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