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hlid-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hlid-geat, es; n.

A swing-gate, ⬩ folding-door

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A swing-gate, folding-door On ðonæ stocc ðæ ðæt hlidgeat on hangodæ to the post that the swing-gate hung on, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 176, 13. Of ðam hlidgeate, 236, 35. Hlidgata valva, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 36; Wrt. Voc. 26, 35

Linked entry: liþ-geat

wyrm-galere

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-galere, es; m.

A serpent-charmer, sorcerer

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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer Wyrmgalere marsum (the word occurs in reference to the incident given under wyrmgaldere), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 11: 55, 11.

ge-habban

(v.)
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</b> of the effect of natural causes, e. g. sickness :--- Ꝥ þú síðige tó mé and míne untrumnysse gehǽle, for ðan þe ic eom yfele gehæfd, Hml. S. 24, 98. intrans.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once

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Similar entries Cf. fæste; II a Þǽr hié fæstlíce eard genámon they settled there, Gen. 1653. Gif hit on ǽnegum men ǽnige hwíle fæstlíce wunaþ, Bt. 8; F. 26, 4. Hí nǽfre fæstlíce ne þurhwuniaþ swelca swelce hí ǽr tó cóman, 11, 1; F. 30, 28: Bl.

cwic-súsl

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-súsl, cwyc-súsl, es; n; e; f. [súsl sulphur, brimstone, torment, punishment] Living punishment, hell-torment; sempervivum tormentum, infernum, barathrum = βάραθρον
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Faraþ ða unrihtwísan into écere cwicsúsle, mid deófle and his awyrigedum englum the unrighteous will go into everlasting torment, with the devil and his accursed angels, Homl. Th. ii. 108, 31

Linked entries: súsl cwyc-súsl

dóm-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
dóm-fæst, adj. [fæst fast, firm]

Firm in judgment, just, firm, powerful ⬩ jnstus, pŏtens

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Twelfe wǽron dǽdum dómfæste the twelve were powerful in deeds, Apstls. Kmbl. 9; Ap. 5. Ic séce swegelcyning, dómfæstra dreám I seek the King of heaven, the joy of the just, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 6; Gú. 1056

ge-fyllednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fyllednes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A fulness ⬩ satiety ⬩ completion ⬩ finishing ⬩ end ⬩ plēnĭtūdo ⬩ sătĭrĭtas ⬩ consummātio

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Óþ ðissere worulde gefyllednysse until the end of the world, Homl. Th. i. 600, 18

clerc

Grammar
clerc, cleric.
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Add: one of the secular (as opposed to monastic) clergy Ic secge þé, lá cleric, on þín eáre, Angl. viii. 300, 14. On gewittnesse Byrhtstánes mæssepreóstes and on clerices þe þis gewrát, Cht. E. 255, 30.

godspellian

(v.)
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Rdr. 67, 12. of the good tidings of the gospel, intrans. To preach the gospel to a person Ongan hé þám foresprecenan bréþer godspellian praefato Fratri Verbum Dei evangelizare coepit, Guth. Gr. 163, 45. trans.

hand-gang

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[In the Ormulum hand-gang is used of the laying on of hands by the Apostles (All þiss gæfenn forþ þe posstless þurrh hanndganng upponn alle þa þatt fulluhht unnderrfengenn, 15992), or in confirmation (þurrh fulluht ga þurrh hanndgang att hadedd mannes

hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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Th. ii. 510, 22 : nyste hé fǽringa hwǽr ; ꝥ seax cóm þe hé ǽr on handa hæfde, Bl. H. 223, 17 : all three passages refer to the same event in the life of St. Martin), Hml. S. 31, 477. [Cf. N. E. D. hap to go by chance.]

hádre

(adv.)
Grammar
hádre, hǽdre; adv.

Clearly

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Clearly [of light and of sound] Hádre scíneþ rodores candel the lamp of the firmament [the sun] shines brightly, Beo. Th. 3147; B. 1571.

Linked entry: hǽdre

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

A species of money introduced by the Danes

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In the Law of the Northumbrian Priests, Th. ii. 290 sqq. this money is often mentioned. Óro mnas, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 13: Rush. 19, 16

þende

(adj.; con.)
Grammar
þende, conj.

While

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Þende regente (perhaps here the word is the beginning of a rendering of the absolute construction, as in the previous passages; or it might be(?) a mistake for þeódne ), Germ. 403, 35

Linked entry: þenden

wíg-heafola

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Hea is the reading of Thorkelin's transcripts, but now the MS. shews only quite uncertain traces of h, and ea is entirely gone (Zupitza).

Linked entries: hafela wíg

láð

(adj.)
Grammar
láð, adj.

hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical

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Ðec gelegdon on láðne bend they put thee into grievous captivity, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 27; Sat. 539. Ða fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle newæron aves non nobis perniciem ferentes, Nar. 16, 18.

ge-nemnan

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Sé þe heora cyning mid rihte genemned wǽre, 177, 12.

blinnan

(v.)
Grammar
blinnan, part. blinnende; ic blinne, ðú blinnest, blinst, he blinneþ, blinniþ, blinþ, pl. blinnaþ; p. ic, he blan, blon, blann, blonn, ðú blunne, pl. blunnon; pp. blunnen; v. intrans.

To cease, rest, leave off ⬩ cessare, desinere

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T.] se bysceophád eall geár and ðæs óðres syx mónaþ the bishopric was vacant [lit. rested] all one year and six months of the next, 3, 20; S. 550, 28.

Linked entry: blin

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14.

Linked entry: waad

ge-dón

(v.)

to put. ⬩ to place in or on a material object, give position or direction to ⬩ to put away, remove :-- ⬩ to put from (fram), put out of one's power ⬩ to put or bring into a position or relation ⬩ to bring a person to or out of a condition ⬩ to put a thing to a use :-- ⬩ to apply money, expend ⬩ to impart to a person. ⬩ to bestow, confer a material object ⬩ to cause by one's action a person (dat.) to have a faculty ⬩ to bring some affecting quality or condition to a person, ⬩ the object a noun (pronoun), to do a person good, harm, ⬩ to show mercy, do honour, justice, c. :-- ⬩ to do ⬩ to achieve, bring to pass that :-- ⬩ to do good, evil, right, wrong, act rightly, c. ⬩ to commit sin, crime, c. ⬩ finished, completed, brought to a conclusion, ⬩ to make attack, move, excuse, c. ⬩ to make, bring about a state, condition, cause to be as the result of action. ⬩ to endow with qualities or properties ⬩ to make, produce, do one thing from another :-- ⬩ to make, conclude a treaty of peace :-- ⬩ to make, cause to become, cause to take the character of. ⬩ to make, cause a person to do something, ⬩ to act ⬩ to do, fare

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Fremena þára þe ic þé gedón hæbbe Gen. 2820. Ǽlc þǽra þinga þe him gedón oððe gecweíen wǽre, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 8. the object a clause Wénst þú mæge seó wyrd þé geðón þæt þá þing ðíne ágene sién . . . . Bt. 14, i; F. 40, 31.