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GEÁP

(adj.)
Grammar
GEÁP, adj.

Openspread outextendedbroadroomyspaciouswidepătenspătŭlusampluslātus

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Sum sceal on geápum galgan rídan one shall ride on the extended gallows, Exon. 87 b; Th. 239, 12; Vy. 33. Under geápne hróf under the spacious roof, Beo. Th. 1677; B. 836

ge-cyndelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cyndelíc, adj. [cyndelíc natural]

Naturalaccording to naturenatūrālis

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Gecyndelíces gódes of natural good, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 100, 4. Hí nán gecyndelíc gód on him selfum nabbaþ they have no natural good in themselves, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 30 : 27, 4; Fox 100, 18.

Linked entry: ge-cundelíc

un-sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sýferness, e; f.

Impurityuncleanness

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Impurity, uncleanness (physical or moral) Se ðe forgýmeleásige gehálgod húsl, ðæt him sig unsýfernys ( sordes ) on, L. Ecg. P. iv. 44; Th. ii. 216, 18. Ðǽr unsýfernes on ne sý ne unclǽnnes, L. E. I. 5; Th. ii. 406, 1.

Linked entry: sýferness

wrǽst

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽst, wrǽste, wrást; adj.

delicateelegantsplendidnobleexcellent

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Óð wígbedes wrǽste hornas, 117, 25. Ne ðé on ðínum selegescotum swíðe lícaþ, þeáh ðe weras wyrcean wrǽst on eorðan, 146, 11. Rose wynlíc weaxeþ; ic eom wrǽstre þonne heó, Exon.

Linked entries: wrǽstan wrást

esol

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Sittende on eosule sedens super asinam, Mt. R. 21, 5. Ysle asello, An. Ox. 3663. Hí læddon him tó þone eosol, Bl. H. 71, 6. Eoselas (assan, v. l.) þá habbað swá micle horas swá oxan onagri cornua boum habentes, Nar. 34, 15.

wíg-hús

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hús, es; n. (in Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41 it is masc.)

A war-housea towerfortification

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Se weall is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum ( habitaculis defensorum ) beworht, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 21. Menn wyrcaþ wíghús him ( elephants ) on uppan, and of ðám feohtaþ, Hex. 9 ; Norm. 16, II

swancor

(adj.)
Grammar
swancor, adj.

Bending easily.of a horse slender, slim, active and graceful in movementpliant, supple flexible, slima bendpliable, flexiblewithout firmness, feeble, weak

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Ger. swankel: Ger. schwank flexible, slim: Swed. swank a bend; swank; adj. pliable, flexible; swank-rem girth-leather,] without firmness, feeble, weak Mín sául gewearð swancur on móde ðǽr ic on ðínre hǽlu hogode defecit in salutari tuo anima mea, Ps.

ge-receness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-receness, e; f.
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On gerecenesse heortan in directione cordis, 118, 7. Mine gerecenesse direclionem meant, 138, 3. going, departure (?). v. reccan; III þone dæg his gerecenesse (or gerece(n)nesse ?.

Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness

lyft

(n.)
Grammar
lyft, es, e; m. f. n.

Airatmospherebreezeskyheavenscloud

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[Goth. luftus; m: O. Sax. luft; m. f: Icel. lopt; n; O. H. Ger. luft; f. n.: Ger. luft; f.]

Linked entries: lift loft

mæsse

Grammar
mæsse, <b>: I.</b>
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</b> the service held on a saint's or martyr's day, a (person's) mass :-- Sćĭ Rufi mæsse biþ geméted on þám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 121, 30. Sśă Sabine mæsse bið geméted on þám níwran bócum, 123, 17 : 124, 33. Add

be-reáfian

(v.)

alone

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Aaron hæfde bereáfod (spoliaverat) ꝥ folc æt hira golde, Ex. 32, 25. with acc. of spoil and on with person ꝥ hé him ágeáfe þæt hé ǽr on him bereáfode (ge-, v. l. ), Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30

norþ-here

(n.)
Grammar
norþ-here, es; m.

An army belonging to the north

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An army belonging to the north Heó (the English force ) gehergade swíðe micel on ðæm norþhere, ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe, and manega men ofslógon ðara Deniscena, Chr. 910; Erl. l00, 13

cneórd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
cneórd-ness, cneóred-ness, e; f.
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A generation, race Drihten sibbe cneórd*-*nesse tódǽlde . . . hé on ðreó tówearp þá cneórdnysse, ꝥ wæs wælisc and on cyrlisc cynn and on gesýðcund cynd, Angl. xi. 3, 59-63. v. ge*-*cneóredness, and following words

Linked entry: ge-cneórednis

slá

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Gyf þé slána lyste, þonne sete þú þínne winstran þúman on þínes litlan fingres lið and pýt mid þínum scytefingre in þíne wynstran hand on þornes getácnunge þe hí on weaxað, Tech. ii. 124, 24. Add

mæsse-bóc

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Sc̃i Rufi mæsse biþ geméted on ðám yldran mæssebócum, Shrn. 121, 30: 124, 33. On þám níwran sacramentorum, ꝥ ys on ðám mæssebócum, 119, 5. Add

mid-lencten

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On mydlengtenes wucan on Týwesdæg, Jn. 7, 14 rbc. Hæfde Eádwerd cing witena gemót on Lunden tó midlencten, Chr. 1050; P. 171, 37. Tó midlengtene, 1094; F. 229, 4. . vii. nihton ǽr midlenctene, 1055 ; P. 185, 5. Add

reádian

(v.)
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Þæt þú wite hwæs blód reádaþ on rosan gelícnysse, and hwæs líchama hwítað on lilian fægernysse, Hml. S. 34, 112. Eágan reádiað, Lch. ii. 258, 14. Wyl þás þreó on meolcum ꝥ hý reádian, 292, 5. Add

hæft-noþ

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-noþ, -neþ, es; m.

Custody, keeping, imprisonment

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Custody, keeping, imprisonment On hæftnoþe biþ gehæfd he will be imprisoned, Lchdm. iii. 200, 34. On hæftneþe gebringan to imprison, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 21. Ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs where he was imprisoned, 1101; Erl. 237. 40

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place,to every place, in every directionin every casein every respect

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local, in every place, referring to the whole of space God bið á wesende and ǽghwǽr ondweard, Bl. H. 19, 26. Ǽghwár, 23, 21. of limited space Oeghuer, -huuér, óghuuaer vulgo, passim, Txts. 107, 2173. Ǽgiwern passim, An. Ox. 11, 160.

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.

Quickactivevigorousstoutboldbrave

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Of ðǽm hwatestan monnum Germanie from the bravest men of Germany, Swt. 48, 14