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ge-molsnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-molsnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To corrupt, decay, wither ⬩ putrefacere, tabefacere, macerare, marcescere

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To corrupt, decay, wither; putrefacere, tabefacere, macerare, marcescere He ðǽr on moldan gemolsnaþ he shall there rot in the earth, Blickl. Homl. 109, 32. Míne herewíc syndon gebrosnode and gemolsnode my dwellings are decayed and perished, 113, 26.

ge-myndigian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-myndigian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

to remember

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To remember, be mindful of, call to mind Gemyndga cýðnise memorari testamenti, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 72. Ic gemyndige ða mǽran Raab and Babilonis memor ero Rahab et Babylonis, Ps. Th. 86, 2. Ðæt ðú ne gemyndgast æfter mandreáme ne gewittes wást bútan wildeóra

ge-nacodian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nacodian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To make bare, naked, to strip ⬩ nudare

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To make bare, naked, to strip, nudare He hine middangeardes þingum ongyrede and genacodade [genacode?] he unclothed and stripped himself of worldly things, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 24

Linked entry: nacodian

un-tela

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tela, adv. (but in some cases it seems a noun?)

Not well ⬩ ill ⬩ badly

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Not well, ill, badly Ða scamleásan nyton ðæt hié untela dóð, búton hit mon him sæcge impudentes se delinquere nesciunt, nisi a pluribus increpentur, Past. 31; Swt. 206, 1. Swá micle hí onfóð ðǽr máre wíte, swá hí hér gearor witon ðæt hí untela dóð, and

Linked entries: tela tela un-tala un-teala

ge-stépan

Grammar
ge-stépan, l. ge-stípan (v. stipan), and add after Ohtheres
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in 1. 5 wigum and wǽpnum

húdenian

(v.)
Grammar
húdenian, Dele the suggested connexion with hýd, and add '
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Húdenian . . . gehört offenbar mid ndd. húdern vor Kalte zittern' . . . und bildet die s-lose nebenform von me. ndd. schudderen', Beiblatt xv. 350

hring-fáh

Grammar
hring-fáh, For -fégh in l. 2 l. fágh, and add
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Having circular bands of different colours (?. v. hring; <b>VI a</b>) :-- Tonica polimita hringfaag, a rotunditate circulorum, Txts. 100, 984. Hringfaag polimita, 88, 798. Hringfág, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 26

bryce

(adj.)
Grammar
bryce, adj. [brycþ, pres. of brecan
to break
]

to break ⬩ Breakable, worthless, frail, fleeting ⬩ fragilis, futilis, caducus

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Breakable, worthless, frail, fleeting; fragilis, futilis, caducus Mín bigengea gewát bryce on feorweg incolatus meus prolongatus est, Ps. Th. 119, 5

Linked entry: brice

ge-þæf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þæf, adj. [geþafian to agree, consent]

Agreeing ⬩ content ⬩ consentiens

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Agreeing, content; consentiens He his nó geþæf wæs he was not a consenting party to it, Cod. Dipl. 183; A. D. 803; Kmbl. i. 222, 35: R. Ben. 7

Linked entries: ge-dæf ge-þafa

bed-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
bed-cófa, l. -cofa; m.; -cofe; f. , and add
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Bedcofa cubiculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 8. Bedcof[a] cubile, Gern. 388, 10. Hyt ys belocen on mýnre bedcofan, Hml. A. 189, 242

streón

(n.)
Grammar
streón, es; n.
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All follc wass þatt illke streon þatt Adam haffde strenedd, Orm. 27. Hiss stren shollde ben todrifenn, 16396. Þat holy streon, O.E. Misc. 153, 217. Of God, nat of the streen of which they been engendered, Chauc. Cl. T. 157.

GYLT

(n.)
Grammar
GYLT, gilt, gelt, gielt, es; m.

Guilt ⬩ crime ⬩ sin ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ wrong ⬩ debt ⬩ fine ⬩ forfeiture

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Adames gylt Adam's guilt, Blickl. Homl. 9, 5: 23, 5; Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 19; Ph.408. For ðam gylte ðe hig worhton ðæt gildene celf for the sin of making the golden calf, Ex. 32, 35; Deut. 9, 21.

Linked entry: gelt

ribb

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Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan uam úre Drihten ðæt rib ðe hé ðæt wíf of geworhte, Sal. K. 198, 9. Óstige ribba hyrdlas, ribbes, hricges gebígednesse squamigeros costarum crates (rigidamque) spinae curvaturam, An. Ox. 2465. Add

þweores

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
þweores, þwires, þwyres.

across as opposed to along ⬩ athwart ⬩ transversely ⬩ crosswise as opposed to lengthways ⬩ on the flank ⬩ perversely ⬩ wrongly

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Adam wæs on lenge fíf and hundnigontiges fingra lenge ofer þweoras ða fingras (i.e. taking the breadth, not the length, of the fingers ), Anglia xi. 2, 28.

Linked entries: þwires þwyre

symbel

(n.)
Grammar
symbel, symel, es; n.

a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,

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a feast, banquet, entertainment Him (Adam and Eve) . . . and hyra eaferum swá wearð sárlíc symbel, Exon. Th. 226, 15;Ph. 406. Him (the blessed) is symbel and dreám, 353, 12;Sch. 96. Se becom tó Prisce, ðǽr hé deófolgeldum geald.

hnescian

(v.)
Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode

To make, ⬩ or to become, soft, ⬩ to soften

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Se hearda stán aðamans hnescáþ ongeán ðæt líðe buccan blód durus adamas leni hircorum sanguine mollescit, Past. 37, 4; Swt. 271, 4. Hí hnescodon sprǽca his molliti sunt sermones ejus, Ps. Spl. 54, 24.

Linked entries: a-hnescian a-nescian ge-hnesctun

hwerfan

(v.)
Grammar
hwerfan, hwierfan, hwirfan, hwyrfan; p. de; pp. ed.

to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter

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Adame his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan Adam's mind changed, and his heart began to turn to her desire, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 28; Gen. 716.

Linked entries: hwearfan hweorfan hwirfan hwyrfan

æfter-fæce

(adv.)
Grammar
æfter-fæce, adv. [æfter after, and the dat. of fæc a space]

Afterwards ⬩ after that ⬩ postmodum

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Afterwards, after that; postmodum

æ-scære

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
æ-scære, adj. [æ = a, scær, p. of sceran to shear, cut]

Without tonsure ⬩ uncut ⬩ untrimmed ⬩ neglected ⬩ intonsus ⬩ incultus ⬩ neglectus

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Without tonsure, uncut, untrimmed, neglected; intonsus, incultus, neglectus Deóplíc dǽd-bót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed that scissors [iron] come not

Linked entries: a-scære -scǽre

æðele

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
æðele, eðele; comp. -ra; sup. -ast, -est, -use; adj.

noble ⬩ eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind ⬩ excellent ⬩ famous ⬩ singular ⬩ nobilis ⬩ generosus ⬩ præstabilis ⬩ egregius ⬩ excellens ⬩ noble ⬩ vigorous ⬩ young ⬩ nobilis ⬩ novellus

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noble, eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind, excellent, famous, singular; nobilis, generosus, præstabilis, egregius, excellens Se eorl wæs æðele the earl was noble, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 5; Gen. 1182. He sægde Habraharne, æðeles geþingu he

Linked entry: eðele

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