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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-heáne

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Dele: the MS. of Rtl. 42, 40 has gihére

ge-swǽre

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ge-swǽre, affliction.
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The form in Rtl. 41, 37 is gisuoenc

ge-capitulod

(adj.)
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furnished with headings to the sections of a book

sweord-wegende

(adj.)
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The word glosses gladiantes

wind-hreóse

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Dele, the better reading is: Wind on hreóre sǽ

wiþ-foran

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Þá þe wiðforan ús wǽron, Wlfst. 96, 10. Add

ymb-fær

(n.)
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The second passage should be put under ymb-faru

Sabat

(n.)
Grammar
Sabat, es; m. (?)

The Sabbath

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The Sabbath Sabates sabbati, Mt. Kmbl. p. 20, 5

sceam-lim

(n.)
Grammar
sceam-lim, es; n.

The private member

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The private member Sceamlim, gecyndlim dedecus Germ. 390, 120

Linked entry: sceamu

heals-ome

(n.)
Grammar
heals-ome, an; f.

A humour in the neck

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A humour in the neck, Lchdm. iii. 4, 26

Foss

(n.)

the Roman road

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the Roman road. v. C.D. vi. 288, col. 2

fram-léce

(adj.)
Grammar
fram-léce, adj.

Having the looks averted

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Having the looks averted Framléce aversa, Germ. 401, 41

Linked entry: -léce

Wascan

(n.)
Grammar
Wascan, pl. m.

The Gascons

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The Gascons,Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 22, 32, 34

Linked entry: a-wæscen

fiscere

(n.)
Grammar
fiscere, es; m.

A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo

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Ðæra Terfinna land wæs eall wéste, bútan ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oððe fisceras, oððe fugeleras the land of the Terfinns was all waste, save where the hunters, fishers or fowlers encamped, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 9.

mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
mæcg, mecg, es; m.

A man

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Mæcgum ( the children in the fiery furnace ), 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265. Adam iécte siððan mægþum and mæcgum mǽgburg síne Adam afterwards increased his family with daughters and sons, 55; Th. 68, 26; Gen. 1123

Linked entry: mecg

BINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BINDAN, to bindenne; ic binde, ðú bindest, bintst, binst, he bindeþ, bint, pl. bindaþ; p. ic, he band, bond, ðú bunde, pl. bundon; pp. bunden; v. a.

To BIND, tie ⬩ ligare, alligare

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Fæste binde swearte wealas I bind the swart strangers fast, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 21; Rä. 13, 3. Hrusan [MS. hruse] bindeþ wintres wóma the winter's violence binds the earth, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 21; Wand. 102.

Linked entries: a-búnden band

ge-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hreósan, p. -hreás, pl. -hruron; pp. -hroren

To rush ⬩ fall ⬩ glide away ⬩ to fail ⬩ ruere ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere

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Móna niðer gehreóseþ the moon shall fall down, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 22; Cri. 939. Swíðe oft se micla anweald ðara yfelena gehríst swíðe fǽrlíce very often the great power of the wicked falls very suddenly, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 8.

wer-genga

(n.)
Grammar
wer-genga, an; m.
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663.

Linked entry: wær-genga

bóc-land

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Voc. ii. 152, 18. ¶ used figuratively: Gif þú (the wealthy man) wéne, þæt hit þín bóc-land (land exempt from the claims of charity) sý, þæt þu on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3. Add

ge-háwian

(v.)
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Add: to notice, observe an object Ǽlc man ðára þe æágan heft ǽrest háwað þæs ðe hé geseón wolde oð ðone first þe hé hyt geháwað Þonne hé hyt geháwad heaft, ðonne gesyhð hé hit, Solil. H. 27, 7. Þæt ic þé geháwian mæge ut aspiciam te, 11, 18.