geleáf-hlystend
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Substitute: One who is being instructed in the faith before baptism, a catechumen, a candidate for baptism Geleáfhlystendes catacumini, i. audientis, An. Ox, 2207. Geleáfhlystende competences ( = baptismi candidati, qui baptismum postulabant, Migne),
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geoc-led
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a yokelet (an old Kentish name for a small farm, D.D.) Mediam partem unius mansiunculae, id est án geocled ubi ecgheannglond appellatur, Txts. 455, 4. Án ioclet, C. D. i. 249, 20. In loco ubi ab indegenis ab occidente Kasingburnan appellatur demediam
geoguþ-myru
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Substitute: <b>geoguþ-miru, geoguþ-myru;</b> gen. -miru, -mirwe; f. The tenderness of youth(?) Ic þá wihte (a young bull) geseah wǽpnedcynnes geoguðmyrwe grǽdig (hungry with the hunger of a young creature. Cf. grǽdig applied to the hungry
ge-þegnsum
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Take here <b>ge-þénsum</b> in Dict., and add: of persons Godes ege myndgað þæt mon þearfum and elþeódegum monnum geþénsum sý, R. Ben. 85, 6. Malchus se geþénsuma (cf. Malchus heora ðénigmann þá þénunga heom geornlíce þénode, 239), Hml. S.
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ge-werian
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To come to an agreement, make a treaty Nalæs æfter micelre tíde ꝥ hí geweredon (waredon, v. l. ) wið him and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 6. Hí ðá geweredon
híwisclíce
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As forming part of a family or household In ealdum tídum biscop mid his geférum ge eác abbud wunade mid munucum; hwæþere hié tó þæs biscopes scíre heówesclíce (hiów-, v. l.) belumpen a temporibus antiquis et episcopus cum clero et abbas solebat manere
hreówlíce
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Add: in a way to excite pity Ic wille geswigian . . . hú hreówlíce hé wearð ádrǽfed of his ágenre þeóde praetermitto Pandionis flebilem fugam, Ors. 1, 8; S. 42, 18. Swíþe hreówlíce swá gebend hé wæs wuniende lacrymabile spectaculum praebuit, 5, 2; S.
ilfette
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Æluetu cicnus, Hpt. 33, 240, 10. Iluetu ( printed ilnetu) ciciris (cicnus? cf. i. 280, 10 where ciciris is given in a list of birds, but without an English equivalent. A similar list is given on p. 62, and there cignus occurs just before mergulus, as
lást
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Lést orbita Germ. 400, 102. Lást orbitae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 73. ¶ on lást afterwards, at last :-- Heó on lást tiliað tó cwémanne Gode and mannum mid wordum postea in ore suo benedicent Ps. Th. 48, 12. Paulus férde wíde geond þás woruld oð þæt hé on lást
mersc
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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33. Hí wendon ofer Temese . . . and swá wið Caningan mærsces (mersces, v. l. ), Chr
orne
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Substitute: <b>orne;</b> adj. Not mean, excessive. of amount Wið ornum útgange, and wið þon þe mon gemígan ne mæge, Lch. iii. 70, 25. of quality or character, not in due measure, harmful (?), injurious Úsic þá earfeðo forléton, and wé ðá
slide
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Add Wé beóð gelǽdde under ús sylfe þurh úres geþóhtes slide (lapsum), Gr. D. 107, 30. Hé him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide ( lapsum ) þǽre synne in þám merwum leorningmannum, 119, 16. Eádmódnyss fyll (casum) ne cann; eádmódnyss slide (lapsum) ne cann; eádmódnyss
þreátian
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Add: p. þreátte (in Rushworth Gospels). <b>I l.</b> add: — lié him ILLIGIBLE hwylc neádung þæs gafoles híne þreátode quaecum urgeret debiti necessitas indicavit, Gr. D. 157, 28. add: with clause Se cásere hine ðreátode ðæt hé Críste wiðsðce
rúmness
breadth ⬩ breadth, amplitude, abundance
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breadth, a broad space Ða rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of
sǽ-deór
A sea-beast
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A sea-beast (cf. Milton's 'that sea-beast Leviathan') Hine swencte on sunde sǽdeór monig, Beo. Th. 3025; B. 1510. Hé hét his ágene men hine sændan on ðone sǽ, and ða sǽdeór hine sóna forswulgon, Shrn. 54, 27. Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáþ, 133, 11. Gif
up-rihte
uprightly ⬩ erectly ⬩ right up ⬩ exactly overhead ⬩ in the zenith
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uprightly, erectly Mé þúhte ðæt mín sceáf árise and stóde uprihte, Gen. 37, 7. Mann ána gǽþ uprihte, Bt. 41, 6; Fox 254, 30: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 57. Ðá árás se cnapa and uprihte eode, 6, 41. right up, exactly overhead, in the zenith Gǽð seó suntte uprihte
wæterig
Watery
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Watery Wæterig æcer alluvius ager, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 52. Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig and blódig, Lchdm. ii. 236, 7. Seó wamb ðe bið wæterigre gecyndo, 220, 26. On wæterigum in aquoso, Blickl. Gl. : Ps. Spl. 62, 3. Mid ðam wæterian bleó, Scrd.
weaxness
Growth, increase, waxing
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Growth, increase, waxing Gyf man méte ðæt hé his hús timbrie, ðæt byð his weaxnes (cf. 214, 33), Lchdm. iii. 170, 12. Ðonne ðæs sǽes flódes weaxnes biþ quando rheuma oceani in cremento est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 16. Hé mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende
æscen
A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle
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A (wooden) vessel, pail, bottle [v. ashen; sb. in D. D.] Æscen lagena, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 8. Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene (treówene æscne, v. l.) (lignea situla ), Gr. D. 11, 21. Of ðám æscene ðe is óðre namon hrygilebúc gecleopad . . . and of ðám
gýmeleás
Careless ⬩ negligent ⬩ uncared for ⬩ wandering ⬩ stray ⬩ negligens
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Careless, negligent, uncared for, wandering, stray; negligens Gýmeleás feoh [giémeleás fioh] stray cattle, L. Alf. 42; Th. i. 54, 9; Ps. Th. 70, 10. Ða gímeleasan men ðe heora líf adrugon on ealre ídelnisse careless men who passed their life in all frivolity