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ge-mun

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mun, adj.

Mindful, having a recollection

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Mindful, having a recollection Swá gemune menn wǽron ǽlces bróces men had such a recollection of every trouble, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 2

Linked entry: -mun

stán-gefóg

(n.)
Grammar
stán-gefóg, es; n.
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A joining of stones in building Ða ðe wyrcan cúðon stángefógum those that could work at putting stones together, Elen. Kmbl. 2039; El. 1021

Linked entry: gefóg-stán

swǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽlan, p. de
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To burn (trans.) Onǽl ł swǽl ł bærn lændenu ure renes Ps. Lamb. 25, 2. Hé sende of heofonum swǽlende lég, Wulfst. 213, 6

þreó-niht

(n.)
Grammar
þreó-niht, pl.

Three days

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Three days He þreónihta (or? þreó nihta, þreó being undeclined after the manner of feówer, etc. ) fæc swefeþ, Exon. Th. 357, 34; Pa. 38

un-geládod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geládod, adj.

Not acquitteduncleared of a charge

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Not acquitted, uncleared of a charge Ðá wæs hé ðisse spǽce, ægðer ge on lífe ge æfter, ungeládod ge ungebétt, Chart. Th. 540, 4

Linked entry: ge-ládian

weorold-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sceaft, e ; f.
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A creature of this world, an earthly creature Wuldres Waldend and woruldsceafta, Exon. Th. 188, 20; Az. 48. Woruldsceafta wuldor, 190, 16; Az. 74

wuldor-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
wuldor-weorod, es; n.

The host of heaven

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The host of heaven Ðæt, ðú sié hlǽfdige wuldorweorudes, and worl[d]cundra háda under heofonum, and helwara, Exon. Th. 18, 17; Cri. 285

wyrd-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
wyrd-stæf, es; m.

A decree of fate

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A decree of fate Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum when comes that season fixed by fate's decrees, Exon. Th. 183, 101; Gú. 1325

biter-wyrde

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Bitter of speech, given to bitter words, Ꝥ gé ne beón tó biterwyrde, ne bealufulle on móde, Hml. A. 48, 576. Substitute: and add

ceást-full

(adj.)
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contentious, quarrelsome Ne beó ðú tó ceástful; of irsunge wyxt seófung, Prov. K. 23. Gálful þing wín, and ceástfull ( tumultuosa ) druncennyss, Scint. 105, 5

cú-wearm

(adj.)
Grammar
cú-wearm, adj.
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Warm from the cow (of milk) Scene fulne cú-wearmre meolce, Lch. ii. 354, 2. Mid cúwearmum [meolcum], 15. On cúwearme meolce, 358, 24

Linked entry: wearm

corn-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
corn-sǽd, es; n.
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A grain of corn Hé gemænigfealdað feáwa cornsǽda in unárímede wæstmas æora pauca seminis grana in innumera segetum frumenta multiplicat, Gr. D. 253, 1

deáþ-beácnigende

(adj.)
Grammar
deáþ-beácnigende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Threatening death Cumað of heofenum deáðbeácnigende tácn de coelo venient signa minantia mortem (Dóm. L. p. 23, 56), Wlfst. 137, 13: Dóm. L. 112

eorþ-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-brycg, e; f.
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A bridge made by placing poles across a stream and laying earth and sods on them Of eorthbrycge, C. D. B. iii. 223, 24

Linked entry: brycg

eorþ-græf

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Eorþgræf pæðeþ it (the bucket of a draw-well) makes its way through a passage dug in the earth, Rä. 59, 9. Substitutefor citation

for-cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-cunnian, p. ode

To tempttry

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To tempt, try Huæt meh gé forcunnas quid me temtatis?, Mt. L. 22, 18. Of ðon forcunned sint quo appraehensi sunt, p. 13, 8

Linked entry: cunnian

ge-sweorf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorf, es; n.
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Geswearfes of seolfre syx pænega gewǽge, Lch. i. 336, 8. Gesweorf ferruginem, i. rasura ferri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147. 65 : ferruginem, 35, 32. Add

ge-cennes

(n.)
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a calling (?) Oð þone dæg his gerecenesse (gecænenisse, gecígednesse, gecígnesse, v.ll.) of middangearde usque ad diem suae uocationis, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 634, 8. (?)

Linked entry: ge-cænenis

gold-fellen

(adj.)
Grammar
gold-fellen, adj.
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Of gilded leather Mid purpuran gescrýd and mid kynelicum gyrlum, mid gyldenum cynehelme and mid goldfellenum sceón, Hml. S. 31, 752. See preceding word

Linked entry: fellen

heardheortness

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[The Latin of Deut. 31, 27 is cervicem tuam durissimam] Losiað tó fela for heora heardheortnysse wið þone Hǽlend, Hml. S. 25, 529. Add: