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GRÁPIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GRÁPIAN, grópian; p. ode; pp. od
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Hie wurdon sóna ablinde and grápodan mid heora handum on ða eorþan they at once became blind and groped on the ground with their hands, Blickl. Homl. 151, 6. Grápiaþ palpate, Lk. Skt. 24, 39.

Linked entry: grópian

ge-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ferian, -fergan; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To carryconveybearleadconductferrevehĕredūcĕre

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Feorran gefered conveyed from afar, Salm. Kmbl. 357; Sal. 178 : Andr. Kmbl. 529; An. 265 : Elen. Kmbl. 1982; El. 993. Se arc wæs geferud ofer ða wæteru arca fĕrēbātur sŭper aquas, Gen. 7, 18

wang-stede

(n.)
Grammar
wang-stede, es; m.
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Hė wang sceáwode fore burg*-*geatum, 1678; An. 841. But perhaps wangstede - wang, and the passage means that St. Andrew was unseen as he passed across the space (wang) between the sea and the town.

á-cuman

(v.)
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Gl. 1014: An. Ox. 7, 314. Ácuman costnunge, ceáste, módleáste, graman, Hml. Th. i. 4, 8: Hml. S. 7, 243: 9, 125: Hml. A. 100, 266. Úre ceaster is þearfende and ne mæg ðíne æðelborennesse ácuman, Ap. Th. 9, 8.

dihtan

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Aman dihte gewritu be þám Iudéiscum tó ǽlcere scíre scriptum est ut jusserat Aman, et litterae missae sunt ad universas provincias, Hml. A. 97, 162

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Wæs ðæt lond . . . ádrígad and fen (fien, v. l.) and cannon and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Angl. iv. 157, 5. Mid sǽ, mid fænne, Bt. 18, l; F. 62, 23, 26. Mid wudum and mid muntum and mid fænnum, 18, 2; F. 62, 35.

feþer

a feathera winga penquill

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Add Feþere pluma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 61. a feather Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum and on fugela feðerum . . .

Linked entries: fedes féþu

grénnes

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Substitute: greenness of grass, foliage, &c. Þǽre stówe grénnes ( uiriditas ) and fægernes, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 5. Grénnesse uiriditate (foliorum ), An.

neáh-lǽcan

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Add: with dat. or tó. of movement in space Hé ána beláf and neálǽhte tó þǽre stówe, Hml. S. 30, 105. Þá apostolas ealle neálǽhton tó Drihtne, Bl. H. 155, 14. Hé wearð áweht tó his neálǽcendan stefne, Gr.

aac

(n.)
Grammar
aac, e; f.

An oak

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An oak Aac-tún Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, Cod. Dipl. 75 ; A. D. 727; Kmbl. i. 90, 19

Linked entry: Ác-tún

ágen-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
ágen-spræc, e; f. [ágen own, spræc speech]

One's own tonguean idiomthe peculiarity of a languageidioma

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One's own tongue, an idiom, the peculiarity of a language; idioma, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 41

æt-beón

(v.)

To be at or presentadesse

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To be at or present; adesse Ætbeón ðé we biddaþ adesse te deposcimus, Hymn Surt. 14, 26

Affrican

(n.)
Grammar
Affrican, es; m.

An AfricanAfricanus

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An African; Africanus Regulus feaht wið Affricanas Regulus fought against Africans, Bt. 16, 2; Rawl. 33, 19

clústor-cleófa

(n.)
Grammar
clústor-cleófa, an; m.

A prison-chamber, cell carceris cubiculum

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A prison-chamber, cell; carceris cubiculum On clústorcleófan in the prison-chamber, Andr. Kmbl. 2041; An. 1023

eced-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
eced-fæt, æced-fæt, es; n.

An acid-vat, a vinegar-vesselacetābŭlum

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An acid-vat, a vinegar-vessel; acetābŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 32; Wrt. Voc. 61, 12

Linked entry: æced-fæt

eorþ-styrennis

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-styrennis, -niss, e; f. [styrenes motion]

An earthquaketerræ mōtus

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An earthquake; terræ mōtus Eorþstyrennis gewarþ micelu terræ mótus factus est magnus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 2

galder-cræftiga

(n.)

one crafty or skilful in enchantmentsan enchanter

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one crafty or skilful in enchantments, an enchanter, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 52, 9; MS. H

eágan beorht

(n.)
Grammar
eágan beorht, es; n.

An eye's glance, a moment ocŭli micātio, momentum

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An eye's glance, a moment; ocŭli micātio, momentum. Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 20, MSS. C. B

Linked entry: eágan bryhtm

in-siht

(n.)
Grammar
in-siht, e : f.

An accountnarrativeargument

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An account, narrative, argument Onginneþ insiht æfter iohannem incipit argumentum secundum Johannem, Jn. Skt. p. 1, 1

iuc-téma

(n.)
Grammar
iuc-téma, an; m.
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An animal yoked with another Ioctéma jugalis, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 59; Wrt. Voc. 16, 31