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gleó-gamen

(n.)
Grammar
gleó-gamen, -gomen, es; n.

Glee-pleasuremerrimentsportjocusludus jocularis

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Glee-pleasure, merriment, sport; jocus, ludus jocularis

gleó-mǽden

(n.)

a glee-maiden

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a glee-maiden

gleów-líce

(adv.)

glig-beám

(n.)
Grammar
glig-beám, es; m.

A glee-beamtimbreltabrettympanum

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A glee-beam, timbrel, tabret; tympanum, Ps. Spl. 80, 2: 150, 4

Linked entry: gliw-beám

glig-cræft

Similar entry: gleó-cræft

glig-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
glig-georn, adj.

Glee-lovingfond of sportgaudii cupidusjoci amans

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Glee-loving, fond of sport; gaudii cupidus, joci amans. Off. Episc. 3

gliw-beám

(n.)
Grammar
gliw-beám, es; m.

A glee-beamtimbreltabrettympanum

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A glee-beam, timbrel, tabret; tympanum, Ps. Spl. 149, 3

gliw-hleóþriend

(n.)
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gliw-hleóþriend, es; m.

A glee-soundermusicianminstrelmusicusfidicen

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A glee-sounder, musician, minstrel; musicus, fidicen, Cot. 134

Linked entry: gleó-hleóþriend

sealm-glig

(n.)
Grammar
sealm-glig, -gliw, es; n.
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Psalmody On sealmglige in psalterio, Blickl. Gl. Sealmglywe, Ps. Lamb. 143, 9

geflit-glíw

(n.)
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The printed form may be taken. Cf. slítan; VII

geflit-glíw

(n.)
Grammar
geflit-glíw, es; n.
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Jeering, mockery Geflitglíwe (printed -slit-) cavillatione (cf. cavillatio bismrung, geflit convitium, 129, 68), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 65:18, 65

gléd-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
gléd-scofl, e; f.
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A fire-shovel Gloedscofl vatilla, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 8

Linked entry: fýr-scofl

glíw-bydenestre

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-bydenestre, an; f.
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A female player on the timbrel Glýw*-*bydenestra tympanistriarum, Ps. L. 67, 26

Linked entry: bydenestre

glíw-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-cræft, es; m.
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The art of playing on an instrument, minstrelsy Stód þǽr æltoran þǽre dura sum man mid ánum apan and slóh cymbalan, and bæd him metes, swá swá sume men gewuniað ꝥ hí mid glígcræfte ( ludendi arte ) heom andlyfene séceað, Gr. D. 62, 13

glíw-cynn

(n.)
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a kind of music(?) On glywcú in tibiis (tibiis seems to have been taken in the sense of pipes, and to be explained as glýwcyn, a kind of music (?)), Ps. L. 146, 10. (?)

Linked entry: glywcum

glíw-dreám

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Take here <b>gleó-dreám</b> in Dict., and add:

glíw-mann

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Take here <b>gleó-mann</b> in Dict., and add Glígman parasitus (cf. glíwere), Hpt. Gl. 504, 20. Glígmanna yppe orcestra vel pulpitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 36. Suá micle méde . . . suá wé habbað ðæs hleahtres, ðonne wé hliehað glígmonna unnyttes

glíw-word

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-word, es; n.
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A word in a song Se Wísdóm gliówordum gól (cf. ongan gliówian and geoddode, Bt. 12; F. 36, 6), Met. 7, 2

heaðu-glemm

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-glemm, es; m.

A wound got in fight

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A wound got in fight, Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 6; Rä. 57, 3

Linked entry: glemm

Gleáw-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Gleáw-ceaster, Gleáwan-ceaster, Gléu-cester, Gléw-cester, Gléwcester, Glóu-cester, Glówe-ceaster; gen. dat. -ceastre

GLOUCESTERa county town in the west of England

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GLOUCESTER, a county town in the west of England Æþelfæd líð binnan Gleáwceastre Ethelfleda lies buried at Gloucester, Chr. 918; Erl. 109, 7