dyrce-grǽg
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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
grǽg-gos
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Grégós anser silvatica, Txts. 108, 1104. (Perhaps grǽg gós should be read.) Add
grǽg-hama
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Add: If the word denotes a living creature the verb gylleð would point to a bird rather than to the wolf. The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the
grǽg-hiwe
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Dele, and see grǽg and hǽwe
grǽg-mǽl
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Add: with grey marks, having inlaid ornamentation
ísen-græf
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An ironstone quarry On tsengrafas ; oi isen-grafan, C. D. v. 234, 30. Cf. Isern-ðre
stán-græf
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a stone-quarry Of thám, bærue west andlang mærce tó stángrave; of thám grave, C. D. B. iii. 694, 13.] [
æsc-grǽg
Ashy-grey
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Ashy-grey
eorþ-græf
A hole dug in the earth, a ditch, well ⬩ fossa, pŭteus
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A hole dug in the earth, a ditch, well; fossa, pŭteus Isernes dǽl eorþgræf pæðeþ a part of iron passes the well, Exon. 114 b; Th. 439, 26; Ru. 59, 9
flint-grǽg
Flint-grey ⬩ cánus
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Flint-grey; cánus Ic sceal to staðe þýwan [MS. þyran] flintgrǽgne flód I shall impel the flint-grey flood to the shore, Exon. 101b; Th. 383, 31; Rä. 4, 19
fold-grǽg
Earth-grey ⬩ earth-coloured ⬩ instar terræ cānus
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Earth-grey, earth-coloured; instar terræ cānus Eá of dúne sceal foldgrǽg féran earth-coloured water shall proceed from a hill, Menol. Fox 521; Gn. C. 31
ísen-grǽg
Iron-grey
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Iron-grey Ísengrǽg ferrugo, i. color purpuræ subnigræ: ísengrǽgum blóstme ferrugineo flore vel purpureo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 63-67. Ða ísengrǽgan ferrugineas, 38, 44
græf-seax
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A graving knife Græfsex scalprum vel scalpellum vel cælum, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 72, 125; Wrt. Voc. 47, 7
grǽg-hama
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A corslet, coat of mail Gylleþ grǽghama the corslet rattles, Fins. Th. 10; Fin. 6
grǽg-hiwe
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Of a grey hue or colour, Lye
deorce-grǽg
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Dark grey Deorcegrǽg elbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 48 : ii. 32, 56. Elbus, i. medius color dyrcegrǽg, s. inter nigrum et album, 143, 20
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han-grǽd
ísen-grǽg
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Add: — fsengrǽg ferrugine, i. ferreo colore, Wrt. Voc. a. 35, ii- a. tsern-grǽg
ísern-grǽg
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Iron-grey fserngréi ferrugine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 49