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þancol

(adj.)
Grammar
þancol, adj.
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Th. 382, 17; Rä. 3, 12. v. deóp-, fore-, ge-, gearo-, hete-, hyge-, scearp-, searuþancol; þancol-mód

gearcung

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Gearc[inge] praeparatione 3617. Hú-meta dorstest ðú gán tó mínre gearcunge ( the feast I have prepared. Cf. ealle míne ðing ic gearcode; cumað tó þám giftum, 522, 8) búton gyftlicum reáfe?, Hml. Th. i. 530, 2

ge-irnan

(v.)
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L. 9, 15. (1 a) to run and meet a person who approaches :-- Gearn occurrens, Mk. p. 4, 6: Jn. p. 6, 12. In ðǽr stóue ðér gearn him (giarn tó tó him, R.) Martha in illo loco ubi occurrerat ei Martha, Jn. L. 11, 30.

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

un-slopen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-slopen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Unloosed

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Unloosed Æfter þúsend geárum bið Satanas unbunden ... and nú syndon Satanases bendas swýðe tóslopene (unslopene, MS. H.), Wulfst. 83, 9

Beorg-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Beorg-ford, Beorh-ford, es; m. [beorg a hill, ford a ford; collis ad vadum]

BURFORD in Oxfordshire

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BURFORD in Oxfordshire Hér Cúþréd, Wæst-Seaxna cining, gefeaht ðý xxii geára his ríces, æt Beorgforda [MS.

hund-eahtatig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-eahtatig, num.

Eighty

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Heó wæs wudewe óþ feówer and hundeahtatig geára hæc vidua usque annos octoginta quatuor, Lk. Skt. 2, 37. Mid hundehtatigum scipum, Chr. Erl. 5, 2.

Linked entry: eahtatig

wǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽdl, (v.
  • P. B. viii. 535
), e: wǽdle, an; f.

Povertywantpovertyindigencewantpenuryunproductivenessbarrenness

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Hé ðæs landes wæstmbǽrnesse ðara syfan geára sǽde, and ðara óþera syfan geára wǽdle (agrorum sterilitatem), Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 10

Linked entry: wéðel

un-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelimp, es; n. m.

Misfortunemishap

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Wæs swíðe hefelíc geár and swíðe sorhfull geár ... and swá mycel ungelimp on wæderunge swá man náht ǽðelíce geþencean ne mæg, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 21. Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes? 1086; Erl. 219, 40.

lama

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Seó wæs ǽr fíf geár loma, Shrn. 128, 20. Þes lama wǽdla búton handcræfte (cf. sé læg bedryda fram cildháde oð his geendunge, 96, 21), Hml. Th. ii. 98, 16. Add

strǽl-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl-wyrt, e ; f.
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Somner gives the word as glossing callitrichon Gif dolh fúlige, ceów strǽlwyrt on and gearwan, Lchdm. ii. 96, 9

láðe

(adv.)
Grammar
láðe, adv.
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Ðis ungesǽlige geár gyt tó-dæg láðe wunaþ this miserable year still continues in detestation to-day, Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 33

Linked entry: ge-láþ

sǽ-flód

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-flód, es; m. n.

an incoming tide, floodthe sea,

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On ðissum geáre com ðæt mycele sǽflód, and ærn swá feor up swá nǽfre ǽr ne dyde, and ádrencte feala túna, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 14.

ǽr

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr, prep.

before a certain time or circumstancebefore the proper timeago

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Wæs hé beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod, Bl. H. 215, 36

Linked entry: ǽr-ǽt

aweg-gewitenes

(n.)
Grammar
aweg-gewitenes, -ness, e ; f.

A going awaydepartureabscessio

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A going away, departure; abscessio Æfter þrím geárum Willfreþes aweg-gewitenesse post tres abscessionis Vilfridi annos, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 30

Linked entry: onweg-gewitenness

forþ-feran

Grammar
forþ-feran, l. -féran,
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Ðá ðe wǽron forðférede for hund geárum oððon gyt firnor, Wlfst. 96, 7

wudu-weaxe

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-weaxe, an: -weax, es; n.

Wood waxenwood wex

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Genim gearwan and weoduweaxan and hræfnes fót, iii. 30, 4. Nim gearwan and wuduweax (cf. weax, iii. 24, 4) and hrefnes fót, ii. 324, 25

leóda

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Rómánisce leódan (leóde (-a), v. ll. ) ongynnað heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan, Lch. iii. 246, 15. Þǽr mihton geséon Winceastre leódan (leóde, v. l. ) rancne here, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 10.

fultumend

(n.)
Grammar
fultumend, fultumiend, es; m. [fultumende, fultumiende, part. of fultuman, fultumian]

A helperassistantco-operatoradjūtorco-ŏpĕrātor

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Ðonne biþ eádig ðe him ǽror wæs Iacobes God geára fultumiend beātus, cūjus Deus Iacob adjūtor ejus, Ps. Th. 145, 4: 70, 3: Ps. Lamb. 70, 7: Bd. pref; S. 471, 22

un-hwílen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hwílen, adj.

Not temporaryeternal

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Ðǽr bið symle gearu freónd unhwílen, Andr. Kmbl. 2309; An. 1156. Ic mé sylfum wát æfter líces hryre leán unhwílen, Exon. Th. 167, 27; Gú. 1066. Hé him éce geceás langsumre líf, leóht unhwílen, Apstls. Kmbl. 40; Ap. 20

Linked entry: hwílen

ymb-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-ryne, es; m.
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Ǽfre ymbe geáres ymbrynum, Lchdm .iii. 238, 25. Be ðæs geáres ymbrenum de temporibus 232, 5