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ge-mal-mægen

(n.)

an assembly

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an assembly

ge-met-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæstlíce, adv.

Modestly ⬩ modeste

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Modestly; modeste He swá gemetfæstlíce hine sylfne beheóld ita se modeste gerebat, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 4

ge-met-fæstnys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met-fæstnys, -nyss, e; f.

Moderation, modesty ⬩ moderatio, moderamen, modestia

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Moderation, modesty; moderatio, moderamen, modestia Mycelre monþwǽrnysse and ǽrfæstnysse and gemetfæstnysse mon summæ mansuetudinis et pietatis ac moderaminis vir. Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 32: 3, 14; S. 540, 13. Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf to eádmódnesse and

ge-met-festan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-met-festan, p. -feste; pp. -fested, -fest

To compare ⬩ comparare

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To compare; comparare Gemetfest comparatus, Ps. Spl. T. 48, 21

Linked entry: ge-mæt-fæstan

burh-waru-man

(n.)
Grammar
burh-waru-man, -mann, es; m.

A citizen ⬩ civis

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A citizen; civis, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 12

disme

(n.)
Grammar
disme, In the passage at An. Ox. 46, 4 musk is spoken of; cf.
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Ger. desem, dessem musk. v. Angl. 30, 123: 32, 515

muscelle

(n.)
Grammar
muscelle, muscle, muxle, musle, an; f. [from Latin]

A muscle ⬩ mussel ⬩ a shell-fish

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A muscle or mussel, a shell-fish Muscle muscula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 76. Muxle, i. 77, 71: geniscula, 281, 62. Mucxle, 65, 68: ii. 41, 19. Musclan scil conca, 15, 35. Of muscellan de conca, 26, 39: 75, 71: 89, 35. Musclan, Hpt. Gl. 417, 9. Hér beóþ oft

ge-miclung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-miclung, e; f. [mycel much, great]

Greatness, magnificence, glory ⬩ magnificentia

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Greatness, magnificence, glory; magnificentia, Ps. Spl. 144, 5: 70, 21

Linked entry: micelung

efn-etan

(v.)
Grammar
efn-etan, to eat as much as any one? or

to become equal, to equal? ⬩ par esse ălĭcui ĕdendo? æquāre, æmŭlāri

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æquāre, æmŭlāri Ic mésan mæg meahtelícor and efn-etan ealdum þyrse I can feast more heartily and eat as much as the old giant. Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 28; Rä. 41, 63

Linked entry: efen-etan

chor-gleów

(n.)
Grammar
chor-gleów, es; n. [gleó, gleów glee, joy, music]

A musical dance, dance ⬩ chorus = χορός

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A musical dance, dance; chorus = χορός Hérian híg naman his on chorgleówe laudent nomen ejus in choro, Ps. Lamb. 149, 3: 150, 4

dréme

(adj.)
Grammar
dréme, drýme; adj. [dreám II. music, melody, harmony]

Melodious, harmonious ⬩ canōrus

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Melodious, harmonious; canōrus Mid drémere stefne canōra voce, Mone B. 2538

murnan

(v.)
Grammar
murnan, p. de.

To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard

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Ne beó ðú on sefan tó forht, ne on móde ne murn be not fearful of mind, nor anxious of heart, Andr. Kmbl. 197; An. 99.

dréman

(v.)
Grammar
dréman, drýman; p. de; pp.ed [dreám joy, music]

To rejoice, to play on an instrument ⬩ jubĭlāre, psallĕre

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To rejoice, to play on an instrument; jubĭlāre, psallĕre Drémaþ Gode Iacobes jubĭlāte Deo Iacob, Ps. Spl. 80, 1. Drémaþ oððe fægniaþ on gesihþe cyninges jubĭlāte in conspectu regis, Ps. Lamb. 97, 7. We drémaþ mægnu ðínum psallēmus virtūtes tuas, Ps.

Linked entry: drýman

Exan múþa

(n.)
Grammar
Exan múþa, Eaxan múþa, Axa-múþa, an; m: Exan múþ, es; m.

The mouth of the river Ex. EXMOUTH, Devon

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The mouth of the river Ex. EXMOUTH, Devon Se here com to Exan múþan the army came to the mouth of the Ex. Chr. 1001; Th. 249, 36. To Exan múþe to Exmouth, Th. 249, col. 2, 36. To Axa-múþan to Exmouth, Chr. 1049; Th. 307, 37

Linked entry: Axa-múþa

míte

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For 'tamus' substitute ' ta[r]mus (tarmus blatta, tinea, Migne),' and add(?) Bibiones vel mustiones muscfleotan vel wurma smite (sinite, Wrt., but see Wülck. Gl. 121, 23) l. (?) mustfleógan vel [must]wurmas, míte, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 75-

disme

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Peregrino pulvere, i. musco. Muscus est mus peregrinus ꝥ is disme ( muscus, in the sense of moss, seems to be rendered by disme), An. Ox. 46, 4

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia, was of the Old-Saxon race. He began to reign in A. D. 855. 'Anno Domĭnĭcæ incarnatiōnis DCCCLV, —Eadmundus Orientālium Anglōrum gloriosĭssimus cœpit regnāre VIII. Kalend. Januārii, id est die natālis Dŏmĭni, anno

bénlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
bénlíce, adv.
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Suppliantly Boenlíce ué biddað suppliciter exora-mus, Rtl. 103, 24

þríste

(adv.)
Grammar
þríste, adv.

Boldly ⬩ confidently ⬩ without apprehension, fear, hesitation, reserve ⬩ without sense of shame ⬩ presumptuously ⬩ audaciously

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Grammar þríste, in the Psalms þríste seems used several times with an intensive force, much as swíðe is used Þa þearfendan þríste Drihten gehýreþ holdlíce hears attentively and graciously; exaudivit pauperes Dominus, Ps. Th. 68, 34.

ylp

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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him forþearle, gif hé gesihð án mús, Hml. A. 63, 285. Add