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ge-héring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-héring, e; f.

A hearinghearsaytidingsaudītio

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A hearing, hearsay, tidings; audītio Fram ge-héringe yfelre he ne ondrǽt ab audītiōne măla non tĭmēbit, Ps. Lamb. 111, 7

geómor-fród

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-fród, adj. [geómor sad, fród old]

Old with sadnessmisĕre ætate provectus

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Old with sadness; misĕre ætate provectus Ic eom geómorfród I am old with sadness, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 14; Gen. 2224

searu-píl

(n.)
Grammar
searu-píl, es; m.
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An implement with a point Mín heáfod is homere geþuren, searopíla wund, sworfen feóle, Exon. Th. 497, 17; Rä. 87, 2

seonu-wind

(n.)
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an artery Sinewind arteriae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 29. [Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. sen-ádra arteria, nervus.] Cf. wind-ǽdre, sin-

Linked entry: sine-wind

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

þrýþ-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ-bearn, es; n.

A mighty youth

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A mighty youth Ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann, þrýðbearn hæleð, ðé gelícne, steóran ofer stæfnan, Andr. Kmbl. 987; An. 494

untíd-weorc

(n.)
Grammar
untíd-weorc, es; n.

Unseasonable workwork done at a wrong time

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Unseasonable work, work done at a wrong time Geswícan untídweorces ( work done on Sunday ), Wulfst. 209, 27. Geswícan untídweorca, 221, 19

un-gewirded

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gewirded, adj.

Uninjured

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Uninjured Ne mæg him bitres wiht sceððan, ac gescylded á wunaþ ungewyrded þenden woruld stondeþ, Exon. Th. 210, 5; Ph. 181

Linked entry: ge-wirdan

wíte-swinge

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-swinge, an; f.

A stroke given as a punishmentchastisement

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A stroke given as a punishment, chastisement Ongæt gumena aldor hwæt him Waldend wræc wíteswingum, Cd. Th. 112, 2 ; Gen. 1864

Linked entry: swinge

æt-faran

(v.)
Grammar
æt-faran, p. -fór
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To go away, make off Án fox þone scóh geiæhte and ætfaran (-en, MS.) þóhte. Shrn. 14, 23. Cf. oþ-faran

andgitfullíce

(adv.)
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Andgytfullice liquido, i. clare ł perspicue, An. Ox. 1518. Angytfullíce, 83. Andgytful[líce] sensatim, 56, 121. Andgitfullícost, Past. 7, 24. Add

Cynebellingas

(n.)
Grammar
Cynebellingas, pl. m.
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The settlers at Kimble Innan Cynebellinga gemǽre, C. D. B. ii. 259, 10. Cf. the proper name Cynebill, Bd. 3, 23

copp

(n.)
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a top, summit Coppe helmes cono (.i. summitate, Hpt. Gl. 443, 22) (sublimi) uerticis, An. Ox. 1563. Coppe cono, 32, 6

diht

(n.)
Grammar
diht, e; f.
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A saying, dictum, oracle Dihta oððe saga presagia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 46. Dihta oraculorum, An. Ox. 7, 81: 8, 96

ed-lesende

(adj.)
Grammar
ed-lesende, adj.
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Reciprocal Edlæsendum reciproco, An. Ox. 1885. Sume noman synd diuidua, þá getácniað tódál mid edlesendre sprǽce, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 13, 13

eorþ-styren

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-styren, eorþ-styrenn, e; f.

An earthquake

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An earthquake Gewordenre eorðstyrene facto terrae motu, Gr. D. 182, 20. For eorðstyrenum heó (Rome) byð geswenced, Gr. D. 134, 1

ge-gaderscipe

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For 'Hpt. . . . 416' substitute Gegæderscype jugalitas, i. matrimonium, An. Ox. 1360: 1373. Gegæderscipes conjugii, 221. Ǽwlices gegæderscipes legitime jugalitatis, 583: 5030

Linked entry: gader-scype

ge-glengendlic

(adv.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-glengendlíce;</b> adv. Delicately, elegantly Geglencendlíce glencan delicate (i. pompose) componere, An. Ox. 1202

fullwiht-ele

(n.)
Grammar
fullwiht-ele, es; m.
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Oil used at the rite of baptism Preósta gehwilc ǽgðer hæbbe ge fulluhtele ge seócum smyrels, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 15

gewin-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
gewin-tíd, e; f.
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A time of distress, troublous time, v. gewin; 4 Oþ þás gewintíde Langbeardna ad haec Longobardorum tempora, Gr. D. 210, 15