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ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Basewantonlewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

ge-halding

(n.)
Grammar
ge-halding, e; f.

A holdingkeepingcustōdia

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A holding, keeping; custōdia On gehaldinge sprǽca ðíne in custōdiendo sermōns tuos, Ps. Spl. C. 118, 9

þecgan

(v.)
Grammar
þecgan, p. þegde; pp. þeged
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To take, consume Hine þegeþ þurst he is consumed by thirst, Lchdin. ii. 60, 7: 74, 22

Linked entry: a-þegen

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19

under-geþeóded

(n.; adj.; part.)

subject

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In. proem.; Th. i. 102, 11

Linked entry: under-þeódan

under-lihtan

(v.)

sublevare

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glosses sublevare in: Ué underlihtad sié sublevemur, Rtl. 51, 23. Ðætte ué sié underlihtado sublevari, 72, 3

wrec-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wrec-scipe, es; m.

Exileliving in a foreign land

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Exile, living in a foreign land Mín wrecscype incolatus meus, Blickl. Gl. : Ps. Spl. T. 119, 5

brygd

(n.)
Grammar
brygd, es; m.
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drawing a weapon, v. bryd in Dict. something twisted, a wick (?). v. candel-brygd. a trick, fraud (?)

credic

(n.)
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Bd. 3, 27: Lac in fiala ponere solebat), An. Ox. 29, 3. (?)

ellen-treów

(n.)
Grammar
ellen-treów, es; n.

An elder-tree

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An elder-tree Tunc in uiam publicam usque sambucum quam uocitant ellentreów, C. D. iii. 379, 15

folc-egsa

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Terror felt by a people or that which causes terror in a people. For 'Folk-terror' substitute:

hlígan

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, for the Latin in the second passage substitute ' scientiae sibi nomen extendunt', and add:

hún

(n.)
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a bear-cub, in proper names, e.g. Hún-bald, Ælf-hún. v. Txts. 635 for many examples

hunig-flówende

(adj.)
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Add: lit. of flowers, Gú. 1250 (in Dict. ). fig. Huniflówende gecnordnessa melliflua studia, Hpt. Gl. 404, 17

imbe

(n.)
Grammar
imbe, a swarm of bees.
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Take here ymbe in Dict., and add: Cf. Of ðám móre on imbaleá, C.D. v. 277, 13

Linked entry: ymbe

laþung

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Add: a church; ecclesia On háligre laþunge gelǽred bodigend in sancta ecclesia doctus predicator Scint. 124, 9

cwild-flód

(n.)
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a deluge On cwildflóde wætra in diluuio aquarum (cf. cwilde flód, 28, 10), Ps. Vos. 31, 6

Linked entry: flód

sóhþa

Grammar
sóhþa, ?
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Voc. ii. 112, 4. The word is written sohctha 45, 72. Somner suggests ioctha

Linked entry: sóchtha

tó-drǽfness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-drǽfness, e; f.

Division,difference

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Division, difference Tódroefnise wæs him bituién ymb ðæt schisma erat in eis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 9, 16

Linked entry: drǽfness

un-gelífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífedlíc, adj.

Incrediblemarvellous

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Skt. ii. 23 b, 39. Nis nán tó ðam ungelýfedlíc spel, gif hé hyt segð, ðæt ic him ne gelífe, Shrn. 196, 18. Ðæs wealles micelness is ungeliéfedlíc tó secgenne murorum ejus vix credibilis relatu magnitudo, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 14.