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eardiend

(n.)
Grammar
eardiend, es; m.
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A dweller, an inhabitant Se unclǽna eardiend ( habitator ) eóde of þǽre ilcan stówe, Gr. D. 236, 8. Þá eardiend þǽre ceastre inhabitatores civitatis illius, 192, 3

eár-slege

(n.)
Grammar
eár-slege, es; m.
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A blow that strikes off an ear Be eárslege. Gif him mon ásleá óðer eáre of, geselle .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 21

elpend-bǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
elpend-bǽnen, adj.

Ivory

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Ivory Of þínum elpanbǽnenum húsum . . . Þá elpanbǽnenan hús tácniað rihtwísra manna heortan, Ps. Th. 44, 10. From stepum elpanbaennum a gradibus eburneis, Ps. Srt. 44, 9

Linked entry: elpen-bǽnen

fleax-gescot

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-gescot, fleax-gesceot, es; n.
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A contribution of flax paid to a church Sceóte man ælmessan . . . swá elles hwæt swá witan tó þearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, hwílum flexgescot, Wlfst. 171, 27

Linked entry: ge-scot

geár-torht

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Bright with the beauty of spring (? v. geár; III.6) Hé seów sǽda fela, sóhte georne þæt him ... bróhte geártorhte gife gréne folde, Gen. 1561. Substitute:

ge-laured

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Substitute: Mixed with the juice or blossom of laurel Dó spátl tó and gelauredne ele, ꝥ is laures seáw oððe blóstman gemenged, Lch. ii. 226, 2

ge-unwlitigian

(v.)
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to destroy the beauty of, disfigure Se teter ðæt lim geunwlitegað impetigo membrorum decorem foedat, Past. 71, 18. Geunwlitegad foedatus, deturpatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 41

Linked entry: un-wlitigian

glasin

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Baista, ḡ. ( = graece) glasin ( printed glaisin, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 3), Wülck. Gl. 192, 3. See Angl. xxxiii. 137 for a Celtic origin of the word

gicer

(n.)
Grammar
gicer, gycer, es ; n.
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A measure of land, an acre Iugeres gycer unius die opus aratoris . Ld. Gl. H. p. 34, 75. [Cf. O. H. Ger. iuchart jugerum.] Cf. geoc

Linked entry: gycer

hand-hwíl

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Add: cf. span used of time On ánre handhwíle uno momenta, R. Ben. I. 24, 3. Tídum and handhwílum horis et momentis, Hy. S. 145, 5

gor-gráf

(n.)
Grammar
gor-gráf, gor-grǽfe
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a muddy copse (?) Æt gorgráfes slædę ... eft in on gorgráfes slæd, C. D. vi. 120, 8-26. Of gorgrǽfan, v. 579, 18. On gorgráues, 380, 4

Linked entry: gráf

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hæl (?, for form cf. tæl, tel), es; m.

a shelter

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A hidden spot (f), a shelter Tó Dudemǽres hele; of Dudemǽres hele, C. D. vi. 171, 5: 76, 26. On Ecgerdes hel ufeweardne, iii. 48, 16

pirige

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On þǽre pyrigean styb; þonne of pyrigean stybbe on þone þorn, C. D. B. iii. 396, 37. Æt ðǽre pyrgean, C. D. iii. 453. 39. Add

rún

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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde, and Iobales rúna ealle unnytte, and Nóes and Abrahames and mæniges óðres word ofergytene, Wlfst; 3, 38

swǽs

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Add ꝥ wé ne beón beswicene þurh ðá swǽsan lustas þe of oferflówednysse eallum þám becumað þe búton wærscipe heora woruld ádreógað, Hml. S. 11, 359

un-gerím

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerím, adj.
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Ungeríme bysna innumera exempla, An. Ox, 1687. Hí synd ungerýme, Hml. S. pref. 69. Ic eom án his þeówena of þám ungerímum (þeówum), 36, 57. Add

wille

(n.)
Grammar
wille, f.
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Arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene tó þære wyllan (ad fontem). Gr. D. ii. 21. On winterwellan; of ðǽre wellan, C. D. iii. 394, 8. Add

wæl-grǽdig

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-grǽdig, adj.

Greedy for the slain

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Greedy for the slain (an epithet of cannibals) Hæfdon hié áwriten wælgrǽdige wera endestæf, hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon, Andr. Kmbl. 269; An. 135

Linked entry: wæl-gífre

wǽpen-þracu

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-þracu, gen. -þræce; f.

Force of arms

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Force of arms Hine monige on winnaþ mid wǽpenþræce, Cd. Th. 138, 12; Gen. 2290. Hé héht wígend weccan and wǽpenþræce, Elen. Kmbl. 212; El. 106

wala

(n.)
Grammar
wala, (?),an; m.

A root (?)

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A root (?) Ad (æt ?) walan to the root of a matter, to certainty ; ad liquidum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 46. Similar entries v. weall-, wyrt-wala