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ing

(n.)
Grammar
ing, the name of the nasal guttural ᛜ ng, in the Runic alphabet. In the Gothic the name seems to have been iggws, see Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 3.
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as

sucga

(n.)
Grammar
sucga, an; m.
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.), segge (Devon), E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, pp. 23, 29. Chaucer uses heysugge (-sogge, -soke) of the sparrow: Thou (the cuckoo) mordrer of the heysugge, Parl. of F. 612. Heges-sugge (q. v.) is used to gloss the same word, vicetula as sucga does.]

Linked entry: sugga

egl

(n.)
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Eglum gliribus (prava seges gliribus densescit acerbis, Ald. 210, 37), 97, 10: 41, 50. Eglum oððe eárum, 5, 69. Eárum, eglum spicis, An. Ox. 2361. a talon, claw Egl unheóru, B. 987. [v. N. E. D. ail.] Cf. egenu

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger

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FULL, filled, complete, entire; plēnus, sătiātus, confertus, intĕger Ðæt se weorþig full sǽte that the street was [lit. sat] full, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 18. Be-yrnþ se móna hwíltídum ðonne he full byþ on ðære sceade ufeweardre the moon, when it is full,

Linked entries: ful ful- fol

ge-sceádwíslic

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On eówerre sáule is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwíslica willa, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 25. based on reason or argument Ic eom geþafa ðæs þe ðú segst, for þám þe ðú hit hæfst geséþed mid gesceádwíslicre race assentior, cuncta enim firmissimis nexa rationibus

æt-sacan

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Sege ús hwǽr se hord sý þe þú fundest and hine bedyrndest; þý lǽs þe þú his ætsace, hér is se man þe sum ꝥ feoh hæfð on handa, Hml. S. 23, 663. to deny a fact, not to admit that something has been done, with gen.

Íra-land

(n.)
Grammar
Íra-land, For argument in favour of taking Iceland to be the country intended where this word is used in Ohthere's narrative see Dr. Craigie's note in Mod. Lang. Rev. vol. xii, p. 200.

seomian

(v.)
Grammar
seomian, siomian, semian; p. ode
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Hé siomian geseah segn, Beo. Th. 5527; B. 2767. Geseah deorc gesweorc semian, Cd. Th. 7, 20; Gen. 109. to remain supported, to lie so as to press, lie heavily, lie securely Se wong seomaþ eádig and onsund, Exon. Th. 199, 2; Ph. 19.

Linked entry: semian

ge-bǽru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bǽru, gen. e; acc. e, u; f : ge-bǽro; f. indecl. Or ge-bǽre; n; pl. u. See the cognate words at the end. [baero, bǽru a bearing]

BEARING ⬩ state ⬩ habit or disposition of body or mind ⬩ manner ⬩ conduct ⬩ behaviour ⬩ demeanour ⬩ manners in society ⬩ society ⬩ gestus ⬩ hăbĭtus ⬩ mōres ⬩ consortium ⬩ consuētūdo

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BEARING, state, habit or disposition of body or mind, manner, conduct, behaviour, demeanour, manners in society, society; gestus, hăbĭtus, mōres, consortium, consuētūdo Biþ swá fæger fugles gebǽru the bird's bearing [demeanour] is so pleasing, Exon.

Linked entries: ge-bǽre ge-bǽrness

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to succeed. See preceding word: ge-sælge. -For Cot. 89 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 63. (Gesǽlge might be adjective, fauste being faustae. Cf. for the termination (-e = ae) attrite gegiiidenan, 5, 12. v.
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also 5, 3.)

min

Grammar
min, [For another explanation of this word see N. E. D. min, where minne is taken as the nominative form : but the word may be taken as belonging to the same declension as mid[d]
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; pl. midde, so min[n]; pl. minne. Holthausen rejects the word altogether, v. Beiblatt, xvi. 228.] add(?) On minnan linche, C. D. B. iii. 494, 31. Add Wið feóndes hond and . . wið malscrunge minra wihta, Lch. iii. 36, 14

ge-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sund, adj.

Sound ⬩ healthy ⬩ entire ⬩ unhurt ⬩ safe ⬩ favourable ⬩ prosperous ⬩ sanus ⬩ integer ⬩ salvus ⬩ incolumis ⬩ prosper ⬩ felix

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Ðá cwæþ he to ánum cnapan 'Swá ðú gesund sý sege me' then said he to a boy 'So be thou in health, tell me,' 6, 19. Híg cómon gesunde to hýde they came to port safe and sound, Shrn. 147, 10.

tó-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brǽdan, p. de.

to make broad, ⬩ enlarge, ⬩ extend, ⬩ make great in size or number ⬩ to make great, ⬩ magnify, ⬩ multiply, ⬩ increase, ⬩ improve the condition of a person ⬩ to expand, ⬩ extend, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ open wide, ⬩ distend ⬩ to extend, ⬩ spread abroad, ⬩ diffuse

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Ða earfoðu mínre heortan synd swýðe tóbrǽd (dilatatae), 24, 15. to expand, extend, spread out, open wide, distend Gif ðú ðínes scipes segl ongeán ðone wind tóbrǽdst, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 32.

Linked entry: tó-brédan

ge-sceádwísness

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Th. ii. 132, 29. a reckoning Hér æfter synt ámearkode þá feówer gesceádwýsnyssa ymbe þæne forman mónoð, and ymbe þæne termen, and ymbe þæne Eásterdæg and þæs dæges mónan, Angl. viii. 324, 28. reason, the reasoning faculty Ús segð ǽlc gesceádwísnes ꝥ

Linked entry: sceádwísness

gebyrd-tíd

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Her segð ymb Drihtnes gebyrd ymb þa xii niht his tíde, Lch. iii. 164, 13, and see Hml. Th. i. 94, 19 above. ] :-- Hé cymð tó ús on þǽre þriddan gebyrtíde, Vis. Lfc. 22

dragan

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., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, 14, 155. Ongon þá leófne síð dragan Dryhtnes cempa tó þám eorðan dǽle, Gú. 699. Hé lét dragan úp þæne deádan Harald, Chr. 1040; P. 162, 3.

BRÓÐOR

(n.)
Grammar
BRÓÐOR, bróðer, bróder, bróður; d. bréðer; but often indecl. in sing; pl. nom. acc. bróðor, bróðer, bróður, bróðru, bróðro, ge-bróðor, er, ru, ro, ra; g. bróðra, ge-bróðra; d. bróðrum, ge-bróðrum; m.

A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father

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Sege mínum bréðer dic fratri meo, Lk. Bos. 12, 13. Cain gewearþ to ecg-banan ángan bréðer Cain became a murderer to his only brother, Beo. Th. 2529; B. 1262: Ps. Th. 34, 14: Mk. Bos. 12, 19.

Linked entries: ge-bróðor bróder bróðar bróðer bróðor-slaga bróður

endleofan

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
endleofan, endlufon, endlyfun, inflected cases of endleof, endluf, endlyf [end = an one; unus; leof=lif, from lífan to leave; relinquĕre, Grm. ii. 947, or end = án one; lif ten; dĕcem; existing in Teutonic languages only in the words for 11 and 12; A. Sax. end-lif and twé-lf = twá-lf= twá-lif, Grm. Gsch. §246] ELEVEN ; undĕcim = ἕνδεκα
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3

Linked entries: ændlefen ellefne

twelf-hynde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-hynde, adj. As applied to a person, of the rank for which the wergild was twelve hundred shillings; applied to the wergild, that must be paid for a person of such rank. As will be seen from the passages given below, the twelfhynde man was a þegn, and his importance, as marked by the wergild and otherwise, was six times that of the
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ceorl Ǽnig mǽgð, xii-hynde oþþe twyhynde, L. Ath. v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 10. Be xii-hyndum men. Gif hé sié twelfhynde, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 14. Gif hió sié cirlisc mid .lx. sciłł. gebéte . . . Gif hió sié xii-hyndu .cxx. sciłł. gebéte, 18; Th. i

Linked entry: six-hynde

ge-sáwan

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Th. ii. 312, 27. to sow land Gesáwen æcer vel land seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 55

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