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gor

(n.)
Grammar
gor, es; n.
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Dung, dirt; fimus, lutum, coenum Ðæs cealfes flǽsc, and fell, and gor ðú bærnst úte bútan fyrdwícon carnes vituli, et corium, et fimum combures foris extra castra, Ex. 29, 14.

Linked entries: gyru gyr

Grécas

(n.)
Grammar
Grécas, Greácas; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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Ðá fóron hí on Greácas then they went against the Greeks, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 38. Greáca land land of the Greeks, 5, 11; Bos. 109, 28

ge-recednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-recednys, -recednes, -recenes, -nyss, e; f.

A narration, history, report, an interpretation, a direction, correctionnarratio, relatio, historia, interpretatio, directio, correctio

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To mǽgwlite andgytes and gástlícra gerecenessa ic to ætýcte ad formam sensus et interpretationis eorum superadjeci, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 35.

Geóla

(n.)
Grammar
Geóla, Iúla, an; m. [geól Yule]

The YULE or Christmas month, that is, December

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Se mónaþ is nemned on Leden Decembris, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra geóla, forðan ða mónþas twegen syndon nemde ánum naman, óðer se ǽrra geóla [December], óðer se æftera mensis [Januarius] hic vocatur Latine December, nostra vero lingua prior Geola, quoniam

brýd-búr

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Ðǽre forman brýdniht, þá hí twá wǽron on ðǽm brýdbúre, Shrn. 49, 3. On þǽre nyhte þá heó wæs ingelǽded on þone brýdbúr, 149, 22. Gibloetsa, Drihten, brýdbúre ( thalamum ) ðis, Rtl. 110, 38.

cnyllan

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Sí cnylled ꝥ forme tácn, Angl. xiii. 391, 374

ge-leórednes

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</b> the anniversary of a person's death :-- On ðone .viii. an dæg þæs mónþes byþ þæs bisceopes geleórudnes Sc̃i Audomari, Shrn. 127, 20. v. forþ*-*geleóredness

gorettan

(v.)
Grammar
gorettan, p. te.
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To pour forth Gorette egerit (spumasque frendens egerit ), Germ. 398, 204

Linked entry: gorian

hringe

(n.)
Grammar
hringe, an; f.
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'Gange him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan úp of ðǽre þrýh; and gif seó hringe him folgað æt þám forman tige . . . Gif seó hringe nele úp . . .' Se smið . . . genam áne hringan . . . Héé Hringan legulam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 18

líþ-ness

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Först. 166. Add

réwet

(n.)
Grammar
réwet, réwett, es; m. n. (?)

Rowinga shipnavigium

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Hwílon ic dó, ac seldon, forðan micel réwyt mé ys tó sǽ quia magnum navigium mihi est ad mare, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 3. On réwette swincende laborantes in remigando, Mk. Skt. 6, 48. Hí wǽron on réwute, Homl. Th. i. 162, 10.

Linked entry: rówet

gum-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
gum-cynn, es; n.

Mankind, men, a race, nationhumanum genus, gens, natio

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Swá hwylc mægþa ðone magan cende æfter gumcynnum whatever matron brought forth this son amongst men, Beo. Th. 1892; B. 944. We synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde we are of the race of the Gauts' people, 525; B. 260

orgel-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
orgel-líce, adv.

Proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently

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He forþ, stæpþ wel orglíce swylce hwyle cyng of his giftbúre stæppe geglenged, Anglia viii. 298, 34

Linked entry: orhlíce

Athéniense

(n.)
Grammar
Athéniense, pl.

The Athenians

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Latin forms are also used: -- Pelopensium and Athéniensium, Gréca þeóda him betweónum winnende wǽron Peloponnensium Atheniensiumque bellum commissum est, l, 13; S. 56, 7. Wið þǽm Athénienses, 2, 7; S. 90, II. Wið Athénienses, 2, 5; S. 78, 21.

ge-reccan

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Ne wandiað for nánum þingum folcriht tó geregceanne (= segceanne ? -reccanne, v. l. ) ; and ꝥ gehwilc sprǽc hæbbe ándagan hwǽnne heó gelǽst sy, ꝥ gé þonne gereccan, 158, 6-8.

nihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
nihtes, (gen. of niht, q. v.); adv.

At nightnight

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Ðá gestód hé æt ánum éhþyrle óþ forþ nihtes ( far on into the night ), 184, 27. Hys leorningcnihtas cómon nihtes ( nocte ), Mt. Kmbl. 28, 13. Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes, Nar. 34, 14, Se biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald, 36, 27.

ge-nihtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsum, -nyhtsum; adj.

abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitfulabundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluussatisfiedsătiābĭlisabundans

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Genihtsum wæter forþflóweþ plentiful water flows forth, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 24: Ps. Th. 85, 4: 143, 17. On ylde genihtsumre in sĕnecta ūbĕri, Ps. Spl. 91, 14. Ðæt hí wǽron genihtsume ut essent proflui, Hymn. Surt. 94, 5.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsum

trumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
trumlíce, adv.
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Ða gódan weorc, ðeáh ðe hié beforan monna eágum ðyncen trumlíce gedón etiam quae humanis oculis fortia videntur, Past. 34; Swt. 237, 2. Ð æt leód and lagu trumlíce stande, Wulfst. 74, 8.

un-hírlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hírlíc, adj.

fiercesavagedismaldoleful

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Homl. 203, 7. dismal, doleful Ic forht and unrót ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange carmina prae tristi cecini haec lugubria mente, Dóm. L. 11

Linked entries: un-heórlíc hír-lic

den-bera

(n.)
Grammar
den-bera, pl. n.
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. ¶ Add: to the Latin forms given in Dict. :-- Adiectis IIII daenberis in commune saltu, C. D. i. 140, 12. v. weald-, wer-bǽre; bǽr; denn, II