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gigant

(n.)
Grammar
gigant, gygant, es; m.

A giantgigas

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A giant; gigas Untydras onwócon, eotenas, swylce gigantas unnatural progenies sprang forth, monsters, also giants, Beo. Th. 226; B. 113. Swá swá gigant yrnþ on his weg ut gigas ad currendam viam, Ps. Th. 18, 6. Ne se gigant ne wyrþ ná gehǽled nec gigas

brédan

(v.)
Grammar
brédan, p. de

To cherishnourish

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To cherish, nourish, hatch an egg Feormat, broe*-*deth fovet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 79. Brédeþ, feormaþ fovit, 35, 74. Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor siððan brét þæt ǽig tó bridde, Hml. Th. i. 250, 24. Been týmað

endung

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Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð æfter tíde cymð seó endung (fulfilment), Lch. iii. 154, 22. Neár worulde endunge, Past. 213, 6. On endungce in consummatione, Ps. L. 58, 14. On heora endunge þonne hié endiaþ, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 26. From endung a perfeccione

hǽþ-feld

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ-feld, es; m.
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Open uncultivated land, a heath Tó mǽde, and se hǽðfeld eal gemǽne, C. D. v. 78, 32. On ðone hǽðfeld, 177, 27. Úp on þone lytlan ( printed hone lytland) hǽþfeld, C. D. B. i. 296, 25. Forheregian swá swá fýres lég déð drígne hǽþfeld, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50,

Linked entry: feld

méd

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Funde se his arcedeácon æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs biscopes byrele mid médum (praemiis) ꝥ hé þone geættredan drync him tó bær, Gr. D. 186, 22. ¶ tó médes as reward :-- Gyfe him Críst heofona ríce tó médes, C. D. iv. 171, 21 : Hml. S. 12, 139. Swá hwæt swá

æf-weard

absens

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Æfweardum absente ðám abbode, Gr. D. 35, 32: 64, 11. Sé cwið yfel ðǽm deáfan, sé ðone æfweardan tǽlð surdo maledicere est absenti derogare, Past. 453, 2. Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1. Hé sægde

Linked entry: -weard

ge-mane

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mane, -mone; adj.

Having a manea mane

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Having a mane Ðara hǽfda beóþ gemona swá leóna hǽfdo their heads have manes like lions' heads, Nar. 35, 29

Linked entries: -mane ge-mone

un-forcúþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-forcúþlíce, adv.

Noblyexcellently

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Nobly, excellently Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth unforcúdlíce, swá him from yldrum æðelu wǽron, Cd. Th. 103, 9; Gen. 1715

Linked entry: for-cúþlíce

eall-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
eall-rihte, adv.
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Quite directly, exactly Ealswá yfel anda lǽt tó helle, ealrihte swá gód anda lǽt tó Gode, R. Ben. 131, 13

fæder-swica

(n.)
Grammar
fæder-swica, an; m.
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A traitor to a father Swá geendode se fæder*-*swica (Absalom) mid his feore his unrǽd, Hml. S. 19, 224

un-geþyld

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Ná swá þeáhhwæþre þás brocu Romulan mód gelǽddon tó ǽnigre (ǽnigum, v.l.) ungeþylde (-þyldo, v.l. ), Gr. D. 284, 5. Add

nosu

(n.)
Grammar
nosu, neosu; gen. a and e; also an; f.

the nosea nessa piece of land projecting into water

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the nose Nosu nasus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 4 : 1. 43, 17 : 64, 48 : naris, ii. 60, 37 : nasus vel naris, i. 70, 29. Eal ufweard nosu columna; foreweard nosu pirula, 43, 18, 21. Eal nosu columna, ii. 16, 49. Nose grystle internasus vel interfinium, i. 43,

Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose

under-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
under-gitan, p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -giten

To understandperceiveknow

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To understand, perceive, know Ic gefréde oððe undergyte sentio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2; Zup, 190, 11. Ic undergyte perpendo, 28, 7; Zup. 181, 6. Gif folces man syngaþ þurh nytenyss[e] and his gylt undergit ( et cognoverit peccatum suum ), Lev. 4, 28. Fram hyra

lange

(adv.)
Grammar
lange, adv.

Longa long timefar

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Long, a long time, far Lange diu; leng diutius; ealra lengst diutissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 10. Longe procul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 71: penitus, 72. Ðá hé ðá lange and lange hearpode when then he had harped a long, long time, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 5. Hú

Linked entries: lencg leng

raðe

(adv.)
Grammar
raðe, (aspirated and unaspirated forms occur, and each can alliterate; the two forms are given separately. v. hraðe); adv.
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Quickly, soon, at once, directly, without hesitation Raðe ilico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 68 : ocius, 64, 47. Ræðe ultro, 90, 8. Heó nam raðe ( cito ) hyre wǽfels, Gen. 24, 65. Cwelle hig man raðe ( statim ), L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 1. Ðæt hine mon slóge

racu

(n.)
Grammar
racu, e ; f.
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an exposition, explanation, orderly account, narrative Racu historia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 56. Geþeahtung, gesceád vel racu conlatio, i. conductio, comparatio, conciliatio, i. datio, contentio, 134, 44. Gesytnys ł racu textus, Hpt. Gl. 505, 61. Ús ne segþ

Linked entry: eá-racu

nacod

Grammar
nacod, <b>. I a.</b>
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Swá þám men þe wurde fǽringa nacod beforan eallon folce, and hé nyste þonne mid hwám hé þone sceamiendan líchaman bewruge, Wlfst. 238, 14: Mart. H. 18, 20. Þá hét hé hí nacode (propriis exutam vestibus Ald. 60, 17) lǽdan tó sumum scandhúse, Shrn. 56,

fel-tún

(n.)
Grammar
fel-tún, es; m.

An enclosed placegardenprivydunghillsecessuslatrīnasterquĭlīnium

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An enclosed place, garden, privy, dunghill; secessus, latrīna, sterquĭlīnium Se wisdóm and óðre cræftas licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox under feltúne wisdom and other virtues lie despised like dirt on a dunghill, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 11. In feltún in secessu

fór-oft

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-oft, adv.

Very oftenpersæpe

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Very often; persæpe Se deófol sǽwþ fóroft mánfullíce geþohtas into ðæs mannes heortan the devil very often sows evil thoughts in the heart of man, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 16. Swá swá we sylfe fóroft gesáwon as we ourselves have very often seen, Bd. de nat.

lapian

(v.)
Grammar
lapian, p. ode

To laplick

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To lap, lick Ic lapige lambo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32, 25. Gedó ðonne on glæsfæt and ðonne mid hláfe oððe mid swá hwilcum mete swá ðú wille lapa on then put it into a glass vessel, and then, with bread or with whatever food you will, lap it up, L. M. 2