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ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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H. 99, 22. with the idea of excess Him wæs gecynde ꝥ hé symble wæs reád on his andwlitan. Se cyning wénde ꝥ hit for singalum gedrynce wǽre (assiduae potationis esse credidit), Gr. D. 187, 17.

þyle

(n.)
Grammar
þyle, es; m.

An orator ⬩ spokesman

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Voc. ii. 25, 31-descurris hofðelum-may be read de scurris of ðelum ( = ðylum) or hofðylum, perhaps his function was something like that of the later court jester, and the style of his attack on Beowulf hardly contradicts the supposition

Linked entries: þele þyl-cræft

ge-bytlu

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-bytlu, For 'indecl. f.
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.], in l. 5 for 580, 32 read 354, 32, and add Man bytlode áne gebytlu ... Hé befrán hwám ðá gebytlu gemynte wǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 354, 32-35. Wǽron þá gebytlu on ðám dæge geworhte, 356, 8. Þis synd gástlices cræftes tól and gebytla, R. Ben. 19, 3.

láþ

(adj.)
Grammar
láþ, adj.
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Láþ inuitam (but perhaps the glosser has read inuisam ), An Ox. 5406

on-þracian

(v.)
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Andþraciaþ herescunt (horrescunt seems to have been read, Cf. horrescunt andþrachiað, Hpt. Gl. 481, 24: both are glosses on Ald. 43, 38).

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Þonne wé his geara éhtan, 70, 10. with ready goodwill. Cf. gearo; Wesað gé fram Gode geara gebletsade may you have his ready blessing, Ps. Th. 113, 23. readily, promptly. Cf. gearo; Þú mé eart geara andfencgea, Ps. Th. 58, 9, 18.

ge-writ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-writ, es; n.

Something written ⬩ writing ⬩ scripture ⬩ inscription ⬩ a writing ⬩ letter ⬩ treatise ⬩ writ ⬩ charter ⬩ book

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Ðá héht he rǽdan ðæt gewrit then he ordered to read the letter, Blickl. Homl. 177, 4, 35.

Linked entries: ge-wreot writ

irfe-láf

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-láf, e; f.

heirloom ⬩ inheritance ⬩ heir

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Wolde líge gesyllan his swǽsne sunu ángan ofer eorþan yrfeláfe he [Abraham] was ready to give to the flame, his dear son, the only heir that was left him on earth, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 14 ; Exod. 403

be-wǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wǽfan, p. de; pp. ed; [wǽfan to cover]

To befold, wrap round, cover, clothe ⬩ obvolvere, amicire, operire, induere

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Ic eom réáde bewǽfed I am clothed with red, Exon. 126 a; Th. 484. 2; Rä. 70, 1: Past. 14, 3; Hat. MS. 17 b, 19

Linked entry: wǽfan

swegle

(adv.)
Grammar
swegle, adv.
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Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly, in a physical sense Ðonne sió reáde ród ofer ealle swegle scíneþ on ðære sunnan gyld, Exon. Th. 68, 13; Crl. 1103.

hrútan

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Reát dester(t)uit, somniavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 17. Ðá hé þæne cyrcward gehýrde ofer eall hrútan, Vis. Lfc. 31. Hrútende stertens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 30

hleór-beran

(n.; v.)
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Thorpe reads bæron, Kemble beran, an infinitive after scionon = they seemed [?].

Linked entry: hliét

leás-ness

(n.)
Grammar
leás-ness, e; f.

Levity ⬩ fickleness ⬩ falseness ⬩ lying

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Ðæt ic swá wǽre álýsed fram ðære scylde ðære swýðe ídlan leásnesse ut sic absolvar reatu supervacuæ levitatis, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 30

gim-cyn

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Sécan ǽgþer ge hwíte gimmas ge reáde, and ǽlces cynnes gimcyn, Bt. 32, 3 ; F. 118, 18

horig

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Gif þú bere horige reáf ( ceruleas (nigras) uestes ), Hpt. 31, 13, 3 25

in-fyrde

(n.)
Grammar
in-fyrde, es; n.
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On ðá rǽwe; of ðǽre reáwe on Temese, on ðæt infyrde; andlang Temese, v. 275, 21

Linked entry: -fyrde

earfoþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-líc, adj.

Irksome ⬩ laboriōsus

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Irksome; laboriōsus Eall is earfoþlíc eorþan ríce the realm of earth is all irksome, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 28; Wand. 106. Gif eów ǽnig þing þince earfoþlíce si diffĭcĭle vōbis vīsum ălĭquid fuĕrit, Deut. 1, 17

mis-rǽcan

(v.)

to reach or touch wrongly ⬩ to apply abusive language to a person

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to reach or touch wrongly, metaph. to apply abusive language to a person Ðæt man biddendne þearfan misrǽce to abuse a needy person who begs (is one of the lighter offences), Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, p. ede, ode.
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Reáf tó werigenne vestimentum ad induendum, Gen. 28, 20. Hrægl tó werianne, L. Alf. 36; Th. i. 52, 25. <b>II a.</b> in reference to the hair, to wear a beard, etc. :-- Leófgár . . .

sumer-lida

(n.)
Grammar
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sǽ-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.]
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving

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