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girwan

Grammar
girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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<b>VII a.

CORN

(n.)
Grammar
CORN, es; n.

CORN ⬩ a grain ⬩ seed ⬩ berry ⬩ frumentum ⬩ granum ⬩ bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple ⬩ a corn ⬩ kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula ⬩ clavus

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Bos. 17, 6. Heofena ríce is geworden gelíc senepes corne, ðæt seów se man ou hys æcre simile est regnum cælorum grano sinapis, quod homo seminavit in agro suo Mt. Bos. 13, 31,; Lk. Bos. 13, 19.

scolu

(n.)
Grammar
scolu, scól (these two forms may give the later shoal, school as col, cól give coal, cool), e; f.

a school ⬩ a band or troop of people ⬩ a shoal ⬩ school (in school of fishes)

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Sum leorningman on scole scholasticus quidam, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 18. Ic (Ethelwulf) on Róme Englisce scole gesette, Chart. Th. 116, 33. Se (Marinus) gefreóde Ongelcynnes scole be Ælfrédes béne West-Seaxna cyninges, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 19.

Linked entries: sceolu scól

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.

wandering ⬩ error, a being astray ⬩ false opinion, heresy; superstition, false religion ⬩ deception, a leading astray,

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Add: in a physical sense, wandering Ilias ꝥ beóð gewyn, and Odissia beóð gedwyld (cf. the opening of the Odyssey, 'Sing of the man who wandered much . . . and saw the cities of many men'), swá Omérus on þǽre béc recð, Angl. viii. 330, 46. error, a being

Gota

(n.)
Grammar
Gota, an; m.
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D. 410], Bt. 1; Fox 2, 1. Seó hergung wæs þurh Alarícum [acc. Lat.] Gotena cyning geworden hæc inruptio per Alarīcum regem Gothorum facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.

eówian

(v.)
Grammar
eówian, p. ode; pp. od

To shew ⬩ ostendĕre

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To shew ; ostendĕre Hi eówodon me ða wunde monstrāvērunt mihi vulnus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17. Ðá hét he his tungan forþdón of his múþe, and him eówian linguam prōferre ex ōre, ac sĭbi ostendĕre jussit, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 6

Linked entry: iówian

feoh-gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsere, es; m.

A miser ⬩ pĕcūniæ ăvārus

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that the first miser should have been in the world, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 110; Met. 8, 55. Ðæm feohgítsere to the miser, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 26

Linked entry: gítsere

óþ-flítan

(v.)
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to get from another by litigation Ðá ongon Higa him specan sóna on, and wolde him óþflítan ðæt lond then Higa at once began the case against him, and wanted to get the land from him by the litigation. Chart. Th. 169, 23

æften

(n.)

evening

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evening Eftern lócað aduesperascit (the glosser seems to have read vesper aspicit: in the Rushworth gloss also the word has been misunderstood, as it is rendered by éfern longeð ðú wást, the last two words apparently suggested by -scit ), Lk.

ge-dafen

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Swá hit gedafen is, Bl. H. 115, 15. Gedafenre oportuno, Bl. Gl. Gedafenum debitis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 36

þanc

(n.)
Grammar
þanc, es; m.

thought ⬩ kindly thought, ⬩ favour, ⬩ grace ⬩ agreeableness, ⬩ pleasure, ⬩ satisfaction ⬩ according to what is agreeable, agreeably, pleasantly ⬩ to the satisfaction of a person, ⬩ so as to please ⬩ pleasing, ⬩ agreeable, ⬩ grateful ⬩ thanks ⬩ by (one's) grace, favour ⬩ of (one's own) accord, ⬩ with (a person's) consent, ⬩ willingly ⬩ voluntarily ⬩ at (one's) pleasure or will ⬩ in or of itself ⬩ for (one's) sake

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Ger. danches sponte, ultro, gratis). thanks to a person on whom a result depends, by (one's) grace, favour Ðæt næs ná eówres þances ac þurh God it was not thanks to you but by God's will; non vestro consilio sed Dei voluntate, Gen. 45, 8.

Linked entries: þancung þonc

lufu

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</b> amicable settlement as opposed to litigation (v. N. E. D. love ; <b>I d</b>), Ll. Th. i. 298, 5 (in Dict.). in a religious sense, love; caritas. of God towards man Seó godcunde lufu, Bt. 10 ; F. 30, 8.

a-bradwian

(v.)

To overthrow ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ prosternare ⬩ occidere

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To overthrow, slay, kill; prosternare, occidere, Beo. Th. 5232 ; B. 2619

Ætne

(n.)
Grammar
Ætne, es; m.

Etna

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Etna, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20: 16, 1; Fox 50, 5

and-lóman

(n.)
Grammar
and-lóman, and-lúman; pl. m.

Utensils ⬩ vessels ⬩ utensilia ⬩ vasa

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Ben. interl. 31

Linked entry: GE-LÓMAN

a-fúndennis

(n.)
Grammar
a-fúndennis, -niss, e; f.

An experiment ⬩ an invention ⬩ a discovery ⬩ experimentum

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Ben. interl. 59

Angol-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
Angol-þeód, e; f.

The English nation ⬩ gens Anglorum

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The English nation; gens Anglorum, Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 31

bǽl-stede

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-stede, es ; m.

A funeral pile place ⬩ rogi locus

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A funeral pile place; rogi locus, Beo. Th. 6185; B. 3097

bedd

(n.)

a bed ⬩ stratum ⬩ lectus

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a bed; stratum, lectus, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 33; Gen. 2234

Linked entry: BIDDAN

cilda trog

(n.)
Grammar
cilda trog, es; m. [cild, trog a trough, cradle]

A child's cot, cradle ⬩ cunæ, arum

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Ben. Lye