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geond-faran

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Add: to traverse, pass through Gindfærð pertransit, Ps. L. 38, 7. Þá þe iandfarað (perambulant) paðas sǽ, 8, 9. Sideralis se circul hátte, for þan þá tunglan hine geondfarað, Angl. viii. 317, 35. to penetrate, permeate.

ge-brǽdan

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Add: to spread out Genim þá leáf, gebrǽd on gærse, Lch. ii. 124, 20. to extend, enlarge Hé gebrǽdde his ríce oþ India gemǽro ad Indium extendit imperium, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 25. Hié ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer þá eorþan. Bt. 21; F. 74, 28.

ge-wyrtrumian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 408, 19. to root up Ic gewyrtrumade eradicavi Rtl. 65, 25

holen

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ðǽam beorge ðe mon háteð æt ðǽm holne, C. D. ii. 29, 6. In ymman holig; of ymman holigne, C. D. B. iii. 223, 25. ðǽm gemǽre æt ðám holignan; of ðám holigena gemǽra, C. D. iv. 287, 27

ides

(n.)
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The word occurs as a gloss to virgo, Kent. Gl. 1196, and a weak form, idesan, glosses juvenculam (Ald. 29, 14), An. Ox. 2136. It is also found as a gloss to virgo in Aldhelm's poems (Ald. 191, 7), An. Ox. 15, 4; 17, 52: (Ald. 194, 14), An.

íw

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íwes heáfdan ... on íwdene, C. D. iii. 444, 4-6. On Íwwcumb, of Íwwa cumbe, 218, 34. Cf. íwígað, v. 240, 25

ofer-heáfod

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</b> Add: to uplift, exalt. v. ofer-hebbendlic. [Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself: O. H. Ger. ubar-heven sih.]

smyltness

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Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551. Add Ꝥ yrre hæfd wununge on ðæs dysegan bósme, ꝥ is ðonne hé bið hrædmód; and se ealwealdenda déma démð ǽfre mid smyltnysse, Hml. S. 16, 343

rúm-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
rúm-gál, adj.
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Rejoicing in ample space in which to move (applied to the dove when sent from the ark) Seó culufre wíde fleáh óþ ðæt heó rúmgál reste stówe funde far the dove flew, in flight unconfined rejoicing, until a place of rest she found (cf. heó rúme fleáh,

weddung

(n.)
Grammar
weddung, e; f.

Betrothal, espousal

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[Or men wimman to louerd giue for wedding or for morgengiwe, Gen. and Ex. 1428.]

ádlian

(v.)

to ail, &c.to make ill, cause disease

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Th. i. 86, 22. to make ill, cause disease Gást ádliende spiritus pestilens, Rtl. 121, 38

riftere

(n.)
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riftere, es; m.

a reaper

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Ic cweþe riftrum mínum dicam messoribus, 13, 30. Se bær his ryfterum mete æcere, Homl. i. 570, 33

Linked entry: riptere

hæn-fugul

(n.)
Grammar
hæn-fugul, hen-, es; m.

A hen

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Gewurp sumum hen [hæn, MS. B.] fugule throw it to a hen, Herb. 4, 10; Lchdm. i. 92, 16.iiii hænfugulas four hens, Th. Chart. 509, 18. Ðǽr æfter swulten ða henne fugeles after that the hens died, Chr. 1130; Erl. 259, 25

Snotinga-hám

(n.)

Nottingham

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Nottingham Hér fór se ilca here innan Mierce Snotengahám (Snotinghám, MS. E.) Chr. 868; Erl. 72, 21. Fór hé Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30.

ge-sión

(v.)

to seebeholdvidere

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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt

stíme

(n.)

a name given to a plant

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a name given to a plant in Lchdm. iii. 32, 19 Stíme hǽtte ðeós wyrt, heó on stáne geweóx. Cockayne says water-cress, in the note to the passage, but nettle in his glossary.

ge-reccan

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Ox. 217. gereccan to reckon as, to make to stand for Uton geécan þone anweald and ꝥ geniht, dón þǽr weorþscipe , and gereccan þonne þá þreó ánum addemus sufficientiae potentiaeque reverentiam, ut haec tria unum esse judicemus, Bt. 33, 1; F. 120

lúcan

(v.)
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lúcan, p. leác, pl. lucon; pp. locen

To closeconcludefastenlock

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Siððan ða ýslan eft onginnaþ lúcan tógædere geclungne cleowenne afterwards the ashes begin to close up again, pressed to a ball; in massam cineres coactos, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 16; Ph. 225.

Linked entry: lýcþ

muud-bora

(n.)
Grammar
muud-bora, an; m.

one who can give protection (mund)protectorpatronguardianadvocatea guardian

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Homl. 169, 17: (God ), Exon. 40b; Th. 134, 25; Gū. 514: 8a; Th. 2, 33; Cri. 28. to angels or saints ðæm heáhengle Michaele, swá ðæm getreówestan mundboran, Blickl.

ge-mang

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ge-mang, among.
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J 64, 4. of the relation of anything in a local group to the other members of the group, although these do not actually surround it Zosimus hine sylfne fulfremednysse áþenede gemang þám emnwyrhtum. Hml. S. 23 b, 97.