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þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraint ⬩ restraint of punishment ⬩ oppression

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Painful constraint, restraint of punishment, oppression Béc ámyrgaþ módsefan of ðreánýdlan ðisses lífes books bring the mind to mirth from the painful pressure of this life, Salm. Kmbl. 481; Sal. 241. Ðonne wyrd and warnung winnaþ mid hira ðreánýdlan

Linked entry: -nídla

ymbeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ymbeaht, es; m.
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The word glosses collatio Ymbeahtas collationes (the passage is: Haec x collationes patrum a Cassiano digestae propalabant, Ald. 13. In Hpt. Gl. 428, 7 collationes is glossed by race and explained by narrationes ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 80: 18, 3. Elsewhere

bláwung

inflation

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Add: of wind. Similar entries v. bláwan, I. 1 Ðǽra winda naman and bláwunge (-a, v. l.) wé mihton secgan, Lch. iii. 276, 2. blowing of a trumpet. Similar entries v. bláwan, II. 2 Hwæt is se hreám búton ðǽra engla bláwung?, Hml. Th. ii. 568, 21. Hé bícnode

brid

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Brid pullus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 45. Cicen oððe brid, i. 77, 37. Brid swalwan pullus hirundinis, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 185, I. Fugla briddas, gif hié ǽr wilniað tó fleóganne ǽr hira feðra fulweaxene sín, Past. 383, 29. Sellan wel meltende mettas, culfrena briddas

ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel, m.
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Gravel, shingle.Add: Cisal glarea, Txts. 64, 461. Hé sang his gebedu on sǽlicere ýðe, ... and syððan his cneówa on ðám ceosle gebígde ... Twégen seolas his bletsunge bǽdon licgende æt his fóton on fealwum ceosle, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 8-14. Þæs weres líc

cuma

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Se áwerigda cuma Antecríst núget hider on middangeard ne cóm, Bl. H. 117, 33. Cymð sió blis seldhwanne, suelce hió sié cuma oððe elðeódig quasi peregrina veniens laetitia, Past. 313, 24. Hé cwæð, 'cuma,' for ðan ðe wé ealle sind cuman on ðisum lífe, and

eádgian

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>eádgian,</b> eádigian, eádigan; p. ode. to make happy Hand unhál wíf seó þe ná eádigað wer hyre manus debilis mulier quae nan beatificat uirum suum, Scint. 224, 4. to bless, enrich with something (gen. ) Sé þe eádgað ús siges

ge-hǽt

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hǽtan;</b> p. te To heat. physical Genim senepes sǽd . . . and xx piporcorna, gesamna eall mid ecede, gehǽt on wætere, Lch. ii. 24, 17. Gehǽt ceald wæter mid hátan íserne, 100, 20. Gegníd mid wíne, and gehǽte, 214, 21. Ꝥ

geár-gemearc

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Substitute: Measurement of time expressed in years. Cf. fót-gemearc, míl-gemearc; geár-gerím Mé onsende sigedryhten mín, siððan ic furðum ongon on þone æfteran ánseld búgan geárgemearces ( directly after I had begun the second year of my inhabiting the

ge-dræg

Grammar
ge-dræg, ge-dreag.
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Substitute : What is drawn together (v. dragan; ), a concourse, an assembly, of living beings Deófla gedrseg sécan, B. 756. (1 a) a noisy assembly, the tumult made by such an assembly :-- Þǽr bið cirm and cwicra gewin, gehreów and hlúd wóp . . . earmlic

ge-cwémlíce

(adv.)
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Add: agreeably, so as to please, acceptably Wel ðrowað se man and Gode gecwémlíce, sé ðe winð ongeán leahtras, Hml. Th. i. 164, 20: Hml. A. 14, 22. Þæt þe gé tó friðes bóte gecoren hæfdon mid micclum wísdóme and mé swýðe gecwémlíce. Ll. Th. i. 278, 3

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, to defend.
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Substitute: to dam, prevent water from flowing from. v. werian; <b>I a</b> Swelce mon deópne pool gewerige, Past. 283, 14. Suíðe deóp pól wǽre gewered, 279, 15. to defend at law, disprove claims made in court upon property v. werian ; <

gítsung

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gítsung, Add: <b>giétsung, gídsung</b>
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Gídsung, gítsung appetitus, Txts. 41, 184. Gítsung, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 68: ii. 8, 61. Se þridda leahter is auaritia, ꝥ is seó yfele gítsung (gýttsung, v. l.), Hml. S. 16, 280. Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas gítsung is wyrtruma ǽghwylces yfeles, Wlfst

heáfod-hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
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of clothing. The word glosses oraria in the verses which tell the medicinal virtues of St. Cuthbert's clothing, 'tegmina corporis almi', 'veneranda vestis'. One whose eyes were affected 'sancti accipiens oraria vatis' was cured. v. Nap. 36. It also glosses

gorettan

(v.)
Grammar
gorettan, p. te.
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intrans. To stare about. of persons, to let the eyes rove Ðæt hine lǽrð se deófol, þæt hé stande and gorette and lócige underbæc út; þæt bið gymeleás gebed, Wlfst. 234, 18. of the eyes or looking, to rove Þǽr ( in hell ) wépað ðá eágan þe nú ðurh unálýfedlice

Linked entry: gorian

heals-wyrt

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Halswyrt auris leporis, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 57: auris leporis ł auris folia, Lch. iii. 300, col. 1: epicosium, 302, col. 1: epicurium, Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 22. Helswyrt, An. Ox. 56, 44. Heleswyrt epigurium, 393. Halswyrt narcissus, Lch. iii. 304, col. 1. Þysse

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
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woodland country, land with bushes and bushwood. [The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20. Adiectis denberis

hringe

(n.)
Grammar
hringe, an; f.
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A ring employed as a means of attachment, suspension, compression, &amp;c., a buckle, clasp. v. hring; Hringiae, hringae, hringe, sigl fibula, Txts. 62, 410. Sigel oððe hringe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 351, 42. Hringe ansa, 8, 5; i. 284, 7: 66, 34 (not hringc

hwer

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Huuer, huer lebes Txts. 72, 563. Hwer (hwyr, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 316, 5. Hweres ł cyteles sartaginis . Hpt. Gl. 503, 34. Hwer, þollan sartaginem . An. Ox. 4115. Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264,

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, to grow long, <b>langian</b> to cause longing, may be taken together.
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Add: to lengthen (intrans.) Syððan langað seó niht and wanað se dæg, Angl. viii. 311, 28. Éfern longeð aduesperascit Lk. R. 24, 29. impers. to cause longing, &amp;c. Mé á langað ( it ever distresses me ) þæs þe ic þé on þyssum hýnðum wát, Seel.