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CLÁÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CLÁÞ, cláðes; m.

CLOTH, ⬩ pannus ⬩ vestirnenta

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CLOTH,; pannus: in the plural, clothes; vestirnenta Ne déþ nán man niwes cláðes scyp on eald reáf nemo immittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Mt. Bos. 9, 16. Heó ða moldan oncláðe bewand she wound the mould in a cloth, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536

Linked entry: clǽþ

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic gá, ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp. gá, pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To go ⬩ come ⬩ walk ⬩ happen ⬩ īre ⬩ grădi ⬩ evĕnīre

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To go, come, walk, happen; īre, grădi, evĕnīre Uton gán and feligean fremdum godum cāmus et sequāmur deos aliēnos, Deut. 13, 1. Gearo to gánne ready to go, Homl. Th. ii. 32, 7. Ðú gǽst on ðínum breóste sŭper pectus tuum grădiēris, Gen. 3, 14. He on flet

læppa

(n.)
Grammar
læppa, an; m.

A skirt ⬩ lappet ⬩ lobe ⬩ lap ⬩ a detached portion ⬩ a district

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A skirt [of a garment], lappet, lobe [of the ear &c.], lap [in dew-lap; cf. also lop-eared], a detached portion, a district Læppa óððe ende ora, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 51, 30. Hý móstan ðam læppan friþ gebicgean ðe hý under cyngces hand oferhæfdon

Linked entries: lappa twi-lafte

ge-mána

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mána, an; m. [ge-mǽne communis]

Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunction ⬩ communio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus

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Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunction; communio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus Giféon we on ðone gemánan Godes and manna and on ðone gemánan ðæs brýdguman and ðære brýde

Linked entry: ge-mánna

un-mǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
un-mǽte, adj.

Immense ⬩ enormous ⬩ excessive

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Immense, enormous, excessive Þeód unmǽte, Cd. Th. 138, 15; Gen. 2292. Síde herigeas, folc unmǽte, Andr. Kmbl. 1305; An. 653: Menol. Fox 11; Men. 6. Gebrec unmǽte, Exon. Th. 59. 18; Cri. 954. Ðæt unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Blickl. Homl. 99,

Linked entry: un-gemǽte

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

affliction ⬩ labour ⬩ misery ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ disease ⬩ hurt

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affliction, and add: labour, laborious effort Hé mihte bútan broce ealra Cartaina anweald begitan, Ors. 4, 5 ; B. 83, 13. Mid útancumenum brocum gelǽred exterioribus studiis eruditus, Gr. D. 180, 10. misery, affliction, trouble Swá gemune men wǽron

Linked entry: bróc

ge-hreówan

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hreówan;</b> p. ge-hreáw, ge-hreów. to cause sorrow to, grieve a person (acc. ). the subject a noun Mec þín weá set heortan gehreáw, Cri. 1494. Mec his bysgu gehreáw, Gú. 686. without subject Gehréues mec paenitet me Lk

ge-mǽnelic

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Add: that belongs to or concerns all human bangs On hálgum bócum is se gemǽnelica deáð slǽpe wiðmeten . . . ealle móton slápan on ðám gemǽnelicum deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 566, 27-34. Se gemǽnelica deáð þæs mannes líchaman tó deáðe gebringð . . . Ne mæg nán

Linked entry: -mǽne-lic

ge-þafung

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Add: ge-þeafung. permission Ne hé nán þing næbbe bútan þæs abbodes sylene and geþafunge ae quicquam liceat habere quod abbas nan dederit out nan permiserit, R. Ben. 57, 5. Búton se abbod him geþafunge (permissionem) sylle, 69, 6. submission to action

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Helostr, heolstr secessus, Txts. 94, 901. Heolstre latebra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 18. Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan

langsum

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Add: in reference to time. of a space of time, long Seó eorþe byð mid þám winterlican cyle þurhgán, and byð langsum ǽr ðám ðe heó eft gebeðod sý, Lch. iii. 252, 7. Langsumum fæce prolixa (i. longo) (temporum) intercapedine (i. spatio ), An. Ox. 3625.

ryne

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Add: the course, movement, or path of a living creature Fiþerscíte rene quadripedante cursu (ferarum), An. Ox. 1569. Hé mid hrædestan ryne arn, Hml. S. 23 b, 186. Hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum þæs dæges þone ryne his síðfætes gefæstnian, 163. Flugulum

sacerd

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd, es; m.

A priest

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A priest (the terns is not confined to the Christian priesthood) Sacerd vel cyrcþingere sacerdos, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 23 : Rtl. 125, 1. Hæfde se sacerd ( sacerdos) on Madian seofon dohtra, Ex. 2, 16. Moises heóld his mǽges sceáp ðæs sacerdes on Madian,

waefer-sín

(n.)
Grammar
waefer-sín, -sién, -sýn, -seón, e; f.

A sight ⬩ show ⬩ spectacle

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A sight, show, spectacle Wæfersýn spectaculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 44. Ðæt ic him wæfersýn wǽre factus sum illis in parabolam, Ps. Th. 68, 11. Ond swá micel wundor and wæfersién wæs mínes weoredes on fægernisse fuitque inter uarietates spectaculorum in

Linked entry: wlite-seón

ge-tenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tenge, adj.

Near to ⬩ close to ⬩ pressing upon ⬩ oppressing ⬩ propinquus ⬩ incumbens ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus

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Near to, close to, pressing upon, oppressing; propinquus, incumbens, gravis, molestus Geseah gold glitnian grunde getenge he saw gold glitter lying on the ground, Beo. Th. 5510; B. 2758: Elen. Kmbl. 2226; El. 1114: 456; El. 228: Bt. Met. Fox 31, 14;

Linked entries: ge-tang ge-tænge

þǽr-tó

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tó, adv.

Thereto ⬩ next ⬩ then ⬩ besides ⬩ thereto ⬩ for that end

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Thereto. Grammar þǽr-tó, marking position or order, next, then Ðara is se forma Maximianus, ðǽrtó se óþer Malchus, and se ðridda þǽrtó Martinianus, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 3-5. Grammar þǽr-tó, marking addition, besides Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella

þanc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-weorþ, -wurþ, -wirþe; adj.

Thankworthy, ⬩ deserving thanks, ⬩ acceptable

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Thankworthy, deserving thanks, acceptable Þurh ðære þancweorþan Cristes gyfe through the help of Christ's grace, which is deserving of all thanks, Lchdm. iii. 432, 23. Þancwurðre gratuita (Christi gratia fretus), Hpt. Gl. 420, 76. Úrum godum geoffrian

worþig

(n.)
Grammar
worþig, weorþig, wurþig, wyrþig [P s. Surt. has forms as from worðign; one such form is found in Ps. Spl. C. , and a dative worðine occurs in Bd. S. 539, 42], es; m.

enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea

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this word, which remains in proper names in the form -worthy, has much the same meaning as worf (q. v.), and seems sometimes to exchange with it (cf. In Beniguurthia, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 70, 27, with : In loco qui dicitur Benninguuyrð, ii. 152, 19). In

Linked entries: weorþig worþ

fær

(n.)

going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings

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Dele 'fær ; gen. dat. acc. fære . . . f.?' and add: of movement, going, passing Faru ł færr transitus, Ps. L. 143, 14. Hí bǽdon ꝥ hí móston faran þurh ðá burh, ac ðá burhware noldon þæs færes him getýðian, Hml. S. 25, 445. Þá þá hé gehýrde þæs folces

Linked entry: færbu

ge-wendan

(v.)
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Add: trans. To cause to move, turn Geuuendit transferit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 72. to give a certain direction or position to Stande hé on ðám stede þe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle on sundrum betǽht hæfð, swá þæt hé sý gewend fram þám abbode