geár-þénung
A yearly service ⬩ annual service ⬩ annuum ministĕrium
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N. P. L. 38; Th. ii. 296, 7
gearwa
prepared ⬩ părātus
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prepared; părātus;
Linked entry: a-geara
GEAT
A gate ⬩ door ⬩ porta ⬩ ostium ⬩ jānua
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A gate, door; porta, ostium, jānua Ic eom sceápa geat ego sum ostium ŏvium, Jn. Bos. 10, 7, 9 : 10, 1, 2. Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat, forðonðe ðæt geat is swýðe wíd intrāte per angustam portam, quia lāta porta est, Mt. Bos. 7, 13, 14. Ðǽr is geat
Linked entry: helle-geat
gebǽr-scipe
A feast
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A feast, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 13
ge-bǽte
A bit of a bridle ⬩ a bridle ⬩ trappings ⬩ lŭpātum ⬩ cāmus ⬩ frēnum
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A bit of a bridle, a bridle, trappings; lŭpātum, cāmus, frēnum Ðæt gebǽtel of ateáh he took the bridle off, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 34. Mid ðám gebǽtum with the trappings, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 22
Linked entry: bǽte
EÁ
indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ⬩ flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua
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;indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ; flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua Eá of dúne water from the hill, Menol. Fox 520; Gn. C. 30. Seó feorþe eá ys geháten Eufrates flŭvius quartus est Euphrātes, Gen. 2, 14: Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 34, 46. On twá
eácen
Increased, great, vast, powerful ⬩ auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus
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Nǽron ge swá eácne mód-geþances ye were not so powerful in mental thought, Cd. 179; Th. 224, 14; Dan. 136
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Andrew's mass-day [Nov. 30th], king Edmund died, Chr. 1016; Th. 284, 12, col. 2
eád-nes
Happiness, prosperity ⬩ beatĭtūdo
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Happiness, prosperity; beatĭtūdo Ós byþ eorla gehwám eádnys mind is to every man prosperity, Hick. Thes. vol. i. 135, 8; Runic pm. 4; Kmbl. 340, 10. Ongan he wurþigan eádnysse and hýrsumnysse he began to esteem happiness and obedience, Guthl. 2; Gdwin
eágan beorht
An eye's glance, a moment ⬩ ocŭli micātio, momentum
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An eye's glance, a moment; ocŭli micātio, momentum. Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 20, MSS. C. B
Linked entry: eágan bryhtm
eáge-spring
A spring or twinkling of the eye ⬩ ocŭli ictus
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A spring or twinkling of the eye; ocŭli ictus, Som
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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subordinate position,—one eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
ealdor-mon
An elderman, alderman, nobleman, chief ⬩ mājor nātu, princeps
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An elderman, alderman, nobleman, chief; mājor nātu, princeps Ebrinus se ealdormon Ebrinus mājor dŏmus rēgiae. Bd 4, 1; S. 564, 33: 2, 13; S. 515, 32
eald-riht
An ancient right ⬩ vĕtus jus vel privĭlēgium
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An ancient right; vĕtus jus vel privĭlēgium He him gehét ðæt hý ealdrihta ǽlces mósten wyrðe gewunigen he promised them that they should remain possessed of each of their ancient rights, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 71; Met. 1, 36: 1, 114; Met. 1, 57. Bǽdon hine
Linked entry: eald-geriht
eald-spell
An old story ⬩ antīqua narrātio
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An old story; antīqua narrātio Ælfréd us ealdspell reahte Alfred told us an old story, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 2; Met. Einl. 1. On ealdspellum in old tales, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19
eallneg
Always ⬩ semper
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Always; semper Ðú eallneg siófodest ðæt hí eallneg nǽron on wíte thou always didst lament that they were not always punished, Bt. 38, 4; Fox 204, 10, 11. MS. Cot
Linked entry: ealneg
eall-niwe
All-new ⬩ omnīno nŏvus
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All-new; omnīno nŏvus He wearþ gebunden mid eallniwum rápum nŏvis funĭbus vinctus est, Jud. 16, 11
Linked entry: eal-niwe
eall-wundor
A very wonderful thing ⬩ res omnīno mirābĭlis
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A very wonderful thing; res omnīno mirābĭlis Weras fyrdleóþ gólon [MS. galan] eall-wundra fela the men sung a martial song of many very wonderful things, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 5; Exod. 578
Linked entries: eal-wundor wundor
eal-niwe
all-new, quite new
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all-new, quite new
eálond
An island ⬩ insŭla
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An island; insŭla Breoton is gársecges eálond Brittania est oceăni insŭla, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 8: 1, 3; S. 475, 13