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ge-sweotulung

Grammar
ge-sweotulung, <b>; I.</b>
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Openon geswutelincgum is geypped euidentibus patet indiciis, Chrd. 64, 28. Add

un-befangenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-befangenlíc, adj.

Incomprehensible

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Incomprehensible God is unásecgendlíc and unbefangenlíc, Homl. Th. i. 286, 27

cirse

(n.)
Grammar
cirse, an; f.
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A cherry Cyrsena tácn is . . ., Tech. ii. 124, 22. v. ciris-

Linked entries: ciris- cyrse

gilte

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Add: — Swínes blǽdran untýdrendes,; ꝥ is gylte, Lch. ii. 88, 24

panþer

(n.)
Grammar
panþer, pandher
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a panther Is þæt deór Pandher bí noman háten, Pa. 12

Linked entry: palþer

wíc-sceáwere

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The Latin is: Metatoris (Christi). See Archiv cxxii. 248, 28. Add

meaht-full

(adj.)
Grammar
meaht-full, adj.
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Powerful Mín God is strang and mihtful, Hml. A. 174, 137

smeáþ

(n.)
Grammar
smeáþ, e; f.

Meditation

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Meditation Ǽ ðín smeáþ (meditatio) mín is Ps. Spl. 118, 77

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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a field, land, what is sown, sown land; ager, seges For ðam is se æcer geháten Acheldemah propter hoc vocatus est ager ille Haceldama, Mt. Bos. 27, 8.

ge-líca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-líca, an; m : also ge-líce, an; f.

An equalæqualisparæqualitas

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Micel is ðæt ongin ðínre gelícan great is the attempt for thy equal [cf. Ger. für Deinesgleichen; colloquial English for the like of you], Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 16; Jul. 128. Nán þing nis ðín gelíca no thing is thine equal, Bt. Met.

Linked entry: un-gelíca

slǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽtan, p. te [causative of siítan; cf. bait an animal, and bite]
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To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss.

weorold-gilp

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gilp, es; m.
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Worldly glory Ðǽm upáhæfenum is tó cýðanne hwelc náwuht ðes woruldgielp (worldgilp, Cott. MSS.) is elatis intimandum est, quam sit nulla temporalis gloria, Past. 41 ; Swt. 299, 6.

log

(n.)
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The alliterative phrase ' land and lögr' is common in Icelandic, so perhaps loge shows Scandinavian influence and is the same as English lage (&lt; lagu, q. v. ), or it may be from a nominative log. v. N. E. D. lough.] —

ful-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-strang, -strong, full-strong; adj.

Full strongvery severe or overwhelmingvalde sĕvērus vel rĭgĭdus

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Is ðeós þrag fulstrong this moment is very overwhelming, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 13; Jul. 464

Linked entry: full-strong

ge-lísian

(v.)

to slipslide

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to slip, slide Be ðæm is awriten se ðe nylle onscúnian his lytlan scylda ðæt he wille gelísian to máran it is written that he who will not shun his little sins will glide into greater, Past. 57, 2; Swt. 437, 20; Hat. MS

Linked entry: -lísian

Bercingas

(n.)
Grammar
Bercingas, in on (in) Bercingum

Barking

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Barking On Eástseaxena mǽgþe on stówe seó is nemned in Bercingum (Byrc-, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 6 ; Sch. 383, 19: 4, 7; Sch. 384, 17. On Bercingum (Bercc-, v. l.) þám mynstre, 10. Ðæt fǽmna mynster þ is nemned on Bercingum, Shrn. 138, 2

Linked entry: Byrcingas

neádunga

Grammar
neádunga, <b>, neádunge.</b>
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Is óðer ðeówt neádunge búton lufe, óðer is sylfwilles mid lufe, Hml. Th. ii. 524, 5 : i. 580, I. Genam se sciphláford mé neádinga æt him, Hml. S. 30, 358. Þá þe hé bepǽcan ne mæg, þá hé wile neádunga nýdan, Wlfst. 84, 21. Add

Linked entry: nídinga

þǽr-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
þǽr-riht, adj.
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The passage in which strictis, glossed by þárrihtum, occurs is: lam jamque strictis mucronibus, Ald. 52, 17. As in another gloss jam jamque is glossed by þárrihtes (An.

prutene

(n.)
Grammar
prutene, an; f. A plant-name,
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artemisia abrotanon Ðone súþenan wermód, ðæt is prutene, Lchdm. ii. 236, 20

blǽt

(v.)
Grammar
blǽt, ðú blǽtst

is livid, thou art livid

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is livid, thou art livid; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of blátan