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ge-sníþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sníþan, p. -snáþ; pp. -sniden

To cutcut off

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Gif ðú stǽnen weofod me wyrce ne tymbra ðú ðæt of gesnidenum stánum if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, Ex. 20, 25

for-feng

(n.)

a seizing of stolen properly

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a seizing of stolen properly, L. In. 75; Th. i. 150, 4, note 7, MS. H

god-sprec

(n.)
Grammar
god-sprec, es; n.
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An oracle We neáh stódan ðǽm godsprecum we stood near to the oracles, Nar. 28, 32

ge-hǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To stone

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To stone Ic gemétte ðǽr Archelaus gehǽnedne I found there Archelaus stoned, St. And. 44, 18

strand

(n.)
Grammar
strand, n. (not m.).
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Se Hǽlend stód on ðám strande . . . Seó sǽ getácnað þás andwerdan woruld, and þæt strand getácnode ðá écan staðolfæstnysse þæs tówerdan lífes, Hml Th. ii. 288, 27-31. Seó landfyrd cóm ufenon and trymedon hig be ðám strande, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 18.

þeówan

(v.)
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S. 31, 786. add Hé stód gynigende and þýwde mid múþe ꝥ hé Martinum ábite, Hml. S. 31, 539. Wé þæt ǽbylgð nyton þe wé gefremedon on þysse folcscere, þeódon bealwa wið þec, El. 403

ǽ-menne

(n.)
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solitude ‘Ðú beþorftest ðæt ðú hæfdest dígele stówe and ǽmanne (-menne?) ǽlces óðres þinges ista solitudinem meram desiderant and fæáwa cúðe men.’ Ðá cwæð ic: ‘Ic nebbe nán ðára ne ðonne ǽmenne ne óðera manna fultum ne dýgela stówe,’ Shrn. 165, 8-12

Linked entry: -menne

esul-cweorn

(n.)
Grammar
esul-cweorn, e; f.

A mill-stone turned by an assmŏla asĭnāria

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A mill-stone turned by an ass; mŏla asĭnāria, Cot. 16

ge-hæp

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæp, adj.

Fit

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Fit On stówe gehæppre in loco apto, Th. An. 21, 13

Linked entries: -hæp hæplíc

byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, es; m.
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A strong wind, storm Byre aestu (cf. ýst), Germ. 400, 496

cleac

(n.)
Grammar
cleac, e; f.
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A stepping-stone On cleaca, C. D. iv. 36, 3, 12

in-fóster

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Add: breeding on one's own farm, rearing from one's own stock

mǽg-tudor

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-tudor, es; n.

That which is produced from the same stock

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That which is produced from the same stock Mǽgtuðre cognatæ, Hpt. Gl. 469, 52. Cf. magu-tudor

ge-greátian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-greátian, p. ode
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To become thick or stout Gegreátod incrassatus, Ps. L. fol. 192, 15

Linked entry: greátian

wíg-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
wíg-heard, adj.

Stout in fighthardy

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Stout in fight, hardy Wígan wígheardne. Byrht. Th. 133, 64; By. 75

ge-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-licgan, -licgean; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen.

to lielie near, togetherjacereadjacereconjacereto lie downfailceaseloiterdelaydeficerecessare

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Ðá heó ðǽr on gelegen wæs when she had lain down there, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 23. to lie down, fail, cease, loiter, delay; deficere, cessare Windblond gelæg the wind-storm ceased, Bon. Th. 6284; B. 3146.

strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
strǽt, e (but uninflected forms occur) ; f.
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And ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte, Ex. 14, 21-22. Him þurh streámræce strǽt wæs gerýmed, Andr. Kmbl. 3159 ; An. 1582. Tó ðære ealdan strǽt ; ondlong ðære strǽt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 30. On ða sealtstrǽt; andlang strǽt, 82, 26.

Linked entry: strét

Gillinga

(n.)
Grammar
Gillinga, Gillinga-hám

GILLINGHAM, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour

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GILLINGHAM, in Dorsetshire, on the river Stour, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 1, 18

offrung-hús

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-hús, es; n.
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A house of sacrifice Ic geceás ðás stówe mé tó offrunghúse, Nap. 50

dinne

(n.)
Grammar
dinne, es; m.
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A storm, tempest; procella On dinnes mere on a stormy sea, Chr. 938; Ing. 144, 24; Whel. 556, 44