gráf
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Add: [The word seems feminine in the compound wíþig-gráf in the following passage On beorg; ðonne on wíðiggráfe; ðonne on ðone weg, C.
ge-hleápan
To leap ⬩ dance ⬩ salire ⬩ saltare
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To leap, dance; salire, saltare Meotud gehleápeþ heá dúne the Creator shall leap the high downs, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 10; Cri. 717. He gehleóp ðone eoh he leaped upon the horse, Byrht. Th. 137, 20; By. 189
wirs
Worse ⬩ worst
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Grammar wirs, marking an inferior degree of what is desirable or proper Ðæt hié wiers ne dón ðonne him man bebeóde ne minus, quae jubentur, impleant, Past. 28; Swt. 189, 18.
gearu-gongende
Going quickly or swiftly ⬩ expĕdīte incēdens
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Going quickly or swiftly; expĕdīte incēdens Ic eom to ðon bleáþ, ðæt mec mæg gearugongende gríma abrégan I am so timid, that a phantom going swiftly may frighten me, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 6; Rä. 41, 17
Linked entry: gearo-gongende
ge-sǽli
Happy ⬩ fēlix
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Happy; fēlix Hweðer micel feoh mǽge ǽnigne mon dón swá gesǽline, ðæt he nánes þinges máran ne þurfe can much money make any man so happy that he may need nothing more? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 13
wamm
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. -- Ná ðú be gewyrhtum, Wealdend, úrum, wommum wyrhtum woldest ús dón non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, Ps. Th. 102, 10
a-leát
bent down
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bent down Aleát wið ðæs engles bent down before the angel, Num. 22, 31;
for-cyrfst
cuttest down ⬩ he cuts down
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cuttest down, he cuts down. Homl. Th. ii. 408, 8: Ps. Lamb. 128, 4;
bi-windla
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Onbútan ðone gáran on ðone biwindlan (pi-winðlan, 15), C. D. v. 148, 16. ?
leáh
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In l. 12 after Kmbl. insert ii. and add Þurh ðone leá on ðám leáge; þurh ðone lytlan leá westeweardne . . . þurh ðone leá norðeweardne, C. D. v. 207, 12-23
ed-wenden
A reverse, alteration, end ⬩ mūtātio, āversio, cessātio
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Ǽr ðon edwenden worulde geweorþe ere that an end shall be to the world, Exon. 56 b; Th. 200, 14; Ph. 40
Linked entry: -wenden
hwearf
A wharf ⬩ bank ⬩ shore
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A wharf, bank, shore Ðá gyrnde ðæt hé móste macian foran gén Mildryþe æker ǽnne hwerf wið ðon wódan tó werianne then he desired that he might make a bank opposite Mildred's fold for protection against floods [?], Chart. Th. 341, 7
sunn-gihte
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Ðonne gelympeþ ðæt wundorlíce on ðæs sumeres sungihte on mydne dæg, ðonne seó sunne byþ on ðæs heofones mydle, ðonne nafaþ seó sýl (at Jerusalem ) nǽnige sceade; ðonne ðæs sungihtes beóþ þrý dagas forð áurnen, ðonne hafaþ seó sýl ǽrest lytle sceade, Shrn
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in-cund
Internal ⬩ inward ⬩ intimate
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Ðonne hé ða úterran þing dón sculon, ðæt hié ne síen ðæm incundum ingeþance áfirrede . . . hié lǽtaþ ácólian ða incundan lufan ne, dum cura ab eis exterior agitur, ab interna intentione mergantur . . . ab intimo amore frigescunt, Past. 18, 7 ; Swt. 138
ele
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Seóþ on ele . . . dó þonne weax on ꝥ ele, Lch. ii. 234, 10. Ðone ele (oele, v. l. ), Past. 369, 19, 11. Ele áwringan of byrgum, Gr. D. 250, 22. Hí ðicgeð on dám earde ele on heora bigleofum swá swá wé dóð buteran, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16.
niþer-scyfe
A pushing down ⬩ falling down ⬩ hasty downward movement
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A pushing down, falling down, hasty downward movement Niþerscyfe per praeceps, Hpt. Gl. 468, 74
mann-cyst
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst
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þri-milce
The early name for the month of May
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Ðonne Drymelces mónað bið geendod ðonne bið seó niht eahta tída lang, 87, 28. Ðrymylce mónað, Chr. Erl, Introd. xxxi, margin
bríd-gifu
a bride ⬩ a gift ⬩ A marriage-portion ⬩ dowry ⬩ dos
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A marriage-portion dowry; dos Ðeós brídgifu hæc dos, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Som. 12, l
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morgen-gifu
The gift made by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage
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Gif heó(a widow) binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse, ðonne þolige heó ðære morgengyfe, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 8 (cf. 522, 3: 576, 2).