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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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleápan, p. -hleóp, pl. -hleópon; pp. -hleápen

To leapdancesaliresaltare

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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

(adv.)
Grammar
wirs, cpve.: wirrest, wirst; spve.;

Worseworst

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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.

Linked entries: wyrs wiers wirrest

gearu-gongende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gearu-gongende, part.

Going quickly or swiftlyexpĕdīte 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

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sǽli, adj.

Happyfēlix

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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

(adj.)
Grammar
wamm, adj. I.
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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

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-leát, p. of a-lútan.

bent down

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bent down Aleát wið ðæs engles bent down before the angel, Num. 22, 31;

for-cyrfst

(v.)
Grammar
for-cyrfst, he -cyrfþ

cuttest downhe cuts down

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cuttest down, he cuts down. Homl. Th. ii. 408, 8: Ps. Lamb. 128, 4;

bi-windla

(n.)
Grammar
bi-windla, an; m.
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Onbútan ðone gáran on ðone biwindlan (pi-winðlan, 15), C. D. v. 148, 16. ?

leáh

(n.)
Grammar
leáh, m.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
ed-wenden, e; f.

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

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, es; m.

A wharfbankshore

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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

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-gihte, es; n. (?)
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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

Linked entry: sunn-stede

in-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
in-cund, adj.

Internalinwardintimate

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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

(n.)
Grammar
ele, es; m.
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Seóþ on ele . . . 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

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-scyfe, es; m.

A pushing downfalling downhasty downward movement

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A pushing down, falling down, hasty downward movement Niþerscyfe per praeceps, Hpt. Gl. 468, 74

mann-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cyst, e; f.
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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

Linked entry: cyst

þri-milce

(n.)
Grammar
þri-milce, es; m. (?)

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

Linked entries: meolcian -milce

bríd-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
bríd-gifu, e; f. [bríd = brýd
a bride
, gifu
a gift
]

a bridea giftA marriage-portiondowrydos

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A marriage-portion dowry; dos Ðeós brídgifu hæc dos, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Som. 12, l

Linked entry: brýd-gifa

morgen-gifu

(n.)
Grammar
morgen-gifu, e; f.

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).