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gioleca

(n.)
Grammar
gioleca, an; m.

A yolk ⬩ ovi vitellus

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A yolk; ovi vitellus,Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339; Met. 20, 170

gold-máðum

(n.)
Grammar
gold-máðum, es; m.
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A precious thing made of gold, treasure, Beo. Th. 4820; B. 2414

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, e; f.
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Ben. Interl. 19, 12

wíg-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
wíg-heard, adj.

Stout in fight ⬩ hardy

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Th. 133, 64; By. 75

wíg-freca

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-freca, an; m.

A warrior

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A warrior Wyrsan wígfrecan, Beo. Th. 2428; B. 1212 : 4985 ; B. 2496

willung

(n.)
Grammar
willung, e; f.

Desire

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Desire Ðurh unrihte willunge per ambitionem, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, II

Linked entries: wylinc wellung

cattes mint

(n.)
Grammar
cattes mint, e; f.

Cat's mint, cat-mint ⬩ felina mentha, nepeta cataria

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Ben. Lye

ge-fandung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fandung, e; f.

Trial

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Ben. 107, 9 note

Linked entry: fandung

ge-fægnung

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On gefægenunga in exultatione, Bl. Gl. Add

a-wendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wendan, ic -wende, ðú -wendest, -wenst, he -wendeþ, -went, pl. -wendaþ; p. -wende; pp. -wended, -wend, -went.

To turn away or off ⬩ avert ⬩ remove ⬩ to turn upside down ⬩ turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ pervert ⬩ avertere ⬩ vertere ⬩ mutare ⬩ transferre ⬩ subvertere ⬩ To turn or direct oneself to turn from ⬩ go ⬩ depart ⬩ se vertere ⬩ ire

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Bos. 15, 8. He wæter awende to wínlícum drence he turned water into winelike drink, Ælfc. T. 27, 7: Ps. Spl. 101, 28: Gen. 19, 26: Cd. 14; Th. 17, 13; Gen. 259: Jn. Bos. 10, 35.

mearu

(adj.)
Grammar
mearu, <b>mæru, meru, myru;</b> adj.

Tender ⬩ soft ⬩ delicate

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B. mearuw) sý if the body be tender (with sores), Herb. 102, 2; Lchdm. i. 216, 24. Hwæðer sió gecynd ðæs líchoman síe heard ðe hnesce and mearwe, L. M. 1, 35; Lchdm. ii. 84, 14. Man byþ merwe gesceaft, Ps. Th. 143, 5. Myra tenellus, Kent. Gl. 62.

Linked entry: myrwa

stǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
stǽnen, (in the oblique cases the -en is sometimes contracted or absorbed; see below, and for other instances see under stapol); adj.
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Stǽnen cyrice ecclesia de lapide facta, Bd. 3, 23; S. 555, 12. Stǽnen bedd, Shrn. 69, 4. Ðæt stǽnna fæt alabastrum, Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 14, 3. Be ðære stǽnenan strǽte the paved way, Blickl. Homl. 189, 13. Stǽnen weofod altare lapideum, Ex. 20, 25.

á-ídlan

Grammar
á-ídlan, á-íd(e)l(i)an.
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<b>II a.</b> to deprive of with gen.) :-- Bedǽled and áídlad ǽlces gódes weorces a bonis actibus funditus exors vacat, Past. 67, 10. Hé bið innan áídlad ðǽre ryht*-*wísnesse intus veritate vacuatur, 111, 9

for-fón

to take away ⬩ to seize ⬩ to anticipate

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For 'I. to be deprived of . . . MS.

ge-laþian

(v.)
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Ben. 15, 5. Gelaðian arcessire (pedissequas ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 9. Geláþgan adsciscere (turmas ), 94, 21. Wǽre gelaþod adscisceretur, i. aduocaretur, An. Ox. 4088. to summon to Tó gelaðian adsciscere, Wrt.

Linked entry: laþian

ge-nyhtsum

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Þá genihtsummestan áfundenessa uberrima experimenta, 81. ¶ beón (wesan) genyhtsum to be abundance :-- On þínum torrum wese genihtsum fiat abundantia in turribus tuis, Ps. Th. 121, 7.

ge-tynge

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Getincgum rhetoribus, 3096. ¶ in a list of the arts mechanica is glossed by getingce cræ[ft] which would be more appropriate as a gloss to rhetorica (v. ge-tynglic), An.

ídel

(n.)
Grammar
ídel, es. ; n.
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Take here the passages in Dict. under <b>ídel;</b> and add: in vain, to no purpose Hí on ídel sóhton sáwle míne, ipsi in vanum quaesierunt animam meam, Ps.

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od.

to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ take care of ⬩ make [land] free from claims ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ procurare ⬩ to associate with for the cause of defence ⬩ to make a treaty with ⬩ assŏciāre defensiōnis causa ⬩ jungere fœdĕre

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Gange [ðæt land] into ðære stówe swá gewered swá hit stande mid mete and mid mannum and mid ǽlcum þingan let the land go afterwards to that place so provided as it may then be, with meat and with men and with everything, 519, 3: Cod. Dipl.

yppan

(v.)
Grammar
yppan, p. te.

to bring up or forth ⬩ to disclose, reveal, declare, manifest ⬩ to come forth, ⬩ to proceed ⬩ to be disclosed

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Hé ða unrótnesse his heortan mid his andwlitan tácnunge ypte and cýdde tristitiam cordis vultu indice prodebat, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 30.

Linked entry: uppe