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ge-hénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hénan, p. de; pp. ed

To humbleaccusecondemndespisehumiliareaccusarecondemnarespernere

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To humble, accuse, condemn, despise; humiliare, accusare, condemnare, spernere Gehéned ic eóm humiliatus sum, Ps. Vossii, 37, 8. Hine gehénan [MS. gehena] illum accusare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 2. He gehéned wæs he was condemned.

Linked entry: ge-hǽnan

geonge-wifre

(n.)
Grammar
geonge-wifre, an; f.

A ganging-weaver, spiderviātĭca arānea

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A ganging-weaver, spider; viātĭca arānea Wǽron ánlícast úre winter geongewifran, ðonne hió geornast biþ, ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette our years [lit. winters] were most like to a spider when it is most eager to terrify flies into its net; anni nostri

ge-rén

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rén, es; n.

An ornament

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An ornament Ðeáh ða gerénu fægru síen ðe hit mid gerénod biþ though the ornaments be fair with which it is adorned, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 15. Ða geréno the ornaments, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 20; Rä. 27, 15. Giríno ł glencas ædificationes, Mk. Skt.

Linked entry: ge-ríno

gelp

(n.)
Grammar
gelp, es; m.

Glory, vain-glory, prideglōria, vāna glōria

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Glory, vain-glory, pride; glōria, vāna glōria Ne gýtsung, ne ídel gelp him on ne rícsode neither avarice nor vain-glory reigned in him, Bd. 3. 17; S. 545, 9. Gif he unnýtne gelp ágan wille if he will possess unprofitable glory, Bt. Met.

seohtre

(n.)
Grammar
seohtre, sihtre, an ; f.
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A pipe through which a small stream is directed, a drain Andlang seohtran, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 11. Tó ðare reádan sihtran, 296, 28. In wǽtan sihtran (cf. síce, 382, 7); of ðam wǽtan síce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 386, 10.

Linked entry: sihtre

tillan

(v.)
Grammar
tillan, p. tilde
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In compounds á-, ge-tillan; instances omitted under those words are given here Ðeáh ðe hé stæpe fulfremednysse átilþ ( adtingit ), Scint. 100, 15. Getilþ contingat, getilde contigit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 9-13.

under-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
under-diácon, es; m.

An under-deacona sub-deacon

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Voc. i. 42, 26: Rtl. 194, 9. Subdiaconus is sóðlíce underdiácon, se ðe ða fatu byrð forð tó ðam diácone, and mid eádmódnysse þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weofode mid ðám húselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 9

Linked entries: sub-diácon subdiácon

un-sóþfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sóþfæst, adj.

untruthfulunveraciousunjustunrighteous

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untruthful, unveracious Ic silf geseah ðæt ðæt mé unsóþfæstran men sǽdon, ðonne ða wǽron ðe ðæt sédon ðæt wit ymb sint, Shrn. 204, 12. unjust, unrighteous Unsóðfæstne wer virum injustum, Ps. Th. 139, 11.

Linked entry: sóþ-fæst

ambeht

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht, m.
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Ic eom Hróðgáres ár and ombiht, 336. Ðe ambeht ł se ðegn discipulus ille, Jn. L. 21, 23. Ðone ilca arnbeh[t], 20. Ðára ambihta discipulorum, 20, 30. Ambehtum discipulis, 21, 14. Abraham spræc tó his ombihtum: 'Rincas míne,' Gen. 2879.

Crécisc

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In Crégesc, 20, 24. Stafum Créciscum litteris Graecis, Lk. L. R. 23, 38. Þá Creáciscan Argolicas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 39: Pelasgos, 41. Add

eald-land

(n.)
Grammar
eald-land, es; n.
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Feówer æceras be-westan exan fornágeán Eádferðes ealdlande, C.D. iii. 411, 28

éce-lic

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On gemynde écelicre ł écum in memoria aeterna Ps. L. 111, 7. Þá écelican wuldor perhenni doxa, Hpt. 31, 18, 524. Écelicum aeternis, Rtl. 18, 21. Écelica sempiterna, 46, 22. ¶ hodiernus is glossed by écelic, Rtl. 4, 26: 57, 4: 126, 3: 174, 33. Add

fordémed-nes

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Th. ii. 238, 9. Add

ge-willian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-willian, p. ode
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Ic gewillade desiderabam, 118, 131. Gewillade cyning hiów ðín concupivit rex speciem tuam, 44, 12: 83, 3: 118, 20. Wyrte þe hé ǽr mid stale gewilnode (-willade, v. l. ), Gr. D. 25, 16. Giwillian desiderare, Ps. Srt. 118, 20

Linked entry: willian

hláford-gift

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-gift, hláford-gift, es; m. or n.
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cf. hláford ; II 4 a), appointment by a lord to a command(?)

hring-seta

(n.)
Grammar
hring-seta, hring-sete.
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A circus Hringsete circio (accipit in circo victor serta, Ald. 141, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 45. Hringseta circentium (gymnicorum exempla . . . praeconia circensium (cf. circenses circus, Migne) adipiscuntur, Ald. 3, 22), 75, 18: 17, 64.

hróf-leás

(adj.)
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Voc. i. 59, 8. of land, having no houses upon it(?) Ealdréð hæfð geunnen Ædestán sumne dǽl landes, ðæt synd twá hída mid ðám ðe hé ǽr hæfde and mid ðám hrófleásan lande, C. D. iv. 262, 14

stíg

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Add: In Ps. L. the word is masculine Seó stíg ( semita ) wæs swíðe neara on ðǽre sídan þæs muntes . . . án lytel cniht eóde upp unwærlíce on ðǽre nearwan stíge, Gr. D. 212, 19-22: 322, 19. Stígas, stíga, Ps. Rdr. Vos. stíge, Ps. Srt.) semitas, Ps.

sweord-bora

Grammar
sweord-bora, <b>. I.</b>
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Férde se áwyrgda gást in þæs cyninges sweordboran, 187, 21

witon

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Næse, lá, nese; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc ǽr ic sweotolor ongytan magæ þæt þæt wit embe sint concludamus hoc primum volumen . . . Non sinam omnino concludi hunc libellum, nisi mihi modicum quo intentus sim de vicinia lucis aperueris, Solil.