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gearo-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
gearo-brygd, e; f. [bregdan to vibrate]

A prompt vibrationprompta pulsātio

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A prompt vibration; prompta pulsātio Áh he gleóbeámes gearobrygda list he has skill in prompt vibrations of the harp, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 13; Crä. 50

Linked entry: brygd

earfoþ-lǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-lǽte, adj.

Difficult to be sent forthdiffĭcĭlis emissu

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Difficult to be sent forth; diffĭcĭlis emissu Earfoþlǽte micga a painful discharge of urine, strangury; strangūria = στραγγουρία, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 47; Wrt. Voc. 19, 49

henna

(n.)
Grammar
henna, an; m.

A fowl

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A fowl Gif swýn oððe henna ete of mannes líchaman si porcus vel gallina de corpore hominis ederit, L. Ecg. P. iv. 57; Th. ii. 220, 13

hrér

(adj.)
Grammar
hrér, adj.

Rear

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Rear [provincial], not thoroughly cooked, lightly boiled [of eggs] Nim hrér henne æg take a hen's egg lightly boiled, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 16

Linked entries: hrére hréren-brǽden

leóht-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-mód, adj.

light-heartedeasy-temperedlight-mindedinconstantfickle

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Of light or cheerful mind, light-hearted, easy-tempered; light-minded Similar entries (v. next word), inconstant, fickle, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 30; Gn. Ex. 86

Mægþa land

(n.)

the Polish province of Mazovia

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the Polish province of Mazovia (?) Be norþan Horiti is Mægþa land; and be norþan Mægþa londe Sermende óþ ða beorgas Riffen, Ors. l, l; Swt. 16, 21

mán-feld

(n.)
Grammar
mán-feld, es; m.

The field of crime

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The field of crime Mon hǽtt ðæt lond Mánfeld ðǽr hié mon byrgde obruta est in campo, qui nunc Sceleratus vocatur, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 20

medu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
medu-rǽden, medu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Strong drinkscellar

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Strong drinks, cellar (in the sense of the liquors contained in it) Rúmheort beón meodorǽdenne liberal with liquors, Exon. 90 a; Th. 339, 3; Gn. Ex. 88

medu-stíg

(n.)
Grammar
medu-stíg, e; f.

Path to the mead-hall

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Path to the mead-hall Cyning of brýdbúre treddode ... and his cwén mid him medostíg gemæt ... Hróðgár tó healle geóng, Beo. Th. 1845-1855; B. 920-925

ge-witfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-witfæst, adj.

Of sound mind

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Of sound mind Nǽnig deófolseóc ðæt he eft wel gewitfæst nǽre no possessed person that was not in his right mind again, Guthl. 15; Gdwin. 66, 17

Linked entry: -witfæst

gewit-loca

(n.)
Grammar
gewit-loca, an; m.

A container of intelligencethe mindintelligentiæ clausuraanimusmenspectus

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A container of intelligence, the mind; intelligentiæ clausura, animus, mens, pectus, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 52; Met. 12, 26: Exon. 123 a; Th. 473 13; Bo. 14

gifnes

(n.)
Grammar
gifnes, -ess, e; f.

A favourgracebeneficiumgratia

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A favour, grace; beneficium, gratia Ealle we beþurfon Godes gifnesse we all have need of God's grace, Hy. 7, 114, 110: Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 114, 110

grimetung

(n.)
Grammar
grimetung, grymetung, e; f.
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Leóna grymetunge roaring of lions, Shrn. 50, 9

Linked entries: gremetunc grymetung

BICCE

(n.)
Grammar
BICCE, bice, bicge, an; f.

A BITCHcanicula

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A BITCH, a female of the canine kind; canicula Biccean [biccan MS. B.] meolc bitch's milk, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 8, 9; Lchdm. i. 362, 15, 18

Linked entries: biccen bicge

biþ

is, shall beest, erit,

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Fox 6, 11; Met. 6, 6: Cd. 217; Th. 276, 1; Sat. 182; 3rd pers, pres. and fut. of beón

blód-gíta

(n.)
Grammar
blód-gíta, an; m.

A shedder of bloodsanguinis effusor

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A shedder of blood; sanguinis effusor Ðæne wer, ðe is blódgíta, gehiscþ Drihten the Lord hates the man who is a blood-shedder, Ps. Lamb. 5, 8

ge-mæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mæstan, pp. -mæsted, -mæst

To fattensaginare; pinguefacere, impinguare

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Gemæstra fugela of fatted fowls, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 34 : Bd. Whelc. 378, 19

Linked entry: ge-mæst

sund-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
sund-gebland, es; n.
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The water's mingling, used of the mere into which Beowulf plunged Se ðe meregrundas mengan scolde, sécan sund*-*gebland, Beo. Th. 2904; B. 1450. Cf. ýð-gebland

un-fricgende

(adj.)

not questioning

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not questioning Mé sægde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa unfricgendum the woman of her own accord told me without my asking, Cd. Th. 160, 12; Gen. 2649

weorc-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-geréfa, an; m.
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An overseer of work Ða weorcgeréfan praefecti operum, Ex. 5, 10, 13. Sidrac, Misac, and Abdenago, ðe Nabochodonosor gesette him tó weorcgeréfan, Homl. Th. ii. 68, 5