weorold-gifu
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A gift of temporal things Sende se eádiga pápa Gregorius Æðelbyrhte cyninge woroldgife monige, Bd. 1, 32; S. 498, 20. Woruldgiua, Chr. 995 ; Th. i. 244, 17
wyn-land
A land of delight ⬩ a happy, pleasant land
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A land of delight, a happy, pleasant land Se hálga stenc wunaþ geond wynlond, Exon. Th. 203, 10; Ph. 82. Wuldres wynlond (heaven), 317, 13; Mód. 65
æt-glídan
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To slip away, disappear Ædglide delitesceret (cf. another gloss of the same passage in An. Ox. 2089: Bemiþe, fordwine; and fordwínan delitescere, 2152), An. Ox. 7, 132
Linked entry: glídan
blát
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Þá cwom wópes hring blát út faran, weóll waðuman streám a flood of tears poured forth pale, a surging stream welled, An. 1281. Substitute for first passage
ed-geong
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Áríseð se Fénix of dǽðe and bið edgung . . . á emb þúsend wintra hé hine forbærneþ and eft ediung úp áríseþ, E. S. viii. 479, 85-89. Add
fore-féran
To precede
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To precede, go in front of Hé forefoerde hiá antecedebat eos, Lk. L. R. 22, 47. Þá foreférendan qui praeibant (Lk. 18, 39), Bl. H. 15, 20
ge-sceadlic
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Cf. sceadu; Cf gesceadlicum scenico (scenico i. umbroso pleglicum, of gescandlicum but cf. scenam, i. umbram sceade, 65), Hpt. Gl. 474, 7), An. Ox. 2, 115
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ge-wyrdigness
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Eloquence, elegance of speech Gewyrdig-nysse (-wyrdinesse, An. Ox. 5488; -wurðugnysse, 2, 492) urbanitatis Hpt. Gl. 529, 52. Gewyrdi[g?]nesse facundia An. Ox. 8 b, 10
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godsibb-rǽden
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The condition of 'gossips' (v. god-sibb) Gif gé nellað healdan þá godsibbrǽdenne þe gé habbað for Gode and for Sc̃e Ióhannes dǽle begetene, Wlfst. 228, 3
grafu
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A cave, den Grǽfe (the MS. has the accent) ðeáfana (cf. illvirkja gröf in the Icelandic version of Mt. 21, 13) speluncam latronum, Mt. L. 21, 13
horu-weg
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On horweges norðende; of horweges norðende andlang weges eástweard, C. D. B. ii. 246, 11. Cf. tó horgan wege, 245, 25
hweall
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Hwalle procaci (voce; the laughter of Ham), 96, 55
in-snǽd
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A piece of woodland kept in the lord's hand(?) Tó Óswaldingtúne hiérð holenhyrst ... and triphyrst and insnádis (-as ?) intó Óswaldingtúne, C.D. ii. 228, 4. Cf. in-wudu
web-geréþru
weaving ⬩ tala, tara
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The word occurs in lists of terms connected with weaving, and glosses tala, tara Webgeréþro tala, Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 9. Webgeréþru tara, 59, 45: 66, 26
Linked entries: ge-réþru web-geródes
heard-neb
Having a hard beak
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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15
heaðu-grim
Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war
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Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war Hungur heaðogrimne heardne famne fierce and fell, Ps. Th. 145, 6: Beo. Th. 1100; B. 548: 5375; B. 2691
brigd
to change ⬩ A change ⬩ variety ⬩ varietas
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A change, variety; varietas Ðæs deóres hiw brigda gehwæs wundrum lixeþ the animal's hue of every variety wondrously shines, Exon. 95 b; Th. 357, 9; Pa. 26
briord
A brim, margin, rim, the highest part of anything; ⬩ labrum, ora, margo, summitas, summum
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A brim, margin, rim, the highest part of anything; labrum, ora, margo, summitas, summum Gefyldon ða to briorde impleverunt eas ad summum, Jn. Lind. War. 2, 7
brýd-þing
A bride-thing, what relates to marriage ⬩ nuptials ⬩ nuptiæ
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A bride-thing, what relates to marriage, in pl. nuptials; nuptiæ Gabriel wæs ðissa brýdþinga ǽrendwreca Gabriel was the messenger of these nuptials, Homl. Blick. 3, 13
wine-geómor
Sad for the loss of friends
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Sad for the loss of friends Ealle hié deáð fornam, and se án leóda duguðe, se ðǽr lengest hwearf, wearð wine-geómor, Beo. Th. 4470; B. 2239