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gelodr

(n.)
Grammar
gelodr, e; f.

A part of the body about the chest, the backbone or spine? pars corporis circa thoracem vel spinam? - Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine,

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- Se maga biþ neáh ðære heor-tan and ðære gelodre the stomach is near the heart and the spine, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 176, 3

sypian

(v.)

to take in moisture

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Cf. súpan, and preceding word

Linked entry: sipian

un-bliss

(n.)
Grammar
un-bliss, e; f.

Unhappiness ⬩ grief ⬩ sorrow ⬩ misery

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Nú wé beód blíðe, and eft on micelre unblisse, Homl. Th. i. 184, 3. Manege unblissa and micele sorga becómon ðám Iudéiscum æfter Cristes slege, Homl. Ass. 9, 179

wíte-lác

(n.)
Grammar
wíte-lác, es; n.

Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain

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Punishment, torment, pain Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554.

be-westan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-westan, prep, with dat. or adv.
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. ; besúþan Istria is se Wendelsǽ, and bewestan þá beorgas þe man hǽt Alpis . . . bewestan him Frofentsǽ, Ors. I. I; S. 22, 13, 15, 30. Beeástan him is se Risca sǽ, and bewestan Addriaticurn, S. 28, 1, 10

dún-land

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Genim swínes scearn þæs þe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, Lch. ii. 62, 28. Ðeós wyrt ( betony ) biþ cenned on mǽdum and on clǽnum dúnlandum, i. 70, 2. Hé hine geond ealle eorðan sóhton, ge on dúnlandum gé on wudalandum, Ap. Th. 7, 14. Add

exe

(n.)
Grammar
exe, an: ex (?), e; f.

The brain

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Se drænc is gód wið heáfodecce and wið brægenes hwyrfnesse and weallunge, wið seóndre exe, Lch. iii. 70, 21

Linked entry: ex

gnæt

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Heó ( fleabane ) gnættas and micgeas and fleán ácwelleþ, Lch. i. 266, 1. Add

hofer

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Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle gebíged þurh ðone brádan hofor . . . Hé wearð gehǽled . . . swá ꝥ næs gesýne on his hricge hwǽr se hofor stóde, Hml. S. 21, 95-106. Dele '[?]', and add:

ídisc

(n.)
Grammar
ídisc, . . . m. n [?].
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Substitute: <b>ídisce, ídisc</b> (<b>ýdd-</b>), es; n. and add Árís and ágif þyses ceorles ýddisce (ǽhta, v. l.) þe þú underfénge surge et res istius rustici redde quas accepisti, Gr. D. 164, 3

meduma

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'insubula,' and add Meðema tramarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 27. (Wright prints: Tramarium meðema wersa, but the MS. has persa, which is Latin, and belongs to the next word.)

sǽ-grund

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Add: the deep Se apostol Paulus sǽde ꝥ hé sylf wunode on sǽgrunde middan ofer dæg and ofer niht ( nocte et die in profundo mares fui; a night and a day I have been in the deep, 2 Cor. 11, 25), Hml. S. 31, 899

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add Hé gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hé hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

tó-tellan

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Þú þysne middangeard from fruman ǽrest forð oð ende tídum tótældest from the very beginning and right on to the end there has been a distinction of times and seasons for reckoning (cf. Gen. 1, 14); tempus ab aevo ire jubes, Met. 20, 11. Add

wundor-cræft

Grammar
wundor-cræft, <b>. I.</b>
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, v.ll.) gemeten and geworht and gescyrpendlíce gehíwod ætýwde tó þám gemete hyre heáfdes et locus quoque capitis seorsum fabrefactus ad mensuram capitis illius optissime fíguratus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 451, 18. Add

wǽg-pundern

(n.)

a steel-yard ⬩ weighing-machine

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Gl. 476, 77, and pundar

Linked entry: pundern

wéden-heort

(n.)
Grammar
wéden-heort, es; n.

Madness, frenzy, fury

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Madness, frenzy, fury Lǽcedómas wið feónd-seócum men . . . and wiþ bræcseócum men, and wiþ wédenheorte, Lchdm. ii. 14, 7: 138, 14. Drenc wiþ wédenheorte, 356, 4: 304, 15. Ðæt hrýðer him þúte on wédenheorte the beast seemed to him mad, Blickl.

Linked entry: -heort

æ-gilde

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
æ-gilde, adv. l. ǽ-gilde; adj.,

Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid

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Unpaid for, applied to a slain man for whom wergild was not paid :-- Gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen áfylle, licge ǽgylde (-gilde, v. l. ) ealre his mǽgðe; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl ðe hé ǽr áhte áfylle, gylde þegengylde, Wlfst. 162, 8. and add

Linked entry: or-gilde

ge-þungennes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þungennes, -ness, e; f.

Increase ⬩ growth ⬩ piety ⬩ excellence ⬩ gravity

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Increase, growth, piety, excellence, gravity Ðæt wæs ðæt templ ðære geþungennesse and ealre clǽnnesse that was the temple of piety and all purity, Blickl. Homl. 5, 20: Shrn. 40, 2: 44, 9. Geþungennis incrementum, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 6.

Linked entry: ge-þinþenes

ge-tillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tillan, p. de; pp. ed

To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ attain ⬩ tangere ⬩ attingere

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Weras blóda and fácenfulle ná healfe getillaþ viri sanguinei et dolosi non dimidiabunt, Blickl. Gl

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