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weald

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Add Weald þeáh eówer eard ús gesceóte, Jos. 9, 7. Add Weald hú þé sǽle whatever happen to thee, An. 1357. Cf. lóca hú

wǽpen-berend

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-berend, es; m.

An armed man

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An armed man Se stronga woepenberend (wépend-, Rush.) gehealdaþ ceafertún his fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 21: p. 7, 5

hand-hrine

(n.)
Grammar
hand-hrine, es; m.

A touch with the hand

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A touch with the hand Þurh handhrine Háliges Gástes through a touch with the hand of the Holy Ghost, Andr. Kmbl. 1999: An. 1002

Linked entry: hrine

gléd-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
gléd-fæt, es; n.

A fire-vat ⬩ chafing-dish

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A fire-vat, chafing-dish Dó gléda an glédfæt put live coals in a chafing dish, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 346, 3

gold-burh

(n.)
Grammar
gold-burh, gen. -burge; f.
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A town where gold is distributed or which is ornamented with gold, Andr. Kmbl. 3308; An. 1657: Cd. 119; Th. 154, 2; Gen. 2549

burh-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
burh-scipe, es; m.

A township, [BOROUGH-SHIP], free borough, an incorporated city or town ⬩ municipium

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A township, [BOROUGH-SHIP], free borough, an incorporated city or town; municipium, Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 50: Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 104

Linked entry: ge-burh-scípe

ge-edlesende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-edlesende, (?); adj.

Reciprocal

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(ptcpl. ) Reciprocal Geedlæsend tale reciproca (i. iterata) disputatio, An. Ox. 3205. Seó geedlæsend reciproca (ferocitas), 3538. On geedlæsendum in reciprocis (i. iteratis) (conflictibus), 3216

Linked entries: ed-lesende ge-edlæsian

be-bycgung

(n.)
Grammar
be-bycgung, e; f.

Selling

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Selling Bibycgong distra(c)tio (cf. gloss of same passage: Distractio, i. venditio tódál, An. Ox. 4002), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 36: 26, 65

Linked entry: -bycgung

gift

(n.; v.; part.)
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Add: es; n. (m. ? Cf. ǽrist for gender). a giving, restoring Hwæþer magon rihtwísra manna sáwla beón onfangene in heofonas ǽr þǽre gyfte and geedníwunge þára líchamana on dómes dæge ( ante restitutionem corporum ), Gr.

hweorfan

(v.)
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And hý þé willaþ on murcnunga gebringan þonne hié þé fram hweorfaþ, Bt. 7, 2 ; F. 18, 16-20. to change (intrans. and trans. ) Swáhit oft gesǽleð on þǽm sélran þingum þæt seó wyrd and sió hiów hié oft oncyrreð and on óþer hworfeð ut aliquid plerumgue

ge-séfte

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-séfte, adj.

Soft, mild ⬩ mītis

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Soft, mild; mītis Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte their ways were smooth and soft, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704, Swá him éðost biþ, sylfum geséftost as to them may be easiest, softest to themselves, Elen. Kmbl. 2587; El. 1295

Linked entry: séfte

leornesse

(n.)
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Learning Hé monige him tó discipulum genam, and þá æfter fæce tó sácerdháde þurh his leornesse getýde and gelǽrde multos suos discipulos fecit, atque ad sacerdotalem usque gradum erudiendo atque instituendo prouexit, Bd. 3, 5: Sch. 205, 13. (?)

háwung

(n.)
Grammar
háwung, e; f.

Looking, observation

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Looking, observation Ic eom gesceádwísnes and ic eom ǽlcum manniscum móde on ðam stale ðe seó háwung byþ ðám eágum I am Reason, and in every human mind I hold the same place that observation does in the eyes, Shrn. 178, 10: 21

CLIF

(n.)
Grammar
CLIF, clyf, cleof, es; n.

A CLIFF, rock, steep descent ⬩ promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium

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A CLIFF, rock, steep descent; promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium Ða ludéi lǽddon Crist to ánum clife, and woldon hine niðerascúfan the Jews led Christ to a cliff, and would cast him down, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 33.

Linked entries: cleof cliof clyf

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

land ⬩ country

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Kmbl. 2460; An. 1231. a boundary of land [cf. Icel. skör a rim, edge]. With this meaning the word occurs in charters which Kemble [Cod.

wǽpned-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-mann, es; m.

a male ⬩ a man ⬩ a male

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God hí geworhte wǽpnedman and wímman (wǽpman and wýfman, MS. A. wǽpned and wímman, MS. B. wépnedmenn and wífmenn, Rush.) masculum et feminam fecit eos Deus, Mk. Skt. 10, 6. Heó eode tó ðære wǽpnedmanna stówe (ad locum virorum) Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 19.

ge-mittan

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Add: to meet, (i) to meet that which is corning in an opposite direction Hine gemitte án man, þá hé fór fram þǽre byrig, Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 34. to meet, encounter an enemy Þá gemytlon [þá men] hý of Hereforda and of Gleáweceastre, and him wið gefuhton

GADERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GADERIAN, gadorigean, gadrian, gadrigean, gæderian, gædrian; to gaderigenne, gadrienne, gadrigenne; ic gaderie, gaderige, gadrige, ðú gaderast, gadrast, he gaderaþ, gadraþ, pl. gaderiaþ, gadriaþ; p. gaderode; pp. gaderod

To GATHER ⬩ gather together ⬩ collect ⬩ store up ⬩ lĕgere ⬩ collĭgĕre ⬩ congrĕgāre

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Gadrigean, Andr. Kmbl. 1562; An. 782. Ðá ongan se æðeling Eádmund to gaderigenne [gadrigenne,Th. 276, 33, col. 2 : gadrienne, 277, 33, col. 1] fyrde then the etheling Edmund began to gather a force, Chr. 1016; Th. 276, 33, col. 1.

gár

a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.

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Add: a weapon with a pointed head. where the use is uncertain Gár oft þurhwód fǽges feorhhús, By. 296. Þurh gáres gripe gást onsendan (cf. gripon under sceát werum scearpe gáras, Gen. 2064), An. 187. Gáras spicula, i sagitte, An.

wóp

(n.)
Grammar
wóp, es; m.

a whoop ⬩ cry ⬩ a cry of grief ⬩ wailing ⬩ lamentation ⬩ weeping

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a whoop, cry. Similar entries v. here-wóp. mostly a cry of grief, wailing, lamentation, weeping Hlúde swégde ðæra muneca wóp on Marlines deáðe, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 16. Wóp (fletus) and tóþa gristbítung, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 12 : 13, 42. Wóm and wóp, Cd.