GERD
A yard, rod, reed, twig, young shoot ⬩ virga, arundo
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Sex foður gerda six fothers of faggots Th. Chart. 104, 27
teón-smiþ
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A worker of hurt or wrong, an evil-doer Wǽron teónsmiðas ( the evil spirits that persecuted Guthlac ) tornes fulle, . . . earme andsacan, Exon. Th. 114, 21; Gú. 176
þeód-mægen
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A tribal force Þridde þeódmægen ( the tribe of Simeon, which came third ), Cd. Th. 199, 21; Exod. 342. Cf. folcmægen fór æfter óðrum, 199, 31; Exod. 347
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þrym-cyning
The king of glory ⬩ the Deity
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The king of glory, the Deity Ðú, sigora waldend, þeóda þrymcyning, Met. 20, 205. Þrymcyning rícne, Exon. Th. 317, 7; Mód. 62: Elen. Kmbl. 986; El. 494
þrístling
A bold person
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A bold person; found in the local name which occurs in the following passage On þrístlinga dene; of þrístlinga dene ufeweardre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 28
un-tweónigende
Not to be doubted ⬩ indubitable
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Not to be doubted, indubitable God untwýnigendre mildheortnesse God of mercy which must not be doubted (but the Latin is: Deus inestimabilis misericordie), Anglia xi. 115, 45
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un-scyldiglíc
Innocent ⬩ not obnoxious ⬩ unobjectionable
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Innocent, not obnoxious, unobjectionable Ungerisnre bysene ðú hátest hié wítnian, ah mé þynceþ unscyldiglícre ðæt him man heáfod of áceorfe búton óðrum wítum, Blickl. Homl. 189, 32
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un-getreówþ
Bad faith ⬩ breach of good faith
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Bad faith, breach of good faith Hér sýn on lande ungetrýwða (-treówða, S. B.: -tríwða, MS. C.) micle for Gode and for worulde, M Wulfst. 160, 6
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wer-stede
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A weir-stead, place where thsre is a weir Of ðam wege on ða eá, and se werstede be súðan hreódbricge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 105, 11
behreówsung-tíd
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f, A time of penitence, penitential season (Septuagesima) Fram ðisum dæge oð Eástron is úre heófungtíd and bereówsungtíd úre synna, Hml. Th. ii. 86, 25: 88, 3
camp-lic
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Military Camplic meniu a body of soldiers, Hml. S. 31, 1237. Camplicere mihte tribunicae potestatis, An. Ox. 11, 156: 12, 9. Réþe, camplice tyrannici (militonum commanipulares), 858
Cumere
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The Britons of Strathclyde Ealle ðá cyningas þe on þysum íglande wǽron Cumera and Scotta cómon tó Eádgáre, Hml. S. 21, 451. v. Cumber-land in Dict
dríting
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The voiding of excrement Dríting degestio, i. egestio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 37. Miggung minctio, dríting digestio (omitted by Wright, v. Angl. viii. 451), i. 46, 9
efen-boren
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Of equal birth Ꝥ se mæssepreóst nǽre, gif hé wíf hæfde, ǽnigre óþre láde wyrþe bútan eallswá lǽwede sceolde þe efenboren wǽre, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 38
efen-medume
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Equally worthy Onfóh deáþe ꝥ þú sí efn*-*medome þínum bróþrum (cf. being worthy of thy brethren, take thy death, 2 Mace. 7, 29); Shrn. 111, 18
ele-drósna
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Lees of oil, oil-dregs Genim þysse wyrte seáw mid eledrósnum gemencged, Lch. i. 310, 17. [O. H. Ger. oli-truosin amurca.] Cf. eles drosna under ele
ge-scola
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One of the same troop (scolu), companion, comrade Þæt wæs gegearwod fram fruman þisses middaneardes deóflum and his gescolum (cf. Mt. 25, 41), An. Ox. 2271, note
ge-þeód
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A people Duguðe ( angels) and geþeóde (men, peoples), Adam ǽrest and ꝥ æðela cyn, engla ordfruman (the princes of the angels ), ꝥ þe eft forwarð, Sat. 19
ge-frásian
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Gefrásende wéron in huelc mæht wundra dyde, of fuluiht gefrásas interrogates in qua potestate mira patraret, de baptismo Iohannis interrogat, Mt. p. 18, 19-19, I. Add
ge-crymian
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To crumble bread Nim of ðám hálgedan hláfe þe man hálige on hláfmæssedæg feówer snǽda and gecryme on þá feówer hyrnan þæs berenes, Lch. iii. 290, 28
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