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CLIF

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

A CLIFF, rock, steep descentpromon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium

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Fox 5, 25; Met. 5, 13. Se ðe gecyrde clyf on wyllan wætera qui convertit rupem in fontes aquarum, Ps. Spl. M. C. 113, 8. God clifu cyrreþ on wæteres wellan God turneth rocks into wells of water, Ps. Th. 113, 8. Clif promontorium, Ælfc.

Linked entries: cleof cliof clyf

morgen

(n.)
Grammar
morgen, es; m.

morningmornthe morning of the next daymorrow

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Fox 435; Men. 219. On morgen mane, Gen. 28, 18: Blickl. Homl. 69, 28: 231, 36. Swíðe ǽr on morgen, Ps. Th. 18, 5. Morgena gehwilce every morning, Cd. 40; Th. 52, 23; Gen. 848: Ps. Th. 58, 16. Morgna gehwam, Exon. 93a; Th. 350, 7; Sch. 60.

Linked entries: margen morne regn

gold

(n.)
Grammar
gold, es; n.
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Fox 19, 11; Met. 19, 6: Cd. 109; Th. 145, 11; Gen. 2404. Wunden gold twisted gold, 91; Th. 116, 4; Gen. 1931: Beo. Th. 2391; B. 1193. Other epithets applied to gold are æpled, beorht, fæted, fætt, hyrsted, scír, smǽte.

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
staþol-fæst, adj.
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Ben. 135, 23. firm in a moral sense, unwavering, unyielding, constant God is ána staþolfæst wealdend, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 24: Andr. Kmbl. 241; An. 121. Staðulfæst, 2673; An. 1338.

stǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
stǽlan, p. de

To impute a crime toa personto chargedeclare something against a person

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Fox 569; Gn. C. 54. Fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan (of the threatened deluge), Cd. Th. 81, 27; Gen. 1352.

fǽr

a calamitydisasterevilaccident

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Ðá ꝥ gesáwon ðá burgware, ðá wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fære, Bl. H. 199, 24. Preóstas magon bútan fére (without ill result?) þæs mónan ylde findan mid geráde, Angl. viii. 332, 46.

Linked entry: fǽr

hǽþen-gild

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Dele passages from Num. 25, 2: 31, 16, in l. 10 for 454 read 456, and add: idolatry Swutele synd þæs flǽsces weorc . . . hǽðengild manifesta swnt opera carnis . . . idolorum servitus (Gal. 5, 20), Hml. S. 17, 25.

staca

(n.)
Grammar
staca, an; m.

A stake

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Man téh ðæt morð forð of hire inclifan. Ða nam man ðæt wíf and ádrencte hí æt Lundenebrigce, Chart. Th. 230, 12-19

Linked entry: stacung

ganet

(n.)
Grammar
ganet, es; m.

A gannetsea-fowlwater-fowlswanfŭlĭcacygnus

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A gannet, sea-fowl, water-fowl, swan; fŭlĭca, cygnus Ganet cygnus, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 144, 32. Ofer ganetes bæþ [MS. baþ] over the sea-fowl's bath, Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 21. Ganetes hleóðor the gannet's cry, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 8; Seef. 20.

twelf-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
twelf-gilde, adj.

To be restored twelve-fold

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To be restored twelve-fold Godes feoh and ciricean .xii.

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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</b> The Runic RUNE not only stands for the vowel e, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon, eh a war-horse, v. eh a war-horse, and RÚN

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Ic landes sumne dǽl sumum wífe hiere dæg forgæaf and æfter hiere dæge twám yrfeweardum I granted a certain portion of land to a certain woman for her life, and after her death to be held for two other lives, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 5, 10.

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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to entertain, harbour, receive as a guest, feed, cherish, support; suscipere, hospitio suscipere, epulare, fovere, curare Sanctus Albanus for ðam cuman, ðe he gefeormode [MS. gefeormade] gegyrede hine Saint Alban arrayed himself for the stranger whom

ýþian

(v.)
Grammar
ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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Seó sǽ getácnode ðás andwerdan woruld, ðe is swíþe ýðigende for mislícum styrungum and eostnungum, Homl. Th. ii. 384, 23. Of ýðigendre sǽ ðyssere worulde, 290, 33.

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

bryne

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Þæt þá elpendas fóran wédende for þæs flexes bryne, 4, 1; S. 158, 7. Þone bryne seó sáwl þrowaþ, Gr. D. 304, 12. <b>I a.

gid

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Ic þis gid be þé áwræc I have told this tale for your instruction B. 1723. of eloquent, oratorical speech Oft ic wóðboran wordleána sum ágiefe æfter giedde, Rä. 78, 10. For eorlum án reordode gidda gearosnotor (cf. giddum gearusnotter, 586.

gylt

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Borh-hande for geltum vades pro debitis, Kent. Gl. 849. <b>II a.</b> a penalty, payment on account of crime, Cht. Th. 423, 3 (v. Dict. ). responsibility for an offence, a (person's) fault, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 11. (v.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peacethe crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own housean inroad or attack on one's homeattack on one's house

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Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace.

Linked entry: sócn

ge-wítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítan, ic -wíte, ðú -wítest, -wítst, he -wíteþ, -wít, pl. -wítaþ; p. ic, he -wát, ðú -wite, pl. -witon; pp. -witen.

to seebeholdviderespectareto turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that directionto set out towardsstartpass overto godepartwithdrawgo awayretreatretiredietransirediscedere

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Ðæt us ðás tída ídle ne gewítan that these times do not pass away without profit for us, 129, 36.

teóna

(n.)
Grammar
teóna, an; m.
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For teónan for shame, 179, 12. Ða blǽda ðe ic ðé on teónan geþah the fruit which I insulted you by taking, Cd. Th. 54, 30; Gen. 885. Teónan ðú wyrcst ús mid ðisse sage haec dicens nobis contumiliam facis, Lk. Skt. 11, 45.

Linked entry: teóne