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gift-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
gift-líc, adj.

Nuptialbelonging to a marriagenuptialis

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Ðæt gyftlíce hús the house where the marriage was, Homl Th. ii. 70, 16. Giftlíc sponsalis, Hpt. Gl. 525 nuptialis, 491. Giftlíce sponsalia, Mone Gl. 354 a

Linked entry: gift-hús

slaga

(n.)
Grammar
slaga, an; m.
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ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor ), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4 ; Swt. 275, 9. Gif man þeóf geméte, and hé hús brece, and hine man gewundie, se slaga biþ unscildig, Ex. 22, 2.

eardung

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Nú se áwyrgda gást tó þon férde in ꝥ hús ꝥ hé manna eardunge of þám húse ádrife si hanc domum spiritus malignus invasit, et ab ea hominum inhabitationem repulit, Gr.

forlegis-wíf

(n.)
Grammar
forlegis-wíf, es; n.

A prostitute

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A prostitute Ic þé háte lǽdan tó forlegeswífa húse, Shrn. 154, 21

Linked entry: forliger-wíf

æt-speornan

Grammar
æt-speornan, <b>; II.</b>
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Add Hí (venti) ætspurnon (impegertint) on ðám húse, R. Ben. 5, 2

ge-reáfian

(v.)
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Mið ðý gehreáfod hús wæs nudato tecto, Lk. p. 4, ac

BÉD

(n.)
Grammar
BÉD, es; nom. acc. pl. bédu, bédo; n.

A prayersupplicationreligious worshiporatiosupplicatioDei cultus

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Béd is chiefly found in composition, as in, - Béd-hús a place for prayer, béd-dagas prayer-days, Rogation-days. The original word béd a prayer was superseded by ge-béd a prayer, q.v

Linked entry: bédu

rihtan

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add: to put right, put into a proper condition Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . oððe hús gódian, rihtan and weoxian, Angl. ix. 262, 18. Add Hé riht (reht, v. l. ) and rǽt callum gesceaftum, Bt. 35, 3; F. 158, 25.

blió

(n.)
Grammar
blió, blioh

a colour, hue, complexion

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a colour, hue, complexion, Prov. 23: Bt. Met. Fox 31, 7; Met. 31, 4

Crecca-gelád

(n.)
Grammar
Crecca-gelád, Cre-gelád, e; f. [gelád a road, way: Flor. Criccelade: Hunt. Crikelade: Sim. Dun. Criccelad: Brom. Criklade]

CRICKLADE, Wiltshire oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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CRICKLADE, Wiltshire; oppidi nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie hergodon ofer Mercna land óþ hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese they harried over the Mercians' land until they came to Cricklade, and there they went over the Thames Chr. 905

ge-brosnod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brosnod, -brosnad; part. p. [ge-, brosnod, pp. of brosnian to corrupt]

Corrupteddecayedcorruptus

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Corrupted, decayed; corruptus Gebrosnad is hús under hrófe the house is decayed under the roof, Exon. 8 a; Th. 2, 3; Cri. 13: 9 a; Th. 6, 15; Cri. 84. Rotudon and gebrosnode synd dolhswaðo míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicātrīces meæ, Ps.

treów-wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
treów-wyrhta, an ; m.
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Se Treówyrhta segþ Hwilc eówer ne notaþ cræfte mínon, (tonne hús and mistlíce fata and scypa eów eallum ic wyrce ? Se Smiþ andwyrt : Eálá Trywwyrhta, for hwí swá sprycst ðú?, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 9-17. Ic hæbbe treówwyrhtan habeo lignarium, 30, 1

weaxness

(n.)
Grammar
weaxness, e; f.

Growth, increase, waxing

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Growth, increase, waxing Gyf man méte ðæt hé his hús timbrie, ðæt byð his weaxnes (cf. 214, 33), Lchdm. iii. 170, 12. Ðonne ðæs sǽes flódes weaxnes biþ quando rheuma oceani in cremento est, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 16.

ge-cor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cor, es; n.
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Gif eów huá brocie for eóuuere gecore, Txts. 436, 3-4

Linked entry: -cor

á-scealian

(v.)
Grammar
á-scealian, pp. od
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To take off the husk Áscealode enucleata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 61

Linked entry: scealian

æhrie

(n.)
Grammar
æhrie, (?), æhrige, an; f.

The husk of an ear(?)

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The husk of an ear(?) Aehrian, ægrihan (æhrigan?) quisquiliae, Txts. 90, 840

fincer

(n.)
Grammar
fincer, es; m.

A fingerdigĭtus

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A finger; digĭtus Dó hider fincer ðínne infer digĭtum tuum huc, Jn. Rush. War. 20, 27

for-syngian

(v.)
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. ¶ forsyngod burdened with sin, sinful :-- Swá se man sý swýðor forsingod, swá he geornor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. Wearð þes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh mænigfealde synna, 163, 19. Forsyngodes mannes nýdhelp, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 2.

Linked entry: for-singian

gemót-stów

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See first passage under gemót-hús. a place where a law-court is held Hé hæfde áne gemótstówe gecweden ymb sume neódþearfe þæs mynstres erat pro utilitate monasterii causa constituta, Gr. D. 21, l

scealu

(n.)
Grammar
scealu, e; f.

a shell, huska platter,dish, cupthe scale of a balance

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a shell, husk Scealu glumula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 23. Scalu, scala, Txts. 66, 462. Scale ł hule glumula, Hpt. Gl. 439, 50. Similar entries v. æpel-, beán-,stán-scealu. a platter,dish, cup .VI. mæsene sceala, Chart.