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híw-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
híw-rǽden, e; f.

A family, household, house, a religious house

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P. ii. 16; Th. ii. 188, 2

blíðe-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
blíðe-mód, adj.

Blithe, of mind, glad, cheerfullætus animo, lætus, hilaris

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in exile, Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 34; Edw. 15: Cd. 72; Th. 88, 21; Gen. 1468: 86; Th. 108, 2; Gen. 1800: 210; Th. 260, 21; Dan. 713.

lícham-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líce; adv.

Bodily

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Bodily, in the body Ðeáh ðe hé líchamlíce on heora slege andwerd nǽre though he was not present in the body at their slaughter, Homl. Th. i. 82, 33. Líchamlíce corporaliter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Sam. 41, 6.

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGETneglectoblīviscineglĭgĕre

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Ðæt he hi ðe-læs forgeáte that he should the less forget them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 118, 4: Cd. 40; Th. 52, 25; Gen. 849. Ðe ðú forgiten hafst which thou hast forgotten, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 22: Ps. Lamb. second 9, 11: Ps. Th. 77, 13.

Linked entry: for-gietan

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Cf. gearo; Þú mé eart geara andfencgea, Ps. Th. 58, 9, 18. Þú mé wǽre geara trymmend, 70, 3. marking thoroughness, completeness of an action. Cf. gearo; Stréle beóð scearpe ... syððan of glédon wesað gearwe áhyrded, Ps. Th. 119, 4.

eorcnan-stán

(n.)

a jeweltopazpearl

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, mín meregrot, ne ic þé nǽfre ne forlǽte, mín eorclanstán,' Bl.

hund-nigontig

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Hú ne forlǽt hé þá nigon and hundnigontig (-neántih, L. ; hundnigontig and nigon, R.) on þári. muntum ?, Mt. 18, 12, 13. Ðá nigona and hundneóntig (ðá hundnióntig and nióne, R.), Lk. L. 15, 4

ge-earnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-earnian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To earndeserveenjoymereripromererifrui

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Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium], Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23. Hie ne mágon geearnigan ðæt gé heora wundrigen they cannot deserve that ye should admire them, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 8.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, -hywian, -heowian, -hiowian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to formfashionmaketransformtransfigureformāreplasmārefingĕrefĭgūrāretransfĭgūrāreto seemappearpretendsĭmŭlāre

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Th. i. 6, 18. Seó gehiwode anlícnys getiðode ðám toslitenum mannum hwílendlíc líf the apparent likeness imparted to the torn men transitory life, ii. 240, 17. Gehiwed dissimulatus, Hpt. Gl. 517.

teón-full

(adj.)
Grammar
teón-full, adj.
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Hí ðurh*-*wunedon on heora teónfullum wordum they persisted in their insolent language, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 14

HUNGOR

(n.)
Grammar
HUNGOR, es; m.

HUNGERfamine

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Beóþ ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan, 36 b; Th. 118, 27; Gú. 246. Hæfde hí hungor and þurst esurientes et silientes, Ps. Th. 106, 4. Hér wæs se micla hungor on Angelcynne in this year was the great famine in England, Chr. 976; Erl. 127, 34.

drýg-scód

(adj.)
Grammar
drýg-scód, adj.
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Dry-shod Þæt folc fór betwux þám twám wæterum on þám grunde ealle drýgsceóde, Wlfst. 293, 17

sixteóþa

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Þú scealt gewítan on ðám sixteóðan geáre þæs ðe þú munuc wurde, Hml. S. 6, 80. Add

irþling

(n.)
Grammar
irþling, es; m.

a husbandmanfarmerploughman a cuckoo

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In connection with the cuckoo it may be noticed that cucusare is given in DuCange as the verb properly used of the note of the cuckoo ; and see Grmm. D. M. 640, sqq. on the cuckoo as associated with a particular season of the year. However, in Wrt.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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Th. i. 250, 9. Ðæt æg [æig MS.] getácnaþ ðone hálgan hiht the egg betokens the holy hope, i. 250, 11. Gif he bit æg si petierit ovum, Lk. Bos. 11, 12. Gením hænne æges geolocan take the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm, ii. 38, 6.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

folc-dryht

(n.)
Grammar
folc-dryht, -driht, e; f. [dryht, driht a multitude]

A multitude of peoplean assemblagepŏpŭli multĭtūdocŏmĭtātus

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A multitude of people, an assemblage; pŏpŭli multĭtūdo, cŏmĭtātus Folcdryht wera bifóran before the assemblage of men, Exon. 23b; Th. 66, 5; Cri. 1067. Folcdriht, Cd. 64; Th. 76, 24; Gen. 1262

gár-berend

(n.)
Grammar
gár-berend, es; m.

A javelin-bearersoldierhastĭfertēlĭfer

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A javelin-bearer, soldier; hastĭfer, tēlĭfer Grame gárberend the incensed javelin-bearers, Byrht. Th. 139, 30; By. 262. Gárberendra x hund ten hundred javelin-bearers, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 13; Exod. 231

Linked entry: gár

heonane

(adv.)
Grammar
heonane, heonone; adv.

Hence

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Ðú miht heonane gehýran thou mayest hear from this place, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 18; Gen. 794: 39; Th. 51, 24; Gen. 831

gold-finger

(n.)
Grammar
gold-finger, es; m.
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The ring-finger Goldfinger medicus vel annularis, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 21; Wrt. Voc. 44, 7: L. Alf. pol. 59; Th. i. 96, 5: L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 12

gétan

(v.)
Grammar
gétan, p. de, te; pp. ed

To grantto confirmassent to

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To grant, to confirm, assent to Geáfon and gétton gave and granted, Chr. 675; Th. 59, 20. Gétton hit ælle ða óþre all the others assented to it, 656; Th. 53, 27