ge-cneordlíc
Diligent
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Diligent Swilce hí swuncon on wíngeardes biggencge mid gecneordlícere teolunge as if they had laboured in the cultivation of the vineyard with diligent tilling, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 33
ge-cígednes
A calling ⬩ vŏcātio
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A calling; vŏcātio Óþ ðone dæg his gecígednesse of middangearde usque ad diem suæ vŏcātiōnis, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 34. Gecígednes vocatio, vocabulum, nomen, Hpt. Gl. 441, 466
Linked entries: ge-cænenis ge-cýgednes
ge-éðan
To make easy or light ⬩ alleviate ⬩ lĕvāre
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To make easy or light, alleviate; lĕvāre Ðæt ðú hygesorge heortan mínre geéðe that thou alleviate the sorrow of my heart, Exon. 50 a; Th. 174, 17; Gú. 1179
ge-lást
Duty ⬩ due ⬩ officium
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Duty, due; officium To ǽlcum ðara geláste to each of those duties, L. Æðelst 5, 3; Th. i. 230, 23 : 232, 5. Gelást votum, Ps. 64, 2, Blickl. Gl
Linked entry: lást
geó-sceaft
That which has been determined of old, fate
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That which has been determined of old, fate Weras wyrd ne cúðon geósceaft grimme [MS. grimme] men knew not their destiny, their grim fate, Beo. Th. 2472; B. 1234
ge-mægþ
Power, greatness ⬩ pŏtentia
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Power, greatness; pŏtentia Me nǽfre seó gemægþ ðisses eorþlícan anwealdes fórwel ne lícode the greatness of this earthly power never too well pleased me, Bt. 17; Fox 58, 23
stán-gedelf
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A stone quarry Tó ðan stángeðelfe; of ðam stángedelfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 23. Æt ðæm stángedelfe, 366, 18. On ðæt stángedelf, v. 304, 21: vi. 144, 9
stán-gripe
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A seizing of stones, stones seized Ðeáh hé stán-greopum (-greótum, Kmbl.) worpod wǽre though he was stoned with the stones that they seized, Elen. Kmbl. 1645; El. 824
stán-híwet
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; of ðam stánhifete (-híwete?) tó ðam héðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 60, 24
Linked entries: stán-hifete stán-hýwet híwet
stæþ
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a stay Stæð safon (in a list of nautical words. In a similar list stæg, q. v., occurs as the gloss),Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 63. Cf. stæððan, stæððig. (?)
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þoll
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A thole or thowl, a peg in the side of a boat to keep the oar in place Þoll scalmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 79. Thol, ii. 120, 15
þræc-hwíl
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A time of suffering, a hard time Ongan ðá hreówcearig sár cwánian ... 'Ðú mec þreádes þurh sárslege ... 'Hine seó fǽmne forlét æfter þræchwíle, Exon. Th. 275, 22; Jul. 554
west-lang
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Lying in a westerly direction On ðone westlangan hlinc; of ðes westlangan hlinces ende, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 135, 25. Ða westlangan díc, v. 334, 22. v. next word
wóddor
The gate of speech ⬩ the mouth
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The gate of speech (?), the mouth (?) T hine teswaþ, and hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ, Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95
Linked entry: wóþ-dor
wósig
Juicy ⬩ succulent
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Ða beóð fulle of gehwǽdum leáfum wel wósigum, 258, 3
weorold-ege
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Worldly fear, fear of the world Hý sculan Godes ege habban on gemynde and ne eargian for woruldege ealles tó swýðe, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 20
Linked entry: ege
ymb-frætwian
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To surround with ornament Ðeáh ðe men him háton gewyrcan heora byrgene of marmanstáne, and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, Wulfst. 148, 21. Ymbfrætewode circumornatae, Ps. Lamb. 143, 12
bítel
a beetle ⬩ A beetle ⬩ insect
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a beetle.A beetle, insect Bitela mordiculus (in a list of insects), Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 18: ii. 58, 11. Bitelum blatis, 127, 10. Bitulum blattis, Txts. 45, 307. Substitute:
bydel-æcer
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Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31
byrd
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birth: — Gemildsa mé nacodum, forlidenum, næs ná of earmlicum birdum geborenum, Ap. Th. 11, 20. [O. H. Ger. burt.] bearing, Similar entries v. ende-, for-, fore-, mund-, stefn-byrd