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gistran-ǽfen

(n.)
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gistran-ǽfen, es; m.
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Yesterday evening Gyrstanǽfenne (gyrstandæg on ǽfenne, v. l.) vespere heslerno, Gr. D. 190, 12. Gierstanǽfenne (gyrstanǽfen, v. l.) hesterno die sero, 22, 21. Þá hláfas þe ús gyrstanǽfen cómon, Hml. S. 23, 469, 517

glæs-fæt

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Gedó on glæsfæt, and þonne mid hláfe lapa on and nytta; ge þeáh þú mid cuclere ꝥ súpe, þæt hylpþ, Lch. ii. 184, 23. a lamp Hú Bonnosus ꝥ tóbrokene glæsfæt geedstaðelode . . .

glemm

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Godes cyrice . . . wé sculan nǽfre hyre derian wordes ne weorces, ac griðian hý symle and healdan unwemme and á bútan glemme (bútan womme vel glemme, v. l. ), Wlfst. 67, 18. Add

ge-wyrd-wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrd-wrítere, es; m.
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A historiographer Stǽrwrítere ł gewyrd-[wtere] istoriographus An. Ox. 60, I

gifol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gifol-ness, e; f.
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Liberality, munificence Sint tó manienne ðá ðe mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis

Linked entry: gifelness

glíw-bydenestre

(n.)
Grammar
glíw-bydenestre, an; f.
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L. 67, 26

Linked entry: bydenestre

glíw-cynn

(n.)
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L. 146, 10. (?)

Linked entry: glywcum

glíwlic

(adj.)
Grammar
glíwlic, adj.
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Jesting, mocking Glíwlicre hyspinge cauillo mimico (scurrili ł ioculari ), Germ. 396, 318

gnirran

(v.)
Grammar
gnirran, to snarl, gnash or
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L. 195) nunc nimio stridentes frigore dentes, Wlfst. 138, 29. Hlihhan oððe gnyrende gesihð unrótnyssa getácnað ridere aut stridentes uiderit tristitiam significat, Lch. iii. 210, 12

Linked entry: gnyran

gníþe

(adj.)
Grammar
gníþe, gnéde; adj. Of persons, frugal, sparing; of things,
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On ðám mægenum eúðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte þon lǽssa ne gnéðra (gnédra, v. l.: these forms might be mutated comparatives of gneáþ(-d)) wæs, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 656, 11

Linked entry: gnéþe

hacele

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Sẽs Albanus gegyrede hine þæs preóstes munucgegyrelan (caracalla), Bd. l, 7 . Sch. 20, 24), Hml. S. 19, 36. Hé lǽt þá hacelan (cf. wǽfels pallium, 2) tó þæm þe hine tunecan benǽmde, R. Ben. 38, 5.

hæbbed-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hæbbed-ness, hæbbendness ? v. hæbbend-lic, e ; f.
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Continence (?), restraint Ꝥ wé ne gefremmon gylta ǽnigne, ac ꝥ þonne se dæg gewít sýn wé clǽne þurh líchaman úres hæbbednysse, Angl. viii. 320, 3

hæfe

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hæfe, leaven, l. hæf,
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and add Hæf vel beorma fermentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 72. Hæf fermentum, i. condimentum, blandimentum, An. Ox. 57, 3. Wærniait fram hæfe (fermenlo) sundorhálgena. Scint. 75, 3

hæfen

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hæfen, having.
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Ben. 136, l. Hér syndon .xxx. bóca on Leófstánes hafona, Nap. 46, 41

hæfen-leás

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Take here hafen-leás in Dict. and add : used sub-stantively Þearfa and se hæfenleása (inops) heriaþ þínne naman, Ps. L. 73, 21. For yrmþe hæfenleásra (inopum), ii. 6.

Linked entry: hafen-leás

hæftling

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L. 136, 3. Hell forlét hyre hæftlingas út, Hml. Th. i. 228, 17. Add

hand-leán

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þonne hé þá handleán hafað and sceáwað, Hy. 2, 7, 12. Cf. hand-gift. Add

handlinga

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In the passage l. handlinga, and add: handlunga in the hands Hine man healfcwicne handlunga þanon áhóf in manibus jam semivivus levatus est, Gr. D. 63, 1. Ða men handlunga (mid heora handum, v. l. in manibus ) genámon ꝥ wíf of þám gebedhúse, 73, 7.

hand-scálu

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hand-scálu, l.
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-scalu

hár

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L. 67, 24. grey, of an animal's coat Wulf, hár hǽðstapa, Vy. 13. of bright metal Háre byrnan (cf.