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gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOOD ⬩ bonus

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He is to freónde gód he is good as a friend, 67 a; Th. 248, 28; Jul. 102. We ðǽr góde hwíle stódon we stood there a good while, Rood Kmbl. 140; Kr. 70.

Linked entry: good

weorold-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-mann, es; m.
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</b> a man engaged in secular, as opposed to ecclesiastical, affairs, a layman :-- Nalæs ðæt án ðæt ðás ðing dyden weoruldmen (saeculares viri ), ac eác swylce ðæt Drihtnes eówde, Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 25.

diht

(n.)
Grammar
diht, es; m.
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<b>I a.</b> of composition :--- Hé gesette þurh his sylfes diht án þúsend bóca, Hml. A. 5, 105. direction of action, conduct Wé ne beóð be ágenum dihte ácennede, Hml. Th. ii. 230, 30: 232, 1.

drincan

(v.)
Grammar
drincan, [druncaþ prs. pl.,
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Add: Seel. 114; druncan bibere, tó druncenne ad bibendum, Scint. 107, 1, 3. absolute, to take a draught of a liquid Druncðú (drunce,v. l.) bibisti?, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 13. Drince hé gelóme, Lch. ii. 314, 14. Syle drincan on wíne, i. 316, 5.

ge-teohhian

(v.)
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Drihten áfyrreð þæt ríce fram him and hæfð þé gemynt and geteohhod, Guth. 78, 8. to destine a person to a place, condition, &amp;amp;c. assign Hié mé habbað gesealdne heora wlencum and getehhod tó heora leásum welum. Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 30.

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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Man sealde Godwine his eorldóm swá full and swá forð swá hé fyrmest áhte they gave Godwin his earldom with all the rights and powers that he had ever possessed, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 30

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Eorðe and ealle hire gefyllednys and eal ymbhwyrft and ða ðe on ðam wuniaþ ealle hit syndon Godes ǽhta earth and all its fulness, and all the globe and those who dwell on it, all are God&amp;#39;s possessions, Homl. Th. i. 172, 10.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hý hió

se

(con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n.
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Cum and geseoh ðæt hié mé dóþ, St. And. 16, 34.

Linked entries: seó þeó þió þiú tó þæt for-ðam for-ðí

fýren

(adj.)
Grammar
fýren, fýran; def. se fýrena, seó, ðæt fýrene; adj.

Fiery ⬩ burning ⬩ flaming ⬩ ignītus ⬩ igneus ⬩ flammeus

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Fýrene sweorde with a fiery sword, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 17; Gen. 947: 76; Th. 95, 8; Gen. 1575. Fýrnum clommum with fiery fetters, Andr. Kmbl. 2756; An. 1380: Exon. 18 b; Th. 46, 7; Cri. 733

Linked entries: féren fýran fýren cylle

mennisc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc-ness, e: f.

humanity ⬩ human nature ⬩ incarnation ⬩ humaneness ⬩ humane behaviour

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Æfter ðære drihtenlícan menniscnysse, 1, 6; S. 476, 16. humaneness, humane behaviour Hí syndon fremfulle ( benigni) menn, and gyf hwylc mann tó him cymeþ ðonne gyfaþ hí him wíf ǽr hí hine on weg lǽtan.

midde-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
midde-weard, adj.

Mid-ward ⬩ middle of

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As a noun :-- On middeweardan innoþes mínes in medio ventris mei, Ps. Lamb. 21, 15

ge-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorpan, -worpan; p. -wearp, pl. -wurpon; pp. -worpen.

to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ jacere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to turn one's self away ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ pass by ⬩ averti ⬩ abire ⬩ transire

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to throw, cast; jacere, projicere Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo, swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan they have an entrance of so much breadth, as one can throw with a sling, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11.

Linked entry: ge-worpan

ge-brecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brecan, he -breceþ, -bryceþ; p. -bræc, ðú -brǽce , pl. -brǽcon; pp. -brocen; v. trans, [ge-, brecan to break]

To break ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ destroy ⬩ shatter ⬩ waste ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ confringĕre ⬩ contrībulāre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ conquassāre ⬩ attĕrĕre

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He ða mǽgþe mid grimme wæle and herge gebræc provinciam illam sæva cæde ac depopŭlātiōne attrīvit, 4, 15; S. 583, 26, MS. C. Se þuma gebrocen wæs the thumb was broken, 5, 6; S. 619, 24: Andr. Kmbl. 2944; An. 1475

Linked entries: ge-bræc ge-brocen ge-bryceþ

sinscipe

(n.)
Grammar
sinscipe, es ; m.
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Ðrý hádas . . . mæigðhád, wudewan hád, and riht sinscype, Homl. Th. i. 148, 7. Sinscipe, 604, 30. Mé nú ne lyst nánes synscipes ac ðæs Hǽlendes geþeódnysse mid gehealdenre clénnisse, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 37.

þindan

(v.)
Grammar
þindan, p. þand; pp. þunden.
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Se streám ongan tó þindende ongeán swilce hit wǽre án heáh dún ( ad instar montis intumescentes ), Jos. 3, 16. Hit bíþ þindende, Lchdm. ii. 210, 22.

Linked entry: a-þindan

bísgu

Grammar
bísgu, l. bisgu,

occupation ⬩ trouble

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and add: gen. u, e, a; an: occupation Þonne hí mid eorðlicum teolungum hí gebysgiað, þonne ne magon hí for ðǽre bysga smeágan embe þæs Hǽlendes menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 524, 16. Gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mæge, Btwk. 194, 7.

drípan

(v.)
Grammar
drípan, p. te
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[From this form drype an infin. dryppan is inferred in the N. E. D. (v. drip:) but the form may be taken as a subjunctive, cf. the following instances of that mood in Lch. :-- Nime þysse wyrte wós, dó on, i. 266, 8.

Linked entry: dryppan

filmen

(n.)
Grammar
filmen, The gender varies, with meaning foreskin it is masc. or neut., otherwise fem.

skin ⬩ membrane ⬩ scale ⬩ skin ⬩ shell ⬩ husk ⬩ a crack

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[These four are glosses on: Mala punica cittis granisque rubentibus referta, Aid. 8, 15.] a crack (?) Filmena oþþe cinena rimarum (capisterium rimarum fragmine ruptum, Aid. 159, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 5

Linked entries: film fylmen

ga-máhlic

Grammar
ga-máhlic, Take here <b>ge-máglic</b> in Dict., and add: , <b>ge-málic</b>
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Tó ðǽm gemálecan ad inportunum (cf. An. Ox. 807 under ge-máh). Wrt.

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