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ge-dreóh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-dreóh, adj.

Sober

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Sober We lǽraþ ðæt man, æt ciric-wæccan, swíðe gedreóh sí we teach that man, at the church wakes, be very sober, L. Edg. 28; Th. ii. 250, 12

geofon-flód

(n.)
Grammar
geofon-flód, es; m. [geofon a sea, ocean; flód a flood]

A sea or ocean floodmaris fluctus

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A sea or ocean flood; maris fluctus Dryhtnes bibod geofonflóda gehwylc georne bihealdeþ each ocean flood strictly observes the Lord's command, Exon. 54 b; Th. 193, 21; Az. 125

under-folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
under-folgoþ, es; m.

An office under a superior

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An office under a superior Hé ( Julian ) sǽde ðæt nán cristen man ne móste habban nǽnne his underfolgoþa (sunder-folgeþa, Swt. 286, 5), Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 128, 24

weorold-geþyngþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-geþyngþ, weorold-geþyngþu, f.
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Worldly dignity Ǽlc heáh ár hér on worulde bið mid frécnessum embeseald; efne swá ða woruldgeþincþa (-geþingþa, v. l.) beóð máran, swá ða frécnessa beóð swíðran, Wulfst. 262, 3

wyrt-forbor

(n.)
Grammar
wyrt-forbor, es; n.
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Restraint from an action by the operation of herbs Wiþ wyrtforbore (cf. Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren, 114, 8) and yflum gealdorcræftum, Lchdm. ii. 306, 12. Cf. next word

Linked entries: for-beran for-bor

and-wlata

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Anwlatan frontis, Scint. 172, 5 : formae, An. Ox. 5169. Lege ofer þá eágan on þone andwlatan, Lch. i. 72, 5. Begeót ðæne andwlatan, 200, 10. Anwlatan, 356, 20. Add

beorc

Grammar
beorc, berc, byrc, byric a birch-tree.
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Byric populus betulus, An. Ox. 56, 364, 365. Add

brand-stefn

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Icel. brandr a ship's beak; or [brand- = brant- ?] high-prowed. Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. Substitute: Having a prow with a beak?

Linked entry: brond-stæfn

brogdian

(v.)
Grammar
brogdian, broddian, bródian

to glitterbe splendid

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Ald. 272, 32), An. Ox. 23, 51. Mid dislicum glengum broddiende stolidis pompis indrutieans, 1218

Linked entries: broddian bródian

dofung

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Gl. 444, 18), An. Ox. 1614. Dofunga deliramenta, 4194: (frivola) machinamenta, 2801

eást-súþ

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-súþ, adv.
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South-east Eástsúth ad euronothum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 2l. Eástsúð, 4, 19. Be-eástan him is Wineda lond . . . and eást*-*súþ Maroara, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 10

Linked entry: súþ

Ebréas

(n.)
Grammar
Ebréas, pl. m.
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For Ebréum and Israhélum swylce . . . Judéa galdorcræftum, An. 165

fiþer-byrste

(adj.)
Grammar
fiþer-byrste, (?); adj.
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of a stick split into four at the end) Genim ǽnne sticcan and gewyrc hine feðorbyrste . . . styre mid ðý sticcan ðá buteran, Lch. iii. 24, 18

Linked entry: feþor-byrste

ge-swǽsnes

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Geswǽsnusse blandimenta, i. oblectamenta, An. Ox. 607. Add

ge-treágian

(v.)
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to sew together Hýfa geholedum getreágede telgrum tuguria cauatis consuta corticibus, An. Ox. 256. In a note to this gloss is cited :-- Ꝥ getreágode hrægl, Archiv lxxxiv. 16, 224

ge-tred

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tred, es; n.
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a crowding together, an assembly of people Getred constipatio, i. conventio hominum (cf. constipatio, conuentio hominum, Corp. Gl. H. 34, 576), Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 60. a treading down

Linked entry: -tred

ge-twancg

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Voc. ii. 77, 65), An. Ox. 1517. (In both cases the passage glossed is Ald. 21, 22.)

gymmian

(v.)
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Substitute: gymian, gymman, gymmian to cut, pierce the flesh Gesyrewede [heápas] hí sylfe tó gymmienne armatas catervas (jam jamque strictis mucronibus allernatim) se jugulaturas (i. perfossuras), An. Ox. 3799

greofa

(n.)
Grammar
greofa, greaua.
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Substitute: <b>greófa,</b> an; m. A pot Greóva olla, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 39; ii. 64, 15. [O. H. Ger. pfanna vel griupo frixorium

griþian

(v.)
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Deóres fnæstum griþode ( plebem) bestię flatibus eripuit (i. liberauit ), An. Ox. 2473. Godes cyrican wé sculan griðian and healdan unwemme, Wlfst. 67, 17. Griðian and friðian, 143, 9. Add