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irfe-weardness

Grammar
irfe-weardness, irf-weardness, e; f.

An inheritance

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Drihtnes dǽl wæs his folc and Iacob his yrfeweardnis pars domini populus ejus, Jacob funiculus hereditatis ejus, Deut. 32, 9. God cwæþ ðæt sylf wǽre heora yrfweardnyss, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 7.

Linked entry: irf-

melc

(adj.)
Grammar
melc, meolc; adj.

Giving milkmilch

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geseah wilde hinde melce and se geþyrsta mon meolcode ða hinde, Shrn. 130, 3. Wið tittia sár wífa ðe beóþ melce, Herb. 19, 4; Lchdm. i. 112, 26. Meolce breóst ubera, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 14

mynster-clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clǽnsung, e; f.

Purification of a minster

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Purification of a minster (within whose walls a man has been slain) Ðonne béte man ðæt ciricgriþ intó ðære circan . . . and ða mynsterclǽnsunge begite (cf. gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá ábrece ðæt binnon ciricwágum manslaga weorþe, 11. 6-8), L.

gift-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
gift-líc, adj.

Nuptialbelonging to a marriagenuptialis

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Giftlíc sponsalis, Hpt. Gl. 525 nuptialis, 491. Giftlíce sponsalia, Mone Gl. 354 a

Linked entry: gift-hús

ge-fulwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fulwian, -fulgwian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To baptize

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Hine man gefulwade he was baptized, Blickl. Homl. 219, 1. Gefulguade baptizabat, Jn. Skt. Lind. 3, 22. Gefulwad, Blickl. Homl. 213, 14 : Elen. Kmbl. 2085; El. 1044. Gifulgwado baptizati, Rtl. 26, 9

geornes

(n.)
Grammar
geornes, geornys, gyrnes, gyrnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Earnestness, diligence, industry, care, endeavourindustria, stŭdium

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He hæfde swýðe mycle geornysse sibbe stŭdium vĭdēlĭcet pācis hăbuit, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 7: 3, 28; S. 560, 31. Míne geornnesse mid góde ðú gefyldest thou didst satisfy my longing with good, Blickl. Homl. 89, 4

Linked entry: gyrnes

un-endebyrdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-endebyrdlíce, adv.

In a disorderly mannerwithout orderirregularly

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In a disorderly manner, without order, irregularly Gif unendebyrdlíce onet mid ðære sprǽce si inordinate ad loquendum rapitur, Past. 15; Swt. 93, 18.

Linked entry: endebyrdlíce

word-snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
word-snotor, adj.

Expert in speecheloquentlearned

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Wordsnoteran (Homerum), Hpt. Gl. 463, 53. Wordsnotere oratores, rhetores, grammatici, 481, 72. Wordsnoterum sapientium, 503, 67. Ne weorþeþ on worulde ǽnig wordsnotera ne on wordum getingra, ðonne (Antichrist) wyrðeþ, Wulfst. 54, 21

wrǽþþu

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽþþu, (-o); indecl. : wrǽþþ, e; f.

wrathangerinjury

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Hæbbe Godes curs and wrǽððe ealra hálgena, Chart. Erl. 253, 14. injury Ðú in wrǽððo giscildnise tu in injuria defensio, Rtl. 105, 9

yfel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-líc, adj.
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Twégen león ádulfan his byrgenne on ðæs wéstenes sande; ðǽr resteþ Paules líchoma mid yfelíce duste bewrigen, ac on dómes dæge áríseþ on wuldor, Shrn. 50, 18. Seó byrgen is bewrigen mid dimmum stánum and yfellícum, 66, 25

cígan

(v.)
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drihten ðone ceigeð ( uocat ), Lk. L. 20, 44. Ic ceigde sona mín, Mt. L. 2, 15: Mk. L. 3, 13. Stefn hine céde, Shrn. 88, 30. Cégdun uocauerunt, Jn. R. 9, 18. absolute Hig micelre stefne cíað, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 8.

ceaster-wara

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-wara, an; m.
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cwaeð tó ðám ceasterwarum: 'Gé Tharsysce ceasterwaran,' Ap. Th. 9, 23: 12, 19

cyll

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teáh forð ðá cyllan (cillan, v. l.) utrem protulit, Gr. D. 250, 18. Wit geworhton þá hýde tó twám kyllum . . . and wit dydon þæs flǽsces hwylcnehwugu dǽl in þá kylla . . . þá bleówan wit þá kylla and ástigon þǽron, Hml. A. 205, 342-348. Add

cóþu

Grammar
cóþu, l. coþu,
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and add Hreóflige geclǽnsode fram ðǽreunclǽnan coðe, Hml. S. 15, 6. Fram earmlicere coðe, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 3. Coða becumað erunt pestilentiae, 538, 29. Wurdon gehǽlede mettrume menn fram mislicum coþum, Hml. S. 26, 193: 27, 131.

cræft-lic

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Vulgaris vel artificales dies est, ꝥ byþ ceorlisc dæg oððe cræftlic, fram þǽre sunnan anginne ꝥ heó tó setle gá and eft cume mancynne tó blisse, Angl. viii. 317, 11. skilful, skilled Ðá óðre cræftigan sægdon ꝥ þurh drýcræft dydon ðá cræftlican weorc

dol

(n.)
Grammar
dol, es; n.
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Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse and tó dole qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluit, Past. 73, 12. Gif se gilda mid dysie and myd dole stleá, bere sylf ꝥ worhte, Cht. Th. 612, 2

ge-méde

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Add: of persons óðer twéga oððe wíf habbað him gemæc, oððe him geméde nabbað, Bt.

ge-stillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stillan, ge-stellan, ge-styllan; p. ed.
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Take here ge-styllan in Dict., and add: To reach by leaping (v. stellan to leap), to assail, attack (of disease) wæs gestelled (correptus) mid feferádle, Gr. D. 276, 13. Gestelled and geðreád, 286, 16: 288, 8.

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.
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Dele bracket at end, and add Hió bið eádgum leóf, earmum getǽse, Rä. 81, 22. him geneádodum and gelettum gedyde sume getǽse hýððe his geswinces ei laboris sat commodum coacto renitentique dedit, Gr. D. 39, 27.

ge-ceorfan

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Gecearfa abscidi, Mt. p. 14, 15. to behead a person gecearf (giceorf, R.) hine decollauit eam, Mk. L. 6, 27

Linked entry: ceorfan