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wæfer-gange

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-gange, an; f.

A spider

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A spider Wæfyrgange (gongeweafre. Ps. Surt.) aranea, Ps. Spl. 89, 9

gange-wifre

(n.)
Grammar
gange-wifre, -wæfre, geonge-wifre, gonge-wifre, gongel-wæfre, an; f.

A ganging weaverspiderviītĭca arānea

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A ganging weaver, spider; viītĭca arānea Ðú gedést ðæt he aswint on his móde, and wyrþ swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett thou causest that he dwindles away in his mind, and becomes as frail as a spider's web, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Swindan ðú dydest swá swá

gange-wifre

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Add: Gongeweafre aranεa, Ps. Srt. 89, 9. Gonge-weafran. 38, 12

ears-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ears-gang, es; m.
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Ar[s]ganga latrinarum, An. Ox. 3917. faecal discharge Wið þon þe man þurh hys argang (arsgange, v. l. ) blóde út yrne, Lch. i. 82, 3: 4, 19. Gif hyt byð of þan þerman, þanne myht þú þurh þane arsgang hyt gecnáwan, iii. 138, 16

gióng

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gióng, p. of gangan.

went

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went.Beo. Th. 4810, note; B. 2409

gang-here

(n.)
Grammar
gang-here, es; m.

A foot-armyinfantrypedester exercĭtus

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A foot-army, infantry; pedester exercĭtus Pirrus him com to mid ðam mǽstan fultume, ǽgðer ge on ganghere, ge on rádhere Pyrrhus came to them with the greatest force, both in infantry, and in cavalry, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 40

niþer-gang

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-gang, es; m.

Descent

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Descent Mid hyra upgange oððe nyþergange, Lchdm. iii. 246, 8

ráp-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ráp-gang, (?), es; m.
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Rope-dancing Rápgong (MS. -gon. Cf. 1. 33, where gegon is written for gegong [v. p. 33, 65]) funambulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 36

ge-gang

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Hé manige mæn þára þe ic gemunde, ǽgþer ge on tída gegange ge eác on wundrum oferþeáh multos quorum memini uirtute et tempore praecessit, Gr. D. 179, 10. Add

set-gang

(n.)
Grammar
set-gang, es; m.
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Setting of the sun Ofer setgong super occasum, Ps. Surt. 67, 5 : 49, 2 : 103, 19

stæpe-gang

(n.)
Grammar
stæpe-gang, es; m.
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A step Ic stepegongum weóld I had control of my steps, Exon. Th. 353. 34; Reim. 22

sulh-gang

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-gang, es; m.
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A plough-gang (pleuch-, plough-gang as much land as can be properly tilled by one plough, Jamieson's Dict. See too pleuch-gate, ib. Cf. for a similar use of gang in measurements Icel. sólar-gangr = a day) Æt heáfde peninc, æt sulhgange peninc, Wulfst

ymb-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-gang, es; m.
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a going round Seó burh ( Jericho ) næs mid nánum wíge gewunnen, ac mid ðam ymgange, Homl. Th. ii. 216, 2. Is ðære sunnan ymgang (ymbe-, ymb-, v. ll. ) hremming, ðæt se dæg ne byð on ǽlcum earde gelíce lang, Lchdm. iii. 258, 11. Ǽlc mann, swá swá hé stód

ar-gang

Similar entry: ears-gang

ciric-gang

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-gang, es; m.
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Church-going, churching of a woman Oþ cyricgange sc̃a Marian usque ad purificationem Sanctae Mariae, Angl. xiii. 399, 484

eá-gang

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Dele, and see gang

forþ-gang

Grammar
forþ-gang, (-geong).
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Add: a going forth of a place Forðgang egressio, Ps. L. 18, 7. a going forth to a place Hire forbeád þone forðgang (-gong, v. l.) seó sceomu tó þǽre cyrichálgunge cum processionem imperaret verecundia, Gr. D. 72, 16. a going on, course, progress Forðganges

hand-gang

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Substitute: Submission, surrender. Cf. on hand gán. v. hand; 5 b δ Hondgong deditio, Txts. 56, 337. Handgong, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 23. Handgang deditio, i. traditio, 139, 66. Freódóm emancipatio, handgang manus impositio (cf. (?) manus impositio reconciliatoria

here-gang

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capture and devastation made by an army: Hé ofslóh þone cing and þá mǽgðe mid grimmum wale and heregange ábrtæc interfecit regem, ac prouinciam illam saeua caede ac depopulatione attriuit, Bd. 4, 15; Sch. 423, 8. Seó feórðe yld is geteald of Dauide tó

hin-gang

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Aer his hiniongae, Txts. 149 18. Add