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geslit-glíw

(n.)
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geslit-glíw, es; n.
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Jeering, bitter jesting Geslitglíwe cavillatione (cum cachinnanti cavillatione flagitans, Aid. 63, Ii), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 65 : 18, 65. Cf. slítan ; : bat see geflit-glíw

geár-gerím

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Substitute: Reckoning by years. where duration is measured and the year is taken as the unit. v. geár; Bootes cymeð on þone ilcan stede eft ymb þrítig geárgerimes (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; F. 214, 15), Met. 28, 30. Cf. winter-gerím. in chronological

geflit-mǽlum

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Gehírsumnesse him sylf geflitmǽlum ( certatim ) hí beodan, R. Ben. I. 117, 8. Add

gewif-sǽlig

(adj.)
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gewif-sǽlig, adj.
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Fortunate: — Gewifsǽli furtunatus, þone gewifsǽligan (but gewilsǽligan according to Wülcker's reading, see Wülck. Gl. 406, 2) fortunatiim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 6, 5

gewil-bod

(n.)
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gewil-bod, es; n.
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The announcement of a person's will Ne dear ic for Godes ege sóðes geswugian . . . for ðám se bydel þe ne bodað ná his hláfordes gewilboda ( the messenger that does not give the message that tells his lord's will ), hé mæg him wénan hefélices leánes,

gewin-tíd

(n.)
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gewin-tíd, e; f.
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A time of distress, troublous time, v. gewin; 4 Oþ þás gewintíde Langbeardna ad haec Longobardorum tempora, Gr. D. 210, 15

gewit-seóc

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Add: possessed Þǽre gewitseócan inerguminum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 7. Gif þú wilt lácnian gewitseócne man, Lch. ii. 334, 19. Forhtodon þá deófla on gewitseócum mannum, for ðan ðe hí wiston his tócyme, and þá deófolseócan sóna forhtigende wǽron, Hml. S. 31

lim-gelecg

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Add: — Limgelecg liniamenlo (cf. Hpt. Gl. 465, 73, where the same passage is glossed : Liniamento, specie ł similitudine of hiwe ł gelicnysse, imagine), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 47

stán-gella

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Stánegellan, Ps. Vos. 101, 7. Add

wel-gelícod

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Add: well-pleasing, much liked Ic nát for hwí eów sindon þá ǽrran gewin swá welgelícad, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 2. On welgelícodon folces ðínes in beneplacito populi tui, Ps. Vos. 105, 4

bed-gerid

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Substitute : The food in an ants' nest

samod-geflit

(n.)
Grammar
samod-geflit, es; n.

Strife, conflict

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Strife, conflict Somodgeflit concertatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 18

Linked entry: samod

wæter-gelád

(n.)
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wæter-gelád, es; m.

>A water-way, an aqueduct

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>A water-way, an aqueduct Wætergeláda aquae ductuum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 16

Linked entry: ge-lád

weás-gelimp

(n.)
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weás-gelimp, es; n.

What happens by chance, accident, chance

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What happens by chance, accident, chance Mid weásgelimpe fortuitu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 35

wel-gelícod

(adj.)

beneplacitum

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glosses: beneplacitum In welgelícodum heara in beneplacitis eorum Ps. Surt. 140, 5

Linked entry: ge-lícian

Crac-gelád

(n.)

Cricklade

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Cricklade Chr. 905; Th. 180, 21, col. 2

Cric-gelád

(n.)

Cricklade

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Cricklade Chr. 1016; Th. 276, 29, col. 2

Creocc-gelád

(n.)

Cricklade

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Cricklade Chr. 905; Erl. 99, 20

bed-gerid

(n.)
Grammar
bed-gerid, es; n.

An ants' nest

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An ants' nest Nime ǽmettan mid hiora bed-geride, Lch. ii. 328, 8

ferþ-gewit

(n.)
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ferþ-gewit, -gewitt, es; n.

Mental witunderstandingmentis intellectus

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Mental wit, understanding; mentis intellectus Ðeáh hí ferþgewit ǽnig ne cúðen though they knew not any mental wit, Exon. 25 a; Th. 73, 4; Cri. 1184

Linked entry: ferhþ-gewit