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ge-heáne

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Dele: the MS. of Rtl. 42, 40 has gihére

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God, a slave has risen to a thane, and a ceorl [free man] has risen to an earl, a singer to a priest, and a scribe to be a bishop, L.

Linked entry: ciorl

bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, es; pl. brócu; n: bróc, gebróc,

Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sicknessafflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo

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Mid heardum bróce with severe [hard] affliction, Bt. 39, 11; Fox 228, 25. He on ðæm bróce nyle alǽtan ðás eorþlican wilnunga in affliction he will not give up these earthly desires, Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a, 18, 21, 22: 36, 4; Hat. MS. 47 b, 7.

a-gíta

(n.)
Grammar
a-gíta, an; m.

A spendthriftprodigus

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A spendthrift; prodigus.Past. 20, 2; Hat. MS. 29 b, 10

a-swǽpþ

Grammar
a-swǽpþ, pres. of a-swápan.

sweeps away

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sweeps away,Past. 36, 8; Hat. MS. 48 b, 16;

derodine

(n.)

scarlet dye

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scarlet dye, Past. 14, 4; Hat. MS. 18 a, 3

for-sión

(v.)

to despise

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Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 27

pohha

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Poh[han] fiscos, saccos publicos, An. Ox. 50, 19. Add

-wille

(suffix)
Grammar
-wille, (cf. wille a well).
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Add: v. fugel-wille, hár-wille, hund-wille, rúm-wille

fýr-smeortende

(adj.)

smarting like a burnignitos ciniphes

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The Latin has ignitos ciniphes

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.

Meetconvenient suitablemildeasyaccommodusplaciduslenis

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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11

cuning

(n.)

a king,

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Hat. Bodl. fol. 9a, 7

diégel

(adj.)

hidden, obscure

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hidden, obscure, Past. 43, 2; Hat. MS. 59 a, 17

in-bryrdan

(v.)
Grammar
in-bryrdan, p. de

To stimulateinstigateinciteanimateinspire

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Breóstum inbryrded tó ðam betran hám, 42 a ; Th. 141, 12 ; Gú. 626. Ðá wæs, þurh ðæt hálige treó, imbryrded breóstsefa, Elen. Kmbl. 1680; El. 842. Inbryrded breóstsefa, 2089; El. 1046

Linked entry: on-bryrdan

ge-hámian

(v.)
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Substitute: To settle a person in a home (v. hám; II 1 b.), to obtain domicile for a person Aldréd ... hine gihámadi mið ðǽm ðriim dǽlum ... and æhtu óra seulfres mið tó inláde Aldred obtained domicile for himself (became a member of the Lindisfarne

ge-sigefæstan

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Hé cóm hám symle gesund and gesyge-fæsted, 96, 25. Add

gráp

(n.)
Grammar
gráp, e; f.
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Grasp, clutch Me fæste hæfde on grápe fast had me in his grasp, Beo. Th. 114; B. 555: 881; B. 438. Hond earm and eaxle Grendles grápe hand, arm, and shoulder, Grendel's grasp, 1676; B. 836.

Linked entry: nearu-gráp

ge-mǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽtan, p. -mǽtte; pp. -mǽted; v. impers. acc.

To dreamsomniare, somnium videre

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To dream; somniare, somnium videre Hwæt hine gemǽtte what he had dreamed, Cd. 178; Th. 223, 20; Dan. 122 : Rood. Kmbl. 3; Kr. 2. Swá his man-drihten gemǽted wearþ as his lord had dreamed, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 21; Dan. 157

Linked entry: mǽtan

alan

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Dele In the passage there given the glosser seems to have thought that parent might be from either of the two verbs parĕre, parēre, and has glossed it by foedað ł alaþ ł adeáuæð: the Rushworth gloss has only foedað ł aleð

a-gálan

(v.)

To loosedissolveremittere

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To loose, dissolve; remittere, Past. 11, 1; Hat. MS. 14b, 24