Bryten
BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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Breoton [Brytene C] is eálond ðæt wæs iú geára Albion háten Britain is an island that was formerly called Albion, Bd. l, l; S. 473, 8: 2, l; S. 501, 10. On Bretone into Britain, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 2. Bryten, acc. Exon. 45 b; Th. 155, 5; Gú. 855
hund-teóntig
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Thare leofode twá hund geára and fíf geár, Gen. ii. 32), Gen. 1741. without a genitive. Cf. hundred; II. 2 a Mid hundteóntigum ic hit him forgylde, Wlfst. 258, 18. Sume saldun wæstem, sume hundteóntig (centesimum), sume sextig Mt.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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On þýs ilcan geáre forþférde seó ealde hlǽfdige Eádwerdes cinges móder in this same year departed the old lady, the mother of king Edward, 1051; Erl. 176, 19. Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige, Chart. Th. 328, 20.
án-wíg
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Golias clypode bysmor Godes folce, gearu tó ánwíge, Hml. S. 18, 21. Ðá gewearð him bám ꝥ hí twégen tó ánwíge eódon, 27, 53: Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17.
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Grammar þrítig, in combination with other numerals Þreó and þrítig geára, Cd. Th. 296, 16; Sat. 503. Eahta and þrittig (ðrittih, Lind.: ðrítig, Rush.) wintra, Jn. Skt. 5, 5. Hé ríxode twá læs xxx geára, Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 26.
sumer
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Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Gé witun ðæt sumor (-er, MSS. A. B. Lind. Rush.) ys gehende, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32. Ǽr sumor on tún gá before summer come, Lchdm. iii. 6, 1.
twéntig
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Skt. 6, 19. with other numbers Hundteóntig geára and seofon and twéntig geára, Gen. 23, 1. Seó menigu wæs án hund manna and twéntig, Homl. Th. i. 296, 18. Onbíd hér seofon and twéntig nihta, Blickl.
tǽlend
a reprover ⬩ a scorner, mocker, derider
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Gl. 938. a scorner, mocker, derider Sécþ tǽlend ( derisor) wísdóm ... gearwe synd tǽlendum (derisoribus ) dómas, Scint. 171, 13-14. Nelle ðú þreágean tǽlend ( derisorem ), 113, 12. Télend, Kent. Gl. 289
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eorþ-wæstm
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Þá teóþunga ǽgðer ge on cwicum ceápe ge on þæs geáres eorðwæstmum, Ll. Th. i. 194, 7. Gif mon æppla hæbbe oðþe hwylces óþres cynnes eorðwæstmas (poma aut nascentia leguminum), R. Ben. 63, 14. Add:
myrþra
A murderer ⬩ homicide
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Gif hwylc man for his mǽges wræce man ofsleá, dó ( do penance ) hé swá myrþra .vii. geár oððe .x., L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 18; Th. ii. 230, 19, 21 : Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 37. Ðú (the soul) wǽre ðǽr in the world ) morþ and myrþra, Wulfst. 241, 9.
ge-weaxan
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ crescere
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Gyf hit geweaxen man sý fæste I geár if he be grown man let him fast one year, L. Ecg. P. iv. 52; Th. ii. 218, note 11, line 9
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Grécisc
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Ða gréciscan onginnaþ hyra geár æt ðam sunnstede the Greeks begin their year at the solstice, Lchdm. iii. 246, 18
on-wealh
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Add Fæste iiii. geár, ii. onwealh (cf. iiii annos, .ii. integros, 9, n. 2), Ll. Th. ii. 228, 12
þolian
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Án wíf þe þolode twelf geár, 9, 20. <b>I c.</b> </b> add: <b>III a.
ǽg-hwilc
Every ⬩ all ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever ⬩ every one ⬩ quicunque ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis
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Ǽghwylce geáre every year, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 23. Hér is ǽghwylc eorl óðrum getrýwe here is every man true to the other, Beo. Th. 2460; B. 1228. Ǽghwylcum máððum gesealde he gave a present to every one. Beo. Th. 2104; B. 1050.
gliw
Glee ⬩ joy ⬩ minstrelsy ⬩ mirth ⬩ jesting ⬩ drollery ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ mimus
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Ðæt geára iú gliwes cræfte mid gieddingum guman oft wrecan what of yore, by art of minstrelsy, with their lays men oft related, 92 b; Th. 347, 12; Sch. 11. Wynsum gliw facetiæ, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 39; Wrt. Voc. 61, 19: Cot. 132: 214
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ge-liþian
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Hé swá swýðe gebunden geare ongeat and georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad con-strictus nimis relaxari sejam posse desperabat, 326, 12
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geoguþ-hád
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In geogoðháde þæs líchaman costung wealleþ, and þonne fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte, Gr. D. 102, 21. Sé wæs þá gyt on his geogoðháde ( in annis juvenilibus ), 298, 25.
sígan
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Add Þá sáh him on ꝥ cyrlisce folc swíðe wédende (cf. gearn mycel menigeo tó him and ealle swíðe erre wǽron, Bl. H. 223, 5), Hml. S. 31, 466. Bellatores . . . healdað úrne eard wið þone sígendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 24. <b>II a.
guma
A man ⬩ vir, homo
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Geared gumum gold brittade Jared distributed gold to the people, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 3; Gen. 1181