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D

(n.)
Grammar
D, is sometimes changed into ð, as Ic wurde, or Ic wurðe: snídan, sníðan

to cut

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dyppd, dyppt, and dypt dipped. the Rune ᛞ not only represents the letter d, but stands for dæg a day

ceápian

(v.)
Grammar
ceápian, ode; od

To bargain, chaffer, trade, to contract for the purchase or sale of a thing, to buy, to bribenegotiari, emere, comparāre

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Mihte ýþ geceápian, gif ǽnig man ceápode might easily buy, if any one bargained, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 17

Linked entry: a-ceápian

lǽr-gedéfe

(v.; adj.)
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In this passage Ettmüller and Grein take lǽrgedéfe as an adj. but lǽr may well be, as Thorpe takes it, the imperat. of lǽran, which verb naturally accompanies leornian

Linked entry: ge-défe

lorh

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In this passage the word seems to belong to the a-stem masculine declension, but in the Epinal-Erfurt glossaries to the i-stem feminine, with i-umlaut of o. Add

meduma

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(Wright prints: Tramarium meðema wersa, but the MS. has persa, which is Latin, and belongs to the next word.)

rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Gif. . . ǽnig gehádod man hine sylfne rǽdlíce (but cf. oftrǽdlíce, 214, 12) oferdrince, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 26. advisably Beþence gehwá hine sylfne, and hú him rǽdlícost sý tó dónne, Wlfst. 305, 34

wundor-cræft

Grammar
wundor-cræft, <b>. I.</b>
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, but note seorsum; sundurcræftiglíce (wundorcræftiglíce(?))

ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.
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., but perhaps the adjective ge-gaf may be inferred from the compound gegaf-sprǽce along with the noun ge-gaf; cf. ídel-sprǽce, yfel-sprǽce. Cf. too gegaf-sprǽc and dol-sprǽc

ge-ríþe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríþe, es; n.
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B. iii. 37, 24; but see on dá ðá eá, 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I

Linked entry: riþ

glæppe

(n.)
Grammar
glæppe, an; f.
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Buck-bean(?) Þás wyrta . . . bisceopwyrt and glæppe and ribbe and gearwe, Lch. iii. 292, 5. Ǽlcre namcúþre wyrte dǽl bútan glappan ánon, i. 398, 9. Cf. On glæppan felda, C. D. ii. 411, 20: iii. 227, 34. An gleppan felda, ii. 74, 3

Linked entry: glappe

hand-bell

(n.)
Grammar
hand-bell, e; f.

A hand-bell

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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6

bret

(v.)
Grammar
bret, 3rd pres. of bredan

varies, changes

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varies, changes; Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beó wiðinnan awend a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30

á-stihting

(n.)
Grammar
á-stihting, e; f.

Instigation

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Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]

be-hindan

(adv.)
Grammar
be-hindan, adv.

Behindbacka tergoponepost

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Behind, back; a tergo, pone, post Ac behindan beleác mid wǽge but inclosed them behind with the wave Cd. 166; Th. 206, 24; Exod.456. Ðú ðone héhstan heofen behindan lǽtst thou shalt leave the highest heaven behind Bt. Met. Fox 24, 58; Met. 24, 29

geápes

(adv.)
Grammar
geápes, adv. [gen. of geáp broad, spacious, roomy]

In widthwidelāte

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So Bouterwek takes it, but the word is rather a neuter genitive after 'eall;' cf. vv. 2548-9

hyge-rún

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-rún, e; f.
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A secret of the mind or heart Cyriacus hygerúne ne máþ gástes mihtum tó Gode cleopode Cyriacus did not conceal the secret of his heart, but with the powers of the spirit cried to God, Elen. Kmbl. 2196; El. 1099. v. Grmm. A. u. E. 139

loddere

(n.)
Grammar
loddere, es; m.

A beggar

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A beggar, poor person Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum and cwyþ 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelíca but the rich man looks at his purple robes and says 'the beggar with his rags is not my fellow,' Homl. Th. i. 256, 8

Linked entry: lodrung

swíþ-from

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-from, adj.
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.; but see also swíþ-feorm) sweglbósmas heóld, Cd. Th. 1, 17; Gen. 9. Cf. Mín geswíþfroma ( addressing the Deity ), Anglia xii. 508, 1. v. next word

ge-dragan

(v.)
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Here the form belongs to gedragan, but the meaning points to gedreógan; perhaps gedrcóg should be read

Linked entry: dragan

weoloc-scill

(n.)
Grammar
weoloc-scill, e; f.

A shell-fisha whelkcockle

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Wiolucscel (but Ep. Erf. have ilugsegg) papilivus, 83, 1487. Hér beóþ oft numene missenlícra cynna weolcscylle and muscule exceptis variorum generibus conchyliorum, in quibus sunt et musculae Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 17