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gleow

(n.)
Grammar
gleow, gleó, gliw, glig, es; n.

GLEE ⬩ joy ⬩ music ⬩ musical accompaniment of a song ⬩ mirth ⬩ jesting ⬩ sport ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ mimus ⬩ ludibrium

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GLEE, joy, music, musical accompaniment of a song, mirth, jesting, sport; gaudium, musica, facetiæ, mimus, ludibrium Ðǽr wæs gidd and gleó there was song and glee [music], Beo. Th. 4216; B. 2105.

Linked entry: gliw

Columba

(n.)
Grammar
Columba, an; m.

An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands

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Now, in Iona, there must ever be an abbot, not a bishop; and to him must all the bishops of the Scots be subject, because Columba was an abbot, not a bishop Chr. 565; Th. 31, 29, col. 1-33, 7, col. 1

maþelig

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Substitute: Talkative, talking much and loudly as a drunken man Maðeli (luxuriosa res, vinum, et) tumultuosa (ebrietas), Kent. Gl. 725

breóst-weall

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-weall, es; m. [breóst, weall
a wall
]

a wall ⬩ A wall as high as the breast a rampart, defence; ⬩ structura in muris ad pectus munimentum, alta, propugnaculum,

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A wall as high as the breast a rampart, defence;; structura in muris ad pectus munimentum, alta, propugnaculum, Cot. 199

an-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
an-týnan, p. de; pp. ed [an = un un-, týnan to inclose]

To unclose ⬩ open ⬩ recludere ⬩ aperire

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To unclose, open; recludere, aperire Ic antýne on bigspellum múþ mínne aperiam in parabolis os meum, Ps. Spl. 77, 2

beorh

(n.)
Grammar
beorh, gen. beorges; m.

A hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons

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A hill, mountain; collis, mons Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5

neb-gebræc

(n.)
Grammar
neb-gebræc, es; n.

A defluxion from the head ⬩ mucus of the nose

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A defluxion from the head, mucus of the nose Nebgebræc coriza ( = κορυζα ), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 28: ii. 135, 77

sang-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
sang-dreám, es; m.
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Vocal music, singing Lóce hwæt tó sangdreáme þǽre nihte gebyrige quicquid ad cantilenam illius noctis pertinet, Angl. xiii. 410, 638

weall-gebrec

(n.)
Grammar
weall-gebrec, es; n.

A breaking down of a wall

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A breaking down of a wall Hié noldon ðæs weallgebreces geswícan donec perfractis muris, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 134, 30

hræc-tunge

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Add: the tongue of the throat, the uvula Tóðum, tungan, múðe, hræctungan ( uvae ), hracan, þrotbollan, Lch. i. lxxiv, 9; lxx, 8

bóc-reád

(n.)

Book-red, vermilion ⬩ minium

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Book-red, vermilion: so named, because it was much used in ornamenting books; minium Of bócreáde ex minio, Cot. 75: 176

ge-heád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heád, adj. [heáh high]

Lifted up ⬩ exalted ⬩ exaltātus

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Lifted up, exalted; exaltātus Wæs Bryten swýðe geheád Britain was very much exalted, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 27, MS. B

Linked entry: ge-hýd

ge-nyman

(v.)

to take ⬩ assūmĕre

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to take; assūmĕre Ðú genymest gecýðnysse míne þurh múþ ðínne tu assŭmis testāmentum meum per os tuum, Ps. Spl. 49, 17

súþ-eást

(adv.)
Grammar
súþ-eást, adv.
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South-east Donua múða ðære eá scýt súðeást út, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 5: Cd. Th. 42, 1; Gen. 667

of-ǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
of-ǽte, (?); adj.
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Fat, given to eat too much Fór ofǽte (oferǽte ?) porcaster obesus, i. pinguis, An. Ox. 21, 4. (Of seems to o

smítan

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Add Nalles ꝥte ingǽþ in múðe smíteþ (coinquinat) monnu ah ꝥte forðgǽþ of múþe þæt besmíteþ monnu, Mt. R. 15, 11

ǽ-celma

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Ǽcelman mulas, An. Ox. 1386. Add

Linked entry: ǽ-cilma

land-sittende

(adj.)
Grammar
land-sittende, adj.

Occupying land

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in land or in cattle, and how much money it was worth, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 32

fugol-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
fugol-cyn, -cynn, -cinn, es; n.

Fowl-kind ⬩ vŏlucrium gĕnus

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Fowl-kind; vŏlucrium gĕnus Micel fugolcyn much fowl-kind, Ex. 16, 13. Fisccinn and fugolcinn fish and fowl, Ælfc. T. 8, 26

ge-nyhtsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nyhtsum, adj.

Plentiful, abundant ⬩ abundans, uber, copiosus

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Plentiful, abundant; abundans, uber, copiosus Feoh genyhtsum sældun ðǽm kempum they gave much money to the soldiers, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 12

Linked entries: nyhtness nyht-sum