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bed-clýfa

(n.)
Grammar
bed-clýfa, bedd-clýfa, bed-cleófa, bed-cófa, an; m.

A bed-chamber ⬩ closet ⬩ cubile hominis ⬩ cubiculum

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A bed-chamber, closet; cubile hominis, cubiculum Gang into ðínum bedclýfan infra in cubiculum tuum, Mt. Bos. 6, 6

Linked entries: bed-cófa bedd-clýfa gebed-clýfa

wóp-dropa

(n.)
Grammar
wóp-dropa, an; m.

A tear

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A tear Hwæt is ðæt wundor ðæt geond ðás woruld styrnenga gǽð, áweccaþ wópdropan ? Salm. Kmbl. 567 ; Sal. 283

elnian

(v.)
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to gain strength Geunne þé éce Drihten æcera wexendra and wrídendra, eácniendra and elniendra, Lch. i. 402, 5. Add:

FÁG

(adj.)
Grammar
FÁG, fáh; def. se fága, seó, ðæt fáge; adj.

Coloured, stained, dyed, tinged, shining, variegated ⬩ tinctus, cŏlōrātus, vărius, versicŏlor, discŏlor

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Ofer næddran and fágum wyrme ðú gǽst sŭper aspĭdem et basiliscum ambŭlābis, Ps. Spl. C. 90, 13. He me habban wile dreóre fáhne he will have me stained with gore, Beo. Th. 898; B. 447.

Linked entries: a-fæged án-fáh faag fáh fǽgan

þys

(n.)
Grammar
þys, es; m.

A storm

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A storm Seó orsorhnes gǽþ scýrmǽlum swá þæs windes þys prosperam fortunam videas ventosam, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 5 note

fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

pack ⬩ to adorn ⬩ ornament

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[Goth. ga-fétjan to adorn; ga-féteins ornament.] Similar entries Cf. (?) hroden for ideas of load and ornament

Linked entries: ge-fætan hroden fæt fæt-gold

un-ǽfæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-ǽfæstlíce, adv.
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Irreligiously Gif hwylc bróðor a npreósthýrede bið þe intó cyrcan unǽwfæstlíce and prútlíce (non religiose, sed pompatice) gǽð, Chrd. 60, 33

Linked entry: ǽ-fæstlíce

ge-teág

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teág, -teáh

drew ⬩ led ⬩ gave

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drew, led, gave, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 22; Exod. 407: Bd. 5, 18; S. 636, 4: Beo. Th. 2093; B. 1044

wic-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
wic-þegen, es; m.
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Interl. 66, 6) ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe . . . Æfterfylige ðære tóweardan wucan wicþén, R. Ben. pp. 58-60. Se diácon wucþén diaconus hebdomadarus, Anglia xiii. 415, 721. Fram mæssepreóste wucþéne a sacerdote ebdomadario, 395, 435.

ge-receness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-receness, e; f.
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K. p. 150, 4. interpretation, explanation Tó mǽgwlite gást-licre (-a, v. l.) gerecenesse (-a, v. l.) ad formam interpretationis, Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 696, 4. proof, testimony. C. ge-reccan ; III. 6 Gerecenesse congerie (v. (?)

Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness

hægtesse

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Gáð tó þǽre hǽtse vel sceande (Jezabel) and bebyriað hire líc ite et videte maledictam illam, et sepelite eam ( 2 Kings 9, 34), Hml. S. 18, 350. Sume wíf wyrcad heora . . wógerum drencas . . . Ac þyllice sceandas sceolan síðian tó helle . . .

mere

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Add Beforan ðǽm temple stód ǽren ceác . . . ðætte ðá menn ðe intó ðǽm temple gán woldon meahten hira hónda ðweán on ðǽm mere ante fores templi ad abluendas ingredientium manus mare aeneum, id est, luterem boves portant. Past. 105, 4

of-teón

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Add God hwílum sylð þǽre wítegunge gást, hwílum his oftýhð ( subtrahit ), Gr. D. 146, 31. Hé (toothache) mé ne ofteáh ðes gemyndes þæs þe ic ǽr leornode, Solil. H. 41, 1. Hé monegum mǽgðum meodosetla ofteáh, B. 5.

gylden

(adj.)
Grammar
gylden, gilden; adj.

Golden ⬩ aureus

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Ðǽr is geat gylden there is a golden gate, Cd. 227; Th. 305; 19; Sat. 649. On sumum gyldenum wecge to a golden wedge, Homl. Th. i. 60, 29. Under gyldenum beáge under a golden crown, Beo. Th. 2330; B. 1163.

Linked entries: gilden ge-gyld gelden

or-dál

(n.)
Grammar
or-dál, -dél; generally neuter, but an apparently fem. acc. pl. ordéla occurs,
  • L. Edg. C. 24
    • ;
  • Th. ii. 248, 28
    • .
(Cf.
O. H. Ger. which has fem. and neut. forms
.
)

judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity

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'féde hine sylfne mid hláfe and mid wætere and sealte and wyrtum ǽr hé tó gán scyle, and gestande him mæssan ðæra þreora daga (the three days preceding the ordeal) ǽlcne, and geoffrige tó, and gá tó húsle ðý dæge ðe hé tó ðam ordále gán scyle, and swerige

Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál

giest-líðnys

(n.)
Grammar
giest-líðnys, -nyss, e; f.

Hospitality ⬩ entertainment ⬩ hospĭtālĭtas

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Hospitality, entertainment; hospĭtālĭtas Him se æðela geaf giestlíðnysse the noble [man] gave them entertainment, Cd. 112; Th. 147, 28; Gen. 2446

íþrung

(n.)
Grammar
íþrung, (?), e; f.
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edringe, MS.) ǽnge gehátan geómrum gáste, geóce oððe frófre, Seel. 107. See preceding word

Linked entry: éþring

háls

(n.)
Grammar
háls, e; f.

Health, salvation ⬩ health

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Health, salvation Ðæt hǽlubearn háls eft forgeaf that saviour-child gave salvation again, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 3; Cri. 587

Linked entries: háls-wurþung heáls-bóc

BÆC

(n.)
Grammar
BÆC, g. bæces; pl. nom. acc. bacu, bæc; g. baca; d. bacum; n. A

BACK ⬩ dorsum ⬩ tergum

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Gang on bæc, Mt. Bos. 4, 10. Gá on bæc go behind or away; vade retro, Mk. Bos. 8, 33

Linked entries: baca bacu bæc-slitol ge-bæcu bec

heard

(n.)
Grammar
heard, es; n.
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Him on hand gǽð heardes and hnsesces, Sal. 286

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