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ge-wirþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wirþan, to estimate.
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Take here <b>ge-wyrþan</b> in Dict

Linked entry: ge-wyrþan

spelt

(n.)
Grammar
spelt, a board of a book; planca.
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Take here the first two instances given under spelt corn, and add:

Wil-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Wil-tún, es; m.
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Wilton in Wiltshire Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wiþ alne ðone here lytle werede æt Wiltúne, Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 5. Hér forðférde Ælfgár cinges mǽg on Defenum, and his líc rest on Wiltúne, 962 ; Erl. 120, 3.

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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D. 940-946 Hér, A. D. 940, Æðelstán cyning forþférde, and Eádmund Æðeling féng to ríce here king Athelstan died, and Edmund Atheling succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 940; Th. 209, 13-20, col. 1. Hér, A.

Ælfred

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfred, Alfriþ, Aldfriþ, Ealdfriþ, es; m. [æl all; aid, eald old: fred = friþ peace; v. Ælfréd]

Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years

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Hér Ælfred [MS. Aldfriþ] Norþanhymbra cining forþférde here, A.D. 705, Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died, Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 32

Linked entries: Aldfriþ Alfriþ

dracentse

(n.)
Grammar
dracentse, dracente, dracanse, draconze, an; f.

Dragon-wort, dragons ⬩ dracontea = δρακόντιoν, arum dracuncŭlus

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Dragon-wort, dragons; dracontea = δρακόντιoν, arum dracuncŭlus, Lin Herba dracontea, ðæt ys dracentse, Herb. Cont. 15, 1; Lchdm. i. 12; 15, 1.

Linked entry: dracan blód

Gotisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Gotisc, adj.
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Of the Goths Þǽr æfter cóm Gotiscra manna here Gothis supervenientibus, Gr. D. 194, 14

hyrst

(n.)
Grammar
hyrst, es; m.

A hurst ⬩ copse ⬩ wood

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Wermód hér on hyrstum heasewe standeþ wormwood stands dusky here in the woods [Grein takeshyrstum under the previous word], Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 24; Rä. 41, 61. v. horst, hurst, Grff. iv. 1042

ge-níhe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-níhe, adj.
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Take here <b>ge-nýh</b> in Dict

Linked entry: ge-nýh

beorh-hliþ

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Substitute: A mountain-slope; and take here the passages given under burg- (burh-)hleoþ in Dict

ge-birman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-birman, to ferment.
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Take here ge-byrman, and add: — Gebirm mid giste, Lch. ii. 96, 21. Cf. ge-beormad

Linked entries: ge-beormad ge-byrman

ge-tíman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tíman, to vouch to warranty.
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Take here <b>ge-téman</b> in Dict., and see tíman; II

hrǽcettan

(v.)
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Take here passage under <b>hrǽctan</b> in Dict., and cf. hrǽcetung

Linked entry: hrǽctan

frætwian

(v.)
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Take here frættewian in Dict., and add Frætwian comere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 47

ge-medummicel

(adj.)
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Take here passage under <b>ge-medmicel</b> in Dict

Linked entry: medum-micel

ge-wemmedlíce

(adv.)
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Take here <b>ge-wemmodlíce</b> in Dict., and add

Linked entry: -wemmedlíce

ge-wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wiltan, p. te
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Take here <b>ge-wæltan</b> in Dict

hyrd

(n.)
Grammar
hyrd, parchment (?),
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herdo vellus. Stalder führt die Herde, Härde als ein in berner Ober-lande gebräuchliches Wort für Schaaf- oder Ziegenfell, Grff. iv. 1030) Ic þæt gewrit þisse andweardan hyrde gesette textum praesentis cartulae digessi, Guth. Gr. 103, 53

geó-dǽd

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Take here <b>iú-dǽd</b> in Dict., and add: cf. ǽr-dǽd

hen-fugol

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Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:

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