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cist

(n.)
Grammar
cist, e; f.

A band, company cohors

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A band, company; cohors On folcgetæl fíftig cista: hæfde cista gehwilc x hund tíreádigra in the number of the people were fifty bands: each band had ten hundred illustrious warriors, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 9-16; Exod. 229-232

Linked entry: cest

Cartaine

(n.)
Grammar
Cartaine, nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.
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Terrentius, se mǽra Cartaina sceóp, bær hætt on his heáfde Terence, the great poet of the Carthaginians, wore a hat on his head, 4, 10; Bos. 96, 18 : 4, 11; Bos. 97, 11: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 24.

gál

(adj.)
Grammar
gál, adj.

Lightpleasantwantonlicentiouswickedlĕvislibīdĭnōsusluxŭriōsusmălus

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Gecunnian hwæðer he wǽre god oððe gál to try whether he were good or bad, Gu. 17; Gdwn. 74, 6

bledu

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Man bær þám cásere wín on ánre blede. Hml. S. 31, 631. Hrer on blede, Lch. ii. 314, 3 : 308, 29. Drince hé góde blede fulle, 118, 24. Hæbbe hé blede fulle hwéges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 24. On bleda in pateras (fialas), Germ. 389, 17.

sand

Grammar
sand, sending.
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Add Þá bær man þám cyninge cynelice þénunga on ánum sylfrenan disce . . . þá sende se cyning þám þearfum þone sylfrenan disc mid sande mid ealle (cf. dapes sibimet adpositas rex deferri pauperibus praecepit, Bd. 3, 6), Hml. S. 26, 95.

ge-dryht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dryht, -driht, e; f.

A hostcompanyband of retainers

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Ðǽr cyninges giefe brúcaþ eádigra gedryht there the band of the blessed enjoy the king's grace, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 26; Cri. 1664. Ðínra secga gedryht the band of thy men, Beo. Th. 3349; B. 1672

blerig

(adj.)
Grammar
blerig, adj.

Bald

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Bald Bleri pittel scoricarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 6. Blerea pyttel soricarius, 63, 8 (cf. bald as an epithet of birds, v. E. D. S. Bird-names). On Ælfstánes ðys blerian gewitnesse, Cht. Th. 174, 7

Linked entry: blere

a-geofan

(v.)
Grammar
a-geofan, = a-gifan,

to restoregive backrepay

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to restore, give back, repay,Heming, p. 104

æfte-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
æfte-weard, adj. [ = æfter]

Afterbacklatelatterfullposterior

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After, back, late, latter, full; posterior Æfteweard lencten full spring. Wrt. Voc. 53, 27. Æfteweard heáfod the back of the head, 42, 43. Drihten ðé gesett ná on æfteweard the Lord will not set thee in the after-part, Deut. 28,13

feax-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
feax-cláþ, es; m.

A head-clothhair-bandfilletfascia crīnālis

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A head-cloth, hair-band, fillet; fascia crīnālis, Cot. 93

heofon-þreát

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-þreát, es; m.

A heavenly band,

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A heavenly band, Cd. 218; Th. 278, 15; Sat. 222

lind-weorud

(n.)
Grammar
lind-weorud, es; n.
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A band armed with shields, Elen. Kmbl. 283; El. 142

mægen-corþer

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-corþer, es; n.

A powerful band

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A powerful band, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 27; Gen. 1986

ge-meten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-meten, part.

Measured, measured back or againremensus

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Measured, measured back or again; remensus, Mt. Bos. 7, 2

hose-bend

(n.)
Grammar
hose-bend, es; m.

A hose-band, garter

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A hose-band, garter Hosebendas periscelides, Lye: Hpt. Gl. 517

deófol-gilda

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Þá deófolgildan ( the prophets of Baal ), Hml. S. 18, 112. Þá leásan deófolgildan þe Baal wurðodon, 369. Add

hracing

(n.)
Grammar
hracing, e; f.

A holding backstoppingstaydetentio

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A holding back, stopping, stay; detentio, Rtl. 65, 27

eft-betǽht

(v.)
Grammar
eft-betǽht, æft-betéht

Re-assigned, re-delivered, given backre-consignātus

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Re-assigned, re-delivered, given back; re-consignātus, R. Ben. 4

Linked entry: æft-beteht

here-féða

(n.)
Grammar
here-féða, an; m.

A martial band,

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A martial band, Exon. 22 b; Th. 63, 1; Cri. 1013

niht-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
niht-bealu, wes; n.

Bale or hurt that comes at night

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Bale or hurt that comes at night, Beo. 389; B. 193