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gim-reced

(n.)
Grammar
gim-reced, es; m. n.

A hall adorned with gems

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A hall adorned with gems Ne hí gimreced setton searolíce nor with art did they build palaces, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 50; Met. 8, 25

ceáp-cniht

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Substitute: A (young) man who has been bought, a slave Ceápcneht empticius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 18. Ceápcniht, 29, 28. v. cýpe-cniht in Dict

warenian

(v.)
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In the first passage one MS. has Warnode hé him, Bd. Sch. 53, 24.]

heals-wiða

(n.)
Grammar
heals-wiða, an; m.

A necklace

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A necklace Me healswiðan hláford sealde my lord has given me a chain for my neck, Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 12; Rä. 5, 4

wind-sele

(n.)
Grammar
wind-sele, e; m.

A windy hall

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A windy hall Wíde geond windsele (Hell; cf. Ðes windiga sele, 273, 14 ; Sat. 136), Cd. Th. 284, 11; Sat. 320: 288, 23; Sat. 386

Linked entry: wind-gerest

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over.

apl

(n.)
Grammar
apl, es; m; nom. acc. pl. aplas, m; nom. acc. pl. apla, n.

An applea ball

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C. apla] mala Punica, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 19 b, 28: Salm. Kmbl. 55; Sal. 28

a-wirgan

(v.)
Grammar
a-wirgan, p. de; pp. ed

To stranglestrangulare

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To strangle; strangulare Gelícost ðam ðe he hine sylfne hæfde unwitende awirged as if he had voluntarily strangled himself, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 38

Linked entry: wirgan

býtla

(n.)
Grammar
býtla, an; m. [býtl a hammer, -a q. v.]
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A hammerer, builder; ædificator Se býtla ðǽr háligne hám arǽrde the builder raised up a holy home there, Exon. 34b; Th. 110, 36; Gú. 119

delfere

(n.)
Grammar
delfere, es; m.

A diggerfossor

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A digger;fossor Gif se delfere ða eorþan nó ne dulfe if the digger had not dug the earth, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 7

dyrne-geliger

(n.)
Grammar
dyrne-geliger, gen. -geligre ; f. [dyrne secret, geliger a lying]

A secret lying, adulteryadultĕrium

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A secret lying, adultery; adultĕrium Heó hæfde dyrne-geligre she [Eurydice] had secret adultery, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 39: Ps. Spl. C. 72, 26

eln-boga

(n.)
Grammar
eln-boga, an; m.

An elbowcŭbĭtum

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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde the arm had no bending at the elbow, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23

Linked entries: el-boga elm-boga

feorr

(adj.)
Grammar
feorr, adj.

Fardistantlonginquus

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Far, distant; longinquus Ðeáh him mon feorr land gehéte though a distant land was promised him, Past. 50; Hat. MS: Andr. Recd. 850; An. 423

grillan

(v.)
Grammar
grillan, p. de
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To provoke, offend Hie willaþ grillan [griellan, Hat. MS.] óðre men they like to provoke other men, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 292, 19; MS. Cot

Linked entry: gryllan

under-flówan

(v.)

to flow under

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to flow under Wæs ic neoþan wætre, flóde underflówen beneath had I water, the flood flowing under me, Exon. Th. 392, 3; Rä. 11, 2

healf-soden

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-soden, adj.

Half cooked

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Half cooked On healfsodenum mete in semicocto cibo, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 2: Med. ex Quadr. 7, 2; Lchdm. i. 356, 18

geþing-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
geþing-sceat, es; m.

Ransom

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Ransom He ne sealde Gode nǽnne geþingsceat wið his miltse he gave God no ransom for his mercy, Past. 45; Swt. 339, 10; Hat. MS

leófan

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Cf. too eorlas Israéla for a similar half line

a-sweartian

(v.)
Grammar
a-sweartian, p. ode; pp. od

To blackendarkento be made SWARTHY or blackobscureddarkeneddenigrari

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To blacken, darken, to be made SWARTHY or black, obscured, darkened; denigrari Ðæt gold biþ asweartod aurum obscuratur, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 8

dreórignys

(n.)
Grammar
dreórignys, dreórinys,-nyss ,e ; f.

DREARINESS, sadness mœstĭtia

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Hat. fol. 5 a, 8