un-grund
Bottomless ⬩ boundless ⬩ immense
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Bottomless, boundless, immense Ðæs heriges hám eft ne com ealles ungrundes ǽnig of that host, all boundless as it was, not one came home again, Cd. Th. 209, 32; Exod. 508
gleáwlic
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Þus gleáwlice (or adv.?) gástgerýnum sægdon sigerófum, swá fram Siluestre lírde wǽron thus skilled in spiritual mysteries they told the victor (Constantine) as they were taught by Sylvester, El. 189. Add
hors-weard
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Add: Perhaps as horsweard is coupled with heáfodweard (q. v.), the duty of the geneát, which has this name, was the care of the lord's horses when out on an expedition
snǽd
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the handle of a scythe. þæt íren ford áhleóp of þám hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 27. (This is the same incident as that described in Hml. Th. ii. 162.) Add: Cf
styfic-leáh
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a cleared lea (?) Tó Bedegáres styuicleáge (given as sþicleáge from another MS.), C. D. B. iii. 694, 10. Cf. stivecleiam, 638, 2, and see Philol. Soc. Trans. 1895-8, p. 541
sweór-hnitu
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Dr. Bradley suggests that suernit is a mistake for suge hnitu (usiu in Isidore is uermis porci), and that a later glossarist taking suer- as = sweor- may have produced sweor-hnitu
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burg-geat
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Add Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde ... bellhús and burhgeat(for burhgeat as implying tln importance of a residence see first passage under burh; I a), Ll. Th. i. 190, 16
freólic
free ⬩ free will ⬩ liberal ⬩ unstinted in quantity
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Add: free as in free will. Similar entries v. freó, 8. Freólicum cyre libero arbitrio, An. Ox. 1287: 1312. liberal, unstinted in quantity Of frílicum gestrióne fenore liberali, Kent. Gl. 1046
full
full
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The two passages given here may be taken under full; see Gen. 50, 10 :Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 33 under full in Dict., and full; V. above; but see also ful-líce, 6.. The forms of adjectives and adverbs given in the Dictionary as compounds with full- (ful-)
raðe
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Quickly, soon, at once, directly, without hesitation Raðe ilico, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 68 : ocius, 64, 47. Ræðe ultro, 90, 8. Heó nam raðe ( cito ) hyre wǽfels, Gen. 24, 65. Cwelle hig man raðe ( statim ), L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 1. Ðæt hine mon slóge
ná-hwæþer
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Add: as adjective Náðrum werode ne becymð nǽfre nán ende, Hml. Th. ii. 608, 9. God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, Hex. 22, 30. <b>I a.</b> as a grammatical term, neuter :-- Neutrum is náðor cynn . . . ðis cyn gebyrað oftost tó náðrum cynne
droppetung
A dropping, falling by drops, drop by drop ⬩ stillicĭdium
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A dropping, falling by drops, drop by drop; stillicĭdium Swá swá niðer astíhþ droppetung droppende ofer eorþan as falling [rain] comes down, dropping over the earth, Ps. Lamb. 71, 6
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land-hæbbende
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owning land Monnes landhæbbendes, L. In. 45; Th. i. 130, 10. Similar entries Cf. landágende. holding a country as a ruler Landhæbbende ł his cynnes látwa tribunus, Rtl. 193, 15
á-metendlic
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Measurable, limited, brief Aacute;metendlice ðú ásettest dagas míne mensurabiles posuisti dies meos; thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, A. V., Ps. L. 38, 6. v. next word
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tunne-botm
The bottom of a cask
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The bottom of a cask Tunnebotm (cf. bydenbotm fundum, in the same list 'nomina vasorum') tympanum, the bottom of a cask used as a drum? Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 55
smorian
To choke, suffocate
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To choke, suffocate Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ st[r]angulat Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32. Se esne genimende smorede hine (suffocabat eum) Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 18, 28. Ða þornas smoradun (suffocaverunt) hiǽ 13, 7. [ Wend he smore þat sede C. M. 5573. All suld be smored Pr
ós
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a divinity, god, the Anglo-Saxon form of a word whose existence in Gothic is inferred from a passage in Jornandes, 'Gothi proceres suos quasi qui fortuna vincebant non pares homines sed semideos, id est, Anses vocavere.' The Icelandic, which throws out
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ágend-líce
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As if something belonged to one's self, imperi- ously :-- Gé budon suíðe ríclíce and suíðe ágendlíce vos cum austeritate imperabatis eis et cum potentia . Past. 145, 5. Cf. ágend-, (-ágen)freá. Add
Ríc-
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are found in English, as in other dialects, helping to form proper names. For a list of such names see Txts. pp. 629-630, and for O. H. Ger. Graff ii. 389
burg-stal
a hill, stal a place, seat, dwelling ⬩ A hill-seat, dwelling on a hill ⬩ sedes super collem vel clivum.
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A hill-seat, dwelling on a hill; sedes super collem vel clivum. The name of places built on a hill, as Burstall in Suffolk, Borstall in Kent and Oxfordshire, etc. Cot. 209
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