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ge-cnyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnyllan, pp. -cnylled
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To strike, ring a bell Gecnilledum tácne pulsato signo, Angl. xiii. 382, 247. Bellan gecnylledre campana pulsata, 384, 274. Gecnyllendum (gecnylledum ?) óþrum stundum pulsatis reliquis signis, 380, 219

Linked entry: cnyllan

ge-willan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-willan, to boil.
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Take here <b>ge-wyllan</b> in Dict., and add Of geweldum wíne ex passo, i. ex caleficato vino, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 26

Linked entry: ge-wyllan

hípe

(n.)

a heap

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Take here hýpe in Dict. and add

Linked entry: hýpe

lent

(n.)
Grammar
lent, a lentil.
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[Take thou to thee . . . bene and lent tu sume tibi. . . fabam et lentem, Wick. Ezech. 4, 9.]

trendan

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hé cýð hwanon hé cóm pomum licet ab arbore igitur unde reuoluitur tamen prouidit unde nascitur, Angl. i. 285. Add

un-meahtig

Grammar
un-meahtig, <b>; I.</b>
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Swá micclum swá þæs mannes gecynd unmihtigre wæs, swá hit wæs leóhtre tó miltsunge homo quanto fragilior in natura, tanto facilior ad veniam, Angl. vii. 4, 35. Add

weder-wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
weder-wolcen, es; n.

A fine weather cloud.

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A fine weather cloud. v. weder, I a. weder*-*dæg, -tácen Hæfcle wederwolcen (the pillar of cloud) eorðan and uprodor efne gedǽled, Cd. Th. 182, 13; Exod. 75

þracu

(n.)
Grammar
þracu, gen. þræce; f.
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Sigores tácn wið þeóda þræce a token of victory against the power of nations, Elen. Kmbl. 369; El. 185.

Linked entries: ge-þracen þrece

drync

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Take here examples under drinc, and add: drink, liquid taken as nourishment Be drinces gemete de mensura potus, R. Ben. 64, 9.

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gímeleáslíce, adv.
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Take here <b>gémeleáslíce</b> in Dict., and add: carelessly, without taking pains, negligently Gif heora hwylc fúllíce oðþe gýmeleáslíce mynstres þing behwyrfe si quis sordide aut neglegenter res monasterii tractaverit R. Ben. 56, 11.

apuldor-rind

(n.)
Grammar
apuldor-rind, apuldre-rind, e; f.

Apple-tree rindmali cortex

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Apple-tree rind; mali cortex Nim apuldorrinde take apple-tree rind, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 7: 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 12: Med. ex quadr. 8; Lchdm. i. 358, 14

fefer-fuge

(n.)
Grammar
fefer-fuge, an; f.

The herb feverfewfebrĭfŭgia

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Genim feferfugean blóstman take blossoms of feverfew, Lchdm. i. 374, 3

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hwet-stán

(n.)
Grammar
hwet-stán, es; m.

A whetstone

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Nim ðonne hwetstán brádne then take a broad whetstone, Lchdm. iii. 16, 21

milte-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
milte-wærc, milt-wræc, es; m.

Pain in tare spleen

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Pain in tare spleen Be miltewærce, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 1: 3, 16; Lchdm. ii. 318, 9. Wið milt-wræce, L. Med. ex Quad. 9, 5; Lchdm. i. 362, 5

Linked entry: milt-wræc

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, pp. -risen

To seize, takerapere

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To seize, take; rapere Geríseþ rapit, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 19. Gerísaþ rapiunt, 11, 12. Sóna wæs gerisen and genumen of middanearde rapta confestim de mundo, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5, note

freó-riht

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Wǽron nú lange freóriht fornumene and ðrǽlriht generwde now for long the rights of the free have been taken away and the rights of the thrall have been curtailed, Wlfst. 158, 15. Add

ge-heaþorian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-haþrian</b> in Dict. and add Efnegehaðrigas (-að, R.) ðec coangustabunt te Lk. L. 19, 43. Hæfð geheaðærod heofonríces weard ealle gesceafta, Met. ii. 31

ge-líhtan

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Take here <b>ge-lýhtan</b> in Dict. to be or become light, to shine Giléhta luceat, Rtl. 37, 29 : 173, 41

ge-strínendlic

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Take here <b>ge-strýnendlic</b> in Dict., and add: to be begotten Mid gestrénendlicere stofne progenie propaganda, An. Ox. 1665. Gestrýnendlicra yrfwerda liberorum procreandorum, i. filiorum generandorum, 1402

furþra

foremore excellent

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Add: of an animal's foot, fore Nim þone swýþran fót þone furðran take the right fore-foot (of a badger), Lch. i. 328, 4. more excellent Furþra prestantior, i. excellentior, Germ. 395, 40