riftere
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Sum tún wæs . . . ǽlce geáre áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ geríp gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1218. Ic cweþe tó þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, ꝥ beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3.
mundian
to protect ⬩ shelter ⬩ guard ⬩ To act as guardian
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Baldwine geaf Ælfgife wununge on Bricge and hé hí mundode and heóld da hwíle ðe heó ðǽr wæs, Chr. 1037; Erl. 167, 4. Cristenum cyninge gebyreþ ðæt hé Godes áre mundie, Wulfst. 266, 17. in a technical sense, To act as guardian
Linked entry: a-mundian
á-gangan
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Add: to go off, out Eallum út ágangendum cunctis egressis , Bd. l, 7; Sch. 24, 414. to pass (of time) Þisse eldo is se mǽsta dǽl ágangen, efne nigon hund wintra and lxxi on þýs geáre, Bl.
cólian
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Fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte þæs líchaman, Gr. D. 102, 23. Cólaþ seó lufu þe wé tó úrum Hǽlende habban sceolde, Bl. H. 109, 3: Wlfst. 82, 9.
eald-gewyrht
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Substitute: what has been done of old, a deed of old Wuldres beám þe God on þrowode for mancynnes manegum synnum and for Adames ealdgewyrhtum, Kr. 1100. what has been deserved of old, desert for deeds of old Ic wát geare þæt nǽron ealdgewyrht þæt hé
ge-fædere
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Add: of the relation between sponsor and parent or between sponsors; commater Hé gean Ælf(þ)ríð, ðæs cyninges wífæ, his gefæðeran, Cht. Th. 527, 14. Ne gewífige hé on his gefæderan ( commatrem ), Ll.
sufel
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'Gáð nú and geseóðað úra wyrhtena sufl, ꝥ hit sý on ǽrne mergen geara.' And þá gewordenum ǽrmergenne hé hét beran mid him þone suflmete þe hé ǽr hét gegearwian' ite et operariis nostris pulmentum coquite, ut mane primo paratum sit.'
talu
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Th. 266, 11. v. frum-, geán-talu
wær-líc
Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect
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Wærlíc bið ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3. Wærlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé wæccende wið hettendra hildewóman wearde healden, Exon. Th. 282, 12; Jul. 662.
heáh
High
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On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre ... in it [June] the sun mounts highest in the year, Menol. Fox 218; Men. 110
sǽ-flód
an incoming tide, flood ⬩ the sea,
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On ðissum geáre com ðæt mycele sǽflód, and ærn swá feor up swá nǽfre ǽr ne dyde, and ádrencte feala túna, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 14.
máðum-gestreón
Treasure
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Treasure Næs heó tó gneáð gifa Geáta leódum, máðmgestreóna, Beo. Th. 3866; B. 1931
sylhðe
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A team of oxen Hé geann Godríce an sylhðe oxna, Cht. Crw. 23, 4
drefela
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, slobberer Ic geann Godwine Dreflan (Drefelan, l. 28), Cht. Th. 561, 14
Linked entry: dréfliende
stamera
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One who stammers (as a nickname) Ic geann Æþelwearde stameran, C. D. iii. 363, 15
hopp-scýte
A coverlet [?]
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Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid wahhryfte and mid hoppscýtan, Chart. Th. 529, 12
ge-rǽde
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add Ic geann Ælfwine mínan mæssepreóste ... mínes horses mid mínan gerǽdan, Cht. E. 226, 23
cealc-stán
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Geǽl cealcstán swíðe, Lch. ii. 98, 13. Add
setl-hrægl
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Hé geann Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw. 23, 15. Add
snytro-cræft
- Andr. Kmbl. 1261;
- An. 631
Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom
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Prudent skill, prudence, wisdom Wundra mǽst, ðæt swylc snyttrocræft ǽnges hæleþa hreþer weardade Exon. Th. 169, 28; Gú. 1101. Se mæg eal secgan, ðam biþ snyttrucræft bifolen on ferhðe 42, 4; Cri. 667: 239, 18; Ph. 622. Sefan sídne geþanc and snytrocræft