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geár-gemynd

(n.)
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geár-gemynd, es; n.
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A yearly commemoration on the anniversary of a person's death Ðis is seó caritas þe Baldwine abbod hæfð geunnon his gebróðrum for Eádwardes sáwle, ꝥ is healf pund æt his geárgemynde tó fisce, Nap. 28. Tó mínon geárgemynde, ib

un-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerád, adj.

stupid ⬩ rude ⬩ unskilled ⬩ foolish ⬩ ignorant ⬩ discordant ⬩ disagreeing ⬩ at variance

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Ðonne se abbod and se práfost ungeráde beóð and him betwyx sacaþ dum contraria sibi invicem abbas prepositusque sentiunt, R. Ben. 124.

Linked entry: ge-rád

Englisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Englisc, Ænglisc; adj.

ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus

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Ic [Ælfríc Abbod] gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella on Engliscum gereorde I [Abbot Ælfric] have composed about forty sermons in the English tongue, Ælfc. T. 27, 17.

Linked entries: Anglisc Ænglisc

ge-wyrce

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wyrce, es; n.
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The swineherd of Glastonbury Abbey received as perquisite one sucking-pig a year, the entrails of the best pig, and the tails of all the others which were slaughtered in the Abbey, v. Andrews's Old English Manor. p. 211 note.]

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hrægel-talu

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Substitute: The clothes to which the brethren of a monastery had a claim, which had to be furnished by the abbot, as no brother had a right to separate property. Cf.

feorm-fultum

(n.)
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Leófstán abbod dóð tó þis feormfultum, án sceppe malt . . ., Nap. 55, 32

ge-cídan

(v.)
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Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum litlum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred fram his abbode si quis frater pro quavis minima causa ab abbate suo corripitur, R. Ben. 131, 1

þeów-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
þeów-boren, adj.

Slave-born, ⬩ born of parents in slavery

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Slave-born, born of parents in slavery Ne sceal hé (the abbot) ðone æþelborenan settan beforan ðane þeówborenan, gif se þeówborena ǽr on ðæm mynstre wæs, bútan hé for hwylcum gesceáde hit dó non preponatur ingenuus ex servitio convertenti nisi forte

hádung

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On abbodes hádunge . . . de ordinando abbati. In abbatis ordinatione . . . R. Ben. 117, 15. Heó wearð þá gefullod and hádunga underféng ( took the veil). . . and manega óðre mǽdenu wurdon Críste gehálgode, Hml. S. 7, 284.

hláfording

(n.)
Grammar
hláfording, es; m.

a prince ⬩ sovereign ⬩ a prince ⬩ noble

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sovereign Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and Æþelgár abbod

scencan

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Fram yldran sí scenced þám abbude a priore propinetur abbati, 416, 731, Add

un-fyrn

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un-fyrn, <b>. I.</b>
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Þú wást ꝥ ic sylfa unfyrn sceall beón sweltende scis quia ego modo te (the dying abbot) secuturus sum 226, 4

scip-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
scip-bryce, es; m.

Ship-wreck ⬩ what comes ashore from wrecks

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Ship-wreck, what comes ashore from wrecks Ic habbe gegeofen Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége . . . scipbryce and ða sǽupwarp on eallen þingen swá wel swá ic hit mé seolf betst habbe bí ða sǽrime áhwǽr in Engelande, Chart. Th. 421, 33. (Cf. L.

Lunden

(n.)
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Aƀƀ tó Lunden, 38. Hí on þá burh Lundene ( or gen. ?) gefuhton, 1009 ; P. 139, 25

Medeshámstede

(n.)
Grammar
Medeshámstede, es; m.

Peterborough

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Peterborough Abbud ðæs mynstres ðe gecweden is Medeshámstyde on Gyrwan lande, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 45. Nama hit gáuen Medeshámstede, forðan ðæt ðǽr is án wæl ðe is geháten Medeswæl, Chr. 654; Erl. 29, 9.

bisceop-wíte

(n.)
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bisceop-wíte, es; n.
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Th. i. 262, § 3: 474, § 17) Ðæt ðe scýrbiscop ... hádinge ne dó on ðis abbotríce, búton seó abbod hit him bydde, ne biscopwíte episcopus dioceseos ... non ordinationem ... sine abbatis fauore arroget, ... neque ... in omni priuilegio ipsius juris quicquam

scenc

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Se abbud scencende mid syndrigum scencum ( potibus ), Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Scencum gedruncenum, 733. Scencum gedruncenum poculis haustis, 432, 959. Add

EÁCA

(n.)
Grammar
EÁCA, an; m.

An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage ⬩ additāmentum

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Ic [Ælfríc Abbod] geset hæbbe feówertig lárspella, and sumne eácan ðǽrto I [Abbot Ælfric] have composed forty sermons, and some addition thereto, Ǽlfc. T. 27, 18.

unna

(n.)
Grammar
unna, an; m.: unne, an; unn, e; f.

grant ⬩ allowance ⬩ permission ⬩ willingness to give ⬩ pleasure in doing something ⬩ a grant ⬩ what is given

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Bútan hé ðæs abbodes unnan begite nisi ea abba jubeat, R. Ben. 94, 9. Hé eów sige forgeaf þurh unnan ðæs Ælmihtigan, Homl. Th. i. 506, 27: Homl.

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gleáwscipe

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Add: sagacity Se abbod sceal gýman and mid eallan gleáwscípe hogian ( omni sagacitate curare ), R. Ben. 51, 9.