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lifer-wærc

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Add: — Gelíc liferwærces tácnum, Lch. ii. 258, 1. Be sex þingum þe þone liferwærc wyrceað, 198, 9

pellican

(n.)
Grammar
pellican, es ; m.
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A pelican Ic geworden eom pellicane gelic se on wéstene wunaþ, Ps. Th. 101, 5

þrýþ-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
þrýþ-bearn, es; n.

A mighty youth

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A mighty youth Ic ǽfre ne geseah ǽnigne mann, þrýðbearn hæleð, ðé gelícne, steóran ofer stæfnan, Andr. Kmbl. 987; An. 494

máwan

(v.)
Grammar
máwan, p. meów

to mow

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Gelíce and mon mǽd máwe, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 15: Ps. Th. 128, 5. Rípan and máwan, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432, 15. Máwenum hege, Ps. Th. 102, 14

ge-cilcan

(v.)
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to whitewash Gelíco gié sint byrgennum oferhíudum ł úta gecǽlcad similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, Mt. L. 23, 27. [O.L. Ger. gi-kelkian.] Cf. níw-cilct

Linked entries: cilcan ge-cælcian

treddian

(v.)
Grammar
treddian, p. ode

To treadstepwalk

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Streámas ðú miht on treddian eorðan gelíce flumina pertransivit pede, Ps. Th. 65, 5

Linked entry: tryddian

cyne-mann

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-mann, es; m.
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A royal person, a king Gelíc geworden wæs ríc heofnæ cynemenn (cyninge, R. homini regi ), Mt. L. 22, 2

dúfe-doppa

(n.)
Grammar
dúfe-doppa, an; m.

A pelican pelĭcānus = πελέκανos

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A pelican; pelĭcānus = πελέκανos Gelíc geworden ic eom niht-hræfne oððe dúfedoppan wéstennes simĭlis factus sum pelĭcāno solĭtūdĭnis, Ps. Lamb. 101, 7

Linked entry: doppa

on-unwísdóm

(n.)
Grammar
on-unwísdóm, es; m.

Folly, ignorance

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Folly, ignorance Ic wæs unwísum nétenum gelíc geworden. Ac ðú Drihten onunwísdómes ne wes ðú gemyndig, Blickl. Homl. 89, 10

Linked entries: un-wísdóm on-unwís

ge-rislic

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Substitute: In agreement with, similar Wæs hé geris-licrc (gelicre, v. l. ) willsumnesse módesþám cymnge pari ductus deuotione mentis, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 653, 19

Linked entry: -rislic

feor-sibb

(adj.)
Grammar
feor-sibb, adj.
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A distant relative Ne bið ná gelíc ꝥ man wið swustor gehǽme and hit wǽre feorsibb, Ll. Th. i. 404, 18

Linked entry: sib

líc

(adj.)
Grammar
líc, ; adj.
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Like Án bǽra feówer nýtena wæs gesewen swilce mannes ansýn, ꝥ óðer wæs líc (gelíc, v. l. ) ánre león híwe, Hml. S. 15, 182

hand

(con.)
Grammar
hand, [ = and(?)]

also

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also Ymbe midne dæg and nóntíde Bode se hírédes ealdor út and dyde hand swá gelíce exiit circa sextam, et nonam horam: et fecit similiter, Anal. Th. 74, 4.

coccel

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Gl. 462, 24, and add :-- Hyre corn beóð gelíce coccele ( a mistranslation of cocci simile), Lch. i. 170, 2. Hé sǽwð ge lasor ge coccul on manna æceron, Angl. viii. 300, 24. Coccelas oferstígað hwǽte zizania transcendunt frumentum, Scint. 101, 1

efnes

(adv.)
Grammar
efnes, adv.
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Quite, just Efnes hit bið gelíc réna scúrum, Wlfst. 149, 5. Eal ꝥ ús þincð ǽmtig . . . bið emnes mid þý eal gefylled, Dóm. L. 150

and

(con.)
Grammar
and, conj.
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S. 8, 222. in clauses in which comparison is made, as Gelíce and ( quasi ) mon mǽd máwe, hié wǽron þá burg hergende, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 15. Nú sió burg swelc is, gelíce and heó wǽre tó bisene ásteald, 2, 4; S. 74, 24: 3, 7; S. 112, 29.

ge-drycnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drycnan, pp. ed
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Þes moncwealm wæs. . . ofer ealle menn gelíce, þéh þe sume deáde wǽron, sume uneáþe gedrycnede aura corrumpens generali cunctos tabe confecit; ut etiam quos non egit in mortem turpi macie exinanitos adflictosque dintiserit, Ors. 3, 3 ; S. 102, 10

Linked entry: -drycnan

spynge

(n.)
Grammar
spynge, an; f.

A sponge

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A sponge Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déþ (tanquam spongia), Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 27. Hí bewundon áne spyngan (spingan, MS. B.) mid ysopo, Jn. Skt. 19, 29 MS. A. Spingan, Mk. Skt. 15, 36. Spincgan, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 32.

Linked entry: sponge

firen

(adj.)
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Ealra fyrena leás, 135, 2, Hé gyt feola cwide firna herede he spoke of many troubles, Sat. 160. þeáh ðe hí gelíce fyrene fremmen etsi similia crimina committant, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 29. Add

fóre-tíge

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-tíge, es; m. [tíge from tígan to bind]

A fore-binding placemarketfŏrum

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A fore-binding place, market; fŏrum Heó ys gelíc sittendum cnapum [MS. cnapun] on fóretíge sĭmĭlis est puĕris sedentĭbus in fŏro, Mt. Bos. 11. 16

Linked entry: forþ-tége