gedwild-mann
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A heretic Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictales (= Nyctages, haeretici qui superfluas existimabant sacras vigilias), Nap. 60, 21. Cf. gedwol-mann
ge-wistfullung
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Gestreónfulle gewistfullunge sumptuosas opulentias (has epulent- been read?), 1931
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heard
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What is hard: Nán wiht þǽs heardes ne þæs hnesces, Wlfst. 184, 20. Him on hand gǽð heardes and hnsesces, Sal. 286
gafol-swán
a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock.
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Add: a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock
mǽg-cild
A young kinsman
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A young kinsman Hine áhsode hwǽr hé his mǽgcildum cumen hæfde ðe hé him forstolen hæfde asked him what he had done with his young kinsmen (cousins) whom he had stolen away from him, Lchdm. iii. 424, 37.
sceard
A gap,notch
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A gap,notch Dó of ðam feórþan deále eall ðæt seó sǽ his ofseten hæfþ and eall ða sceard ðe heó him on genumen hæfþ subtract from this fourth part (of the earth) all of it that the sea has covered, and all the gaps (bays and creeks) it has taken ; huic
cum-pæder
A godfather ⬩ compater
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A godfather ; compater Ðe Æðeréd his cum-pæder healdan sceolde which Æthelred his godfather had to defend, Chr. 894 ; Erl. 92, 2
Linked entry: ge-fædera
fríd-hengest
A stately horse
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A stately horse Hæfdon xi eóredmæcgas frídhengestas the horsemen had eleven stately horses, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 7; Rä. 23, 4
á-rǽd
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Met. 10, 45, which has aroda
bisceop-folgoþ
episcopate
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The episcopal office, episcopate Tó þám ꝥ hi þone bisceopfolgoþ and hád mid gebicgean þóhte pro adipiscendo episcopatu, Gr. D. 65, 31
Linked entry: folgoþ
feax-ness
Hair
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Hair Faexnis capillatur(a) (cf. fex, hǽr capillatura, An. Ox. 1214), Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 60. Locgewind vel fexnes capillatura, 128, 38
gram-méde
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Ox. 5032 has only gra) irae, Hpt. Gl. 521, 20. Cf. eáþ-méde, ofer-méde, ofer-médu
slápere
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Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictates, and on úre geþeóde hí man mæg sláperas hátan ( somniculosi uocantur ), Chrd. 26, 3. Add
be-weorpan
to cast, cast down, throw ⬩ projicere, dejicere ⬩ to cast about or over, cover over, surround ⬩ conjicere, supertegere, cingere
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Hwæt bewearp ðé on ðás gnornunga what has cast thee into these lamentations? Bt. 7, 2; Fox 16, 25. He hæfþ us beworpen on ealra wíta mǽste he hath cast us down into the greatest of all torments, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 13; Gen. 393.
ge-healden
Satisfied
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Satisfied Beó gehealden on ðínum gecynde ðonne hæfst ðú genóh be satisfied in thy kind, then hast thou enough, Kmbl. Sal. 264, 21
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ge-mét
A meeting, assembly ⬩ conventus
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A meeting, assembly; conventus Hí hæfdon ǽlce dæge heora witena gemét they had their meeting of counsellors every day, Jud. Thw. 161, 31
sige-bíme
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A trumpet which is sounded after victory Sungon sigebýman ( after the Israelites had escaped from the Egyptians ), Cd. Th. 214, 6 ; Exod. 565
ge-metgiend
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Drihten, þú eart mín sceapen[d] and mín gemetgyend Lord, thou hast created me and dost order my life, Solil. H. II, 6
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hǽren
Made of hair ⬩ cilicius
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Made of hair; cilicius Hé hine ðá gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíðe heardum and unwinsumum he clothed himself then with a garment of hair very hard and unpleasant, Blickl. Homl. 221, 24.
líg-þracu
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Violence or tumultuous movement of flames Æfter lígþræce after the fire has spent its force, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 15; Ph. 225