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brýd-gifta

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-gifta, pl. f.
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Ox. 1398

Linked entry: gift

cnæpling

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Ox. 2579. Hé syfonwyntre wæs . . . þá wunode se cnæplingc on Cappadoniscre byrig fíf geár on láre, Hml. S. 3, 9. Cf. cnapa. Add

cneátian

(v.)
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Ox. 2, 54. Cneátian disceptare, 927. Cneá[tiende] indagantes .i. investigantes, 1318

freólic

(adj.)
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Ox. 1287: 1312. liberal, unstinted in quantity Of frílicum gestrióne fenore liberali, Kent. Gl. 1046

frum-spellung

(n.)
Grammar
frum-spellung, e; f.
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Ox. 1153: 2, 31

Linked entry: spellung

ge-wrid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wrid, es; n.
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Ox. 1412), Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 23

ge-þyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyldan, (?); p. -de to bear patiently, consent to do,
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Ox. 3238. [O. H. Ger. dulten tolerare, sustinere, subire; gedulten pati.] Cf. for-þyldian

Linked entry: ge-þyldigian

hæfe

Grammar
hæfe, leaven, l. hæf,
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Ox. 57, 3. Wærniait fram hæfe (fermenlo) sundorhálgena. Scint. 75, 3

in-cniht

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Ox. 870. Incnihtum (-cnihttum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 54) clientibus, 4684: parasitis, Hpt. Gl. 483, 74. Add

lengan

(v.)
Grammar
lengan, to be long.
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Ox. 28, 17. Add

lind

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Ox. 2, 8. In ðá geápan linde, C. D. iii. 375, 5. II Stód under linde, under leóhtum scylde, Lch. iii. 52, 19

milts

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Ox. 5, 43. Add

ofer-micel

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Ox. 46, 24. Add

teart

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Ox. 8, 218. of pain, &c. On þǽre teartestan tintregun acerrimo, i. asperrimo tormento, 1946

wylfen

(adj.)
Grammar
wylfen, adj.
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Ox. 1876

gafol-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gafol-lic, adj.

Connected with tribute or taxes

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Ox. 6, 20

ge-recedness

Grammar
ge-recedness, ge-reccedness.
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Ox. 181. la. a history, story, narrative :-- Her onginneð seó gerecednes be Antioche . . and be Apollonige, Ap. Th. l, l. þǽreǽrran gerecednyssa prioris instrument!; the Old Testament, An. Ox. 1676.

Linked entries: recenness reced-ness ge-reccedness

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, single ⬩ alone, solitary ⬩ excellent, peerless,

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Ox. 3082: preclaram, 3721. Hí ealle licgað on ǽnlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 29, 333. Tó Antiochia ðǽre ǽnlican byrig, 3, 298. On Eferwíc ðæt ǽnlice mynster, 26, 109. Tó ǽnlicum aurea (in astra), An. Ox. 1438. Hé oft dyde swýðe ǽnlice ðincg, Hml.

Linked entry: án-lic

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

clǽn-ness

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Ox. 5176. Clǽnnysse pudoris, 4176: celibatus, 9, 19. Clǽnnysse, geþincþe propositi, i. gradus, 3451. On clǽnnysse in proposito, i. gradu, 2565. Heortan clǽnnesse cordis munditiam, 40, 8. Add

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