biter-nys
BITTERNESS ⬩ amaritudo
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Th. ii. 220, 18. Ðæs múþ full is biternysse cujus os plenum est amaritudine, Ps. Spl. second 9, 8. Nolde his onbyrian for ðære biternysse he would not taste it for its bitterness, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 18, 19
Linked entry: bitter-nes
ge-weaxan
To grow ⬩ grow up ⬩ crescere
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Gyf hit geweaxen man sý fæste I geár if he be grown man let him fast one year, L. Ecg. P. iv. 52; Th. ii. 218, note 11, line 9
Linked entry: ge-wæxen
hwatung
Divination
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P. ii. 23, title; Th. ii. 180, 36.
Linked entry: hwat
sóþ-cyning
The king of truth or justice ⬩ the Deity
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[Sóþ and cyning often occur together in the nominative, but it is doubtful whether they form a compound]
Linked entry: sóþ-fæder
grytt
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Gryt grues (the word occurs in a list headed ' Incipit de frugibus. ' The same gloss is given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 30. In this case comparison may be made with Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 22 where grues is written for the cams of Ald. 153, 28), Wrt.
Linked entry: gryt
M
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In some inflexions m is no longer found; so in the 1st pers. sing. pres. indic. eom is the only instance in which the old person-ending has maintained itself; though beón, dón, and gán offer occasional instances of its retention in the Northern Gospels
-el
a steeple
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a steeple
GALAN
To sing ⬩ enchant ⬩ call ⬩ cănĕre ⬩ incantāre ⬩ insŏnāre ⬩ clāmāre
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To sing, enchant, call; cănĕre, incantāre, insŏnāre, clāmāre Seó ne gehérþ stemne galendra, and átterwyrhtan galendes wíslíce quæ non exaudiet vōcem incantantium, et venēfĭci incantantis săpienter, Ps. Lamb. 57, 6. Sorh-leóþ gæleþ he sings a sad lay,
Linked entries: galdere ge-gælen galdor-galend galdor-galende
hinder-geap
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ge-glengan
To adorn ⬩ embellish ⬩ set in order ⬩ compose ⬩ ornāre ⬩ cōmĕre ⬩ compōnĕre
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P. 5; Th. ii. 366, 2. Ic geglenge cōmo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 13. Ic smicere geglengce orno, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 116; Wrt. Voc. 54, 58.
Linked entry: glengan
ram-hund
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In a MS. of much earlier date (13th cent.) it is said: Canem, qui in pluuia sine alicuius cura, uigilat, quem Angli dicunt renhund (rén-, regn- ? or could ren = ærn. Cf. ren-degen), xii d., Lbmn. 367, n.
eást
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Gl. 451, 13, 16 are, Eoae i. orientis þára eástan (in margin) . . . Indiae þǽre eástan: in Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 73 Eoae is glossed by eástdǽlas), An. Ox. 1894. Andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares, C. D. B. ii. 305, 240. On þonæ eásteran weg, C.
wistfullian
To feast
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To feast Ic wistfullige epulor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 146, 1. Tíma is ðæt ðú mid ðínum gebróðrum wistfullige on mínum gebeórscipe, Homl. Th. i. 74, 15. Utan wistfullian epulemur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 62.
Linked entry: wist
gifre
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Ic wát eardfæstne ánne standan, deáfne dumban, sé oft swilged gifrum lácum (the subject of the riddle is a bookcase, the gifre lác are books), Rä. 50, 3. 7u In Rä 270 a book is the subject. Add
ge-lýfedlíc
Allowable, permissible ⬩ lĭcĭtus, permissus
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Allowable, permissible; lĭcĭtus, permissus Nis hit náht gelýfedlíc it is not allowable, L. E. I. 39; Th. ii. 436, 35
níd-micel
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The full passage in Bl. H. is: Medmycel ǽrende wé þyder habbað, and ús is þearf ꝥ wé hit þéh gefyllon we have an unimportant errand thither, and we must however carry it out, 233, 11.
blissian
To rejoice, exult, be glad or merry ⬩ lætari, gaudere, exultare, ovare ⬩ To make to rejoice, to gladden, delight, exhilarate ⬩ lætificare
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Ic blissige [Spl. blissie] ofer spæce ðínre lætabor ego super eloquia tua, Ps. Lamb. 118, 162. Blissaþ se rihtwísa on Drihtne lætabitur justus in Domino, Ps. Lamb. 63, 11: 57, 11: Andr. Kmbl. 1268; An. 634.
Linked entry: blyssian
friþ-bræc
A peace-breaking ⬩ breach of the peace ⬩ pācis violātio
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A peace-breaking, breach of the peace; pācis violātio Gyf binnan byrig gedón biþ seó friþbræc if the breach of the peace be committed within a city, L. Eth. ii. 6; Th. i. 286, 30. Is ðæt friþbrec that is a breach of the peace, ii. 5; Th. i. 286, 26
stæf-cræft
the art of letters ⬩ grammar ⬩ skill in letters ⬩ learning ⬩ study
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Gramma is on Englisc stæf, and grammatica is stæfcræft, 50; Zup. 289, 10.
Linked entry: stæf-cyst
brycg-geweorc
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fabrica, v. 234; factio, i. 218: ii. 48; fundatio, iv. 66: 134; instauratio, vi. 96; juvamen, iv. 104: 132; munimen, ii. 133: 341; munitio, iii. 158; obsequium, iv. 140; operatio, i. 216; opus, v. 9; reaedificatio, ii. 168: 347; recuperatio, iii. 149