un-gefóglíc
Immense ⬩ enormous
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I. 26; Th. ii. 422, 20
ge-þingþu
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on-sting
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Icc nelle nâteswhôn geþafian ꝥ þaer æ̂nig man æ̂nigne onstyng habbe on æ̂nigum þingum, Cht. E. 303, 10
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
wlite-sceáwung
Sion
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The word is used to translate Sion Bið gesegen God in wlitesceáwunge (-scéwunge, Bd. S. 547, 39) uidebitur Dominus in Sion, Bd. 3, 19; M. 212, II
þyrstan
To thirst
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Th. ii. 274, 3. Grammar þyrstan, with nom. of person suffering thirst; see also extracts from Northern Gospels in I. Grammar þyrstan, absolute Mín sáwl on ðé þyrsteþ sitivit in te anima mea, Ps. Th. 62, 1. Ðyrsteþ sáwul mín, Ps. Surt. 42, 3: 62, 2.
-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,
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hinder-geap
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ful-
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in composition, denotes the fulness, completeness or perfection of the meaning of the word with which it is joined
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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.
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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.
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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]
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fleótan
To FLOAT ⬩ swim ⬩ fluctuāre ⬩ nătāre ⬩ nāvĭgāre
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Th. ii. 564, 13. Oft scipu scríðende scrinde fleótaþ illic nāves pertransībunt, Ps. Th. 103, 24. Fleát fámigheals forþ ofer ýðe the foamy necked one floated forth over the wave, Beo. Th. 3822; B. 1909
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þorp
an assemblage ⬩ the assemblage of workers on an estate ⬩ the estate on which they worked ⬩ hamlet ⬩ village
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In the end the meaning came to be hamlet, village, in which sense it remained for some time in English, e.g.: The word is now obsolete, but it remains in a great many local names, either alone or in composition; though, as such names are found mostly
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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