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þurh-hǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-hǽlig, adj.

Very holy

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Very holy Þurhháligere gerde sacrosancti viminis (Moses' rod), Hpt. Gl. 409, 70. Þuthháliges blódes sacrosancti cruoris, 503, 46.

byre

(n.)
Grammar
byre, gen. byres; dat. byre; acc. byre: pl. nom. acc. byras, byre; gen. byra; dat. byrum; m.

A son, child, descendant ⬩ natus, filius, soboles, proles

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A son, child, descendant; natus, filius, soboles, proles Ðonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde under heofonum than ever child of man heard under heaven, Exon. 57b; Th. 206, 18; Ph. 128: Beo. Th. 4113; B. 3053. Ðǽr hyre byre wǽron where her sons were, 2381; B.

Linked entry: ge-byre

bi-légan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-légan, p. -légde; pp. -légd
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To surround with flame; circumflagrare flamma Lége bilégde surrounded with flame [Ger. umlodert mit lohe] Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 7; Az. 16

gós-hafoc

(n.)
Grammar
gós-hafoc, es; m.
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Ger. gaus-hapich.]

dæftan

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For Glos. . . . 73 read Germ. 400, 476, and add Se fæder hét feccan þone cniht, and hine sóna scrýdde mid deórwurðum reáfum, and hét dæftan his búr mid pallum and mid wáhryftum wurðlíce þám cnihte, Hml. S. 35, 49

ífig-tearo

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Ýuiteruni (printed yuk-; for k = i v. 392, 59, 94) ederas, Germ. 389, 26

ge-cilcan

(v.)
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Ger. gi-kelkian.] Cf. níw-cilct

Linked entries: cilcan ge-cælcian

gryndan

(v.)

to found. ⬩ to come to the ground ⬩ to descend

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[Ger. gründen.] Similar entries v. ge-gryndan. to come to the ground, to descend Gryndende descendens, Cot. 68, Lye

cyre

(n.)
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Ger. churi; f.: Icel. kør; n.]

herian

(v.)
Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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To praise Ðé ic hérige swá swá wisne man te laudo ut sapientem, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 64: Ps. Th. 55, 4, 9. Ic herge, Exon. 41b; Th. 138, 28; Gú. 583. Ðæt ðæt mon hereþ hoc ipsum quod laudatur, Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 2. Leofaþ sáwl min and ðé hereþ

Linked entry: hergan

reáfol

(adj.)
Grammar
reáfol, adj.
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Rapacious Reáfol captator, Germ. 397, 19. Cild ácenned þríste reáful ofermód him sylfum gelícigende a child born on the thirteenth day of the moon will be bold, rapacious, arrogant, pleasing himself, Lchdm. iii. 190, 14. v. next word

ó-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
ó-heald, -hilde; adj.

Sloping, inclined

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Germ. 392, 53. Hóhyldo prona, 400, 118

Linked entry: hó-hylde

sperran

(v.)
Grammar
sperran, spirran, spyrran; p. de

To strike ⬩ spar ⬩ to struggle ⬩ to struggle, resist

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Spyrrynde verberans, Germ. 399, 411

Linked entry: spyrran

mis-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mis-boren, pp.

mis-born ⬩ mis-shapen at birth ⬩ abortive ⬩ degenerate

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M. 33, 34: ȝif hit (the child) is mis-born, as hit ilome limpeð.) degenerate Misboren degener, Germ. 393, 130

ge-íwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-íwian, ge-íwian.
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Gehíwygiende meditata (meditari indicare, significare, Migne), Germ. 390, 98. Ðá wǽron geiéwde, Past. 195, 18

scyttels

(n.)
Grammar
scyttels, scytels, es; m.

A bar ⬩ bolt

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Scyttylsum vectibus, Germ. 399, 349

Linked entry: scytels

hamacgað

(v.)
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Ger. ge-magén convalescere, cf. magian

ge-mǽd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mǽd, adj.

foolish ⬩ stultus ⬩ Troubled in mind, mad ⬩ amens

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Ger. ka-meit stultus : or ge-mæd? v. Leo 29]

Linked entries: mád mǽd ge-maad ge-mǽdan ge-méd

gicer

(n.)
Grammar
gicer, gycer, es ; n.
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Ger. iuchart jugerum.] Cf. geoc

Linked entry: gycer

wadu

(n.)
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Ger. wate sagena (v. Angl. xxx. 528). Cf. Icel. vaðr a fishingline. (?)

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