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gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greedinessavaricevoracitygluttonyaviditasgula

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Ða niétenu for ðære gewilnunge hiera gífernesse simle lócigeaþ to ðære eorþan beasts because of their greedy desires ever look to the earth, Past. 21; Swt. 154, 20; Cot. MS.

Linked entry: giefernes

georn-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
georn-ful, -full; comp. -fulra; adj.

Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligentsollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens

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Geornfull ðú eart sollĭcĭta es, Lk. Bos. 10, 41. Wæs he on willsumnesse háligra gebeda gecneord and geornfull erat orātiōnum devōtiōni sollertissĭme intentus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 34.

Linked entry: gearnfull

ofer-gán

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Þá unrótnessa þe þú nú on eart, swá ilce ofergáð, swá þú cwist ꝥ þá blissa ǽr dydon, Bt. 8 ; F. 24, 34.

brice

(n.)
Grammar
brice, bryce, es; m. [from briceþ, brycþ, pres. of brecan to break ]

A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breachfractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio

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A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach; fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio Híg hine oncneówon on hláfes brice cognoverunt earn in fractione panis, Lk. Bos. 24, 35.

Linked entry: bryce

smítan

(v.)
Grammar
smítan, p. smát, pl. smiton; pp. smiten

to daub, smear, smudgeto defile, pollute to smear, anoint to cast linerestrike

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to daub, smear, smudge Ðú nymst his blód and smítst ofer útewerd Aarones swýðre eáre Ex. 29, 20. Smát, gemaercode inpingit (cf. inpingit gemearcode vel signat, 45, 59) Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 57.

for-wrégan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wrégan, fore-wrégan; p. de; pp. ed [wrégan to accuse]

To accuse stronglyvehementer accūsāre

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Ða Wælisce men forwrégdon ða eorlas the Welshmen accused the earls, 1048; Erl. 178, 24. He wæs oft to ðam cyninge forwreged he had often been accused to the king, 952; Erl. 118, 27: 1068; Erl. 206, 33.

Linked entry: fore-wrégan

græfa

(n.)
Grammar
græfa, græfe[?], an
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Earle in his note on this word, p. 300, suggests a translation other than that given by previous editors. By them it has been translated 'coal,' he suggests 'gravel.'

hæfenleást

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Þis earme wíf mé gesóhte . . . Gif þú mihtest myltsian, and noldest, gebringe þé se Hǽlend tó hyre hafealeáste, Hml. S. 3, 187. Ðǽr wana þurh þǽre stówe hæfenleáste sý ubi necessiias loci eæposcit, R. Ben. 65, 6

clypung

(n.)
Grammar
clypung, clepung, e; f.

Articulationspeaking outthe forming of wordsa cryeloquium,clamor

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Clypung mín infærþ [ineóde, Lamb.] on eárum his clamor meus introivit in aures ejus Ps. Spl. 17, 8. Clypunga the kalends; kalendæ Ælfc. Gr. 13;Som. 16, 19

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

pyle

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Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne wynstran hand innewearde and lecge tó þínum eáron, Tech. ii. 126, 6. Bið se elnboga underléd mid pyle, Past. 143, 18.

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

be-þeccan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þeccan, bi-þeccan; p. -þeahte, -þehte, pl. -þeahton, -þehton; pp. -þeaht, -þeht

To cover, cover over, concealtegere, contegere, operire

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To cover, cover over, conceal; tegere, contegere, operire Ða róde earme beþeahte he covered the cross with his arm, Elen. Kmbl. 2470; El. 1236: Cd. 185; Th. 230, 26; Dan. 239.

blódig

(adj.)

bloodthirsty

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Ox. 3023. smeared with blood Þá eár wǽron blódege (cruentae), Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 28. On blódigum limum, Hml. S. 31, 981. Blódigum (cruentis) handum, An. Ox. 11, 149. of colour, red as blood Ástígeþ blódig wolcen, Bl.

ofer-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-sprǽce, adj.

speaking too much, talkative, loquaciouszungun linguam magniloquumsaying more than is just or true

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Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, ' Prov. Kmbl. 58. Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum, Homl.

ságol

(n.)
Grammar
ságol, es; m.

A staff, cudgel, club

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Ða ságlas (vectes) sticiaþ inn on ðám hringum ða earce mid tó beranne . . . Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon ða earce bere on ðǽm ságlum, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 171, 5-12. Hié Claudium mid ságlum of beótan, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 26.

reord-berend

(n.)
Grammar
reord-berend, es; ;m.;

One gifted with speech, a man;

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Reordberende, earme eorþware, 24, 8; Cri. 381 : 63, 26; Cri. 1025.C Sceall ǽghwylc reordberendra riht gehýran, Elen. Kmbl. 2561; El. 1282. Ðǽr leán cumaþ reordberendum, Exon. Th. 84, 5; Cri. 1369. Hé reordberend> lǽrde under lyfte, Andr.

hláford-swica

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swica, an; m.

A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord

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Hér sind on earde on mistlíce wísan hláfordswican manige here in the land are in divers manners many traitors, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 88: 110, 176

cunnian

(v.)
Grammar
cunnian, p. ode, ade , ede; pp. od , ad , ed ; v. a.

to prove, try, inquire, search into, seek for, explore, examine, investigate, tempt, venture probare, tentare, explorare, requirere, experiri, periclitari with gen. To have, experience of, to make trial of periclitari, experiri

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Uncúþne eard cunnian to seek for an unknown home, Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 1; Cri. 1418: Beo. Th. 2893; B. 1444 . Se cunnaþ Dryhtnes meahta he tempteth the Lord's might, Salm. Kmbl. 454; Sal. 227.

hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
hyldan, heldan; p. de; trans.and intrans.

To bendinclineheeltilt

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To bend, incline, heel, tilt Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíðe fæstlíce ðæt heó ne helt on náne healfe thou hast fixed earth very firmly, so that it does not incline to any side, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 36. Heldeþ, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 327; Met. 20, 164.

Linked entries: heldan hylde hyldere

irman

(v.)
Grammar
irman, p. de

to afflictvex

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Hé hæfde him tó gamene hú hé eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde he [Nero] made it his sport, how he could vex and torment the kings of this earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47.

Linked entry: ge-irman