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ende-byrdnes

Grammar
ende-byrdnes, (-bred-, in Northern specimens).

a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance

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Add: a row, series, rank of objects on the same level Ðá xii apostolas and siððan ealle ðá endebyrdnessa ðára biscopa ðe ðǽræfter fylgeað universus pastorum ordo, Past. 105, 6. Heó hæfð on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, Lch. i. 188

Eotol

(n.)
Grammar
Eotol, Eatol, Etol (-el, -ul), es; n.

Italy

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Italy Eotoles Hesperie (= esperie, i. italie westdǽles, An. Ox. 2583 (Ald. 35, 21)), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 55: 43, 23. On Eotole Hesperie, 91, 28. In Eatole in Latin, 93, 60: 47, 34. On Eatule, Víd. 70

Linked entries: Eatole Italia

feferig

(adj.)
Grammar
feferig, febrig (q. v. in Dict.) ; adj.

Feverish

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Feverish Gif hé feforig sý, Lch. i. 334, 21

Linked entry: febrig

framung

(n.)
Grammar
framung, fromung (q.v. in Dict.), e; f.
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Profit, advancement Ǽlc framung ( profectus ) of rǽdincge and smeáunge forþstæpþ, Scint. 219, 9. On háligre spǽce framunge þú gemést in sacro eloquio profectum inuenies, 2: Angl. xiii. 398, 480

for-strogdness

(n.)
Grammar
for-strogdness, dispersion (?). Forstrogdnis is given as the gloss to praecipitationis in Ps. 51, 6, Nap. 25.
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This word is glossed by fortrúgadnisse in Ps. Srt. 51, 6: Ps. Spl. T. 51, 4: could for-strogdnis be an error for this form?

for-súgan

Grammar
for-súgan, Substitute: To suck in (used of the spasmodic action of the stomach in hiccough? Cf. súgan; <b>II,</b> sogoþa)
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Lǽcedómas wið ádeádodum magan and gif hé forsogen sié, Lch. ii. 158, 14. Wiþ forsogenum magan oþþe áþundenum for a stomach troubled with hiccough or wind, 186, 17

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Substitute: To mix, blend Geblonden infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 77. Geblanden, 45, 17: confectum, 14, 49. to mix with :-- Is him þæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled wurman geblonden, Ph. 294. to mix things that should be kept separate :-- Ðona

full

(n.)
Grammar
full, a cup with liquor in it.
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Bæd hé þone bisceop blætsian his ful; hé nolde, and se dysiga dranc bútan bletsunge, Hml. S. 12, 70. Hé gesénode án wínes ful, and onsende sumum were, Shrn. 126, 17. Ðreó full gódes wínes, Lch. i. 196, 13. [Þe ilke þat halt þene nap, he hine drinkeð up

ge-bendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bendan, to put in bonds.
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Hiene þá burgleóde gebundon . . . Ac hé fealh of þǽm bendum þe hiene mon gebende (lapsus e vinculis), Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 13. Man þá hálgan hæfte and gebende, Hml. S. 23, 105. Gebænde, Wlfst. 14, 6. xi síðan hund þúsenda hí lǽddon gebende, 296, 26. Add

gehæg-holt

(n.)
Grammar
gehæg-holt, a copse in an enclosure (?),
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a copse where there is pasture(?) Ðis synt ðá denbǽra ðe tó ðissum londe belimpað . . . gehægholt, C. D. ii. 195, 16

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, a secret place. In Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13 perhaps ge-hídum should be read for gehildum. Cf. ge-hýddum
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abditis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 34: 4, 17

ge-lísnes

Grammar
ge-lísnes, redemption, v. ge-lésness in Dict. : <b>ge-lisþelicnis.</b>
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Dele, and see ge-hýþclicnes

ga-máhlic

Grammar
ga-máhlic, Take here <b>ge-máglic</b> in Dict., and add: , <b>ge-málic</b>
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Tó ðǽm gemálecan ad inportunum (cf. An. Ox. 807 under ge-máh). Wrt. Voc. ii. a. l. shameless, impudent For þan wé nellan nán gýmeleás yrfe forgyldan, búton hit forstolen sý; mænige men specað gemáhlice sprǽce (many men make most impudent claims for compensation

geópan

(v.)
Grammar
geópan, The subject of the riddle is a bow, the poison it first takes in, then spits out, is the arrow.

This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, to be fitting. [In line 11 2. gerise bet.]
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Add: with noun subject þænne dream gerist. Men. 58. Fǽmne ast hyre bordan geríseð, On. Ex. 64 : 67. I a. with dat. of object Ðé gerist mára campdom. Hml. Th. i. 418, 8. Dam aide ne gehrtseð (conuenil) Ssceapa, Lk. L. 5, 36. with pronoun subject, referring

ge-célan

Grammar
ge-célan, [The passage in I is from Lch. i. 146, 14.]
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Ðætte hé gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre and mid ðǽm gecéle míne tungan, Past. 309, 7. Gekéle (-céle, v.l.) Gr. D. 304, 18: 310, 14. ꝥte geceóla tunga mín ut refrigeret linguam meam, Lk. L. 16, 24. Þæt hé hys ( Dives ) þurst myd þí gecélde, Solil

ge-wítendlic

Grammar
ge-wítendlic, In l. 6 l. gewítendlicum, and add: ge-witenlic perishable.
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v. ge-wítan; 4 Gewítendlicum lífe sole uolubili, presenti uita, Germ. 388, 3. Gewítendlic deciduam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 19. Hohfulnesse be þingum gewítendlicum sollicitudinem de rebus transitoriis, R. Ben. I. 16, 10. Gewítendlicum caducis, Angl. xiii.

Linked entries: -wítendlic ge-witenlic

gistern-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gistern-lic, (<b>gysternlic,</b> q. v. in Dict.); adj.
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Of yesterday Ðám dæge ne fyligð merigenlic dæg, for ðan ðe him ne forestóp se gysternlica, Hml. Th. i. 490, 20. Dæg se georstenlica dies hesterna, Hy. S. 47, 10

Linked entry: georsten-lic

gistran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gistran-dæg, (gyrstan-dæg, q. v. in Dict.), es; m.
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Yesterday Swá geostrandæg (deg geostran, Ps. Srt.) dies hesterna, Ps. Th. 89, 4. Gierstandæge horno, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 35. Be þám þú gyrstandæge cwæð, Guth. 74, 4. Gyrstandæg heri, Jn. 4, 52: An. Th. 22, 1. Gyrstandæg (girston-, georsten, v. ll. ), Ælfc

Linked entries: gierstan-dæg georstan-dæg

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

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