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plantian

(v.)
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Búton hé of his hiéremonna móde ðá ðornas ðǽre ídlan lufan ǽr úp átuge, unnyt hé plantode on hí ðá word ðǽre hálgan láre, Past. 443, 1

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, a hook.
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Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 75. Add

óþ-spurnan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-spurnan, -spornan
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Næs gecweden ðæt his fót æt stáne óþspurne, 29, 3— Cf. æt-spurnan

gescot-feoht

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Æt gescotfeohta, Ps. Th. 75, 3. Add

Linked entry: feoht

ge-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tucian, to torment, ge-tucian to adorn. Substitute: ge-túcian; p. ode.
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Man hí tó eallre yrmðe getúcode, and heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum, 71

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greedinessavaricevoracitygluttonyaviditasgula

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Greediness, avarice, voracity, gluttony; aviditas, gula Gífernys biþ ðæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige oððe æt his mǽle to micel þicge mid oferflówendnysse ǽtes oððe wǽtes greediness is a man's eating before the time, or taking too much at his meal

Linked entry: giefernes

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
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Heó nolde þá béc ágifan ǽr heó wyste hú getríwlíce hé hí æt landum healdan wolde ( quam fidem de beneficio tenere vellet ), Cht. Th. 202, 26. Getréwlíce ic dóm in hine fiducialiter agam in eo, Ps. Srt. 11, 6. Gitríwalíce fideliter, Rtl. 30, 19.

gang-dagas

Grammar
gang-dagas, Add:

days on which processions were made during which prayers for peace and prosperity were recited.

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Ofer Eástron ymbe gangdagas oþþe ǽr, 892; P. 82, 30. Sé þe stalað . . . on Gang-dagas . . . wé willað . . . sié twybóte. Ll. Th. i. 64, 24. Bútan wíte oð Gongdagas, 222, 23. Inne ðá háli wuca æt Gangdagas in sancta ebdo-mada rogationum C.

Mealdumes burh

(n.)

Malmsbury

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Malmsbury Aldhelme abbode æt Mealdumesbyrig, Cod. Dip. Birch 154, 6. Æt Meldum, ðæt is óðrum naman Maldumes buruh geclypud, 24, Binnon Mealdelmes byrig, Chr. 1015; Erl. 152, 3: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 312, col. 2

nese

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'Næse, lá, nese, ' 49, 12. where a prohibition is assented to 'Þ án ic þé bebeóde, ꝥ þú . . . ne forgite ꝥ ꝥ ic ǽr tǽhte.

Cwat-brycg

(n.)
Grammar
Cwat-brycg, cwat-bricg,e; f. [Ethelw. Cantbricge: Flor. Quatbrig: Hunt. Quadruge: Matt. West. Quantebridge] Bridgenorth in Shropshire; oppidi nomen in agro Salopiensi
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Hí gedydon æt Cwatbricge be Sæfern they arrived at Bridgenorth on the Severn, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 43, col. 1: col. 2 has Brygce. Æt Cwatbrycge, Th. 174, 1, col. 1, 2.

a-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten.

to fight againstattackassailimpugnareexpugnareto tear or pluck outevellere

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Grn. 34, 1. to tear or pluck out; evellere Ǽr hit afohten foldan losige priusquam evellatur, Ps. Th. 128, 4

fyrn-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-geweorc, es; n.

An ancient workpriscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus

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An ancient work; priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus Ǽr ðon endige fród fyrngeweorc before his wise ancient work shall end, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 14; Ph. 48: 57 a; Th. 204, 9; Ph. 95: Andr. Kmbl. 1473; An. 738.

glenge

(n.)
Grammar
glenge, es; m.

An ornament

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An ornament Hwǽr beóþ ðonne ða glengeas and ða mycclan gegyrelan ðe he ðone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode where shall then be the ornaments and the grand apparel with which he before decked his body? Blickl. Homl. 111, 35. Glengas, 99, 24, 19: 115, 2.

Linked entry: glenc

án-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
án-gilde, adj.
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To be compensated for, for which ángilde (q.v.) is to be paid Búton hiora hwæðer ǽr þingode ꝥ hé hit ángylde healdan ne þorfte unless either of them previously made the condition that he was not to be liable to make compensation for damage done to the

full-dón

(v.)
Grammar
full-dón, p. -dyde
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To complete, perform Eall ꝥ yfel ꝥ hí ǽr ðan begunnon, hí ꝥ eall syððan fuldydon, Hml. S. 23, 388. Hí þæt fuldón hoc perficiant, R. Ben. 70, 21.

Linked entry: dón

ge-dihtnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dihtnian, p. ode
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Þ God ǽr ealre worulde gedihtnode (geteohhode v.l.) him tó forgifenne quod eis Deus ante secula disposuit donare, 54, 26

ge-forewyrdan

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ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5

hærfest-lic

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August 20), fíf dagum ǽr Sc̃e Bartholomeus mæssan (August 25), Guth. Gr. 157, 59. of harvest, v. hærfest; II Hé wearð ofslagen þurh þǽre sunnan hǽtan on hærfestlicre tíde mortuus est in diebus messis hordeaceae, Hml. A. 108, 198

in-gán

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Hé hine swá swýþe deóplíce mid his láre ineóde þæt hé nǽfre ǽr ne syþþan swylc ne gehýrde numquam ante neque post tam magnam profunditatem scientiae se ab ullius ore audisse testatur, Guth. Gr. 163, 46.