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sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, es ; m.
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Ic siges mihte eów sille, ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ, Wulfst. 132, 19. Se cyng áhte siges geweald victory remained with the king, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 201, 12. Hí mid mycele sige ( triumpho magno ) hám fóran, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 480, 32.

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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.: <b>grin,</b> es; n. and add: a snare for taking game, &amp;c. (lit. and metaph.) Hé cymð suá suá grin ofer ealle ðá ðe eardiað ofer eorðan, Past. 129, 22. Úre sáwl is áhred of grine (girene, Ps.

swegel

(n.)
Grammar
swegel, swegl, es; n.
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gamen gehýran on heofonum, Cd. Th. 42, 18; Gen. 675. Swegles leóman. Cd. Th. 286, 13; Sae. 351. Swegles leóht, 266, 27; Sae. 28. Englas feredon sóþfæste sáwle innan swegles leóht, Chr. 1065; Erl. 198, 9. In swegles wuldre, Judth.

gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
gilpan, gielpan, gylpan, ic gilpe, gielpe, gylpe, ðú gilpst, gielpst, gylpst, he gilpþ, gielpþ, pl. gilpaþ, gielpaþ, gylpaþ; p. gealp, pl. gulpon; pp. golpen

To gloryboastdesire earnestlygloriari

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Ðæt hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste that he liked to boast of such sport, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 38; Met. 9, 19. Ðæt ðú wile gilpan that thou wilt boast, Salm. Kmbl. 409; Sal. 205.

Linked entries: gielpan gelpan

hár

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Gamele ne móston háre heaðorincas hilde onþeón, Exod. 241. ¶ used substantively, a grey-haired person :-- Hí háres hyrste Higeláce bǽron, B. 2988. Tunge þínre hárra lingua canum (as if canorum?) tuorum, Ps.

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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Cf. ge-sweotulung; Gamena angin ealderdóm geswutelaþ ( cum pueriles) ludorum gesticulatio (pontificalem futuri praesulis) auctoritatem portenderit, An. Ox. 2874. Mid þissum wordum se wítega gesweotulað (ostendit) ꝥ . . . R. Ben. 21, 13.

ge-grípan

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Ne bið gegripen non rapitur, 71. to take, catch game Wildeór gegrípan, Hml. S. 23 b, 735

wyn-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-sum, adj.

winsomeagreeablepleasantpleasantjoyous

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Wynsum gamen sales, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 54. Wynsum glíw facetiae, 61, 19. Wensum lepida (sermonum series), Hpt. Gl. 512, 55. Wynsumere ł fægere venustae, 456, 41.

wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wulf, es; m.

a wolfused in reference to outlaws

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[Gamelyn woluesheed was cryed and maad, Gam. 700.Cf. wearg, and see Grmm. R. A. 734.] applied to a cruel person Se biscop cwæþ tó ðæm hǽþnan kásere: 'Ne gang ðú ná on Godes hús; ðú hafast besmitene handa, and ðú eart deófles wulf,' Shrn. 58, 9.

Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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dancing, athletics, various games, music, as in strengleikr, leika = to play, to lake in the dialect of the North of England.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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.), cause a person to experience something :-- Þá bǽdon hig sume þæt Samson móste him macian sum gamen, Jud. 16, 25. (3b) to make peace, to bring about a condition of Nis ná tó forgytane ꝥ góde frið þe hé macode on þisan lande, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 13.

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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</b> to play (a game), exercise one's self in any way for the sake of amusement :-- Ða cild rídaþ on heora stafum, and manigfealdne plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5 ; Fox 180, 9. Samson plegode him ætforan ludens Samson, Jud. 16, 27.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

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Hé hæfde him tó gamene . . . hú hé eorðcyningas yrmde, Met. 9, 47: Sat. 196: Exod. 244. qualifying an adj. or adv. Gé ne geþenceað . . . hú fela (hú monige, R. quot ) wylegena gé námon, Mt. 16, 9. Gemyne hú mycel yfel þé gelamp, Bl.

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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MSS.) monn sceal forsión, Past. 37, 2; Swt. 265, 17. used adjectivally, like that already described, agreeing with a noun Hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, Met. 9, 19. Swylces morðres, 32.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

habban

Grammar
habban, A.
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Búton se biscep hié mid him habban wille, Past. 9, 6.Habban mé dæt tó gamene, 249, l : Bl. H. 113, 34. (β) a clause :-- Hæfdon monige unwíse menn him tó worde ꝥ sió hate nǽre for heora synnum, Ors. 1, 7; S. 40, 7.

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Ðú dwollíce leofast swylce ðé tó gamenes thou livest foolishly as if it were sport for you, Homl. Ass. 6, 141. marking time, marking a point of time at which something takes place Etan tó middes dæges (meridie), Gen. 43, 16; Ps.

Linked entry: -anne