sige
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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
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.: <b>grin,</b> es; n. and add: a snare for taking game, &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
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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.
Linked entries: swegel-horn swegl be-falden
gilpan
To glory ⬩ boast ⬩ desire earnestly ⬩ gloriari
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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.
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
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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
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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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.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
wulf
a wolf ⬩ used 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
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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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.
macian
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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
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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.
hú
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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
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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.
habban
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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.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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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.
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