garuwe
Yarrow ⬩ millefŏlium
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Yarrow; millefŏlium, Herb. 90; Lchdm. i. 194, 4, MS. B
gát-bucca
A he-goat ⬩ căper
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A he-goat; căper Gát-buccan hyrde a keeper of a he-goat, Ælfc. Gl. 20; Som. 59, 37; Wrt. Voc. 22, 78
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ge-æhtle
Estimation ⬩ consideration ⬩ æstĭmātio ⬩ delībĕrātio
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Estimation, consideration; æstĭmātio, delībĕrātio Hý, on wíggetawum, wyrðe þinceaþ eorla geæhtlan, they, in their war-equipments, appear of the estimation of earls, Beo. Th. 743; B. 369. Grein and Heyne give geǽhtla persecutor; cf. éhtan; then eorla
ge-ǽðed
Sworn ⬩ jūrātus
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Sworn; jūrātus Swágeǽðedra manna sýn twegen oððe þrý to gewituysse of such sworn men let there be two or three as witness, L. Edg. S. 6; Th. i. 274, 18
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gealga
A gallows ⬩ gibbet ⬩ cross ⬩ patĭbŭlum ⬩ crux
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A gallows, gibbet, cross; patĭbŭlum, crux Fraeoðes gealga a malefactor's gibbet, Rood Kmbl. 20; Kr. 10. Ðone óðerne he hét hón on gealgan altĕrum suspendit in crŭcem, Gen. 40, 22 : Deut. 21, 22 : Past. 3, 1; Swt. 33, 20; Hat. MS. 8 b, 7 : Apstls. Kmbl
gearewe
Yarrow ⬩ millefŏlium
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Yarrow; millefŏlium, Glos. Brux. Recd. 41, 45; Wrt. Voc. 67, 60
ge-arnung
Merit ⬩ reward ⬩ mĕrĭtum
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Merit, reward; mĕrĭtum Nǽnig efenlíc ðam, ǽr ne siððan, in worlde gewearþ, wífes gearnung no woman's reward in the world was equal to that, before nor after, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 23; Cri. 40
gearuwe
Yarrow ⬩ millefŏlium
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Yarrow; millefŏlium Seó reáde gearuwe the red yarrow, Lchdm. iii. 24, 2
eád-gifa
Giver of prosperity or happiness ⬩ prosperĭtātis vel beatitūdĭnis dător
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Giver of prosperity or happiness; prosperĭtātis vel beatitūdĭnis dător Engla eádgifa bliss-giver of angels, Andr. Kmbl. 147; An. 74: 901; An. 451: Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 22; Cri. 546
eáge-spring
A spring or twinkling of the eye ⬩ ocŭli ictus
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A spring or twinkling of the eye; ocŭli ictus, Som
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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an elderman, ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king; mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. The
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ealdor-dóm
Eldership, authority, magistracy, principality ⬩ auctōrĭtas, magistrātus, princĭpātus, prīmātns, dŭcātus
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Eldership, authority, magistracy, principality; auctōrĭtas, magistrātus, princĭpātus, prīmātns, dŭcātus He his ealdordom synnum aswefede he [Reuben] had destroyed his eldership by sins, Cd. 160 Th. 199, 8; Exod. 335. Is heora ealdordóm gestrangod confortātus
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HÉLA
The HEEL
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The HEEL Héla calx, Wrt. Voc. 283, 75. Hél calcaneum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 18. Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.] take hare's heel [lat. talum ], Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16. Heó gehýden hǽlun míne ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Th.
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here-serce
A coat of mail.
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A coat of mail. Beo. Th. 3027; B. 1511
here-téma
A leader of an army, of a people ⬩ a ruler ⬩ general
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A leader of an army, of a people, a ruler, general Se heretéma cyning selfa the leader, the king himself [Theodoric ], Bt. Met. Fox 1. 63; Met. 1, 31. Se heretýma, caldéa cyning. Cd. 205; Th. 253, 30; Dan. 603. Ðá cwæþ hé hwæs sunu is hit ðá cwæþ se
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here-toga
The leader of an army or of a people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul
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The leader of an army or of a people, a general; dux, consul Heretoga vel heorl dux, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 2; Wrt. Voc. 42, 11. Heretoga comes, Rtl. 193, 9. Of ðé forþgǽþ se heretoga seðe recþ mín folc ex te exiet dux, qui reget populum meum, Mt. Kmbl
higera
A magpie or a woodpecker
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A magpie or a woodpecker ; see Exon. 106b; Th. 406, 14; Rä. 25 where the name of a bird that can imitate various sounds is given by the runes G, A, R, O, H, I. Higera picus. Wit. Voc. 62, 34. Higere picus, 281, 5: gaia vel catanus, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som.
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hræd-bíta
blata
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An insect which eats away clothes, etc; blata, Wrt. Voc. 281, 44
hunig-súce
Privet
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Privet, a plant from which honey may be sucked Hunisúge ligustrum, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 31; Wrt. Voc. 33, 30. Hunisúce, Wrt. Voc. 68, 3
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húsel-genga
a communicant
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One who goes to the Lord's supper, a communicant Gif hé húslgengea síe, L. Win. 23; Th. i. 42, 7: L. In. 19; Th. i. 114, 11. Be húslgengum, 15; Th. i. 112, 4
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