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díhglum

(adj.)
Grammar
díhglum, díhlum = díglum

secret, retired, shady

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secret, retired, shady On díhglum stówum in shady places, Herb. 38 ; Lchdm, i. 138, 22. On díhlum in secret, Mt. Bos. 6, 6; dat. pl. of dígol, q. v

Linked entry: díhlum

eáwesclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
eáwesclíce, adv. [eáwan to shew, manifest]

Openly pălam

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Openly; pălam Ðætte seó sáwl in deágolnisse þrówiende wæs, ðætte se líchoma eáwesclíce fóretácnode quod anĭma in occulto passa sit, căro pălam præmonstrābat, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 17

-isse

(suffix)

-issa

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-issa, which in later English became the common suffix to mark the feminine gender, is found before the Norman Conquest in the word abbud-isse abbess

stæþ

(n.)
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a stay Stæð safon (in a list of nautical words. In a similar list stæg, q. v., occurs as the gloss),Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 63. Cf. stæððan, stæððig. (?)

Linked entry: stæg

þoll

(n.)
Grammar
þoll, es; m.
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A thole or thowl, a peg in the side of a boat to keep the oar in place Þoll scalmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 79. Thol, ii. 120, 15

Linked entries: þol wægn-þoll

fæsten-wicu

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-wicu, an; f.
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A week of fasting, a week in Lent On þám drihtenlican dæge þǽre forman fæstenwucan on the Sunday of the first week in Lent, Hml. S. 23 b, 111

léf

(n.)
Grammar
léf, n.
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The Latin which the citation translates is: Si in quarta ventus fuerit parui panes sunt in illo anno, so that léf seems = hláf. v. Archiv cxxviii. 56, 12

of-hyrian

(v.)
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to imitate Ic seó in þám forðgelǽddan wætere of þám stáne ꝥ hé ofhyrede (on-, v. l.) Móysen in aqua ex petra producta Moysen video, Gr. D. 120, 14

Linked entry: hyrian

hæc

(n.)
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In the following instances it is not easy to determine which of the meanings just given should be assigned in each case. In stánweges hæc the word seems to mean a gate; in the compound forms æt hacceburnan, C.

be-innan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-innan, prep. dat.

Inwithininintra

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In, within; in, intra Boétius ðá nánre frófre beinnan ðam carcerne ne gemunde then Boethius thought of no comfort within the prison Bt. 1; Fox 4, 2

Linked entry: binnan

forþ-geseón

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-geseón, p. -geseah, pl. -gesáwon; pp. -gesewen

To see forth, onward, or in frontprovĭdēre

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To see forth, onward, or in front; provĭdēre Hí forþgesáwon lífes látþeów they saw the guide of life in front, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 7; Exod. 103

freóls-stów

(n.)
Grammar
freóls-stów, e; f.

A festival-placelŏcus in quo festīvĭtas consecrātæ diei celebrāri solēbat

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A festival-place; lŏcus in quo festīvĭtas consecrātæ diei celebrāri solēbat On freóls-stówum [MS. -stówan] in festival-places, L. C. S. 38; Th. i. 398, 17

gif-heal

(n.)
Grammar
gif-heal, -heall, e; f.

A gift-hallhall in which gifts are distributedaula in qua dominus dona distribuit

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A gift-hall, hall in which gifts are distributed; aula in qua dominus dona distribuit Ymb ða gifhealle around the gift-hall, Beo. Th. 1680; B. 838

geddung

(n.)
Grammar
geddung, giddung, e; f.

A similitudeparableriddlesimilitudoparabola

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A similitude, parable, riddle; similitudo, parabola In geddungum in parabolis, Lk. Skt. Lind, 8, 10. Geddung parabola, 18, 9; 19, 11. Geddung ł onlícnis similitudo, 13, 6

ge-risen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risen, -risne[?], es; n.

A seizingrapina

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A seizing; rapina Ne begitest ðú ná ðæt ríce on gerisne woruldlícra þinga non in præda, nec in rapina regnum tibi dabitur, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 78, 5

Linked entry: -risen

þrístling

(n.)
Grammar
þrístling, (?), es; m.

A bold person

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A bold person; found in the local name which occurs in the following passage On þrístlinga dene; of þrístlinga dene ufeweardre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 28

ge-lómlǽcnys

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Substitute: A numerous assembly Gesettað dæg symbel on gelómlécnessum constituite diem sollemnem in confrequentationibus, Ps. Rdr. 117, 27. On gelómlǽcnyssum in condensis, Ps. Spl. 117, 26. ; gelómlicnes

ge-frásian

(v.)
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Gefrásende wéron in huelc mæht wundra dyde, of fuluiht gefrásas interrogates in qua potestate mira patraret, de baptismo Iohannis interrogat, Mt. p. 18, 19-19, I. Add

wilde

(adj.)
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powerful Ac ꝥ is bedeóhlod ús hweþer þá wyldre wǽre in Stephane and þone sigor áhte sed quid in eo vicerit nos latet, Gr. D. 320, 24

spíder

(n.)

a spider

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Hér com in gangan in spíder wiht, hæfde him his haman on handa, Lchdm. iii. 42, 11. The passage is the beginning of a charm