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ge-gilda

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Gif hwilc gegilda forþfǽre, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó wilnie, 610, 35. Add

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Eal ðes ginna grund all this spacious earth, Exon. 116 a; Th. 445, 23; Dóm. 12: Cd. 5; Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104. Eall eorþan grund all the earth, 192; Th. 240, 5; Dan. 382. We men on grunde we men on the earth, Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 39; Hy. 9, 39.

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work

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Ðú hit worhtes eall . . ðeáh ðé nǽnegu nédþearf wǽre ealra ðara mǽrþa thou didst make it all . . though thou didst not need all those mighty works. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 51; Met. 20, 26. Mǽrþa fruma God, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 15; Edg. 41.

betst-boren

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Ealle þá betstboren men þe wǽron innan þisan lande, Chr. 1087 ; P. 224, 29. Add:

brémel-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
brémel-þorn, es; m.

A bramble

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A bramble Andlanges furh on brémelþornan on ðá ealdan díc, C. D. iii. 10, 22

teáh

Grammar
teáh, <b>. I.</b>
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Dryhten þone ealdan feónd gesǽlde in súsla grund and gefetrade fýrnum teágum, Pa. 60. Add

a-dýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-dýdan, -dýddan; p. -dýdde; pp. -dýded, -dýd; v. a. [a, dýdan to die]

To put to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ mortify ⬩ perdere ⬩ occidere

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Ðæt ic náteshwon nelle heonon forþ eall flǽsc adýdan mid flódes wæterum that I will not, by any means, henceforth destroy all flesh with the waters of a flood, Gen. 9, 11.

CEAF

(n.)
Grammar
CEAF, cef, es, ceafu

chaff; ⬩ palea

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Ðæt folc wæs todrifen ofer eall Egipta and cef to gadrienne dispersus est populus per omnem terram Ægypti ad colligendas paleas, Ex. 5, 7, 10, 12, 16, 18

Linked entry: cef

Lǽden-ware

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-ware, pl.

The Latins ⬩ the Romans

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The Latins, the Romans Lǽdenware wendon hié ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde the Romans turned them all into their own language, Past. Pref; Swt. 6, 3. On Lédenwara gereorde lingua Latinorum, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 4.

niht-gerím

(n.)
Grammar
niht-gerím, es; n.

Reckoning by days ⬩ number of days

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Ealra hæfde Similar entries v. and syxtig ðá hé forþ gewát and nigon hund eác nihtgerímes in all the number of his days when he died was nine hundred and sixty-five years, Cd. Th. 72, 28; Gen. 1193

gengan

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Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone portweall, Hml. S. 23, 267. For him Jordanen gengde on hinder Jordanis conversus est retrorsum, Ps. Th. 113, 3. Fengel geatolic gen[g]de, B. 1401.

leóþ

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Eác mé sceal áðreótan ymbe ealra þára Tróiána gewin tó ásecgenne, for ðon on spellum and on leóðum hiora gewin cúðe sindon (certamina, quae in fabulis celebrari solita sunt). Ors. 1. 8; S. 42, 14. Add

nafela

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Ylp is eall mid bánum befangen binnan þám felle bútan æt ðám nafelan, Hml. S. 25, 568. Ðonne þG gyrder habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc tó þínum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 22.

hláford-hyldo

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-hyldo, f. -hyld, -held[?] m; or -hyldu, e; f.

Fidelity to a lord, ⬩ loyalty

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Eall ðæt wé ǽfre for riht-hláfordhelde dóþ all that we ever do from true loyalty, L. C. E. 20; Th. i. 372, 10

Linked entry: riht-hláfordhyldu

ge-þafa

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Wé sceolon beón geþafan (geþafa, v. l.) ꝥ se God sié eallra ðinga betst hunc esse rerum omnium praecellentissimam confitemur, 34, 3; F. 136, 31. with dat.

un-æþelboren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþelboren, adj.

Not nobly born ⬩ not of noble birth

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Ealle cristene men, ǽgðer ge ríce ge heáne, ge æðelborene ge unæðelborene, and se hláford and se ðeówa, ealle hí sind gebróðra, Homl. Th. i. 260, 20

Linked entry: æþel-boren

mót-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
mót-weorþ, adj.

Entitled to attend a mot

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Entitled to attend a mot Ealle ða men ða beón mótwurðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 208, 32

nemnigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nemnigend-líc, adj.

Nominative

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Nominative Nominativus is nemnigendlíc, mid ðam casu wé nemnaþ ealle þing, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 17

ge-mænigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mænigfealdian, p. ode; pp. od

To multiply

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To multiply Gemænigfealdige ðis mihtig Dryhten ofer eów ealle adjiciat Dominus super vos, Ps. Th. 113, 22

Linked entry: ge-monigfealdian