gliw
Glee ⬩ joy ⬩ minstrelsy ⬩ mirth ⬩ jesting ⬩ drollery ⬩ gaudium ⬩ musica ⬩ facetiæ ⬩ mimus
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Ðæt geára iú gliwes cræfte mid gieddingum guman oft wrecan what of yore, by art of minstrelsy, with their lays men oft related, 92 b; Th. 347, 12; Sch. 11. Wynsum gliw facetiæ, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 39; Wrt. Voc. 61, 19: Cot. 132: 214
Linked entry: gleow
ge-liþian
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Hé swá swýðe gebunden geare ongeat and georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad con-strictus nimis relaxari sejam posse desperabat, 326, 12
Linked entries: on-liþian ge-leoþian
geoguþ-hád
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In geogoðháde þæs líchaman costung wealleþ, and þonne fram þám fíftigoðan geáre cólað seó hǽte, Gr. D. 102, 21. Sé wæs þá gyt on his geogoðháde ( in annis juvenilibus ), 298, 25.
sígan
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Add Þá sáh him on ꝥ cyrlisce folc swíðe wédende (cf. gearn mycel menigeo tó him and ealle swíðe erre wǽron, Bl. H. 223, 5), Hml. S. 31, 466. Bellatores . . . healdað úrne eard wið þone sígendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 24. <b>II a.
mann-cwealm
Death of men ⬩ pestilence ⬩ mortality ⬩ slaughter
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Ðý ilcan geáre wæs micel mancwealm, Chr. 664; Erl. 34, 21. Wæs swíðe micel mancwealm (cf. se fǽrcwealm ðe his (Edgar ) leódscipe swýðe drehte and wanode, L. Edg. 5; Th. i. 270. 9), 962; Erl. 120, 5.
fore-weard
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[Þá þreó þúsend marc þe him seó cyng be foreweard ǽlce geáre gifan sceolde, 1103; P. 238, 24. Tó ꝥ forewearde ꝥ æfter his dæi scolde ꝥ land in tó þe minstre, 852; P. 65, 22.] Dele ', an ', and add:
Linked entries: on-foreweardan fór-weard
hund-nigontig
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Hé wæs nigon and hundnigontic geára nonaginta et novem erat annorum, Gen. 17, 24. Ofer nigon and hundnigontigum (hundneántig, L. hund*-*niontig, R.) rihtwísra super nonaginta nouem iustis, Lk. 15, 7.
þanc
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Add Ic geann him .vi. mæran mid .vi. coltan tó þance ( in gratitude ), Shrn. 159, 29. v. æf-, of-, ymb-þanc
anda
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Hé gealp gramlíce Gode on andan ( in envy of God ), Dan. 714. Feóndum on ondan in detestation of the devils, Gú. 745. On ondan þám . . . . 317. Nihtscúa onsendeð hæglfare hæleðum on andan ( in ill-will to men), Wand. 105.
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Gif ceorl geþeáh, ðæt he hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and cycenan [MS. ky-cenan ], bell-hús and burh-geat-setl, and sunder-note on cynges healle, ðonne wæs he ðonon-forþ þegen-rihtes weorþe if a free man thrived, so that he had fully
Linked entry: ciorl
binnan
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Bynnan healfon geáre, 204, 3. Binnon feówertig geára fæce, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 12: Chr. 947; P. 112, 25. Binnon þám fyrste, Hml. S. 5, 208. Grammar binnan, adv. Ðrím binnan, ðrim bútan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 58.
Exan ceaster
EXETER, Devon ⬩ cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis
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EXETER, Devon; cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis Se here Exan ceaster beseten hæfde the army had beset Exeter, Chr. 895; Th. 172, 12. He wende hine wið Exan ceastres he turned towards Exeter, Chr. 894; Th. 166, 31. Wið Exan cestres
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nǽnig
not any ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ no one ⬩ not any one
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Grammar nǽnig, used as an adjective, not any, none, no, Grammar nǽnig, without another negative Nǽnig óðer hý ǽfre má eft onlúceþ, Exon. Th. 20, 27; Cri. 324. Ðeáh ðe nǽnegu nédþearf wǽre, Met. 20, 25. Ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera, 16, 13. Naenge earbeðe
Linked entry: nán
scip-here
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On ðysum geáre wæs micel unfriþ on Angelcynnes londe þurh sciphere, 1001; Erl. 136, 2.
and-werdan
To answer ⬩ respondere
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To answer; respondere Abram hire andwerde Abram ei respondit. Gen. 16, 6
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Brent-ford
- Sim. Dun
- Hunt.
the river Brent ⬩ a ford, Brenford, ⬩ Brendeford ⬩ BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames ⬩ oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius
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BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames; oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius Eádmund cyng férde ofer Temese æt Brentforda king Edmund went over the Thames at Brentford
Linked entry: Brægent-ford
reáfian
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Se snáw gebryceþ burga geatu, reáfaþ swíðor mycle ðonne se swíðra níð, Salm. Kmbl. 65; Sal. 307. Reáfiaþ hine ( the vineyard ) ealle ða farende, Ps. Spl. 79, 13 : Blickl. Gl.
Bryttas
Britons ⬩ Britones ⬩ Bretons ⬩ Armoricani
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Bretons; Armoricani Ðý ilcan geáre fór se here of Sigene to Sant Laudan, ðæt is betweoh Brettum [Bryttum, col. 2, 3] and Francum in the same year the army went from the Seine to St.
Linked entry: Brettas
-metod
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Micel mildheortnys þæs metodan Dryhtnes, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 21. Menigfealde beóð þæs metodan Drihtnes egsan and swingla ofer scyldigum mannum, 328, 32 (both passages are alliterative).] Add: :-- Se metod eallra gesceafta (cf. se milda metod. Met. 29, 68
gán
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be guided ⬩ determined ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to go ⬩ be pregnant ⬩ to pass, elapse ⬩ to happen, come to pass, take place ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to be accepted ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ turn out so and so ⬩ to move away, depart ⬩ to relinquish ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to apply ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ to turn ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ go ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to pass, be paid, be allotted ⬩ to be appropriated ⬩ to be one of the constituent elements ⬩ be amongst the conditions requisite ⬩ to amount, be equivalent ⬩ to attain, reach, extend ⬩ to come ⬩ to take precedence of. ⬩ to produce, came out with ⬩ to accompany, be with ⬩ to be uttered ⬩ to begin, start ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation ⬩ to proceed to the business of a court
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Gáð from geate tó geate ðurh midde ðá ceastre, Past. 383, 2. Þú meahtest þe gán singende þone ealdan cwide, Bt. 14, 3; F. 46, 28. to take a specified course Hí gehátað holdlíce, swá hyra hyht ne gǽð, Leás. 14 : Ps. Th. 138, 11.