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In later English the place of the earlier g is often taken by y, sometimes by w; as, - Geár a year, dæg a day, dagas days. etc; morg(en) morrow, sorg = sorrow, etc.

cíte

(n.)
Grammar
cíte, an; f.
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I. 112, 7) habban wið þæt geat, R. Ben. 126, 18. Gangende in þá cýtan (cellam) Benedictes, Gr. D. 140, 10. in a local name, Cétwudu Chetwood, C. D. i. 292, 20

Linked entry: céte

lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
lǽnan, p. de

To lendgrantlease

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Ðæt hé hæbbe ðæt land æt Ludintúne iii. geár for ðám þreóm pundum ðe hé lǽnde, Chart. Th. 434, 33. Lǽne mé þrý hláfas commoda mihi tres panes, Lk. Skt. 11, 5. Lǽne mé ða bóc tó rǽdenne commoda mihi librum ad legendum, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 20.

Linked entry: ge-léned

geómor

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.

Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretchedtristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭserdoleful, miserabledepressed, sad, sorrowfulmiserymiserypitymĭsĕria

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Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe when thou host heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove, Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 29; Bo. 22. He wæg hyge geómurne he bare a mournful spirit, 52 a; Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310.

be-þencan

consider

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Ic eów sumes fyrstes geann ꝥ gé eów sylfe beþencean, Hml. S. 23, 188. þæt hí hí beðencan sceoldon. Hml. Thi ii. 424, 15. with clause Oð ꝥ hí beðóhton hú hí hine ácwealdon, Hml. S. 15, 59.

ge-tæl

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Th. i. 98, 19-33. recounting, telling of Æfter getal tuoentig féuer aldra post expositionem viginti quattuor seniorum, Mt. p. 10, 1. v. gear-getæl, gear-getl, heáfod-getæl, heáfod-getel, míl-getæl, míl-getel, sealm-getæl, sealm-getel, seofon-getæl, seofon-getel

ge-hradian

(v.)
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Substitute: trans, (i) to cause a thing to be done rapidly Hé sóna getimbrian hét mǽrlic mynster on þreóra geára fæce. ꝥæt wile þincan ungeleáflic eallum þǽm þe þá stówe on uferum tídum geseóð and þis ne gemunaþ.

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
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Alle ðá ǽttrena and gett ðá rífista feerrǽsenda ǽc nétna sceðende omnia venenata et adne ferociora repentia et animalia noxia, Rtl. 125, 31. [ of things, destructive Ðére vii. niht gyf win[d] byoð, fír byð swýðe rýfe þý geáre si in septima nocte fuerit

ofer-gitan

(v.)

to forget, neglect

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Hí ofergéton (-geáton, MS. A. ) obliti sunt ðæt hí hláfas ne námon, Mk. Skt. 8, 14. Hié ofergeáton Godes dómas. Cd. Th. 155, 32; Gen. 2581. Spec . . . ðæt hié ofergieton (sýn ofergytende,MS. B.) ðisse sǽwe ege, St. And. 8. 15.

heolstor

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heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Helostr, heolstr secessus, Txts. 94, 901. Heolstre latebra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 18. Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan

sittan

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Add Ðá wæs tú geár ꝥ h é ꝥ bysceopsetl swá sæt and heóld duobus annis in episcopatu peractis, Bd. 4, 29; Sch. 526, 19. Hé ꝥ bysceopsetl sæt and heóld episcopalem cathedram seruat, 5, 12 ; Sch. 632, 5

án-wíg

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Golias clypode bysmor Godes folce, gearu tó ánwíge, Hml. S. 18, 21. Ðá gewearð him bám ꝥ hí twégen tó ánwíge eódon, 27, 53: Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17.

cnucian

(v.)
Grammar
cnucian, cnocian.
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Cnucigende æt þám geate, Hml. S. 10, 110. trans. to knock, strike, hit Þá stánas wendon swá ꝥ ðá cwelleras hí sylfe cnucodon, Hml. S. 11, 101. Hét hé mid stánum ðæs hálgan múð cnucian, Hml. Th. i. 428, 32: 432, 3: ii. 422, 25.

eáþelíce

(adv.)
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geáþ; but for form cf. gearfoþe under earfoþe) forléton Godes gesetnysse fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini, Jud. 3, 7

Linked entry: geáþ

on-týnan

(v.)
Grammar
on-týnan, <b>I c.</b>
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</b> add :-- Þá gyldnan geatu þe bilocen stódan hát ontýnan, Cri. 253. <b>I e.</b> add :-- to open the mouth for food (lit. and fig.), breath, &amp;c. Se mereweard múð ontýneð, wíde weleras, Wal. 53: Rä. 76, 4.

sumer

(n.)
Grammar
sumer, (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m.
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Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Gé witun ðæt sumor (-er, MSS. A. B. Lind. Rush.) ys gehende, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32. Ǽr sumor on tún gá before summer come, Lchdm. iii. 6, 1.

Linked entries: sumor sumur

twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.
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Skt. 6, 19. with other numbers Hundteóntig geára and seofon and twéntig geára, Gen. 23, 1. Seó menigu wæs án hund manna and twéntig, Homl. Th. i. 296, 18. Onbíd hér seofon and twéntig nihta, Blickl.

irþling

(n.)
Grammar
irþling, es; m.

a husbandmanfarmerploughman a cuckoo

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Geác cuculus, eorþling birbicaliolus, 63, 3-4. Yrþling berbigarulus vel tanticus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 60. Erdling bitorius, 102, 1. Erþling enistrius, 143, 57.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

mancus

(n.)
Grammar
mancus, es; m.

A mancusthe eighth of a poundthe sum of thirty pence

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Ic geann ǽlcum bisceope v. mancessa goldes, 544, 8. Án hund mancosa, 596, 9. Mancussa, 530, 13. Ǽnne beáh on þrittigan mancysan, 501, 9. Ánes beáges on sextigum mancussum goldes, 529, 4 : 531, 4. Mid xvi. mancussum reádes goldes, 536, 21.

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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cf. shrouds of a ship : Icel. skrúð the shrouds of a ship, standing rigging; tackle, gear) Is ðeós bát fulscríd, Ardr. Kmbl. 992 ; An. 496

Linked entry: -scrid