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wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss belongs is Vergil Eclogae, iv. 45, quoted by Aldhelm), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 33. Wád sandix, i. 32, 6: 68, 70: 79, 42. Waad fucus, 32, 7. Dolhsealf. Genim wádes croppan, Lchdm. ii. 94, 11.

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fleah

(n.)
Grammar
fleah, fleó, flió, flié, flíg; indecl. n: fleá, an; m.

A white spot in the eyealbūgo

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it, if the white speck spreads all over it, then he cannot see anything, Past. 11, 4; Hat.

tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffusespreadto pour away,to exhaust

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Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9. Tógoten is geofu in weolerum ðínum diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis. Ps. Surt. 44, 3.

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grǽg-hama

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As the epithet grǽg is applied to the mew, grǽghama might be a mew or gull.

hordian

(v.)
Grammar
hordian, p.ode

To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store

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Th. i. 66, 3. Hordiaþ eówerne goldhord on heofenum lay up your treasure in heaven ii. 104, 31

tó-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gangan, p. -géng; pp. -gangen.

to go in different directions,to partto go away,pass away

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M. 372, 20) wǽron digredientes ab invicem, S. 607, 36. to go away, pass away Ne tógongeþ gumena hwylcum eáþe ðæt ic ðǽr ymb sprice what I speak of does not easily pass away from any man (it is a bow that speaks, and the reference is to a wound from a

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set

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D. ii. 102, 29. ¶ in local names :--- perdono, cuius uocabulum est ruminingseta, ad pastum ouium trecentorum, C. D. i. 54, 33.

un-gehealdsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gehealdsum, adj.

Incontinent

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Incontinent Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, ðæt is ðæt se man ungehealdsum sý on hǽmede, and hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4.

roð-hund

(n.)
Grammar
roð-hund, es; m.

A large dog molossusblood-hound and band-dog

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[In later English vocabularies molossus is translated by blood-hound and band-dog. v. Wrt. Voc. i. 177, 15 :187, col. 2. ] Roðhund molosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 24 : 56, 41 : i. 288, 27. Rothundas molosos, ii.91, 9. Hroð-hund inutilis canis, i.23, 36

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geond-smeágan

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Voc. ii. 107, 25. In the Corpus Gloss. the entry immediately preceding that just given is, 'enixe, omnibus uirtutibus nitit,' v. Corp. Gl. H. 48, 211. This explains the mistake in Wrt.

geár-geriht

(n.)
Grammar
geár-geriht, es; n.

A yearly dueannuum dēbĭtum

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A yearly due; annuum dēbĭtum Gif preóst geárgerihta unmynegode lǽte, gebéte ðæt if a priest let the yearly dues pass unreminded, let him make amends for it, L. N. P. L. 43; Th. ii. 296, 15

ge-hagian

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

To please

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To please Swá hwylc swá ðæt sió ðæt hine to ðan gehagige ðæt he ða óðoro lond begeotan wille whoever it be that is ready to take the other lands, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. ii. 120, 24

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ceafer

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Voc. ii. 11, 46. Ic sænde ceferas an eów, Wlfst. 221, 7. ¶ in a local name ceafor-leáh, C. D. iii. 77, 26. Add

hærfest

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Berebryttan gebyreð corngebrot on hærfæste (in Augusta), 440, 2. iii dagas ǽlcre wucan on hærfest (in Augusta), 432, 32 : 434, 7. ¶ in a late MS. it is used as the name of the month, August :-- On Iuli mónðe. . . On hærfest. . .

gif

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and drync and cláþas if you want to know what is needful, [I will tell you;] it is meat and drink and clothes Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 4. past tense with future sense, and principal clause in indic.

ge-þofta

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Manege geþoftan ic hæbbe, gyf hí mé hwæt secgað þæt hí selfe geséwen oððe gehýrdon, ic hys gelýfe eall swá wel swá ic hit self geséwe oððe gehýrde, Solil. H. 60, 33

ge-hrýne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hrýne, e; n.

A mysterysacramentmystērium

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I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 24

ge-síþman

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In the bracket in 1. 2 read gesíðman, and add: The word seems to have the same meaning as gesíþ. v. ge-síþ; <b>III a</b> Ánes gesíðmannes (cf. sumes gesíðes, 1. 8: it is the same person in each case) wíf coniugem comitis, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567

trem

(n.)
Grammar
trem, trym

a step

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The form is probably to be recognized in a gloss given

CAWEL

(n.)
Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m. COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις , brassica, Lin
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H.] leáf fold it in the leaf of a cabbage, Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 17. L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm. ii. 114, 22: 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 23. Sele him etan geso-denne cawel on gódum broþe give him colewort to eat sodden in good broth, L.

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