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GICEL

(n.)
Grammar
GICEL, es; m.

An icicle

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An icicle Íses gicel stiria, stillicidia, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som, 58, 68; Wrt. Voc. 21, 55

gicel

(n.)
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Dele ís at end, and add: <b>, gicele, an;</b> f. Ickle (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Gecilae stiria Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 26. Gecele, i. 289, 33.

cile-gicel

Grammar
cile-gicel, v. cýle-gicel (l.
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cyle-)

cýle-gicel

(n.)
Grammar
cýle-gicel, es; m.

An icicle ⬩ frigŏris stiria

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An icicle ; frigŏris stiria Land wǽron freórig cealdum cýlegicelum the lands were frozen with cold icicles, Andr. Kmbl. 2521; An. 1262: Exon. 56b; Th. 201, 20; Ph. 59

hilde-gicel

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-gicel, es; m.

A drop of blood

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A drop of bloodBeo. Th. 3217; B. 1606

gicel-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
gicel-gebland, es; n.
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A hailstorm Bletsiað gicelgebland and snáw Drihten benedicite pruina et niues Dominum Ps. Rdr. 293, 70. Cf. snáw-gebland

Linked entry: ge-bland

hrím-gicel

(n.)
Grammar
hrím-gicel, es; m.

An icicle

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An icicle; Bihongen hrímgicelum, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 1; Seef. 17

ís-gicel

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gicel-stán

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Add: Ps. Rdr. 147, 17. Gycelstán, Ps. L. 147, 17

gicel-stán

(n.)
Grammar
gicel-stán, es; m.

A piece of ice ⬩ hailstone

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A piece of ice, hailstone He sent gicelstán mittit chrystallum, Blickl. Gl

Linked entry: gycel-stán

gísel

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Gísel obses, An. Ox. 45, 4. Philippus, þá hé cniht wæs, wæs Thebanum tó gísle geseald ( obses Thebanis datus ), Ors. 3, 7; S, 110, 20. Gísl obsidem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 3. Gíslas obsides, 115, 10. Hé siex hund gísla on his geweald underféng sexcentis equitibus

-gitel

(suffix)
Grammar
-gitel, -gitelness.

gicer

(n.)
Grammar
gicer, gycer, es ; n.
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A measure of land, an acre Iugeres gycer unius die opus aratoris . Ld. Gl. H. p. 34, 75. [Cf. O. H. Ger. iuchart jugerum.] Cf. geoc

Linked entry: gycer

gísel

(n.)
Grammar
gísel, gýsel; gen. gísles; dat. gísle; m.

A pledge ⬩ hostage ⬩ obses

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A pledge, hostage; obses Gýsel obses, Wrt. Voc. 72, 63: Byrht. Th. 139, 36; By. 265. Bútan ánum Bryttiscum gísle except one British hostage, Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 8. Ecgferþ wæs to gísle geseald Ecgfrid obses tenebatur, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 26. Ðú eádige

Linked entry: gýsel

gicelig

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For Hpt. . . . 465 substitute Gicelig glacialis (murus). An. Ox. 2497. Þá giceligan heáhtorra bearewæs glaciales alpium saltus 2034. Gycelie (gylicie, MS.), 7, 122

gímen

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Take here <b>gémen, gýmen</b> in Dict., and add Gýmen vel hoga studium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 59. Gýmen exercitio, i. meditatio 144, 66. care for a person or thing, seeing after the welfare, proper condition of. Cf. gíman; I. 3, 4. with gen.

-giten

(suffix)
Grammar
-giten, v. for*-*giten.

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gicce

(n.)
Grammar
gicce, an; f.
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Itch Gyccas prorigo, urigo cutis Txts. 113, 82

Linked entry: giccan

gifes

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in the phrase tó gifes

Gifle

(n.)
Grammar
Gifle, Giflas ?; pl.
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The people of a district in England Gifla landes is þryú hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 22