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glówan

(v.)

to glow like a coal of fire ⬩ candere

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to glow like a coal of fire; candere, Lye

glówan

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Add: p. gleów Gleów, scán fulminauit, An. Ox. 4409. Þæt fýr wearð þá ácwenced, ꝥ þǽr án col ne gleów, Hml. S. 7, 240. Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 31: 216, 1. Lecgað ðá ísenan clútas háte glówende tó his sídan, Hml. Th. i. 424, 35

glóma

Similar entry: ǽfen-glóma

foxes glófa

(n.)
Grammar
foxes glófa, an; m. [foxes clófa MS. B.]

Foxglove ⬩ digĭtālis purpŭrea

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Foxglove; digĭtālis purpŭrea, Lin Wið óman genim ðysse wyrte leáf ðe man στρύχνος μανικός, and oðrum naman foxes glófa [MS. foxes clófa] nemneþ for inflammatory sores, take leaves of this wort, which is named sōlānum insānum or Sodŏmeum, and by another

foxes glófa

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Foxes glófa buglosse, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 24. Add

ǽfen-glóma

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-glóma, an; m.

Evening-twilight

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Evening-twilight Seó niht hafað seofon tóðdǽlednyssa. Crepusculum ys seó forme, ðæt ys ǽfenglðma, Angl. viii. 319, 27: Lch. iii. 242, 27

Linked entries: niht-glóm glóma

Gleáw-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Gleáw-ceaster, Gleáwan-ceaster, Gléu-cester, Gléw-cester, Gléwcester, Glóu-cester, Glówe-ceaster; gen. dat. -ceastre

GLOUCESTER ⬩ a county town in the west of England

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GLOUCESTER, a county town in the west of England Æþelfæd líð binnan Gleáwceastre Ethelfleda lies buried at Gloucester, Chr. 918; Erl. 109, 7

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