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ge-neahlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neahlíce, adv.
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Take here ge-nehlíce in Dict. and add: constantly, assiduously Mid þý se Godes wer hine geneahlíce ( assidue ) ðreátode and gelómlíce lǽrde, Gr. D. 155, 27. constantly, usually Hé hine sylfne ungyrede, and ꝥ reáf þe hé genehlíce on him hæfde, hé hit

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grimman

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To Add Glimnit (grimmit (?)) sevit. v. glýman. For substitute: to be fierce Gúþmód grummon martial minds were fierce, B. 306. [For gúþ-mód as a noun cf. miht-mód, Exod. 149, the only other case in which mód occurs compounded with a noun.] Add:(?): to

hinder

(adv.)
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where there is movement backwards Slincan on hinder, Dóm L. 240. where there is reversal of movement Sýn míne fynd on hinder gecyrde convertantur inimici mei retrorsum, Guth. Gr. 126, 75: Ps. Spl. T 9, 2. where there is inversion of proper order Bið

æf-þanc

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æf-þanc, &c.
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Æfþancan invidia, An. Ox. 8, 161: Angl. xiii. 33, 157. Gif hwylc yfeldǽde man þurh ǽnigne æfþancan óþerne begaleþ, Lch. i. 190, 9. Sé ðe lǽrð sunu his on æfþuncan (in zelum) hé ásent feónd he that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy (Ecclus. 30, 3), Scint

on-sǽge

(adj.)
Grammar
on-sǽge, adj.

Falling upon, assailing, attacking

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Falling upon, assailing, attacking Wé ǽr ðysan oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, and ðý is ðisse þeóde fela onsǽge. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wulfst. 159, 7: 128, 14: 243, 2. Hǽðcynne

Linked entry: -sǽge

ac

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No ðæt án ðæt . . . ac (eác), Bt. 21; F. 74, 18: 5, 3; F. 14, 7. Ah ðeáhhwæðre, Past. 305, 1. Nis ðæt mín miht, ac gif (unless) ðú gelýfest. Ðá cwæð hé tó him : 'Ac tó hwon sweriað git mán?', Guth. 64, 5: 74, 5. Hwæt gelamp ðé nú ðá? ac ðé on ðysse nihte

Eáster-wucu

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Gestód hine seó ádl þon Wódnesdæg néhst Eástron and þá eft þan ylcan dæge on þǽre Eástorwucan hé þæt líf of þám líchaman sende, Guth. 80, 7. Innon þǽre Eásterwucan on .xiiii. k̵. Mai, Chr. 1061; P. 190, 2. Ǽr þám hálgan Eástron and ealle þá Eásterwucan

ge-sigefæstan

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Se eádiga wer swá gesigefæstod (-ed, v.l.) wearð ( percepto ubique certandi bravio) þæt hé þá bysmornysse forhogode heora costunga. Guth. Gr. 127, 4. Gesigfæstad coronatus, Rtl. 48, 36 : 60, 15. ¶ Gesigefæsted crowned with victory, triumphant :-- Hé (

híw-scipe

a house ⬩ family

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Add: a house, family On eardungstówe húses ł híwscipes mínes in tabernaculo domus meae, Ps. L. 131, 3. Wæs sum híwscipes man erat quidam vir paterfamilias, Guth. Gr. 172, 1. a hide of land. Similar entries v. híwisc; II. Hé geann þæs landes æt Sandforda

lettan

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Add: to hinder a person, thing, action, &c. Ne leteð non tricaverit (si lethi somnus palpebrarum convolatus nan tricaverit, Ald. 80, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 36. Let, An. Ox. 8b, 6. the action from which one is hindered given in genitive Wé þé

gistran-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
gistran-dæg, (gyrstan-dæg, q. v. in Dict.), es; m.
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Yesterday Swá geostrandæg (deg geostran, Ps. Srt.) dies hesterna, Ps. Th. 89, 4. Gierstandæge horno, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 35. Be þám þú gyrstandæge cwæð, Guth. 74, 4. Gyrstandæg heri, Jn. 4, 52: An. Th. 22, 1. Gyrstandæg (girston-, georsten, v. ll. ), Ælfc

Gyrwas

Grammar
Gyrwas, Gyrwan.
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Add: The people of the fen district, which contained twelve hundred hides, six hundred in each of its two divisions, v. Norþ-, Súþ-Gyrwas On Gyrwan (Gyrwa, v. l. ) lande in regione Gyrviorum, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 381, 19. On þǽre stówe þe is genemned Crúland

luflíce

(adv.)
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Add: of conduct, treatment, courteously, pleasantly Luflíce affabiliter (instruendo), Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 64. Hié ús luflíce (benigne) onféngon, Nar. 17, 18. Hé þǽre fǽmnan grétinge luflíce ( gratanter) onféng, Guth. Gr. 158, 9. of specen Mid þám þe luflíce

á-fleón

(v.)
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Dele v. trans. . . . ; fugare, and add Áflíð effugiet , Kent. Gl. 670. Se þorn of þám man áfleáh, Guth. 68, 22. Bearn áfleóndra (? printed aflundra) filii excussorum , Ps. Spl. M. 126, 5. Se mæssepreóst andswarode ꝥ hé wǽre on niht onweg áflogen hunc

geond-sprengan

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Substitute: To scatter over or through Se áwyrgeda gást his heortan and geþanc mid his searwes áttre geondspre(n)gde and mengde cujus praecordia malignus spiritus ingressus pestiferis vanae gloriae fastibus illum inflare coepit, Guth. Gr. 137, 6. Mec

hefigian

(v.)

to weary

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Add: intrans. To become heavy. to increase in weight Se wǽta ásígð tó ðǽm lime, ðonne áswilð hit and hefegað, Past. 72, 10. of disease, to grow worse Hefiendre (hefigende, v. l.) þǽre ádle ingravescente molestia, Gr. D. 297, 14. trans. To mate heavy

ofer-seón

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Add Manige óðre þe mid þám eádigan were wǽron and his líf hira eágum ofersáwon alii qui cum viro Dei conversati vitam illius ex parte noverant, Guth. Gr. 103, 47. Þonne miht ðú ofersión ealle þás eorþlican þing mens terras despicit, Bt. 36, 2; F. 174

searu

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Add Sé áwyrgeda gást þæs preóstes heortan mid his searwes áttre geondsprengde, Guth. 44, 13. Healdað eów ðæt gé ne onǽlan mín ierre mid eówrum searwum ne forte indignatio mea succendatur propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum, Past. 435, 10. Add Man áhéhþ

BEADO

(n.)
Grammar
BEADO, beadu; g. d. beadowe, beadwe, beaduwe; f.

Battle ⬩ war ⬩ slaughter ⬩ cruelty ⬩ pugna ⬩ strages

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Battle, war, slaughter, cruelty; pugna, strages Gúþ-Geáta leód, beadwe heard the War-Goths' prince, brave in battle, Beo. Th. 3082; B. 1539. Wit ðære beadwo begen ne onþungan we both prospered not in the war, Exon. 129b; Th. 497, 2; Rä. 85, 23. Beorn

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for-grípan

Grammar
for-grípan, fór-grípan (l. for-).

To seize ⬩ To destroy

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Take these together, and add: with acc. To seize, seize and carry off Ic ætbréde vel ic forgrípe diripio, i. rapio, abstraho, eripio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 48. Ealle hí se stranga deáð forgrípeð and nymð, Guth. 78, 15. Genom ł forgráp appraehendit, Lk.