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ge-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frinan, ic -frine, ðú -frinst, he -frinþ, pl. -frinaþ; p. -fran, pl. -frunon; pp. -frunen

To learn by askingfind outhear of

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To learn by asking, find out, hear of Ðá gefran Ioseph ðæt Archelaus rixode on Iudea lande then Joseph learned that Archelaus reigned in Judea, Homl. Th. i. 88, 19. We ðeódcyninga ðrym gefrunon we have heard of the glory of the great kings, Beo.

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ge-þolian

(v.)
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L. 14, 34. of things, to stick, cleave Cembe heó hyre feax; ꝥ þær on þám cambe geþolige, gesomnige (cf. ꝥ feax þe on þám cambe cleofige, somnige, 21) let her comb her hair; the hair that sticks in the comb let her collect, Lch. i. 332, 14

weorold-scír

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-scír, e; f.
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Worldly business, secular office On þám woruldscírum (negotiis secularibus) wé beóð full oft geneádode ꝥ we dód þá þing þe ús is genóh cúð ꝥ wé ná ne sceoldon, Gr. D. 3, 7

biddan

to askto askto pray to

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Th. ii. 400, 26. Ǽr þ ám þe hé him ryhtes bidde. Ll.

gangan

to gowalkto go pedestrianfootmountedto move along, proceedanimateliveto take a specified courseto be habitually in a specified conditionto pass, be currentto take place to have a specified issueto departto take one's way, proceed gomove in a specified directiongoandto be carried, moved, impelled to reach, extendto passbecometo cometo go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation

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Th. i. 46, 4

lyft-wundor

(n.)
Grammar
lyft-wundor, es; n.
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A wonder of the air [the pillar that conducted the Israelites], Cd. 146; Th. 183, 11; Exod. 90

eard-geard

(n.)
Grammar
eard-geard, es; m.

A dwelling-place, the earth habitātiōnis lŏcus, terra

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A dwelling-place, the earth; habitātiōnis lŏcus, terra In ðam eardgearde in that dwelling-place [in Jerusalem ], Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 19; Cri. 55. Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda Scyppend the Creator of men overwhelmed this world, 77 b; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85

heáh-fæder

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Add: the first person of the Trinity, God the Father Be þám áncennedan suna þæs heáhfæder (heán fæder, v. l.) de Unigenito summi Patris, Gr. D. 240, 25: Wlfst. 230, 29.

a-rétan

(v.)
Grammar
a-rétan, ic -réte, he -réteþ, -rét; p. -rétte; pp. -réted, -rét; v. trans. [a, rétan to comfort]

To exhilaratecomfortdelightrestorerefreshset rightexhilararelætificarereficere

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Seó hwætnes ðæs líchoman geblissaþ ðone mon and arét the vigour of the body rejoices and delights the man, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 8. Ðæt ge bróðor míne wel arétten that ye should well cherish my brethren, Exon. 30 a; Th. 91, 33; Cri. 1501.

ge-unnan

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Ic wille eówres geunnan eów, on þá gerád þe gé mé geunnan mínes, Ll. Th. i. 196, 18: 330, 12. (2 a) with gen. of pron. representing a clause. Cf. Crístes gespelian þe crístendóm and cynedóm healdaþ þá hwíle þe þæs God geann, Ll. Th. i. 350, 4.

ge-anbídian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbídian, l. ge-anbidian, geandbidian,

to wait to wait for.to wait for the comingreturnto wait for the coming to passto wait

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hwíle; þá eóde heó on hire palatium, Shrn. 75, 24. to wait for the coming to pass of something, with gen.

mundian

(v.)
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God mundað þá stówe, and þá slihð and gescynt þe þǽr sceaðian willað, Hml. S. 25, 804. Godes mynstra cyning sceal mundian ǽfre, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 2. Add

ge-mǽnelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíce, <b>ge-mǽnlíce.</b>
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Add: in common, in joint possession God eallum mancinne forgeaf him gemǽnlíce fisccinn and fugelcinn and þá feóuerfetan deór, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 41. Þ feoh hí mid heom tó þám scræfe gemǽnelíce hæfdon, Hml. S. 23, 213.

umbor

(n.)
Grammar
umbor, es; n.

A child

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He increases the children then, before disease carries them off (a great many children are born before pestilence returns to a country), so it happens that there are so many of mankind on earth, Exon. Th. 335, 9; Gn. Ex. 31

gát

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Þá gǽt, Wlfst. 288, 4. the word occurs in local names, e. g. Gát-hám, Gáte-hlinc, Gáte-wyl, Gáta-ford, Gáta-tún, C. D. vi. 290

riftere

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Ic cweþe tó þám riftrum, 'Gesomniað þá weód. . . ' Witodlíce þá riftras, ꝥ beóð þá englas . . . Gr. D. 316, 1-3. Hé wearð ofslagen . . . on hærfestlicre tíde úte mid his rifterum þe rípdon his corn, Hml. A. 108, 199. Add

ge-sprecan

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L. 3, where the object is that which is spoken about, to speak about Þá wǽre and þá winetreówe þe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Bo. 52. the object a clause Wæs gesprecen ðurh Salomonn bi ðǽm Wísdóme ðæt se Wísdóm wille sóna fleón ðone ðe hine fliéhð

be-sittan

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Ðá hellican gástas besittað þæs mannes forðsíð, Hml. Th. i. 410, 3. Þá þe ꝥ líc besǽton, Hml. S. 10, 59. Þá hǽþenan hæfdon hí besetene, 25, 391. [Goth. bi-sitan: O. Frs. bi-sitta to possess: O. Sax. bi-sittian to besiege: O. L.

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hél, es; m.

a pretextCalumnya false charge

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Th. i. 180, II. þá geréfan rýpað þá earman bútan ǽlcere scylde . . and mid yfelan hélan earme men beswicað (they defraud the wretched folk with wicked false charges), ii. 220, 18. Substitute:

hǽþen

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Þæt hǽþene weorod, 221, 30. Eác wearð on Ispanie ꝥ þá hǽðenan men ( the Moors ) fóran and hergodan uppon þám Xpenan mannan . . . hí áweg ádrifan eall þet hǽðena folc, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 33-222, 3.