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ge-bodian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bodian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, bodian to tell]

To tellmake knownannounceproclaimnuntiāreannuntiāre

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Ðæt ðǽr nán to láfe ne wearþ ðæt hit to Róme gebodade so that there was none left to tell it at Rome, Ors. 4, ii; Bos. 97, 30: Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 14; Cri. 202

BRYCG

(n.)
Grammar
BRYCG, bricg, e; f.

A BRIDGEpons

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Ðæt he ne myhte to ðære brycge cuman that he could not come to the bridge, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14.

Linked entries: bricg bryc brygc

CRUMA

(n.)
Grammar
CRUMA, an; m.

A CRUMBfragment mica

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Bos. 15, 27; Lk. Bos. 16, 21. Lege on ðone magan hláfes cruman lay crumbs of bread on the stomach L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 15; Homl. Th. ii. 114, 29

Linked entry: croma

ge-timbrung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-timbrung, e; f.

an edificea structurebuildingædĭfĭciumædĭfĭcātiostructūraa definition;defīnītio

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Bos. 24, 1: Homl. Th. ii. 390, 13. Lóca hwylce getimbrunga aspĭce, quāles structūræ, Mk. Bos. 13, 1. a definition; defīnītio Getimbrung defīnītio, Cot. 69

Linked entry: timbrung

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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He gefór ða burg and hét hie gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum he gained the town and ordered it to be occupied by both English and Danes, Chr. 922; El. 108, 31: 886; Erl. 84, 26: Mt. Bos. 21, 33, 41: Ors. 3, 5; Bos. 56, 35.

a-leoðian

(v.)
Grammar
a-leoðian, p. ode; pp. od [lið a limb, to-liðian to dissolve, Grn.]

To dismemberavellereabstraheresejungere

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To dismember; avellere, abstrahere, sejungere He ðæt andweorc of Adames líce aleoðode he dismembered the substance from Adam's body, Cd. 9; Th. 11, 18; Gen. 177

Aquilegia

(n.)
Grammar
Aquilegia, indecl. [Aquileia = Ἀκυληία]

Aquileia in Gallia Transpadana, north of the Adriatic

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Aquileia in Gallia Transpadana, north of the Adriatic Maximus abád æt Aquilegia ðære byrig Maximus encamped at the town Aquileia, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 21

bæftan

(prep.)
Grammar
bæftan, beftan; prep. dat. [be-æftan, q. v. ]

afterbehindpostponebehindwithoutsine

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Bos. 16, 23. behind, without; sine Bæftan ðam hláforde without the master, Ex. 22, 14

Linked entries: bæfta beftan be-æftan

fisc-wér

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-wér, es; m. [wér

A draught of fishespiscium captúra

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Bos. 5, 4

fóre-stihtod

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-stihtod, -stihtud; part, [stihtian to dispose, order]

Fore-appointed or ordaineddeterminedprædestĭnātusdefīnītus

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Bos. 22, 22

fýr-cyn

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-cyn, -cynn, es; n.

A kind of fireigneum gĕnus

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A kind of fire; igneum gĕnus Mycel fýrcyn and mycel bryne a great kind of fire and a great burning, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 36

Linked entry: cyn

fýr-smeortende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fýr-smeortende, part.

Fire-smartingignītus

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Fire-smarting; ignītus Gnættas cómon ofer ðæt land mid fýrsmeortendum bítum gnats came over the land with fire-smarting bites, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 29, 30

ge-rehte

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rehte, -reht

related, explained, interpreted, directed,

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Bos. 1, 38, 41, 42; p. and pp. of ge-reccan

Linked entry: ge-hrehte

sadol-boga

(n.)
Grammar
sadol-boga, an; m.

A saddle-bow

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A saddle-bow Sadolboga carpella, Wrt. Voc. i. 291, 16 : ii. 128, 71. Sadulboga, 103, 4. Sadelboga, : corbus, 17, 34 ;22, 46. Sadulboga, i. 23, 18

bróðer

(n.)

a brother

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Bos. 5, 24

ge-eádmédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eádmédan, -eáþmédan, he -eádmédeþ; p. -médde, -métte; pp. -méded, -mét; v. a.

To humblehumiliatesubduesubmit one's selfhumble one's selfdeigncondescendadoreworshiphumiliaredignaricondescendereadorare

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Bos. 20, 20

Linked entry: ge-eáþmédan

fífta

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
fífta, m: seó, ðæt fífte; adj.

The FIFTHquintus

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Her onginnþ seó fífte bóc Boéties here begins the fifth book of Boëthius, Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 9. Ǽr ðam fíftan geáre before the fifth year, Lev. 19, 25.

ge-swutelian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swutelian, -swuteligan, -swytelian, -sweotulian, -sweotlian; p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [sweotol manifest, clear, open]

To declarepublishmake knownexplainprovemanifestshowglorifymonstrāredemonstrārepublĭcāreexprĭmĕremanĭfestāresignāreexplānāreprŏbāreclārĭfĭcāre

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Bos. 8, 17. Is geswutelod signātum est, Ps. Th. 4, 7. Nú ys mannes sunu geswutelod, and God ys geswutelod on him nunc clārĭfĭcātus est fīlius hŏmĭnis, et Deus clārĭfĭcātus est in eo, Jn. Bos. 13, 31, 32

EARM

(n.)
Grammar
EARM, es; m.

ARM, the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand brachium ocean, etc sĭnus, rāmus

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Voc. 43, 48. anything projecting from a main body, as an inlet of the sea or ocean, etc; sĭnus, rāmus Ðæs sǽs earm an arm of the sea, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 19, 10, 15, 19, 21. Earmes, 23, 20: 24, 16, 17. Gársecges earm, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 23: 19, 9

Linked entries: ærm arm

ge-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre; superl. -lícost, -lícast, -lícust; adj.

Likealikesimilarequalsĭmĭlisæquālis

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Bos. 13, 31, 33 : 22, 2 : Lk. Bos. 13, 18, 19, 20, 21 : Ps. Spl. 48, 12, 21. Ealle men hæfdon gelícne fruman all men had a like beginning, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 7 : Andr. Kmbl. 988; An. 494.

Linked entry: an-gelíc