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ge-cwémnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cwémnes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A pleasingsatisfactionappeasingplăcātiobeneplăcĭtum

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Martha wæs geornful ðæt heó ðon Hǽlende to gecwémnesse ðegnode Martha was desirous to minister to the Saviour to his satisfaction, Blickl. Homl. 67, 29. Gicuoenmise hæbbendo sufficentiam habentes, Rtl. 13, 15

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þurh-sleán

(v.)

to smite throughstrike throughto smite

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his byrnsweord getýhþ and ðás world ealle þurhslyhþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 34. Hire swiora næs þurhslagen, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 235. Ðá wearð heó mid micelre sárnysse ðurhslegen, Homl.

for-swíðan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swíðan, he -swíþ; p. ede; pp. ed

To overcomereprĭmĕre

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To overcome; reprĭmĕre Se ðas orsorgnesse ðe he her hæfþ ne forswíþ mid ðære gesceádwísnesse his ingeþonces he does not overcome the prosperity he has here with prudence of mind, Past. 50, 1; Hat. MS.

gehát

(n.)
Grammar
gehát, es; n.

A promisevowpromissumvotum

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A promise, vow; promissum, votum Gemunde heofon-weardes gehát he remembered the promise of heaven's guardian, Cd. 86; Th. 107, 28; Gen. 1796. He ðam geháte getrúwode he trusted to the promise, 33; Th. 44, 9; Gen. 706.

and-leofa

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofa, -lifa (an-), an; m.
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him eallum hét dón andlifan genóhne, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 30. v. an-leofa in Dict

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gealpettan

(v.)
Grammar
gealpettan, p. te.

to devour, eat greedily

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Sax. galpón Ne galpó thu far thínun geƀun te swíðo do not say too much about your gifts Hél. 1563]

and-weard

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Add: -wurd, -wyrd. local is ǽghwǽr andweard . . . is on ǽlcere stówe, Hml. Th. i. 158, 4. Ic wæs and*-*weard sumum bréðer, Gr. D. 267, 24. Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11.

ge-eácnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-eácnung, e; f.

A conceivingconceptionconceptioconceptus

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A conceiving, conception; conceptio, conceptus Ðæt he bodige hire geeácnunge to proclaim her [Maria] conception, Blickl. Homl. 143, 24. Ic gemenigfilde ðíne yrmþa and ðíne geeácnunga multiplicabo ærumnas tuas et conceptus tuos, Gen. 3, 16

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hálian

(v.)
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Lege on þá wunde; þonne hálað heó sóna, Lch. i. 88, 23.

ge-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nǽman, p. de
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To take away by force hét þriddan dǽl ágifan þám mannum þe hit ǽr on genǽmde, Guth. 14, II.

seóþan

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Add seáþ coquebat, Germ. 395, 391. Se déma hét hí lǽdan sóna and seóðan on wætere (belúcan on byrnendum baðe, Shrn. 150, 1), Hml. S. 34, 343. 1.

ge-lytlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lytlian, -litlian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To diminish, lessen, humblemĭnuĕre, hŭmĭliāre

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Ealle hire wæstmbǽro he gelytlade he lessened all her [the earth's] fruitfulness, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 38, 8. Mín líf gelytlad is hŭmĭliāvit vītam meam, Ps. Th. 142, 3

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ge-friþian

(v.)
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Gif for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen ; gif eal wel gefriðað þe healdan sceal, ðonne bið leánes weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 440, 17.

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un-bindan

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Add: I. to free from a bond (lit. or fig. ) Frameallum bende unrihtwísnesse þú unbinst ( absolvis ) mægen þín, Angl. xi. 116, 5, hí mid bendum fæste hét gewríðan . . . hét hí eft ealle unbindan, Hml.

dwelian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to go astray, literal on ðám holte dwelode ( wandered ), oð þæt hine wulfas tótǽron, Hml. Th. i. 384, 10. án (sceáp), þe ðǽr losode and dwelede, sóhte, R. Ben. 51, 19. Heó began faran ... swilce heó dweliende þyder cóme ...

á-timbran

Grammar
á-timbran, á-timbrian.
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hét átimbran (-ian, v.l.) þá ciricean, Chr. 643; P. 26, 15: 913; P. 96, 20. Add

háwian

(v.)
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end of a look is marked by a preposition, to look after, on, to. physical beseah on ǽghwilce healfe ; and háwode on þá róde he looked about on every side, and his gaze rested on the cross, Hml.

BRÉMEL

(n.)
Grammar
BRÉMEL, brémbel, brǽmbel, brémber, es; m.

A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,

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H.] the herb rubus, that is bramble, Herb. cont. 89; Lchdm. i. 34, 21. Genim ðás wyrte ðe man brémel [brǽmbel MS. H.] nemneþ take this herb which a man calls bramble, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 9. Brémelas vepres, Wrt. Voc. 80, 23.

for-stelan

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Heó hét dearnunga faran tó þám scipe and forstelon þá líc, Hml. S. 29, 328

án-rǽd

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hine hét þæt ne tweóde, ac þæt wǽre ánrǽd, Guth. 30, 7. Eádgár se æþela and se ánrǽda cyning. Jud. p. 163,11. Rihtwísnysse mid ánrǽdum móde symle healdan, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 19: Hml. S. 1, 166. Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost, Hml.