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ge-freógend

(n.)
Grammar
ge-freógend, ge-frígend, es; m.
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A liberator Gefrígend (gefreógynd, Ps. Spl. C. ) liberator, Ps. Srt. 17, 49, 3 : 39, 18

Linked entry: freógend

ge-dreog

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dreog, and <b>ge-dreóg.</b>
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Substitute: <b>ge-dreóg</b>, es; n. a dressing, something used in preparing material for use Ðá hremmas bróhton ðám láreówe lác tó médes swínes rysl his scón tó gedreóge ( the passage in Bede's life of Cuthbert is : Corvi digna munera ferunt

ge-dreóglǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreóglǽcan, p. ge-dreóglǽhte
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To make seemly, set in order Menn dæftað heora hús and wel gedreóglǽcað, gif hí sumne freónd onfón willað tó him, þæt nán unðæslicnys him ne ðurfe derian, Hml. Th. ii. 316, 7. Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde gedreóhlǽcan his hámas, Hml. S. 6, 121. Hé hét gedreóhlǽcan

Linked entry: -dreóglǽcan

ge-dreópan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreópan, p. ge-dreáp
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To drop Lǽt gedreópan on þá eágan ǽnne dropan. Lch. ii. 34, 25

ge-dríf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dríf, ge-drif (?). l.
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ge-drif

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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Substitute: Drinking, with the idea of quenching thirst Gif hé hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnesse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, hé seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde. Ll. Th. ii. 430) 6. with

ge-drítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drítan, p. ge-drát; pp. ge-driten
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To drop excrement Nim þæt græs þǽr hund gedríteþ, Lch. i. 364, 9

Linked entry: dríting

ge-drygan

Grammar
ge-drygan, l. ge-drýgan,
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and add Þæt wíf foet his mið hérum heáfdes hiræ gedrýgde (tergebaf), Lk. L. 7, 38. Nim þysse wyrte wyrttruman, and gedríge hine, Lch. i. 102, 8. Genim þás wyrte . . . and gedríge (-drigge, v. l. ) hý, 146, l

ge-drypan

Grammar
ge-drypan, l. ge-drýpan,
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and see ge-drípan

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Add: in a physical sense, wandering Ilias ꝥ beóð gewyn, and Odissia beóð gedwyld (cf. the opening of the Odyssey, 'Sing of the man who wandered much . . . and saw the cities of many men'), swá Omérus on þǽre béc recð, Angl. viii. 330, 46. error, a being

ge-dýre

Grammar
ge-dýre, l. <b>ge-dyre,</b>
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and add On heora gedyrum and oferslegum, Hml. Th. i. 310, 29: 40, 12. On ǽgðrum gedyrum and on þám oferslege, Angl. viii. 322, 12. ¶ as a part used for the whole, a door :-- Wurdon gemétte ætforan heora gedyrum twá hund mittan meluwes on fǽtelsum ducenti

ge-clyccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clyccan, p. ge-clyhte; pp. ge-clyht
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To bend, incurve the hand Ná sý ástreht hand þín tó nimene; heó sý tó syllene gecliht non sit porrecta manus tua ad captandum; sit ad dandum collecta, Scint. 99, 2

Linked entries: clyccan ge-cliht ge-cliht

ge-cnúwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnúwian, pp. ge-cnúwad, ge-cnúad
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To pound together Genim rúdan and wermód, gecnúwa and meng wiþ eced and ele, Lch. ii. 18, 6: 12: 19. Gecnúa on ceald wæter, 20, 3: 94, 6: 322, 26. Finoles wyrttruman gecnúadne, 30, 6

ge-cnycc

Grammar
ge-cnycc, v. ge-cnycc; ge-cnyccan (
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not ge-cnyttan)

ge-cnyccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnyccan, p. ge-cnyhte; pp. ge-cnyht
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To bind together, connect Unácnycendlicre sibbes bende gicnyhtest insolubili pacis uinculo nexuisti, Rtl. 108, 21. Gicnyht tó lufe nexa fidei, 109, 41. Gebundeno foet and hond gecnyht (honda gecnyted, R.) ligatus pedes el manus institis, Jn. L. 11, 44

Linked entry: cnyccan

ge-cnyclan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cnyclan, ge-cynclian; p. de, ede; pp, ed
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To bend, crook Geniclede carperrabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 48. Genicelde carperabat, 128, 70. Genyclede, genicldae obuncans (cf. obuncabat, i. reflectebat beclypte, gebígede, An. Ox. 2956), Txts. 81, 1408. Gecnyclede, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 18. Geniclede carperra

Linked entries: ge-niclede ge-nycled

ge-cnyrdlǽcan

Grammar
ge-cnyrdlǽcan, v. ge-cneordlǽcan.

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ge-cope

Grammar
ge-cope, l. ge-cóp,
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and add ꝥ seó stów mihte beón gecóp ( aptus ) wyrta on tó settanne, Gr. D. 49, 8. For ðǽm ðonne wé forsláwiað ðone gecópustan tíman, ðætte wé ðonne ne beóð onǽlde mid ðǽre lustbǽrnesse úres módes ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo feruore non accenditur

ge-crymian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-crymian, ge-crymman
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To crumble bread Nim of ðám hálgedan hláfe þe man hálige on hláfmæssedæg feówer snǽda and gecryme on þá feówer hyrnan þæs berenes, Lch. iii. 290, 28

Linked entry: crymian

ge-cwealmbǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwealmbǽran, ge-cwylmbǽran.
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to torture to death, kill Gecwylmbǽred (gecwelmbǽred, Hpt. Gl. 470, 45) extorqueretur, i. cruciaretur, An. Ox. 2740. Wé synt gecwylmbérode mortificamur, Ps. L. 43, 22

Linked entry: ge-cwelmbǽran

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