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á-lecgan

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Swá hwæt swá þǽr man on álegde, Bl. H. 127, 1. Men feówer stánas on þǽre ilcan stówe álegdon, 189, 15. Ðeós geofu on heora heortan álegd wes, 137, 4. Álédne delatum (in sarcophago ), Wrt.

Linked entry: á-licgan

eádig

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Þæs eádigan weres Sancte Martines, 211, 14. Be þǽre his ( St. Michael ) eádgan gemynde, 197, 5. <b>I b.</b> as s rich, opulent, prosperous Ꝥ ǽlc man sý folcrihtes wyrðe, ge earm ge eádig, Ll. Th. i. 266, 4.

ge-gilda

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Gif hwilc gegilda forþfǽre, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó wilnie, 610, 35. Add

ge-sceorf

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Gif hire bið oninnan wund, þonne biþ þǽr sár and beótunga and gesceorf, Lch. ii. 220, 4: 228, 25. Sceal him mon sellan hát wæter drincan, þonne stilð ꝥ gesceorf, 240, 23. Þis deáh eác þám þe ꝥ gesceorf ðrowiað, 176, 22

burg-scír

Grammar
burg-scír, (burh-).
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Substitute: A township, town or city with the district belonging to it, and add Þǽre burhscíre Hipponensis (pontifex ), An. Ox. 5400. Hé hine gesette tó bisceope þǽre burhscíre ( Alexandria ), Hml. S. 15, 24.

húru

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Þæt dysige sceáp þætte forweorðan wolde húru, Ps. Th. 118, 176. Nú dú híru scaelt usquequo, An.

ge-healdan

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Ic þæt á geheóld þæt ic þíne bebodu geheólde, Ps. Th. 118, 100. Hé fulwihte onféng and þæt forð geheóld, El. 192. Gé geheóldon þæt eów se hálga beád, An. 346. Þæt hié heora fulwihthádas gehealdan, Bl. H. 109, 26.

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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Þæt hé þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, E. S. viii. 62, 15. Þú mé ne forléte út gangan mid mínre hátheortan of þisse ceastre, Bl. H. 249, 15. From gonga (geonga, L.) abire Jn. R. 6, 67.

for-drugian

(v.)
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for-drugian, l. for-drúgian,
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On þǽre stówe wæs getácnod swilce fordrúwod burna, Hml. S. 23 b, 197. and add

forliger-wíf

(n.)
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forliger-wíf, (-legor-), es; n.

A prostitute

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Þú eart meretrix, þæt is forlegorwíf (-legos-, v. l.), 23

Linked entry: forlegis-wíf

ge-hlǽnsian

(v.)
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ge-hlǽnsian, p. ode
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To make lean Gewiss ys þæt þurh forhæfed-nysse flǽsc sí gehlǽnsud ( maceretur ), Scint. 53, 8. Gehlǽnsedum macilento, i. tenuato An. Ox. 2123

ge-meldian

(v.)
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Ǽne ic God spræcan gehýrde, and þæt treówe ongeat tídum gemeldad semel locutus est Deus, duo haec audivi, Ps. Th. 61, ii. Add

ge-sĕþness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sĕþness, e ; f.
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Assertion, affirmation Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode þurh his geséðnysse, þeáh þe hý sume noldon his láre underfón ne his geséðnysse, Nap. 32

híw-lic

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híw-lic, adj.
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Of a married woman Þǽre híwlican matronalis (cf. (?) matronalis pudicitiae obliviscens, Ald. 59, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 19. For 'matronalis ... Lye' substitute:

hwamm

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Ic mé ána gestód on sumum hwomme þæs cafertúnes, Hml. S. 23 b, 422. Hwommas angulos, Germ. 403, 14: porticus, 396, 175. Add

lufung

(n.)
Grammar
lufung, e; f.
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Loving, action of loving Þá lufedon hí hyre mágas líchamlíce and on þǽre lufunge wǽron hyre éhtende (amando persequentes), Gr. D. 73, 14

leás-wiht

(n.)
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Satan ) geond þæt láþe scræf, Sal. 727. Leásuhta bepǽcunge lenonum lenocinio An. Ox. 4014. (?)

myndgung

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Þes sylfa þeáw for ðý lange þurh myndgunge þæs hálgan weres on Angelcynnes mynsterum forþweard wæs, Lch. iii. 434, 19 : 440, 5. Add

on-égan

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Hí onégdon þǽre ferelan slegas ictus ferulae pertimescebant, Gr. D. 229, 25. Heó náht næs hire onégende nec verita est, 279, 17. Add

rima

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Ǽghwár be þǽre sǽ riman, Chr. 1052; P. 178, 26. Add