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hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, hreopian; p. ode

To touchtreat

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Swá hraðe swá his sceadu hreopode as soon as his shadow touched them, 316, 16: 492, 25. Hrepede, 176, 6. Gif ic his reáfes gefnædu hreppe ... heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu ...

ge-restan

(v.)
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hine gerestan on þǽm hálgan munte 1, Ps.

méðian

(v.)

to grow weary

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to grow weary Wið miclum gonge ofer land ... mucgwyrt nime him on hand oððe dó on his scó ðý læs hé méðige for much walking over the country ... let him take mugwort into his hand, or put it into his shoe, lest he grow weary, L.

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertainharbourreceive as a guestfeedcherishsupportsusciperehospitio suscipereepularefoverecurareto feed ondevourvescicomedereto cleansefarmcleanse outmundare

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Ðæt se, ðe hine feormode, and se, ðe gefeormod wæs, sýn begen bisceopes dóme scyldig that he who entertained him, and he who was entertained, be both liable to excommunication; susceptor et is qui susceptus est excommunicationi subjacebit, 4. 5; S.

ge-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rídan, p. -rád; pp. -riden

To ride, reach or obtain by riding, get into one's power, subject

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Se cing lét gerídan ealle ða land ðe his módor áhte him to handa the king caused all the lands that his mother owned to be brought under his own control, 1043; Erl. 168, 8

Linked entries: ge-faran ge-rád

un-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-blíðe, adj.

sadsorrowfulgrievedunkindshewing ill-will or displeasuresternangryunquietnot peaceful

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Ðám unblíðum (tristibus) sint tó cýðanne ða gefeán ðe him gehátene sindon ... Gehiéren ða unblíðan (tristes) ða leán ðæs gefeán ðe hié tó hopiaþ ...

ge-wísian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wísian, p. ode; pp. od

To directteachshew

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To direct, teach, shew Bǽdon ðæt him gewísade waldend se góda hú hie libban sceolden prayed the good Ruler to direct them how they were to live, Cd. 40; Th. 52, 27; Gen. 850

ge-mengness

Grammar
ge-mengness, Take here the instances given under ge-mengednys, and add: sexual intercourse, copulation, v. ge-mengan ; IV a
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Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfedan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse in ipso conjugio jura transcendunt, Past. 397, 14. Gif bróðor mid bréðer hǽme þurh his líchaman gemengnysse ( per copulationem corporis ), Ll. Th. ii. 230, 10

Linked entry: -mengness

ge-swencan

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Hié monege cyningas geswencton, tó þon ꝥ hié eall gesealdon . . . wiþ hiera earman lífe inquietudo bellorum qua illi (reges) adtriti sunt, Ors. 5, 1 ; S. 214, 19.Hié magon ðá gódan swá micle swíður geswencean swá hié hiora ánmódlícor éhtað bonos deterius

ge-werian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-werian, p. ede
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To come to an agreement, make a treaty Nalæs æfter micelre tíde ꝥ geweredon (waredon, v. l. ) wið him and heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran non multo post, iuncto cum his foedere, in socios arma uerterit, Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 40, 6.

ge-sǽlan

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Th. 472, 4. the subject a more or less indefinite hit: — Hit oft gesǽleð. ꝥ Nar. 7, 25. Hit gesǽlde (cf. hit gebyrede, Bt. 38,1 ; F. 194, 2)gió on sume tide, þæt Aulixes hæfde cynerícu twá, Met. 26, 4 : 9, 23.

nídling

(n.)
Grammar
nídling, es; m.

one who serves of necessitya slavebondmanone who has to serve on board shipa sailor

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Se æðeling bebeád ðæt hié ða consulas and witan him beforan drifen swá swá niédlingas, ðæt heora bismer ðý máre wǽre, 3, 8; Swt. 122, 7. Hý ealle tó nýdlingum him gedydon, 1, 5; Swt. 34. 34. Wæterberere oððe nédlungum lixarum, Wrt.

æt-befón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-befón, ic -befó; subj. ic, he -befó [æt, be, fón]

To take toattachdeprehenderecapereinvenire

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To take to, attach; deprehendere, capere, invenire Gif hwá befó ðæt him losod wæs, cenne se ðe he hit ætbefó hwanon hit him cóme if any one attach that which he had lost, let him with whom he attaches it declare whence it came to him, L.

felawyrd-ness

(n.)
Grammar
felawyrd-ness, e; f.

Talkativeness

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Talkativeness Ac hú byð ꝥ gif hit gelimpeð ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, v. l.) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia

horweht

(adj.)
Grammar
horweht, adj.

Foul, filthy, dirty

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Foul, filthy, dirty Hine ðá lǽddon on ðone sweartan fenn and hine ðá on ða horwehtan wæter bewurpon they led him then to the black fen and flung him into the foul water, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 9

Linked entry: horheht

hyld-áþ

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Add: [Ðá Wylisceen kingas cóman tó him and becóman his menn and him heldáðas swéron, Chr. 1114; P. 245, 25.]

ofer-rícsian

(v.)

to dominate, rule over

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to dominate, rule over: — Hé him geþafode ðæt hit mid anwalde him móste oferrícsian Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 19

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ge-stefnian

(v.)
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to summon, call on a person to act Hié gestefniað him betweónum wið ðám unclǽnum gástum they (the angels) eall on one another to fight against the unclean spirits, Verc. Först. 125, 7

Linked entry: stefnian

plante

(n.)
Grammar
plante, an ; f.
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Ðæt is sió hálige gesomnung ðæt eardaþ in æppeltúnum ðonne hié wel begáþ hira plantan and hiera impan óþ hié fulweaxne beóþ ecclesia quippe in hortis habitat, quae ad viridatem intimam exculta plantaria virtutum servat, Past. 49, 2 ; Swt. 381, 17

á-breótan

(v.)
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Hé ábreótte (exterminavít) hié. Ps. Srt. 77, 45 : 79, 14. Hié his heáfdes segl ábreóton mid billes ecge, An. 51. Biáð ábreótte exterminabuntur, Ps. Srt. 36, 9. Wǽran sweordum ábrotene in gladio ceclderunt, Ps. Th. 77, 64