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þífþ

(n.)
Grammar
þífþ, þiéfþ, þýfþ, þeófþ, þeóft, e; f.
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Ðæt hý on heora mǽge náne þýfðe (þeófðe) nyston, L. Ath. i. 13; Th. i. 206, 2: iv. 4; Th. i. 224, 6. Man forgá þýfðe (-a), i. 20; Th. i. 210, 3. Ealles folces þing byþ ðe betere æt ðám þýfðum, v. 8, 9; Th. i. 238, 20.

ge-sceád

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Man sceal mǽðe on háde gecnáwan mid gesceáde, Ll. Th. i. 362, 5.

ge-þingian

(v.)
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S. 25, 784. to obtain favour by intercession, intercede successfully for a person Fram úrum æfterran mǽge ðe ús eft geðingode, Past. 313, 17. Ne mæg eal middaneard ánum ðǽra geðingian þe Críst þus tó cweð, 'Discedite a me, maledicti,' Hml.

þearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þearf-líc, adj.
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Swá swá him þincæ ðæt þearfliicustþ sí, Chart. Th. 554, 36

sicor

(adj.)
Grammar
sicor, adj. with gen.
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mæg se ðonne bión orsorg, se ðe him self wát, ðæt hé gesyngaþ ita et cum Deo delinquimus, nequaquam satisfacimus, si ab iniquitate cessamus, nisi voluptates quoque, quas dileximus, e contrario appositis lamentis insequamur.

þanc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
þanc-weorþ, -wurþ, -wirþe; adj.
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Ic eów secgan mæg þoncwyrþe þing, ðæt gé ne ðyrfen leng murnan on móde, Judth. Thw. 23, 33; Jud. 153. Þancwurðe gifa grata (accepta) libamina, Hpt. Gl. 415, 7. Gecwéme (ł) þancwurde gife grata munuscula, 510, 71.

ge-mǽnelic

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Ne mæg nán man ætberstan þám gemǽnelican deáðe, ðe eallum mannum becymð, Hml. A. 54, 97-106. Gemǽnelicum gafele generali (mortis) debito, An. Ox. 1447. denoting co-operation, association (Ge)mǽnlicere (ge)férrǽdene contuberniali sodalitate, An.

Linked entry: -mǽne-lic

ge-edníwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.
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Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað dǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on forworhte parentis primi lapsus iteratur, Past. 313, 14. Geedníwa instaura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 20

gim

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Ne mæg hit steorra ne stán ne se steápa gim be-swícan, Sal. 284, Is seó eággebyrd híwe gelícast gladum gimme, þonne in goldfate smiða orþoncum biseted weorðeð Ph. 303. Ðá giemmas, Past. 135, 3, 4, 16. Gimmas, 7.

ge-timbrung

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Hé cwæð, 'Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall ...,' Hml. Th. ii. 588, 17. Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22. Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml.

ge-wealdan

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Ne mæg úre sáwul gefleón ... ðe má ðe ǽnig fugel his flyhtes gewylt, gif his óðer fiðere forod bið, Hml. Th. ii. 318, 28. Meaht þú meðelcwidum worda gewealdan?, Gú. 989. with dat. (inst.)

hearpe

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Sum mæg fingrum wel hlúde fore hæleðum hearpan stirgan, gleóbeám grétan, Cri. 669. Þonne ic (the devil) míne hearpan genam and míne strengas styrian ongan, heó þæt lustlíce gehýrdon and fram þé (God) ácerdan and tó mé urnan, Wlfst. 255, 8.

wád

(n.)
Grammar
wád, es; n.

Woad,

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Man mæg on hærfeste wád spittan, Anglia ix. 261, 16. the growth of woad seems marked by the occurrence of the word in such forms as wád-beorh, wád-denu, wád-lond in charters Of ðære díc on wádbeorgas; of wádbeorgan, Cod. Dip, Kmbl., iii. 77, 15.

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of-sceótan

(v.)

to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weaponelf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it.

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Hǽþcyn his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre. Beo. Th. 4870; B. 2439. Hé hiene ne meahte ofsceótan mid ðæm bismere quem commovere in ipsa contumeliarum jaculatione non potuit Past. 33, 7; Swt. 227, 9. Hé mid geǽttrode fláne hine ofsceótan wolde, Homl.

tin-tregian

(v.)
Grammar
tin-tregian, -tergian; p. ode

To torment,torture,afflict

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To torment, torture, afflict Ða ðe hé ne mæg fram rihtan geleáfan tó him gebígan, ðonne tintregaþ hé ða on mænigfælde wísan, Wulfst. 197, 7: Blickl. Homl. 59, 31. Philippus hí miclum tintrade(tintergade, MS.

Linked entry: tregian

beó-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
beó-wyrt, e; f. [beó a bee, wyrt a plant]

BEE-WORTbalm mintsweet flagapiastrumacorus calamus

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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man on Léden veneriam, and on úre geþeóde beówyrt, nemneþ, heó biþ cenned on begánum stówum, and on wyrtbeddum, and on mǽdum this plant, which in Latin is called veneria, and in our language bee-wort, is produced in cultivated places, and

Linked entry: bió-wyrt

clipur

(n.)
Grammar
clipur, es; m.

A CLAPPER of a belltintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus

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A CLAPPER of a bell; tintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus Se bend ðe se clipur ys mid gewriðen, ys swylce hyt sý sum gemetegung ðæt ðære tungan clipur mǽge styrian, and ða lippan æt-hwega beátan.

leger-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
leger-bedd, es; n.

A sick-bedgrave

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A sick-bed, bed of death, grave Sum mǽden hé gehǽlde ðæt ðe langlíce læg on legerbedde seóc a maiden he healed that had long been confined to her bed by sickness, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 25. Árís nú and ber hám ðín legerbed, i. 472, 25.

ge-namian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-namian, p. ode; pp. od [nama a name]

To name, call, appointappellare, vocare

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Bútan ðære mægðe Leui ðe næs genamod ðǽr to besides the tribe of Levi that was not named amongst them, Swt. Rdr. 63, 224: Homl. Th. i. 282, 20

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ge-cneówian

(v.)
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Gesinge hé fíftig sealma and gecneówige æt ǽlcon heora; and gif hé gecneówian ne mæge, singe hundseofontig sealma cantet quinquaginta psalmos et inter singulos eorum in genua procumbat; si in genua procumbere nequit, septuaginta psalmos cantet, Ll.