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ge-féra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-féra, an; m.

A companioncomradeassociatefellowcolleaguefellow-disciplemanservantsŏciuscontŭbernāliscŏmescondiscĭpŭlusvirpuer

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Bæd se gesíþ hine ðæt he eóde in to ánum his geférena rogātus est ab eodem cŏmĭte intrāre ad unum de puĕris ejus, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 36 : 1, 7; S. 476, 29. Cwæþ Thomas to hys geférum dixit Thomas ad condiscĭpŭlos, Jn.

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ge-rýne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rýne, -ríne, -réne, es; pl. nom. acc. -u, -o, -a; n.

A mystery, a sacramentmysteriumcounselmysterymysterium, sacramentum

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Eów is geseald to witanne heofena ríces gerýnu vobis datum est nosse mysteria regni cælorum, Mt. Bos. 13, 11. Ða gerýnu Cristes menniscnysse the mysteries of Christ's humanity, Homl. Pasc. Lisle 12, 17.

(v.)
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A.) eów, Lk. Skt. 24, 36. Ðæt gé ne sín (sié, Lind.) ymbhýdige, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25. Sín (sién, Hatt. MS.) hira eágan áþístrode. Past. 1; Swt. 28, 9. Ðæt sién gewemmede ealle. Blickl. Homl. 245, 22. Ðæt mé æfter sié eaforan síne yrfeweardas, Cd.

þennan

(v.)
Grammar
þennan, þenian; p. þenede.
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Surt. ii. p. 190, 5. to prostrate, overthrow Ðæt hé þenede hig on wéstene ut prosterneret eos in deserto, Ps. Spl. 105, 25. to strain, make an effort, exert one's self, press on (v.

Linked entries: þænnan þenian

weorold-ríce

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-ríce, es; n.
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Bibeád ic eów ðæt gé bróþor míne in woruldríce wel árétten, Exon. Th. 91, 32 ; Cri. 1501 : 275, 12; Jul. 549: 290, 14; Wand. 65: 442, 16 ; Kl. 13. Hú wolde ðæt geweoðan on woruldríce? Elen. Kmbl. 910; El. 456. In worldríce, 2095 ; El. 1049.

be-weddian

(v.)

to betrothpledgeplight

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Add: to betroth Ic beweddode (desponsavi) eów anum were, -ꝥ gé án clǽne mǽden gearcion Críste, Hml. A. 30, 139: Hml. Th. ii. 54, 14. Beweddede subarravit (me annulo), An. Ox. 4293 : subarraret (nuptiali dote), 4553.

for-fón

to take awayto seizeto anticipate

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Ic ꝥ hæbbe forefangen ꝥ eów nǽfre heononforð þanon nán unfrið tó ne cymð I have taken measures to prevent any trouble ever coming to you henceforth from that quarter, Cht. E. 230, 5

ge-hát

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Add: a promise 'Ic eów freoþige . . .' Him þá wæs þæt heofenlice gehát, Bl. H. 135, 27. Eal þín gehát þe þú mé gehét, 143, 28.

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ge-lendan

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Gecwǽdon þæt þá hám gelendon eos Spartam remittunt, 1, 14; S. 56, 25. of things. material Nis nán tó þæs lytel ǽwelm ꝥ hé þá sǽ ne geséce, and eft of þǽre sǽ gelent in on þá eorþan there is no spring so small that it do not make its way to the sea, and

gelimplic

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Wé willað nú sume eów geopenian, and sume eft on gelimplicere tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 200, 6. Gelimplicum horis competentibus. Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 162, 2. with a clause Þ gelimplic wæs, ꝥ hé his leornerum frófre sende, Bl.

and-git

(n.; part.)
Grammar
and-git, -giet, -gyt, -get, [ond-, on-], es; n. [and, git = get, p. of gitan to get] .

the understandingthe intellectintellectusunderstandingknowledgecognizanceintellectuscognitioagnitiosensemeaningone of the sensessensus

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Nolde ic hiora andgit ǽnig habban non agnoscebam eos, Ps. Th. 100, 4. sense, meaning, one of the senses; sensus Hwílum [he sette] andgit of andgite sometimes [he put] meaning for meaning, Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 3.

DRÉFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÉFAN, part. dréfende; p. dréfde; pp. dréfed

To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre

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Ðú dréfst hí turbābis eos, Ps. Spl. 82, 14. For-hwý unrót eart sáwle mín, and for-hwon dréfst me quare tristis es anĭma mea, et quare conturbas me? Ps. Spl. 41, 6, 15: 42, 5. Dréfaþ conturbant, Mone B. 2613.

láreów

(n.)
Grammar
láreów, es; m.

A teachermasterpreacher

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Ne gyrne gé ðæt eów man Láreówas nemne án ys eówer Láreów nolite vocari Rabbi: unus enim est Magister vester, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 8. Hé is ordfruma and láreów ealre clǽnnesse he is the origin and teacher of all purity, Blickl. Homl. 13, 21.

lof

(n.)
Grammar
lof, es; n. m.

Praisegloryhymn

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Ic eów sylle míne sibbe þurh mín ðæt héhste lof (the Holy Ghost), Blickl, Homl. 157. 30. Gegán longsumne lof to earn lasting praise, Beo. Th. 3076 ; B. 1536. Lofa ic cwæþe ðé laudem dixi tibi, Ps. Spl. 118, 164.

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to haveto be without

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Ðonne gé faran næbbe gé mid eów hláf, Blickl. Homl. 233, 17. Gif hé wíf næbbe, Ex. 21, 4. Ne mæg ðæt ná beón ðæt ða bearn langunga nabban, Blickl. Homl. 131, 26. Næbben, Beo. Th. 3705; B. 1850. Hét mé fremdne god hergan, oððe hí nabban, Exon.

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teóðian

(v.)
Grammar
teóðian, teogoðian; p. ode.
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Gif gé nellaþ teóðian ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe eów God lǽnþ, 297, 2: Homl. Th. i. 178, 30; ii. 608, 21. <b>II a.

a-rǽfnan

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a-rǽfnan, l. á-ræfnan (-ian), and add: I.
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Ic hit áræfnede ꝥ ic eów æteówe hwylcum gemete gé sceolan áræfnan, 237, 12. Þú his dómas on þé sylfum áremdest (v. l. geþolodest), Angl. xii. 505, 4. Hú hé áræfnede ðæs cwelres hand, Shrn. 129, 9. Áræfne þú ealle . . . Áræfna þás tintrego, Bl.

án-rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Gé habbað gehýred ánrǽdlíce hwæt eów tó dónne is you have heard definitely what there is for you to do, Ll. Th. ii. 362, 17.

ealu

(v.)
Grammar
ealu, (-o,-a). For 'generally indecl. in sing.' substitute: gen. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ), alþes (Rtl.); dat. inst. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ); acc. ealu (-o, -a); gen. pl. ealeþa,
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H. 165, 11. an intoxicating drink Ne oferdrincað gé eów wínes ne óðera ealeða, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 20. v. æfter-, brýd-, mealt-ealu

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Grn. 3, 19. origin Eálá gé eorþlican men, hwæt gé þeáh magon hwæthwego ongitan swelce eów mǽte be eówrum frumsceafte, ꝥ is God vos o terrena animalia, tenui licet imagine, vestrum tamen principium somniatis, Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 4. original constitution