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GANG

(n.)
Grammar
GANG, geng, gong, gung, es; m.

GANGgoingjourneystepwaypathpassagecourse (of time)ĭtergrădusgressusincessusambŭlātiosēmĭtaa passagedrainprivylatrīnasecessus

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Heó freó on hira fóta gangum blíðe hám wæs hweorfende ipsa lībĕro pĕdum incessu dŏmum læta reversa est; Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 33. Heora geára gang anni eorum, Ps. Th. 77, 32. Geára gongum in the course of years, Elen.

ge-fultuman

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heó him gefultumode tó his ágenum feore rogavit pro anima sua, Hml. A. 100, 273. Hí bǽdon hine þæt hé him tó heora ealdrihtum gefaltumede, Bt. 1; F. 2, 24. Ealra þára þinga þe mé Críst tó gefultumian wyle, Cht.

þencan

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</b> add :-- Ðǽr heó hiræ lícaman ræstan þæncð where she intends her body to rest, C.D. iii. 360, 3.

á-stellan

To set up,to set an exampleto do something firstto found a placeinstitute an officeto establish a practice doctrine,to establishconfirm

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Þæt him beón heora ǽhta eallum gemǽne, swá ðá apostoli hit ástealdon, Hml. Th. i. 318, 10. Þis fæsten wæs ásteald, ii. 100, 1.

blind-nes

obscurity

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Add: physical, of persons, where faculty of vision is absent Hire eágan ðýstredon, ꝥ heó nǽnigne dǽl leóhtes scíman geseón mihte, Mid þý heó sum fæc on blindnesse wæs, Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 401, 12. Ofslegene (slegene, 29) mid blindnesse, Bl.

gladian

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to be bright, shine, gleam (of polished metal) On him gladiað gomelra láfe, B. 2036. to be glad, rejoice Hwílon heó besárgað hyre líchoman sárnissa, hwílon heó gladað on gódum gelimpum, Hml.

ge-anbídian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbídian, l. ge-anbidian, geandbidian,

to wait to wait for.to wait for the comingreturnto wait for the coming to passto wait

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hwíle; þá eóde heó on hire palatium, Shrn. 75, 24. to wait for the coming to pass of something, with gen.

ge-tácnung

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Hwílon hé ( the preposition ) geeácnað and gefylð þǽra worda andgit þe hé tó cymð, and hwílon hé áwent heora getácnunge and hwílon wanað, 268, 2.

ge-endebyrdan

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ge-endebyrdan, ge-endebyrdian.
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Seó bóc hátte Liber Ruth and heó is geendebyrd on úre bibliothécan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 6, 33: 10, 41: 11, 3. Wé beóð geendebyrde tó heora weredum æfter úrum geearnungum, Hml.

teón-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Wrong, injury Ðæt hig wrecan mihton heora teónrǽdenne mid tintergum on him ( ut reddamus ei (Samson), quae in nos operatus est ) . . . Hig woldon hine tintregian for heora teónrǽdene, Jud. 15, 10, 14.

cyne-hláford

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Him láð nǽre ꝥ hí ongeán heora cynehláford standan sceoldan, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 16. Se Pontisca Pilatus grét his cynehláford Claudium, Nic. 19, 36. Add

forþ-fæderas

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Heora heortan gerihtlǽcan mid heora fórðfædera gebysnunge (v. Acts, c. 7), 46, 9. Bið gelóme ofsprincg forscyldegod þurh fordfædera mándǽda, 114, 22. Forþfæderas tritavos, An.

for-rotian

(v.)
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Fultum heora forrotað (ueterescet) on helle, Ps. Rdr. 48, 15. Ðá nýtenu forrotedon on heora meoxe, Hml. Th. i. 118, 15. Ne forrotige on brosnunge þeós hand, Hml. S. 26, 101. Ðeáh ðá bán for æfste forrotigen putredo ossium invidia, Past. 235, 14, 25.

munuc

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Nú wille wé úre sprǽce áwendan tó þám iungum munecum þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 26. Add

hryre

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Hié náþer næfdon siþþan ne heora namon ne heora anweald.

and-fenge

(adj.)
Grammar
and-fenge, -fencge; adj.

That which can be receivedacceptableapprovedfitacceptabilisacceptusaptus

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That which can be received, acceptable, approved, fit; acceptabilis, acceptus, aptus Asette his hand ofer ðære offrunge heáfod, ðonne biþ heó andfeage ponet manum super caput hostiæ, et acceptabilis erit, Lev. 1, 4.

a-leógan

(v.)
Grammar
a-leógan, p. -leág, -leáh, -léh, pl. -lugon; pp. -logen [a, leógan to lie, lig]

To lietell liesbeliedeceivementiriconfutarenon præstare

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Heó hyre gehát aleáh she belied her vow, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 7. He beót ne aléh he belied not his promise, Beo. Th. 160; B. 80. Hí aleógaþ him they tell lies to him, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 18: L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 12

Linked entries: a-leáh a-léh a-logen

cwylmian

(v.)
Grammar
cwylmian, part.cwylmigende ; p. ode ; pp. od [cwealm pain, torment]

To suffer, suffer torment or pain cruciāri

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To suffer, suffer torment or pain ; cruciāri Heó sceal écelíce cwylmian it [the soul] shall suffer eternally, Homl. Th. ii. 232, 29. Ða mánfullan beóþ ǽfre cwylmigende on helle súsle the sinful shall ever be suffering pain in hell torment, 608, 11.

from-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
from-hweorfan, p. -hwearf, pl. -hwurfon; pp. -hworfen

To turn fromgo or depart fromexīrediscēdĕre

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Ðonne heó hwám fromhweorfende beóþ when they are departing from any one, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 16. Nǽfre ic fromhweorfe I will never depart from [you ], Exon. 14 b; Th. 30, 8; Cri. 476

mis-lícian

(v.)

to displease

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to displease Gif heó mislícaþ ( displicuerit ) ðam hláforde, Ex. 21, 8. Se ðe him sylfum mislícaþ tó ðí ðæt hé Gode gelícige, Homl. Th. i. 512, 35. Ðonne eów mislíciaþ ða mettrumnessa ðe gé on óðrum monnum geseóþ, Past. 21, 4; Swt. 159, 13.