ge-hírness
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Take here <b>ge-hýrnes</b> in Dict. and add: the sense of hearing Sefa sensus, gesihþ visus, gehírnes auditus Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 30: ii. 7, 77. Gehérnes, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 6.
ge-brítan
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Take here ge-brytan (l. -brytan) in Dict. and add Gebrýtte fricabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 39. lit. Ðeós wyrt hafað geoluwe blóstman, and gif þu hý betweónan þínum fingrum gebrýtest, þonne hafað heó swæc swylce myrre, Lch. i. 256, 9.
ge-broc
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Take here ge-bróc (l. -broc) in Dict., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12
rúm-mód
liberal ⬩ profuse ⬩ benignant, gracious, kind
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Th. 106, 30; Gú. 49. too liberal, profuse :-- Swá ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis praedicetur parcitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, Past. 60; Swt. 453
ofer-eáca
an over-plus, a surplus, what remains over when apart has been taken ⬩ an addition, augmentation
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an over-plus, a surplus, what remains over when apart has been taken Ðone mǽstan dǽl ðæs folces hí ofslógon, and ðone ofereácan áweg gelǽddon, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 4.
bisenian
model
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Thw. 2, 28. to take example Ðá láreówas ðæt wæter gedréfað mid hira unðeáwum, ðonne ðæt folc bisenað on hira unðeáwum, nals on hira láre cum subjecti non sectantur verba, sed exempla pravitatis imitantur, Past. 31, 6.
fleám
Flight ⬩ fŭga
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Fleám gewyrcan to take to flight, Byrht. Th. 134, 9; By. 81. Efne ic feor gewíte, fleáme dǽle ecce elongāvi fŭgiens, Ps. Th. 54, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 3087; An. 1546.
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GEÁC
A cuckoo ⬩ gawk ⬩ cŭcūlus
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Genim geáces súran take cuckoo-sorrel, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 14 : 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 22 : 3, 48; Lchdm. ii. 340, 2 : iii. 12, 30
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hús-ting
a meeting ⬩ court ⬩ tribunal
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A word taken from the Scandinavians [Icel. hús-þing a council or meeting to which a king, earl or captain summoned his people or guardsmen], a meeting, court, tribunal, apparently so called from its being held within a building when other courts were
starian
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Him ðæt tácen wearð, ðǽr hé tó starude, Cd. Th. 260, 32; Dan. 718. Ðe hire an eágum starede, Beo. Th. 3875; B. 1935. Hí on mere staredon, 3211; B. 1603. On ða beorhtan gescæft ne mót ic ǽfre má eágum starian, Cd. Th. 273, 22; Sat. 140: Judth.
stricel
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Lorgaulté the strickle used in the measuring of corne' Cotgrave. ' When wee goe to take up come for the mill, the first thinge wee doe is to looke out poakes, then the bushel and strickle.' Farming Books of H.
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ge-miltsian
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Add: to take pity on Gemiltsige miserescat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 26. the object a person, with dat. Þám ábryrdum hé gemilseþ contritis (corde) miserescit, An. Ox. 4124. Drihten him gemiltsode (-mildsode, v.l. ), Hml. S. 13, 266.
ge-scirpan
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Take here <b>ge-scerpan</b> in Dict., and add: to dress, clothe. of people Þá árás hé sylf and nine gescyrpte surrexit, vestimento se induit, Gr. D. 297, 12. Þeáh wé ús gescirpen mid þý reádestan godwebbe, Wlfst. 262, 21.
full-wiht
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Take here <b>fulluht,</b> and add: The word is masc. and fem. as well as neut. masc. Sió hreówsung scolde bión ǽr ðǽm fulwihte. Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. fem.
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gnornian
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Take here <b>gnornan</b> in Dict., and add: to feel grief, regret, &c. Ic gnornige contristatus sum, Ps. Th. 54, 2. Á mæg gnornian sé þe nú fram þís wígplegan wendan þenceð, By. 315. Grnorniendum merentibus, Kent. Gl. 1129.
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æfter
After ⬩ then ⬩ afterwards ⬩ post ⬩ postea ⬩ exinde
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Ðǽr sceal ylda cwealm æfter wyrþan then must slaughter of men take place afterwards, 364; An. 182. Swá ðas foldan fæðme bewíndeþ ðes eástrodor and æfter west quantum ortus distat ab occasu. Ps. Th. 102, 12
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deal
Proud, exulting, eminent ⬩ superbus, clarus
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Sum sceal wildne fugel atemian, fiðrum dealne one shall tame the wild bird, exulting in his plumes, 88 b; Th. 332, 21; Vy. 88. Wíggendra þreát cómon, æscum dealle a troop of warriors came, proud with their spears, Andr.
hwearf
A turn ⬩ space ⬩ change ⬩ exchange
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If any one do so let the lord take possession of the property exchanged, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 16-21. In huarf in spatio, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 13. Huelc seles monn hwerf fore sáuel his quam dabit homo commutationem pro anima sua, Mt.
scírig-mann
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Th. 275, 276, and in this sense it is taken by Kemble, v. Saxons in England, ii. 168 sq. In another charter the same person is mentioned, but without the title: a grant of land is made by Ethelred to Winchester 'ofer Wulfsiges dæg preóstes,' Cod.
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ge-lygnian
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To charge with falsehood Ðá ne gecneów se portgeréfa þára namena nán ðing þe hé namode, ac hé sóna gelignode hine, and cwæð: 'Nú þurh þínre leásan tale ic ongyten hæbbe ꝥ þú eart án forswíðe leás mon,' Hml. S. 23, 686.