ge-bédian
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Romam uenire ad uidenda atque adoranda beatorum apostolorum . . . limina cogitauit, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 591, 3
FULL
FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger
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Hit is gecyndelíc ðæt ealle eorþlíce líchaman beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan ðonne on wanigendum it is natural that all earthly bodies are fuller at the increasing moon than at the waning, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 11; Lchdm. iii. 268,
éce
Ever, evermore, eternally, perpetually ⬩ in æternum, semper, contĭnuo, perpĕtuo
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Ðǽr is help gelong éce to ealdre there is our help for evermore at hand. Exon. 75 a; Th. 281, 14; Jul. 646. Wunaþ symble éce mănet in sēcŭlum sēcŭli, Ps. Th. 110, 2. Wunaþéce forþ mănet in sēcŭlum sēcŭli, Ps. Th. 118, 90
fóre-setnes
a thing proposed ⬩ proposition ⬩ purpose ⬩ intention ⬩ propŏsĭtio ⬩ propŏsĭtum ⬩ that which is placed before ⬩ a preposition ⬩ præpŏsĭtio
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a thing proposed, proposition, purpose, intention; propŏsĭtio, propŏsĭtum Wæs seó cwén lustfulliende ðære gódan fóresetnesse and willan ðæs iungan the queen rejoiced at the young man's good purpose and will, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 32: 5, 20; S. 642, 17.
Linked entries: fór-gesettenys fór-settednys
ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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To find out by asking, learn, hear; fando accĭpĕre, discĕre, audīre Geascode he ðone cyning on Meran túne he learnt [that] the king [was] at Merton, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 28.
lungre
Quickly ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ straightway ⬩ speedily
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Quickly, soon, at once, straightway, speedily Loth eode lungre út Lot went out straightway, Cd. 113; Th. 148, 24; Gen. 2461: Beo. Th. 5480; B. 2743. Cyning álýsde hine lungre, Ps. Th. 104, 16.
ge-wyrpan
To recover ⬩ verti ⬩ recuperare
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He ðá befrán on hwilcere tíde he gewyrpte he then enquired at what hour he recovered, Homl. Th. i. 128, 12. Sóna ðæt him bet wæs, and gewyrpte fram ðære untrumnysse melius habere cœpit, et convalescens ab infirmitate, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 7
bétan
to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restore ⬩ emendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiare ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair a fire ⬩ to light ⬩ make a fire, to kindle ⬩ focum reparare ⬩ to remedy, compensate, make amends ⬩ compensare
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Hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan how thou mayest improve thy fields, Lchdm. i. 398, 1. joined with fýr to mend or repair a fire, to light, or make a fire, to kindle; focum reparare; [In this sense böten is used in Low German at the present day Böt füer make
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ge-læccan
To take ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ apprehend ⬩ comprehend ⬩ capere ⬩ arripere ⬩ comprehendere
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Hét sóna gelæccan Stranguilionem he bade seize Stranguilio at once, Th. Apol. 25, 25. Ðis þing ic gelæhte I have comprehended this thing; hanc rem apprehendi, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 24
stǽnan
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to stone, cast stones at Ðú stǽnæst (stǽnas, Lind.) ða ðe tó ðé sende wéran, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 37. Ne stǽnas ué ðec non lapidamus te, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 32.
á-forhtian
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A. 206, 357. to become amazed at Áforhtiende obstupescens (tanta prodigia ), An. Ox. 2, 388
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cnucian
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To knock at a door Sóna þænne cnucað (cnocige, cnucige, R. Ben. 126, 21) mox ut aliquis pulsaverit, R. Ben. I. 112, 9. Heó on þǽre cýtan duru cnocode, Hml. A. 196, 26. Gif hé þurhwunað cnuciende ( pulsans ), R. Ben. I. 95, 14: Hml. Th. i. 248, 21.
æfter-genga
one living at a later time ⬩ a descendant ⬩ one coming after in an office, a successor ⬩ a follower of a creed, &c.
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Z. 275, 3, and add: one living at a later time; where those of the same stock are referred to, a descendant Æftergencgena coposteriorum (natorum ), Hpt. Gl. 445, 60. Æftergen(gena) liberorum, i. filiorum, An. Ox. 584.
wígbed-þegen
A minister of the altar ⬩ an ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar
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A minister of the altar, an ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar Gif weófodþén, ðæt is, biscop oððe mæssepreóst oððe diácon, gewífode ... hí forbudon ǽlc wíflác weófodþénum, L. I. P. 23; Th. ii. 336, 3-13: Wulfst. 270, 21.
gára
a gore ⬩ a gore ⬩ flap ⬩ lappet
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Add: a gore of land [' When a field, the sides of which are straight, but not parallel, is divided into lands, the angular piece at the side is called a gore. ' Leicester Gloss. in N. E. D.]
of-feallan
to fall upon, kill by falling, destroy
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Sigferþ cyning hine offeóll and his líc ligþ æt Wimburnan King Sigferth laid violent hands on himself, and his body lies buried at Wimborne, Chr. 962; Erl. 120, 4.
scearpness
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</b> bitterness of speech :-- Sum hálig fǽmne in þám mynstre ðá scearpnesse dysiglicra sprǽca on hire ágenre tungan hí ná bebeáh quaedam sanctimonialis femina in loco eodem linguae procacitatem atque stultiloquium non declinavit, Gr.
em-niht
Equal day and night, equinox ⬩ æquĭnoctium
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To hærfestes emnihte at the autumnal equinox, Th. Diplm. A. D. 902; 151, 11
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ge-healdsumnys
A keeping ⬩ observance ⬩ preservation ⬩ abstinence ⬩ custōdia ⬩ observātio ⬩ conservātio ⬩ abstĭnentia
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abstinence; custōdia, observātio, conservātio, abstĭnentia We rǽdaþ on bócum, ðæt ðeós gehealdsumnys wurde arǽred on ðone tíman ðe gelamp on ánre byrig ðe Uigenna is gecweden micel eorþstyrung we read in books, that this observance was established at
undern-tíd
the third hour of the day ⬩ nine o'clock A. M. ⬩ the service at the third hour
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Homl. 47, 17: 133, 27. the service at the third hour Wé sungon underntíde and dydon mæssan cantavimus tertiam et fecimus missam, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 31