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ge-namian

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

To name, call, appointappellare, vocare

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To name, call, appoint; appellare, vocare And Adam ðá genamode ealle nýtenu heora namum and Adam then named all cattle by their names; appellavitque omne jumentum nominibus suis, Gen. 2, 20.

Linked entry: namian

ge-hlidad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlidad, part.
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Substitute: <b>ge-hlidian;</b> p. ode To cover with a lid (gehleodad is; a v. l. to gehlidad, Bd. Sch. 445, 21). [Þes put he hat þat heo beo euer ilided and iwríen, A. R. 58.] Cf. un-hlidian

ge-sundlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sundlic, adj.
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Cf. ge-sund ; Se weg is mycele gesundlicra tutior est via, Gr. D. 348, 10. prosperous On þám gesundlicum þingum in prosperity, Bd. 4, 23 ; Sch. 475, 10

Linked entry: -sundlic

ge-sund

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sund, adj.

Soundhealthyentireunhurtsafefavourableprosperoussanusintegersalvusincolumisprosperfelix

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Ðæt ic ðé lǽte brúcan sinces gesundne that I will let thee enjoy wealth uninjured, Cd. 126; Th. 161, 14; Gen. 2665. Ðonne beón híg ealle gesunde cunctus populus salvabitur, Deut. 20, 11.

ge-reord

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reord, -reorde, es; n.

Language, speech, tongue, voice

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Weorþlíce getýd ge on Ledenisc gereorde ge on Grecisc Græcæ pariter et Latinæ linguæ peritissimus, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 33: 2; 565, 28: Th. An. 18, 29.

Linked entries: reord reord

ge-metfæst

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Hé is monþwǽre, nele láðes wiht ǽngum geæfnan, Pa. 31. sober, discreet, honest, orderly, v. ge-metfæstnys, ge-metlǽcan Ǽfestes lífes and gemetfæstes abbod religiosae ac modestae uitae abbas, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 631, 23.

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

ge-tynge

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Ox. 3122. skilful, v. ge-tyngnes; III Þá forewittigan ł getincge glǽw[nesse] sagacissimam, i. peritissimam industriam (animi exercere ), An. Ox. 70

ge-brýsed

(v.)
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Substitute: ge-brýsan, ge-brýsian; p. de, ede; pp. ed. to bruise, crush, pound. lit.

ge-féging

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Gefé(g)incga compages, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 66. Add

ge-léfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-léfan, p. de; pp. ed

To believeconfidetrustcrēdĕreconfīdĕre

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To believe, confide, trust; crēdĕre, confīdĕre Gif willaþ mínre mihte geléfan if ye will believe my power, Cd. 219; Th. 280, 6; Sat. 251. Geléfst ðú ðæt seó wyrd wealde disse worulde dost thou believe that fortune governs this world?

ge-scyldru

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Take here <b>ge-sculdre</b> in Dict., and add: The shoulder-blades Mid gescyldrum his scapulis suis, Ps. Srt. 90, 4. On ðone lið þǽra eaxla betweox gesculdrum, Lch. ii. 242, 12, Ofer gescyldru super scapulas, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 192, 33

ge-þrǽstedness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þrǽstedness, e; f.
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Voc. ii. 134, 78. of material. v. ge-þrǽstan; Geunrótsode for geþrǽstednysse (tócwysednysse, v. l.) þæs bróðres contristati contritione fratris, Gr. D. 125, 12. of the mind, contrition In úre heortan geþrǽstednesse in cordis contritione, Gr.

Linked entry: ge-þrǽstnes

ge-find

Grammar
ge-find, enemies.
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Take here ge-fýnd in Dict., and add Þá sendon tó Læcedemonium and bǽdon ꝥ hié gefriénd wurden, þéh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren Lacedaemonios quondam hostes, tunc socios adsciscunt, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. Gefýnd (inimici) úre synt déman, Cant.

Linked entry: ge-fýnd

ge-bærnan

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Ge-bernes, Lk. L. 8, 16. Léht in ús gibern lucem in nobis accende, Rtl. 38, 3. <b>II a.</b> of a fire, to kindle, cause to give heat: — Fýr ðæt gefe ðín ðyde ꝥte giberne uére ignis quem gratia tua fecit accendi, Rtl. 38,21.

ge-býsnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-býsnung, e; f. [býsnung an example]

An exampleexemplum

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Ne dó ge ná be his gebýsnungum do ye not according to his examples, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35

Linked entry: ge-bisnung

ge-grippan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grippan, p. de.
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Soecendo hine tó gegriopann[e], Jn. p. 5, 5. v. ge-græppian in Dict

Linked entries: grippan ge-grípan

ge-mǽgþ

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Cf. ge-mǽgas

ge-neahlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-neahlíce, adv.
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Take here ge-nehlíce in Dict. and add: constantly, assiduously Mid þý se Godes wer hine geneahlíce ( assidue ) ðreátode and gelómlíce lǽrde, Gr.

Linked entry: ge-nehlíce

ge-þǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þǽnan, p. de
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Tó þám þurh þá tóflówennysse þæs streámes beón geþǽnede (-þén-, v. l. ) þá inngeþancas geleáffulra breósta, 94, 22 v. þán, and cf. ge-þawenian

Linked entry: þǽnan

ge-sǽlignes

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Add: hap, fortune, v. ge-sǽlig; I Wǽgendre gesǽlignesse fallentis fortunae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 73. Gesǽlinesse fatu, An. Ox. 2627. Hwæt wilnast þú þonne ꝥ þú hæbbe æt swelcre gesǽlignesse? quid autem tanto fortunae strepitu desiderastis ?

Linked entry: sǽligness