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georn-ful

(adj.)
Grammar
georn-ful, -full; comp. -fulra; adj.

Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligentsollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens

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Th. 139, 54; By. 274. Geornfull ðú eart sollĭcĭta es, Lk. Bos. 10, 41. Wæs he on willsumnesse háligra gebeda gecneord and geornfull erat orātiōnum devōtiōni sollertissĭme intentus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 34.

Linked entry: gearnfull

stycce-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
stycce-mǽlum, (sticce-, stic-); adv.
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Th. i. 508, 23. little by little, by degrees, gradually:?-Ða ðýstru styccemǽlum swá ðicce wǽron tenebrae in tantum paulisper condensatae sunt, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 12.

ge-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sleán, p. -slóg, -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen, -slægen, -slegen

To strikepitch [a tent]smiteslayquellforgefightobtain by fighting

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Se geslagena biþ mid deáþe gegripen the man stricken [by disease] is seized by death, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 12. Ðǽr he geslóh his geteld he pitched his tent there, Gen. 12, 8.

Linked entry: ge-slóh

forþ-gang

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-gang, es; m.

a going forthprogressadvanceprocessusprogressusa passagedrainprivymeātussecessuslatrīna

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Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe, and byþ on forþgang asend quod in os intrat, in ventrem vādit, et in secessum emittĭtur, Mt. Bos. 15, 17: Mk. Bos. 7, 19. [vorðgong progress, A.R.]

Linked entry: forþ-geong

ge-trahtian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trahtian, -trahtnian; p. ode; pp. od

To treatexplainexpoundconsidertractāreexpōnĕre

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Ðá cwæþ Pilatus Hú clypedon hig and hú byþ hit getrahtnod on Hebreisc then said Pilate 'How did they call out and how is it explained in Hebrew,' Nicod. 4; Thw. 2, 31. Getrahtad interpretatum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 38, 41: 9, 7.

Linked entry: trahtian

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.
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Swá hwylc Sunnan-dæg swá þǽr byð gehendost, Angl. viii. 329, 12. of scrutiny, closely Béda and Rabanus þe wel gehende an ásmeádun ymbe þisum cræfte, Angl. viii. 308, 13. of kinship, association, &c.

ge-stal

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stal, an obstacle.
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Substitute: <b>ge-stál,</b> es; n. a charge, an accusation In þám dæge (doomsday) ús byð æteówed . . . se réða wealdend and se rihta dóm, úre fyrena edwit and þǽra feónda gestál, Wlfst. 186, 17.

stæf-gefég

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-gefég, es; n.

a combination of lettersa forming of letters in writing

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Hwílon byþ ðæt stæfgefég on ánum stæfe, hwílon on twám, etc., Ælfc. Gr. 3; Zup. 7, 4-11.

be-bycgan

Grammar
be-bycgan, be-bycgean.
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Sylle ł bebycge (-byg,L.), Mt. R. 19, 21. Ðá bebycendo (bibyccende,R.) and ðá bycgendo ... seatlas bebycgendra (bibyccendra, R.) Mk. L. 11, 15. Bebygendra, Mt. L. 21, 12. Tó bebycgendum (bibycendum,L.), Mt. R. 25, 9.

(num.; pronoun.)
Grammar
bá,

both

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Wæter and eorþe, sint on gecynde cealda bá twá water and earth, both the two are by nature cold, Fox 20, 152 ; Met. 20, 76. Bysmeredon uncit [Inscription Bismærede ungket] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together, Runic Inscrip.

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be-leán

(v.)
Grammar
be-leán, p. -lóh, pl. -lógon; pp. -leahen

To hinder by blamereprehendreproveforbidprohiberereprobarereprehendere

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To hinder by blame, reprehend, reprove, forbid; prohibere, reprobare, reprehendere We lǽraþ ðæt preostas oferdruncen beleán óðrum mannum we enjoin that priests reprehend drunkenness in other men L. Edg. C. 57; Th. ii. 256, 14.

be-líðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-líðan, p. -láþ, pl. -liðon = -lidon; pp. -liðen = -liden [be from, líðan to go, sail]

To go fromto leaveeffugererelinquere

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To go from, to leave; effugere, relinquere Lífe belidenes líc the body of the left by life, i. e. the body of the lifeless Elen. Kmbl. 1752; El. 878 : Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 18, note; Gú. 1312 : Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 280.

Linked entries: líðan bi-liden

edor

(n.)
Grammar
edor, eder, es; m.

A hedge, fence, place inclosed by a hedge, fold, dwelling, housesēpes, dŏmus, tectum

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A hedge, fence, place inclosed by a hedge, fold, dwelling, house; sēpes, dŏmus, tectum Gif fríman edor gegangeþ if a freeman forcibly enter a dwelling, L. Ethb. 29: Th. i. 10, 3. Under edoras under dwellings.

Linked entries: eador edring

égor-streám

(n.)
Grammar
égor-streám, eágor-streám,es ; m.

A water-stream, water, the seaunda, flŭvius, măre

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A water-stream, water, the sea; unda, flŭvius, măre Ðiós eorþe mæg and égorstreám cræfta náne adwæscan ðæt ðæt him on innan sticaþ this earth and sea can by no means extinguish that which in them remains. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 236; Met. 20, 118.

Linked entry: eágor-streám

eornoste

(adv.)
Grammar
eornoste, eorneste; adv.

in earnest, earnestly, seriously, courageously, stronglysērio, strēnue, sēdŭlo, vĕhĕmenter

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Th. 140, 1; By. 281: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 39; Jud. 231. Hió onginþ eorneste racentan slítan she will begin in earnest to sever her chains, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 56; Met. 13, 28: 16, 44; Met. 16, 22

FLEAX

(n.)
Grammar
FLEAX, flex, es; n.

FLAXlīnum

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Þurh ðæt fleax by the flax, Past. 14, 6; Hat. MS. 18b, 14. Swíðe hwít fleax very white flax; bissum [ = byssus = βύσσος ], Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 94; Wrt. Voc. 40, 5

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mæc

(adj.)
Grammar
mæc, adj.

Well-matchedequalagreeable

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Hár hildering hréman ne þorfte macan (other MSS. mecca, meca, mecga) gemǽnan the grey-haired warrior had no need to boast of well-matched intercourse, i. e. would not boast of being a match for those against whom he fought, and by whom he had been defeated

mǽg-wine

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-wine, es; m.

A kinsman and friend

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A kinsman and friend Mon mænig be his mǽgwine many a man standing by his kinsman (of the people at the tower of Babel), Cd. 80; Th. 100, 9; Gen. 1661. Mǽgwinas míne, Beo. Th. 4951; B. 2479. Mǽgwinum.

mis-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
mis-rǽd, es; m.

evil advice or directionmis-guidanceevil conduct

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evil advice or direction, mis-guidance Hí beóþ geyrmede þurh unwísne cyning on manegum ungelimpum for his misrǽde they (a people) are made miserable through an unwise king, by many mischances, on account of his misguidance, Homl.

myrten

(adj.)
Grammar
myrten, adj.

That has died by disease

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That has died by disease Gif swýn etaþ myrten flǽsc si porci carnem morticinam ederint, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 164, 18.