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fróforlíce

(adv.)
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fróforlíce, adv.
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In a way that consoles or comforts or succours Fróforlí[ce] inconsolabiliter (the in- is not glossed), An. Ox. 56, 187. Wudewum and steópcildum fróferlíce fylstan tó rihte, Wlfst. 295, 3

gegaf-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
gegaf-sprǽce, adj.
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Given to buffoonery, scurrilous Hé wæs gegaf-sprǽce (cf. nunquam se ad sanctae conversations habitum venire, jurando, irascendo, deridendo testabatur, Gr. D. bk. 4, c. 38), Hml. Th. i. 534. 2

Linked entry: ge-gaf

ge-grétlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-grétlic, adj.
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Of greeting, recommendatory Stafum gegrétlicum litteris commendaciis, R. Ben. I. 103, 6

ge-gylden

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gylden, adj.
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Golden Ðá gegyldnan aurea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 69

Linked entry: gylden

ge-hæplic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæplic, adj.
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Convenient, orderly Gihaeplicae (-e) conpar, Txts. 48, 205. Gehaeplice ordinatus, 83, 1462. Gehæplice conpar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 70

Linked entry: -hæplic

ge-heáfdod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heáfdod, adj.
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Having a head Geheáfdod hringce Samothracius, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 60

geheald-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
geheald-fæst, adj.
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Safe, secure Byrne sió gehealdfæste lurica tutissima Lch. i. Ixxi, 2. Gehealdfæstesðe, lxxiv, II

ge-hende

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adj.
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Add: local Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus ibi confidit judice praesens Dóm. L. 170. Sume naman syndon . . . stówlice . . . propinquus gehende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 20. Gehendes proxime Germ. 388, 54. Férde hé tó gehendum burgum,

ge-herigendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-herigendlic, adj.
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Praiseworthy Samod geherigendlicne (=? samod- ł ge-herigendlicne. Cf. samod-herung conlaudatio) conlauda-bilem, Hy. S. 109, 19

Linked entry: herigend-lic

ge-hildelic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hildelic, adj.
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Safe (cf. ge-hild; ) Se weg is mycele gesund-licra, and ꝥ is myccle gehyldelicre líf tutior est; via . Gr. D. 348, 10

Linked entries: ge-heald ge-hyldelic -hildelic

ge-hilmed

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hilmed, adj.
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having a helmet, helmed Gehyltned galeatum Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 9. having foliage (v. helm; ) Þǽm gehilmdum grǽfum frondosis dumis Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 75 : 37, 36. [O. H. Ger. ge-hilmit frutectum; ge-hilmi frutecta.] Cf. ge-helmian

Linked entries: ge-hylmed -hilmed

ge-híne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-híne, adj.
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Mean, poor, frail. Ðá gehéno kaduca Rtl. 189, 31

Linked entries: ge-hén -híne

ge-híredlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-híredlic, adj.
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That is heard, audible Lá hwá sprecð myhta Drihtnes gehéredlice dó ealle herunga his quis loquetur potentias Domini?auditas faciet omnes laudes eius? Ps. L. 105, 2

Linked entries: ge-hírendlic -híredlic

ge-hírendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hírendlic, adj.
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To be heard, audible Tó gehýrendlicere stemne ad audiendam uocem Ælfc. Gr. Z. 152, 6. Gehérendlice ( auditam ) dó mé mildheortnesse ðíne, Ps. L. 142, 8

Linked entries: ge-híredlic -hírendlic

ge-híwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-híwodlíce, adv.
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Formally, apparently Ealle naman mǽst teóð genitivum: amicus illius his freónd . . . Hí magon eác sume beón geðeódde datiuo gehíwodlíce : amicus illi est hé is him freónd . . . Sume nimað accussatiuum gehíwodlíce: exosus bella onscuniende gefeoht, Ælfc

Linked entry: -híwodlíce

ge-ísned

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-ísned, adj.
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Furnished with iron Geísnedum ferrato (clypec ), An. Ox. 4232

Linked entry: ísenian

ge-leáf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáf, adj.
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Having belief

ge-leáf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leáf, adj.
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Leafy Geleáf hrís frondes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 69. Frondes, s. dicuntur quod ferant virgultas vel umbras geleáf rís vel bogas, 151, 7

ge-leáffullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-leáffullíce, adv.
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confidently Geleáfullíce fidenter, An. Ox. 1335. in accordance with faith, faithfully Woerc geleáffullíce ué biseno niomað opus fideliter imitemur, Rtl. 62, 23. in accordance with the Christian faith Þú eart gelǽred geleáffullíce, Hml. S. 29, 130

ge-lífedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lífedlic, adj.
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Credible

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