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ge-dreag

(n.)

multitude ⬩ tumult

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multitude, tumult, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 11; Cri. l000 : 103 a; Th. 389, 19; Rä. 7, l0

á-freón

(v.)
Grammar
á-freón, p. de
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To free, deliver Áfriá úsih from yfle, Lk. R. 11. 4. Ué sié áfriódo liberemur , Rtl. 91, 22

Linked entry: freógan

ge-scrence

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scrence, adj.
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Withered, dry Hé hæfde hond gescrengce ł drýge habebat manum aridam, Lk. L. 6, 8. Cf. mis-scrence

Linked entry: scrence

ge-þrístian

(v.)
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Gíf morðwyrhtan ... tó þám geþrístian ꝥ hí on þæs cyninges neáweste gewunian, Ll. Th. i. 324, 12. Add

ge-welhwǽr

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., þá syndon nú unnyttaste gewelhwǽr, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 22. Add

in-trepettan

(v.)
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to trip, dance, hop Intrepetan subsaltare, Ld. Gl. H. 37, 197. [O. H. Ger. trepizente quadrupedante.] Cf. treppan

Linked entry: trepettan

ísern-óre

(n.)
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Voc. ii. 148, ll. Cf. ísen-græf

on-gehýþness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gehýþness, e; f.
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Advantage, profit: — -Hí be þisses andweardan lífes ongehýðnesse ðenceað, and náwiht be þæs tówerdan, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 5

Linked entry: ge-hýþness

oþþon

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Gif se friðman fleó oþþon feohte, Ll. Th. i. 286, 13: 17: 22 : Hml. A. 190, 281. Add

scrift-scír

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Bútan hé hæbbe þæs biscopes gewitnesse þe hé on his scriftscíre sý, Ll. Th. i. 212, 22. Add

un-gistlíþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gistlíþe, adj.
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Inhospitable Him wæs láð þearfendum mannum áht tó syllene, and hé wæs ungystlíðe, Nap. 65. Cf. un-cumlíþe

Linked entry: gist-líþe

crísten-ness

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For þǽre crístennysse (crístnesse, v.l. ) þe gé underféngen, Ll. Lbmn. 412, 12. Þurh þíne crístennysse, 413, 32. Add

æfter-ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-ǽ, f.

Second-law, Deuteronomy

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Second-law, Deuteronomy Seó bóc ðe is genemned . . . on Grécisc Deuteronomium . . . and on Englisc seó æfterǽ, Deut. proem

ge-cweccan

Grammar
ge-cweccan, for gecwecton read gecoecton, and for 7 read 6.

to shake

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Efne gequoeccad (-gicwæceð, R.) bið conquassabitur, Lk. L. 20, 18

ealdor-mann

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In aldormonnum (aldur-, R) ... aldormon ł látua ðe rícses in principibus ... dux, qui reget, Mt. L. 2, 6. Ðú haldormon praeceptor, Lk. L. 5, 5. Achilles se ealdorman, Lch. i. 308, 8. Geonduearde Nicodimus se aldormonn (cf.

ferren

(adj.)
Grammar
ferren, ferlen; adj.

Far off ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus

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Rl.] land in regiōnem longinquam, Lk. Skt. Hat. 19, 12

forðor

(adv.)

further ⬩ more

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Lind. 6, 51: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 22, 71

Ianuarius

(n.)
Grammar
Ianuarius, m.

January

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Fox 19; Men. l0

leóht-ísern

(n.)
Grammar
leóht-ísern, es; n.

A candlestick

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Lind. 4, 21: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 16

neáh-gebýren

(n.)
Grammar
neáh-gebýren, e; f.

A neighbour

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A.) convocans amicas et vicinas, Lk. Skt. 15, 9

Linked entry: ge-býren

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