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ge-lífen

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lífen, adj.
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Having permission, excused Hæfe mec giléfenne (-léfen, L.) habe me excusatum, Lk. R. 14, 19

Linked entry: ge-léfen

ge-lisfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-lisfullíce, (?); adv.
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Eagerly, zealously, earnestly Nán þínra þegna neódlícor ne gelistfullícor (-lisfullícor ? v. ge-les; ge-lustfullícor, v.l.) hine geþeódde on úra goda begangum þonne ic nullus tuorum studiosius quam ego culturae deorum nostrorum se subdidit, Bd. 2, 13

Linked entry: -lisfullíce

ge-mád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mád, adj.
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Foolish, senseless, mad Gemaad vecors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36. Gemád fatue (Qui dixert, 'Fatue,' Mt. 5, 22), 72, 8

Linked entries: ge-maad ge-mædla

ge-mearr

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mearr, adj.
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The other reading in the passage is: Gif énig yfelra manna wǽre

ge-mengedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-mengedlic, adj.
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Mixed together Gemengetlic (gimengidlicę, Ep. gimaengidlicæ, Erf. permixtum. Perhaps permixtim should be read, and the English words would then be adverbs) permixtum, Txts. 85, 1542

ge-met

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-met, adj.
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Perhaps in the passages given here gemet is a noun used predicatively

ge-módsum

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-módsum, adj.
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In agreement, in accord For ðon swá micle swí hié gemódsumeran (-sumran, v. l. ) bióð betwux him, swí hié beóð bealdran ðá gódan tó swenceanne quia, quo sibi in malitia congruunt, eo se robustius bonorum afflictionibus illidunt, Past. 361, 13

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. D. 155, 27. constantly, usually Hé hine sylfne ungyrede, and ꝥ reáf þe hé genehlíce on him hæfde, hé hit

Linked entry: ge-nehlíce

ge-neórþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-neórþ, adj.
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Content Geneórð (ginehord, Erf. Gl.) contentus (perhaps the gloss belongs to the passage from R. Ben. given under eáþ-hylde. v. Ld. Gl. H. contentus in Index), Txts. 53, 544

Linked entry: -neórþ

genip-full

(adj.)
Grammar
genip-full, adj.
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Cloudy Winter genipful hiems caliginosa, Archiv cxx. 297, 39

ge-niþerigendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-niþerigendlic, adj.
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Worthy of condemnation Manega genyþerigendlice wiþerwyrde ágyltan beóð gesewene multa damnabilia reprobi commisisse uidentur, Scint. 162, 18

Linked entry: niþerigend-lic

ge-nóg

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adv.
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Add: with verb, abundantly, sufficiently Geseah ic balzamum þæs betstan stences genóh of þǽm treówum út weallan video opobalsamum cum optimo odore omnibus undique arborum ramis habundantissime manans, Nar. 27, 22. Genóg fremmað sufficit, Rtl. 191, 37

georneste

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
georneste, adj.
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Substitute: <b>georneste;</b> adv. Earnestly; serio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 73. v. eorneste; adv

geornful-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
geornful-lic, adj.
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Careful, zealous, assiduous Ðá ic ðǽre heortan heardnesse mid geornfullicre fandunge and áscunge and ðreáunge tóslát cum cordis duritia vel studiosis percunctationibus vel maturis correptionibus scinditur, Past. 155, 4

geótend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
geótend-lic, (?); adj.
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Molten Geotenlic (geótendlic (?), gegotenlic (? v. ge-geótan; ; and cf. O. H. Ger. ki-cozzanlíh fusorius), gotenlic (?)) fusilis, Germ. 394, 284

Linked entry: goten-lic

ge-píled

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-píled, adj.
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Provided with spikes 'Æteówiað his gesihðum eal þæt wíta tól.' Þá wurdon forð áborene ísene clútas . . . and leádene swipa and óðre gepílede swipa, Hml. Th. i. 424, 20. Mid gepíledum swipun swingende, 426, 22: 432, 14

ge-rádlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rádlic, adj.
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Reasonable, proper, appropriate Nú wé ealles ymbe þás þing geornlíce smeágeað, . . . wel gerádlic hyt eác þingð ús wé her tó gecnytton þá epactas . . Nú hit gerfist wé þissa epacta ápinsiun, Angl. viii. 300, 44. Nú wé sprǽce habbað ymbe þ <b>bissextuni

ge-rádlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-rádlíce, adv.
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Intelligently, clearly Genóh gerádlíce (-ráde-, v. l.) ic wát plane scio, Gr. D. 91, 5. Ic swá gerádelíce ne can nec conjicere scio, 172, 28. Þá epactas þe wise preóstas oft ymbe gerádlíce wurdliað, Angl. viii. 300, 45. Wé habbað ymbe þǽre sunnan ryne

Linked entry: ge-rádelíce

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.
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Add: I. skilled, instructed, advised Be gerǽdre consulta An. Ox. 8, 130. Tó þig ꝥ ðá óþre ðe gerǽdran beón and ðe beteran (gelǽrede sýn and gebeterade, v. l.) ðurh his gódan gebysnunga ut eius exemplo alii erudiantur, R. Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed

ge-rǽdelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdelíce, adv.
Entry preview:

Clearly, completely Ic bidde ꝥ mé þis gerǽdelícor (-réde-, v. l.) sý gerihted (fullícor getrahtnod, v. l.) hoc planius (plenius, v. l.) exponi postulo, Gr. D. 102, 19

Linked entry: rǽdelíce

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