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ge-blendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blendan, p. de
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To mix Geblende infecit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 35. Hí mé geblendon unswétne drync ecedes and geallan, Cri. 1438

ge-bríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bríwan, p. de
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To make into pottage (v. briacute;w), make (pottage) Gebríw wel swíþne bríw mid hwǽtemelwe, Lch. ii. 354, 11. Beren breaacute;d, clǽne níwe buteran and niacute;we beren mela oððe grytta tógædre gebríwed swá coacute;cas cunnon, 220, 11

Linked entry: bríwan

ge-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fillan, p. de.
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Take here passages given under <b>ge-fyllan</b>. to fell, and add: To cause to fall. to fell. to strike down a living creature Feónd gefyldan, . . . anð hí hyne ábroten hæfdon, sibæðelingas, B. 2 706. Gif hé man tó deáðe gefylle. Ll. Th.

ge-engan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-engan, p. de
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To constrain, distress, vex, trouble [Ic eom] genirwed and geenged afficior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 49. Geencgdu anxia, 9, 35

Linked entries: ge-encgd engan ge-ænged

ge-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwísan, p. de
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To crush Sumes þegnes cniht feóll fǽrlíce of his horse ... and swíðe wearð gecwýsed, ꝥ hí wéndon ꝥ hé þǽrrihte sceolde sweltan, Hml. S. 21, 325

Linked entry: cwísan

ge-wídmǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wídmǽran, ge-wídmǽrian; p. de, ode ; pp. ed. od.
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to spread the fame of, celebrate Þæs hálinysse hlísa hine sylfne gewídmǽrode (-mǽrsode, v. l.) feorr and wíde cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat, Gr. D. 44, 2. Hí þanon gangende gewídmǽrodon (diffamaverunt, v.

gímran

(v.)
Grammar
gímran, gýrman; p. de
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to mourn Ic weóp ł ic gýrmde for geóm-runge. . . wóp ł geómrung mín fram ðé nis behýdd rugiebam a gemitu. . . gemitus meus a te non est absconditus Ps. L. 37, 9-10

Linked entry: gyrman

grippan

(v.)
Grammar
grippan, p. de
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To seize Sóhton hine tó grioppanne (gigripanne,R.) querebant eum apprehendere, Jn. L. 7, 30

Linked entry: grípan

gryllan

(v.)
Grammar
gryllan, p. de
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To gnash the teeth, rage, be angry Grylde frendit, Germ. 399, 393. Gryllendum stridentibus, 398, 173

Linked entry: grillan

líman

(v.)
Grammar
líman, p. de
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To emit rays, beam, shine ꝥ ꝥ leóht þe þǽr lýmde betweoh þám þýstrum wæs beorhtre þonne dæges leóht ut diem vinceret lux ilia quae inter tenebras radiasset, Gr. D. 171, 5

Linked entries: á-líman límian

níþan

(v.)
Grammar
níþan, p. de
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To envy Þweora manna þeáw is ꝥ hí æfestiað óþra manna góddǽde and hefelíce níþað þá hí selfe nó ðý ǽr habban willað mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum quod ipsi habere non appetunt, Gr. D. 117, 5

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &amp;c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

reordan

(v.)
Grammar
reordan, ;p.; de
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;To take food, eat; Reordendum ;cenantibus; i. ;vescentibus,; Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 72

ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ríman, p. de.

to count, number ⬩ to enumerate, recount, describe in succession ⬩ to calculate, compute, count up ⬩ to account, esteem as

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to count, number Ducentesimus se ðe biþ on ðám twám hundredum æftemyst, ðon hí man rímþ Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 5. Næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae viceret occisorum non commemorare numerum, Ors

sǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
sǽgan, de

To cause to sink

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To cause to sink Óþ ðæt seó sunne on súþrodor sǽged weorðeþ (cf. Só giségid wurð sedle náhor hédra sunna,Hel. 5715), Exon. 207, 15; Ph. 142

wǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽgan, p. de

To deceive ⬩ delude

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To deceive, delude Ne gewurðe hit ðæt ic on dam hálgum gerecednyssum wǽge, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 18. Bepǽhst vel wǽgest deludis, i. decipis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 53. Uuégið fefellit, 108, 46. Wǽgeþ fefellit, i. eludit, 35, 28. Wégð mentitur, Kent. Gl. 414

wemman

(v.)
Grammar
wemman, p. de.

to spot ⬩ mar ⬩ spoil ⬩ disfigure ⬩ to defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane

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to spot, mar, spoil, disfigure, lit. Unwlitig swile and atelíc his eágan bregh wyrde and wemde tumor deformis palpebram oculi foedaverat Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 18. fig. Ic háliges láre wordum wemde (I have not given a good account of the saint) Andr. Kmbl

wendan

(v.)
Grammar
wendan, (? or wennan ? Cf. winnan); p. de

To labour

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To labour Ðá wende (other MSS. have wann, wonn) hé swýþe, ðæt hé ða ðe mid hine cóman geheólde laboravit multum, ut eos, qui secum venerant, contineret Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 5

æfter-fylgan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-fylgan, æfter-fyligan; p. de

To follow

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To follow Ðæt folc nú gyt ðæt tácn æfter-fylgeað, Ors. 1, 5; S. 34, 22. Ðá ðe æfterfylydon quae sequebantur, Mt. L. 21, 9. Mildheortnys ðín æfterfylge subsequetur mé, Ps. L. 22, 6. Án scort ræps æfterfylige subsequatur R. Ben. 34, 13: 60, 4. Æfter ðǽm

fýran

(v.)
Grammar
fýran, fýrian; p. de, ede

To furrow, cut with a ploughshare

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To furrow, cut with a ploughshare (lit. and fig.) Fýreð obliquat (ferri stimulus. . . sulcos obliquat ad instar aratri, Ald. 263, 12. The passage occurs in a riddle, 'De pugillaribus'), Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 67. Ꝥ scer tungan úre fýrian (printed scyrian,

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