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ge-hycgan

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D. 271, 13. to think, conceive, have an idea of Ne mæg ic þæt gehicgan, ic in þǽm becwóm, Sat. 179. to resolve, determine For þon scyle mon gehycgan þæt Meotude hýre, Sch. 98

ge-mǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽrian, p. ode
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To fix the bounds of hine gelǽdde ealle ðá gemǽru, swá him of ðám aldan bócum rǽdde, hit ǽr Æðelbald cyning gemǽrude and gesalde, C. D. v. 140, 33.

Linked entries: mǽran ge-mǽran

weá-mét

(n.)
Grammar
weá-mét, weá-métt, e: -méttu(-o); indecl. f.

Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility

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Ne gerísaþ heom hræde weámétta, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 32. [Cf.Heo weore god ȝif heo neore to wamed. Anan se he wes wrað wið eni he hine wolde slæn, Laym. 6368.]

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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Biþ gód tó licettanne suelce hit nyte it is good to make as if he did not know it, 151, 9. Líccettende scemmatizans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 70. Ðus mid wordum líccetende offering the following pretext, Homl. Th. i. 400, 18

Linked entry: líccettan

módigian

(v.)
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His wuldor is wyrms and meox; nú tó dæg módegað, and tó-mergen ne bið ( his glory shall be dung and worms; to-day he shall be lifted up, and to-morrow he shall not be found, l Macc. 2, 63), Hml. S. 25, 262.

girnan

(v.)
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náht ne gyrndon tó hæbbene, Bl. H. 53, 25. with clause giernð (girnð, v. l.) ðæt his welan iéce augers opes ambit, Past. 331, 15. Gé girnað ꝥ gé woldon eówerne naman tóbrǽdan geond eall eorþan, Bt. 18, 2; F. 64. 4. intrans.

for-leósan

to loseto destroy

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dóme forleás, B. 1470. Þæt elne forleóse, Gn. Ex. 188. Ic þám leánum forloren hæfde, B. 2145, Sý his spǽce forloren his case shall be lost, Ll.

un-wemme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wemme, adj.

spotlesswithout blemishwithout defectuninjureduninjuredinviolateundefiledpureimmaculateperfectpureimmaculate

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eft mid his unwemmum líchaman hine gegyrede, Blickl. Homl. 89, 35.

Linked entries: -wemme on-wæmme

hrepian

(v.)
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hrepian, and <b>hreppan.</b> [The two forms may be taken together.]
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ne dorston þá hálgan stówe hreppan (grétan, v. l. temerare ), Gr. D. 43, 12. the subject a thing Þá wolde þurhþýn mid þám swurde, ac se ord ne dorste hreppan, Hml. S. 12, 227. where blame is expressed [cf. N. E.

frécendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
frécendlíc, adj.

Dangerousperīculōsus

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Dangerous; perīculōsus frécendlíc ðæt dysig is how dangerous the error is! Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 6.

tǽcning

(n.)
Grammar
tǽcning, e; f.

Shewing, proof

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Shewing, proof Ðá cwæþ : 'Ic hit ðé ðonne wille getǽcan; ac ðæt án ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú þeáh for ðære tǽcninge ne forgite ðæt ðæt ic ǽr tǽhte' atqui hoc verissima, inquit, ratione patefaciam, maneant modo quae paullo ante conclusa sunt, Bt. 34, 9;

þeów-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þeów-hád, es; m.
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Godes ðeówháde and sceare onféng accepta tonsura, 5, 12; S. 627, 26

fann

(n.)
Grammar
fann, e; f.
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habbað micelne múð swá fann (swǽ fon, v. l.) ore amplissimo sicut uannum, Nar. 35, 31. habbað eáran swá fann (fan, v. l.) aures habentes tamquam uannum, 37, 11. Man sceal habban . . . fauna, trogas, æscena, Angl. ix. 264, 14. Add:

ge-swæccan

(v.)
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to smell, v. swecc; mid nosan ne magon náht geswæccan bútan unstences ormǽtnesse foetor ingenti complet putredine nares, Dóm. L. 206. Nosa habbað and ne gestincað (geswæccað, v. l. ), Ps.

Linked entry: ge-sweccan

ge-eówan

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ge-eówan, ge-eówian.
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Geówige him þá stówe, Angl. xiii. 427, 895. Hwelce hié innan geeówigen Gode, Past. 273, 5. Is þé nú genóg openlíce geeówad þára leásena gesǽlþa anlícnes, Bt. 24, 3; F. 84, 19. Add

ge-folgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-folgian, p. ode
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To reach, attain Ðonne him ǽr tíde tó tióððæt ne magon ne ne cunnon, ðonne is him tó ondrædanne ðæt him weorðe tó lore ðæt hié tó ryhtre tíde gefolgian meahton ne cum arripiunt intempestive quod non valent, perdant quod implere quandoque tempestive

hálsigendlic

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Heó mid áðsware him tó cwæð: 'Ne færst þú heonon búton þú mínne sunu mé cukenne ágife'. áforhtode for hire hálsiendlican (geornfullan, v. l.) béne (expavit petitionis illius juramentum ), Gr. D. 17, 23

rúnian

(v.)
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Add: to talk secretly against a person Mé is eác gesǽd ꝥ ðá Iúdéiscan syrwiað and rúniað him betwýnan þé berǽdan magon, Hml. S. 24, 100. Rúnigende murmurans, Germ. 401, 36. Rúnigende musitantes (presbyteros contra Susannam mussitantes), An.

undern-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
undern-geweorc, es; n.
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Breakfast Sealde né heom flascan wínes fulle tó þon ꝥ mihton heom þá on heora færelde tó undern-geweorce (tó hyra gereorde, v.l.) habban (in prandio habere ), Gr. D. 66, 12. gelaðode þysne cyning tó underngeweorce ( ad prandium), 186, 3.

ofer-fæðman

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-fæðman, p. de

To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope

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Th. 470, 12; Hy. 11, 14