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ge-cyndelíce

(adv.)
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Add: in accordance with nature, v. gecyndelic, Ðá getreówan freónd God gecyndelíce gesceóp tó gemágum, Bt. 24, 3; F. 82, 31. inherently, by natural disposition. v. ge-cyndelic, Críst is good gecyndelíce, Hml. Th. i. 238, 17.

ge-sellan

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Gif gelýfað ꝥ eów ꝥ tó góde gelimpe ꝥ hér syllaþ, þonne biþ hit eów nyt geseald (it will be given to your advantage), 41, 18.

ge-met

(n.)
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ge-met, es; nom. acc. pl. -u, -a; n.

a measure, space, distancemensura, spatium, intervallumthat by which anything is measured, a measuremensura, modius, satummeasure, capacity, ability, power, etcmensura, facultas, potestas, vismeasure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, mannermensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratioa rule, order, lawnorma, regula, lexa poetical measure, metremetrum

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a measure, space, distance; mensura, spatium, intervallum Gefylle ðæt gemet eówra fædera vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum, Mt. Bos. 23, 32. On ðam ylcan gemete ðe metaþ qua mensura mensi fueritis, Mt. Bos. 7, 2: Mk. Bos. 4, 24: Lk.

ge-þencan

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Geðenceað hwelces wítes wénen ðǽm, 329, 12. Geðence hwæt sien, 159, 14. Hié sculon geðencean hú gelíce hié beóð óðrum monnum on hira gecynde debent aequalitatem pensare conditionis, 109, 1. Gemunan and geþencan hú ..., Bl. H. 55, 12.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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(gen. ) Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset, Gr. D. 282, 5. to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &c.

ge-feón

(v.)
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ge-feón, to rejoice.
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L. 14, 28. where the cause or occasion of rejoicing is given, in gen. Seó módor þæs gefeah ꝥ . . . Gr. D. 69, 13 note. Þæt míne fýnd ne gefeón mínes ungelimpes ut non supergaudeant mihi inimici met, Ps. Th. 34, 23. in dat.

ge-wurþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurþan, he -wurþ; subj. pres. -wurþe, pl. -wurþon.

to bebecomefiĕriTo happencome to passcome togetheragreeevĕnīreconvĕnīre

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To happen, come to pass, come together, agree; evĕnīre, convĕnīre Ne meahte hie gewurþan they might not agree, Cd. 81; Th. 101, 32; Gen. 1691

ge-cwéme

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cwéme, adj. [cwéme pleasant, pleasing]

Pleasantpleasinggratefulacceptablefitjŏcundusgrātusplăcĭtuscomplăcĭtusacceptus

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Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit; jŏcundus, grātus, plăcĭtus, complăcĭtus, acceptus Noe wæs Gode gecwéme and gife ætfóran him gemétte Noe invēnit grātiam coram Domĭno, Gen. 6, 8.

ge-scendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scendan, -scindan, -scyndan; p. de; pp. ed

To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt

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Ðæt ðú híg gescindest that thou didst shame her, Gen. 20, 6. He us gescende and úre weorc he hath put us and our deeds to shame, Blickl. Homl. 243, 11. Hwá biþ gescended ðæt me forðæm ne scamige who is shamed and I am not ashamed?

GÝMAN

(v.)
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GÝMAN, géman, gíman, giéman; p. de

To care fortake care oftake heed toheedobserveregardkeep

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Gif his ðé géman lyst if you pleased to care about it, Bt. Met. Fox 31, 2; Met. 31, 1. Gýman ðæs grundes to take charge of the abyss, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 31, 25; Gen. 349, 346

ge-weorc

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</b> a (person's) work (with gen. of agene or tool) :-- Beaduscrúda betst, Wélandes geweorc, B. 455: Vald. 1, 2. Godes geweorc, Gen. 604. Énta geweorc, Wand. 87: Gn. C. 2. Giganta geweorc, B. 1562. Wundorsmiða geweorc, 1681.

ge-lácnian

(v.)
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Add: <b>ge-lécnian</b> (in Northern Gospels) Hé gelécnade ðá unhále curavit languidos, Mt. L. 14, 14. Geleicnade, 12, 22. Gelécnige curare, 17, 16. Gelécnæge ł wosa gelécned, Lk. L. 8, 43.

ge-wand

(n.)
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ge-wand, es; n.
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Ic eów bidde ꝥ búton gewande dón swá ic eów bebeode, 161. fear of a person Þæt hý for ðǽre sceame and for gewande þára þe him on lóciað gebeterede sýn ut visi ab omnibus vel pro ipsa verecundia sua emendentur, R. Ben. 68, 18

ge-lómlíce

(adv.)
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gelómlíce winnað, and á embe ꝥ sorgiað, ꝥ wé úrne líchoman gefyllan, Bl. H. 99, 6. Soeca ué gilómlíce frequentus Rtl. 80, 26. Gelómlíce, Ll. Th. i. 358, 13. Drihten gecígde hine sylfne mannes bearn gelómlícor ðonne Godes bearn, Hml.

ge-nǽgan

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v. ge-hnǽgan), Rä. 31, 19. Wé þec níða genǽgað, Gú. 201. Hearde genearwod, níða genǽged, B. 1439. (b α) of the attacks of illness, trouble, &amp;c. :-- Hú gewearð þé þus, fæder, ferð gebysgod, nearwe genǽged ?, Gú. 986

ge-nesan

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Cf. ge-nerian

ge-setnes

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Take here <b>ge-setednes</b> in Dict., and add: [ge-setednes, ge-set[t]nes and ge-setenes might be taken separately, the former being connected with the past part., the latter with the infin. of ge-settan; cf. ge-sealdnes, ge-selenes, ge-sellan

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
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Ox. 544. to make clear what is obscure, what is imperfectly understood, to explain Gesutulað explicabit, Germ. 392, 23. Ge-swuteliaþ propalabunt (si vestra solertia plenius animaduerti (undergytene) maluerit, collationes . . . propalabunt ), An.

ge-coren

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Heó wǽron þá sélestan and þá gecorenestan witan ǽgðer ge Gode ge mannum, 214, 4. beloved; dilectus Eálá ðú mín gecorena dilecte mi, Kent. Gl. 1125. honourable; probus Gecorenum probo (proco ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 20.

ge-mittan

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(a α) with obj. and infin. :-- Hié æt burhgeate beorn gemitton sylfne sittan, Gen. 2426. (a β) with obj. and complement :-- Ðiosne woe gemitton (inuenimus) undercerrende cynn úserne, Lk. L.