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geóguþ

Grammar
geóguþ, l. geoguþ,
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L. 127, 3. v. cild-geoguþ, cniht-geoguþ, magu-geoguþ

Linked entry: giógoð

be-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
be-frinan, l. be-frignan, -frinan; p. -frán, pl. -frúnon, -frinon; pp. -frúnen, -frinen,

to ask a person a question,to askquestion,to ask about somethingto ask a person about somethingto ask for some-thingto ask of a person what one wishes to be told

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Þá befrán se cyning his cnihtas and cwæþ, 'Hwylce méde hæfde Mardocheus?', Hml. A. 98, 216: 99, 257. question in-direct Hé befrán his witan hwæt him þúhte be þám, Hml. A. 93, 46: 156, 115. Hé befrán ðá hwám ðá gebytlu gemynte wǽron, Hml.

ge-flít

Grammar
ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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démenne betweox ðám folce ymbe hira geflita (-o, v.l.) ut pro se alios adjurgia dirimenda constituat, Past. 131, 16. (5 a) figurative :-- In þám freóndlican geflite (contentione) þǽre wrixiendlican eádmódnesse þǽr eóde tó genóh rihtwís déma, ꝥ wæs se cniht

LEÁF

(n.)
Grammar
LEÁF, e; f.

LEAVEpermissionlicense

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Ða seofan cnihtas ðe be ðínre leáfa lyfedan búton ehtnisse the seven youths that by your leave lived without persecution, Homl. Skt. 4, 255. Se Englisca be fulre leáfe hine werige Anglicus plena licentia defendat se, L. Wil. ii. 2; Th. i. 489, 13.

geó

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Ðǽr ðá cnihtas iú ǽr eardodon, Hml. Th. i. 62, 25: 318, 14: Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. Wé iú hæfdon ǽrror wlite, Sat. 151.

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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Gyf hit cild sý oððe cniht, swinge hine man (vapulet), L. Ecg. P. iv. 52 ; Th. ii. 218, 31. Swingon vapulare, Lchdm. iii. 212, 2. He ða fǽmnan hét nacode mid sweopum swingan, Exon. Th. 253, 30; Jul. 188: 251, 8; Jul. 142.

ge-efenlǽcan

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Hyre geeuenlǽhton hyre cnihtas, Hml. S. 2, 101. Þínum Drihtne geefenlǽc, 21, 371. Wé sceolon geefenlǽcan þysum hyrdum, and wuldrian úrne Drihten, Hml. Th. i. 44, i. absolute Nelle þú geeuenlǽcan mid þám áwyrgendum noli emulari in malignantibus, Ps.

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, es ; m.
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Ðá cwæþ se cniht ( the seventh brother ): 'Ic sylle mínne líchoman for ússa fædera ðeódscipe, swá míne bróþor dydon,' Shrn. 111, 20.

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
    194, 16.
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Hí genámon of ðæs biscopes ǽhte ( v. l. lande) twégen cnihtas; seó ǽht (ðæt land, v. l. ) wæs undecþeódod ðǽre foresǽdan ceastre, 80, 7. Gyf ðú ðás wyrte on ðínre ǽhte hafast oððe hyre sǽd on ðín hús áhéhst, Lch. i. 308, 12.

ge-rýne

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Iungum cnihtum geopenian ꝥ hig óðrum gecýðon þe his geréna ne cunnon, 306, 17. a mystic meaning Hé (Felix) ealle þá ðeóde æfter þám gerýne (-um, v. l. ) his noman (iuxta sui nominis sacramentum) fram wónesse álýsde, Bd. 2, 15; Sch. 176, 22. in a theological

ge-wita

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Næs ic æt rǽde ne æt dǽde, ne gewita ne gewyrhta, þǽr man mid unrihte N. orf ætferede, 180, 1. (3 a) with gen. of crime :-- wintre cniht mæg bión þiéfðe gewita, Ll. Th. i. 106, 18.

CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clearmundus, purus, merus, serenuschaste, innocentcastus, innoxius

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Ne acyr ðú fram ðínum cnihte ðín clǽne gesihþ ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo, 68, 17. Gewát him se hálga sécan ðone clǽnan hám the holy one departed to seek the pure home, Andr. Kmbl. 1956; An. 980.

Linked entries: cláne cléne

wesan

(v.)
Grammar
wesan, p. wæs, pl. wǽron
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Sǽde hé ðæt hé hine cniht wesende gesáwe quod fanum se in pueritia vidisse testabatur Bd. 2, 15 ; S. 518, 36 : Exon. Th. 320, 34; Víd. 39.

lócian

(v.)
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Ꝥ wíf him cwæð tó, ' Cniht, nim þín gold þe lǽs þé hit losige. ' Swá orsorh wæs ꝥ wíf . . . ꝥ heó lócode his goldes þe hí belífian wolde, Hml. S. 12, 221

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Littlefew

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Hine hwón fram ðám cnihtum gewænde, Ap. Th. 21, 27. Gif huidir huón ic sægde quominus dixissem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 2. Gif hé hwón hnappode if he dozed a little, Hom. Th. i. 86, 18. Ðá hwón onslép, Shrn. 60, 17. Hwónn, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11.

licgan

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Bide þone Hǽlend ꝥ hé líf forgife þysum licgendum cnihte (cf. hí wéndon ꝥ se cniht þǽrrihte sceolde sweltan, 326), Hml. S. 21, 333.

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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Hé þone cniht genam fæste mid folmum, Exod. 407: B. 554. Sié fæste genæglad on róde crucifigatur, Mt. L. 27, 22. Gefég fæste, Gen. 1310: Crä. 66. Nim þé fæste ꝥ ic sprece fixum tene quod loquor, Gr. D. 172, 33.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

god-webb

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Of þám cnihtum hí álǽddon áweg tó wircenne godeweb, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 20. Iúdas funde gold and seolfor, godeweb (god-, v. l.) and purpuran ( they got much gold and silver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, 1 Macc. iv. 23), Hml. S. 25, 359.

Linked entry: gode-webb

plegan

(v.)
Grammar
plegan, plægan, plegian, plagian, plagian; p. de, ede, ode
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Ðá geseah hé plegan micel cnihta weorod be ðæs sǽs waroþe, Shrn. 78, 27. Án plegende cild arn under wǽnes hweowol, 32, 11. Swá plegende lamp quasi agnus lasciviens, Kent. Gl. 214. Seofon nacode wímmen urnon plegende on heora gesihþum, Homl.

Linked entries: plægan plagian plegian

on-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
on-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen
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Be ðam man mihte oncnáwan ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht. Th. 131, 16; By. 9. to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of Gyt gé ne oncnáwaþ ne ne ongitaþ, Mk. Skt. 8, 17.