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ge-cost

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cost, adj. [cost tried]

Tried ⬩ proved ⬩ chosen ⬩ probātus

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Tried, proved, chosen; probātus Til mon, tiles and tomes meares, cúþes and gecostes a good man has care for a good and tame horse known and tried, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 14; Gn. Ex. 143. Heápe gecoste with a chosen company, Elen. Kmbl. 538; El. 269.

Linked entry: -cost

ge-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frinan, ic -frine, ðú -frinst, he -frinþ, pl. -frinaþ; p. -fran, pl. -frunon; pp. -frunen

To learn by asking ⬩ find out ⬩ hear of

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Hie hæfdon gefrunen they had learned, Beo. Th. 1392; B. 694 : 4797; D. 2403

Linked entry: ge-frunon

ge-hédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hédan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to acquire ⬩ obtain ⬩ seize ⬩ obtĭnēre ⬩ deprehendĕre

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Forðonðe he ne úðe ðæt ǽnig óðer man ǽfre mǽrþa má gehédde under heofenum ðonne he sylfa because he would not grant that any other man had ever obtained more glories under heaven than himself, Beo. Th. 1014 : B. 505

ge-lác

(n.)
Grammar
ge-lác, es; n. [lácan to move as e.g. the waves do, to sport, play]

Motion ⬩ commotion ⬩ tumultuous assembly ⬩ play

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Ðurh heard gelác through hard fortune, Andr. Kmbl. 2185; An. 1094

þreá-nídla

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-nídla, an; m.

Painful constraint ⬩ restraint of punishment ⬩ oppression

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Ðonne wyrd and warnung winnaþ mid hira ðreánýdlan hwæðerne áðreóteþ ǽr when fate and prudence strive, each with its own hard constraint, which of the two tires first? 857; Sal. 428. Nealles sylfes willum ac for þreánédlan, Beo. Th. 4450; B. 2224.

Linked entry: -nídla

un-ásmeágendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásmeágendlíc, adj.

Unsearchable ⬩ past finding out ⬩ inscrutable

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Th. ii. 232, 4: Ham]. Skt. i. 1, 33. Ðín myldheortnys is swíðe mycel and unásmǽgendlíc, 3, 548. Ðære sáwle brógan, unásmeágendlícu yrmðu ( misery beyond the power of man to explore ), Wulfst. 249, 19.

Linked entry: á-smeágendlic

camb

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Add: comb for the hair Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde . . . ꝥ on þám cambe geþolige, gesomnige, Lch. i. 332, 11-15. Ꝥ feax þe on þám cambe cleofige, 21. Ic his heáfod mid gambe gekamde, C.

dyrstig

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Hé þá hálgan róde genam hám tó his earde árleáslíce dyrstig, Hml. S. 27, 26. Þæt heofonlice hors wearp ádúne þone dyrstigan Heliodorum, 25, 777. Gif huætd ungebyredlic bidda dyrstigo ué sindon si aliquid incongruum rogare ausi sumus, Rtl. 179, 34

ge-hwearf

Grammar
ge-hwearf, ge-hwerf.
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Æðeluuold bisceop sealde mé tó gehwerfe (mutuauit) ðone hám Heart-ingas wið ðám mynsterlande, iii. 60, 30. Geseoh, ic þé sylle þysne man tó gehwearfe for hine ecce, hunc hominem pro eo vicarium praebeo, Gr. D. 180, 20 : 181, 28

geár-gemearc

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Cf. fót-gemearc, míl-gemearc; geár-gerím Mé onsende sigedryhten mín, siððan ic furðum ongon on þone æfteran ánseld búgan geárgemearces ( directly after I had begun the second year of my inhabiting the hermitage.

hleów

cover ⬩ shelter ⬩ Protection ⬩ a protector

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Hé (Alfred) becóm tó Æðelingége, and on sumes swánes húse hid hleów gernde (desired the protection of the swineherd) and eác swylce him and his yfele wífe hérde, Shrn. 16, 13. in a personal sense, a protector: Wígendra hleó cwóm heaðoláces hál tó hofe

lof-georn

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Ná hé lof-georn ( but the Latin has prodigus) ne sý, 55, 3

maga

Grammar
maga, able.
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Þá preóstas þe áðer oððe ágen wylla oððe mage aelmeshand (a parent who had means but exhausted them by almsgiving; cf. Past. 325, 6-8) hæfenleáse gedyde clerici quos voluntas aut natiuitas pauperes fecit. Chrd. 12, 19. Cf. magian

líge-leóht

(adj.)
Grammar
líge-leóht, (?); adj.
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same kind, and an adjective lége-leóht seems to be implied as much as the adjectives hát and hwít).

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, e; f.

An ambush,

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The Latin version has stabilitatem observare; Leo takes sǽte = hedges, and Schmid translates 'in ordnung erhalten.'

Linked entry: sǽtere

cringan

(v.)
Grammar
cringan, crincgan; ic cringe, crincge, ðú cringest, cringst, he cringeþ, cringþ, pl. cringaþ, crincgaþ; p. crang, crong, pl. crungon; pp. crungen

To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori

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To yield, CRINGE, fall, perish, die; occumbere, mori Sume on wæl crungon some had fallen in the slaughter Beo. Th. 2231; B. 1113. Hí sceoldon begen crincgan on wælstówe they should both fall on the battle-field Byrht. Th. 140, 23; By. 292; Andr.

Linked entries: ge-cringan crincgan

hneáw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hneáw-ness, e; f.

Stinginess, ⬩ parsimony, ⬩ niggardliness

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Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet

freó-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
freó-sceatt, es; m.

Property entirely at the owner's disposal ⬩ property of which the owner has absolute possession

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Property entirely at the owner's disposal, property of which the owner has absolute possession Ná þá áne þe freó synt, ac gyt má þá þe ǽhtborene synt and óþera manna freósceattas (freó sceattas?)

Linked entry: freó

ge-tweógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tweógan, -tweón; p. -tweóde; pp. -tweód; v. pers. and impers.

To doubt ⬩ hesitate ⬩ dŭbĭtāre

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Ðá gehreów him ðæt hyne ǽfre swá on his geþohte getweóde then he repented that he had ever so doubted in his mind, Shrn. 155, 19

Linked entry: tweógan

ge-wadan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wadan, p. -wód; pp. -waden.

To wade ⬩ go ⬩ vadere ⬩ ire ⬩ To pervade ⬩ go through

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Wundenstefna gewaden hæfde ðæt ða líðende land gesáwon the ship had gone [so far] that the sailors saw land, Beo. Th. 446; B. 220. v. trans. To pervade, go through Flód blód gewód blood pervaded the flood, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 6; Exod. 462: Elen.