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ge-bisnian

(v.)
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Ben. 57, 7

ge-streónfull

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Ben. 136, costly, precious. Cf. ge-streón ; <b>IV a</b> Mid gestreónfullum bíleofena fódan sumptuosa pabulorum alimonia, An. Ox. 1570. On gestreónfulre spédinesse sumptuosa opulentia, 3603.

ge-þeówian

(v.)
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Ben. 111, 2. to reduce to servitude Ne ǽnig man óðerne on unriht ne geþeówige, Wlfst. 70, 6. Halwun freóde Hægelflǽde hire wimman ... Críst him wurðe wráð þe hí hǽfre geþýwie, Cht. E. 253, 17.

wácness

(n.)
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wácness, e; f.

Meanness of conditionmean estatevilitas,

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Ben. Interl, 33, 14. Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,... búton for ðan ðe wé sceolon mid wácnysse and sóðre eádmódnysse ða heofenlícan fægernysse geearnian, Homl. Th. ii. 464, 18.

Linked entry: wænys

wípian

(v.)
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wípian, p. ode

To wipe

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Ben. 59, 8. Lege on hunig ðreó niht, nim þonne and wípa ðæt hunig of, Lchdm. iii. 4, 20

ge-ǽbiligan

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Ben. 55, 14. Sé ðe bepǽhð ǽnne Godes þeówena, hé geǽbiligð ðone Hláford, Hml. Th. i. 516, 20. Hé ðám fæderum bebeád þæt hí heora bearn ne geǽbiligdon (patres, nolite adiracundiam provocare filios vestros, Eph. 6, 4), ii. 324, 26.

on-tyge

(n.)
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on-tyge, es; m.

What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking

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Ben. 140, 3-10

Linked entry: on-tige

ge-wis

(adj.)
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ge-wis, -wiss; adj.

Certainsureknowingforeknowingcertus

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Ben. interl. 48. Of gewissum intingan of certain causes, R. Ben. interl. 63. Myd gewyssum gesceáde with certain reason, wherefore; propter certam rationem, quapropter, Nicod. 3; Thw. 2, 6

Linked entry: ge-wiss

girning

(n.)
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girning, e; f.
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Drihten sylð ðé gewilnunga ł gyrningce ł béna ( petitiones ) heortan þínre, Ps. L. 36, 4

Linked entry: geornung

ge-cnyccan

(v.)
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ge-cnyccan, p. ge-cnyhte; pp. ge-cnyht
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To bind together, connect Unácnycendlicre sibbes bende gicnyhtest insolubili pacis uinculo nexuisti, Rtl. 108, 21. Gicnyht tó lufe nexa fidei, 109, 41. Gebundeno foet and hond gecnyht (honda gecnyted, R.) ligatus pedes el manus institis, Jn.

Linked entry: cnyccan

æt-ýcan

(v.)
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æt-ýcan, p. -ýcte; pp. -ýced, -ýct [æt, ýcan, écan to eke]

To add toaugmentincreaseadjicere

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To add to, augment, increase; adjicere Se gesíþ ætýcte eác swylce his bénum, ðæt he his teáras geát the earl also added to his intreaties, that he shed tears, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 40: 4, 5; S. 573, 13

stíþlíce

(adv.)
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stíþlíce, adv.
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Ben. 76, 4. [Hú hé stíðlucest hér on lífe libben mihte, Shrn. 12, 18.]

tíd-sang

(n.)
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tíd-sang, es; m.
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Ben. 33, 1: complines, 67, 10

Linked entry: tíd-þegnung

æþel-boren

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Ben. 12, 12. in a general sense, noble Æthelboren nobilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 60. Eðelboren, Kent. Gl. 1147. Gif hwylc ríce mon and æþelboren si quis de nobilibus, R. Ben. 103, 10. Eádgár ... cincg æðelboren ( egregius ), Angl. xiii. 365, 5.

Linked entry: boren

andian

(v.)
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Ben. I. 93, 15. with preps. Yfel bið se anda þe andað ongeán gódnysse, and se anda is gód ðe mid lufe andað ongeán yfelnysse . . . þá ðe þus andiað ongeán unriht. . . , Hml. Th. ii. 54, 22-25. Gif hwylc bróþor þýhþ, on þæt hý andiaþ, R.

frécennes

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frécennes, frécnes.
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Ben. 124, 20. Þá þe ne mihton ádreógar þæs hungres frǽcnesse (frécen-, v.l.) qui famis periculum ferre non poterant, Gr. D. 197, 25. Frécnysse discrimen, Hpt. Gl. 443, 71

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 91, 11: An. Ox. 2765. in accordance with fixed custom, properly, regularly. v. ge-wunelic; Gewunelíce rite (et regulariter congruere ), An. Ox. 5145

ge-timbrung

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Ben. 133, 9

fullere

(n.)
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fullere, es; m.

A FULLERbleacherfullo

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Bos. 9, 3; vestīmenta ejus facta sunt splendentia et candĭda nĭmis vĕlut nix, quālia fullo non pŏtest sŭper terram candĭda făcĕre, Vulg; his clothis ben maad schynynge and white ful moche as snow, and which maner clothis a fullere, or walkere of cloth

ánfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 105, 9. Mid stilnesse ánfealdlíce (simpliciter) hé ingange, 81, 10. simply, without ornament, amplification, &amp;c. Hit is ánfealdlíce gecweden. Hml. Th. ii. 244, 20. Þis godspel is nú ánfealdlíce gesǽd, 404, 6.