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ge-séman

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þonne .c. búton áðe siþþan áne neaht ofer ꝥ gesém hié if a man bring a charge against another . . . let them get them an arbitrator . . . within seven days of the award being made it must be carried out.

ge-hírness

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Take here <b>ge-hýrnes</b> in Dict. and add: the sense of hearing Sefa sensus, gesihþ visus, gehírnes auditus Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 30: ii. 7, 77. Gehérnes, Bt. 41, 4; F. 252, 6.

ge-neósung

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(l b) a visitation of God. v. ge-neósian; <b>I c</b> :-- God cwæð ðæt hé wolde his folc gesécan mid háligre geneósunge, Hml. A. 126, 316. On manegum gemetum geneósað God manna sáwla . . . ac gif heó dás geneósunga forgýmeleásað, Hml.

ge-rihtwísian

(v.)
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Gl. 251, 35. to maintain the righteousness of a person eów sylfe beforan mannum gerihtwísiaþ, Lk. 16, 15. to exculpate, in theology to declare or make free from the penally of sin Andetnys gerihtwísað, andetnys synne forgyfednysse sylð, Scint. 40

Linked entry: rihtwísian

ge-fandod

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-fandian;</b> p. ode To try. to examine, explore Hé þæt sóna onfand þæt hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod, heáhgestreóna he soon found that some man had ransacked the treasure, B. 2301. to try whether.

ge-broc

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Take here ge-bróc (l. -broc) in Dict., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12

ge-restan

(v.)
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Srt. 15", 9. reflexive, to rest oneself. to repose in sleep Gedó þæt ic m te slápan and me gerestan, Ps. Th. 4, 9.

ge-wurþian

(v.)
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ge-wurþian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To distinguishhonouradorncelebratepraiseinsignīrehonōrāreornārecelebrāre

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To distinguish, honour, adorn, celebrate, praise; insignīre, honōrāre, ornāre, celebrāre Ðæt gewurþien wuldres Aldor that ye honour the chief of glory, Cd. 156; Th. 195, 1; Exod. 270.

ge-hweled

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hwelian;</b> pp. ed To inflame with foul matter Sió diégle wund bið sárre ðonne sió opene, for ðám ðæt worsm ðæt ðǽrinne gehweled bið, gif hit bið út forlǽten, ðonne bið sió wund geopenod tó hǽlo ðæs sáres vulnera clausa

ge-sníþan

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(O.H.Ger. ge-snídan dolare, putare, concidere.)

ge-dón

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Þ ðú gedó hér swilc tácn . . . ꝥ ðis wæter ðisne man ne onfó, Ll. Lbmn. 415, 29. Gif hit þeów man gedó, Ll. Th. i. 172, 7. Þ hé ǽnig þára góda forylde þe hé þonne þý dæge gedón mihte, Bl. H. 213, 24. Gif hié þis gedón magan, 183, 6 : An. 342.

ge-tríwan

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Take here <b>ge-treowan</b> and <b>ge-trýwan</b> in Dict., and add: to trust. Tó getríwenne conprehendenda, Wülck. Gl. 251, 37. absolute Cóm stefn ufane cwæðende, 'Getrýw, Eustachi,' Hml. S. 30, 241.

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

ge-metlic

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hit gemetlic sié, Bt. 40, 3 ; F. 238, 21. meeting the requirements of a case, sufficient Philippuses yfel mehte þéh þá giet be sumum dǽle gemetlic þyncan, ǽr Alexander tó ríce féng sufficerent ista ad exemplum miseriarum insinuata memoriae nostrae gesta

Linked entry: ge-métednes

ge-wilnung

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Ox. 1184. (1 a) with gen. of what is desired :-- Hé for ðǽre gewilnunge swelcra weorca biscopdóm ne sécð episcopatum non appetit per hunc boni operis ministerium, Past. 55, 1.

ge-wit

(n.)
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ge-wit, -witt, es; n.

witssenses[right] mindmindintellectknowledgeunderstandingconsciousness

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He him gewit forgeaf he gave him intelligence, Cd. 14; Th. 16, 29; Gen. 250: Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 26; Cri. 1178. Ic wát ðæt ðæt lýf á byþ and ðæt gewit I know that life and mind will always exist, Shrn. 199, 30. 26.

Linked entry: wit

ge-lettan

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</b> to hinder a person from a journey (gen.) :-- Ne gelette ús þæs síðes se feónd, Wlfst. 252, 16. <b>I b.

ge-frignan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-frinan</b> (l. ge-frínan) in Dict. and add pp. - frognen. to ask, question. absolute Ic fora iúih gefregno ego coram uobis interrogatns, Lk. L. 23, 14. Ðá uuðuuto gefrugnon (conquirentes) mið him, Mk. -L. R. 9, 14.

ge-mǽnnes

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Th. ii. 174, 36. sharing, imparting Weldǽde and gemǽnnysse (communionis) nelle forgytan, Scint. 165, 18. common, general, (in) common, (in) general.

ge-mótian

(v.)
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ge-mótian, p. ode.
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to talk about; ge-mótian ymb (be) to discuss Ús þingð genóh ꝥ wé ymbe þæs bissextus wurðscipe habbað þus gemótod, and ymbe his geréna manega þing gehrepod, Angl. viii. 308, 9.

Linked entry: mótian

ge-stæppan

(v.)
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Add: p. stóp; pp. ge-stapen. of living creatures For hwí gesteppe ic ł gá ic quare incedo, Ps. L. 41, 10. Þá gestóp hé tó ánes wealles byge, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 134, 19. Tó ðé gistepe ué ad te gradiamur. Rtl. 51, 9. <b>I a.