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ge-cunnian

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

To try ⬩ enquire ⬩ experience ⬩ probare ⬩ explorare ⬩ experiri

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To try, enquire, experience; probare, explorare, experiri Ðæt hi móstan gecunnian hwylc heora swiftost hors hæfde that they should try which of them had the swiftest horse, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 42 : Nar. 25, 29. Ðe ðone wígend aweccan dorste oððe gecunnian

ge-drugian

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

To become dry ⬩ wither ⬩ arescere

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To become dry, wither; arescere Ficbeám gedrugade ficus aruit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 21; 4, 6 : Ps. Th. 68, 22. Gedrugad wæs arefacta est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 19

ge-fædere

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fædere, ge-federe, an; f.

A godmother ⬩ commater ⬩ susceptrix

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A godmother; commater, susceptrix Ǽfre ne geweorþe, ðæt Cristen man gewífige on his gefæderan let it never be that a Christian man marry with his godmother, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. i. 318, 17 : L. C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 22

Linked entry: ge-federe

ge-feastian

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

To entrust ⬩ commit ⬩ commendare

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To entrust, commit; commendare Gefeastadon commendaverunt, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 48

Linked entry: ge-fæstan

ge-gegnian

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

To meet ⬩ obviare

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To meet; obviare, Rtl. 45. 23

Linked entry: gegnian

ge-giwian

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

To demand ⬩ ask ⬩ postulare ⬩ petere

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To demand, ask; postulare, petere Swǽ hwæt ðú gegiuas quidquid petieris, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6. 23. Gegiwade postulans, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 63

Linked entry: giwian

ge-hámian

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

To make [one's self] familiar with(?)

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To make [one's self] familiar with(?) Aldred hine gihámadi mið ðæm ðriim dǽlum Aldred made himself familiar with the three parts, Jn. Skt. 188, 7

Linked entry: -hámian

ge-heowian

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

To form ⬩ formāre

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To form; formāre Dracan ðú ðysne geheowadest drāco iste, quem formasti, Ps. Th. 103, 25 : Blickl. Homl. 87, 32 : 31, 16

ge-leahtrian

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

To accuse ⬩ complain of ⬩ rebuke ⬩ crīmĭnāri ⬩ accūsāre

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To accuse, complain of, rebuke; crīmĭnāri, accūsāre He wæs geleahtrad from Gode he was rebuked by God, Past. 46, 6; Swt. 355, 1; Hat. MS. 67 b, 14

Linked entry: leahtrian

ge-niðle

(n.)
Grammar
ge-niðle, an; f. [or a, an; m?]

Enmity, hate, fierceness

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Ic onféng feonda geníðlan I received the hate of foes, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 15; Cri. 1440

tang

(n.)
Grammar
tang, e; tange, an; f.

A pair of tongs

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A pair of tongs Tang forceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 3: Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 78: ii. 33, 36: delebra, 138, 62. Tong forceps, 109, 6. Tange forceps, i. 86, 19. Tange forcipis, ii. i3, 35. Tangan, tange, Hpt. Gl. 417, 74.

Linked entry: ísen-tanga

un-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
un-cyst, e: -cyste, an; f.

A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality

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A vice, defect, fault. of the body, a disorder Wið wífa earfoðnyssum; ðás uncyste Grécas hátaþ hystem cepnizam, Lchdm. i. 334, 18.

Linked entry: un-gecost

wull

(n.)
Grammar
wull, e; wulle, an; f.

Wool

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the MS. has wulla with a stroke after the a) lanam, Kent. Gl. 1135. Wulla lanas, Hpt. Gl. 524, 14

Linked entries: wul wyll

wundel

(n.)
Grammar
wundel, e: wundle, an; f.

A wound ⬩ sore

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A wound (lit. or fig.), sore Gif hwylc lǽwede man óðerne wundige, gebéte wið hine ða wunde (wundlan, wundlác, v.ll.), L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 25. Wið níwe wundela (wunda, v.1. ), Lchdm. i. 8, 14: 10, 9: 92, 21: 100, 1: 108, 19: 296, 6, 17.

Linked entries: wund-lác wyndle

a-bylgþ

Grammar
a-bylgþ, v. ǽ-byl(i)gþ(u).

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dræge

(n.)
Grammar
dræge, es; n.? l. dræge, an; f.
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fealcen

(n.)
Grammar
fealcen, es: fealca (?), an; m.

A falcon

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A falcon Tó fealcnes forda (cf. Hafuclord, C. D. v. 103, 37), C. D. B. ii. 220, 14. Ðæt land æt Fealcnahám (cf. æt Habeccahám, i. 315, 23. On heafoces hamme, vi. 75; 33), C. D. ii. 381, 20. Cf.

gesca

(n.)
Grammar
gesca, geocsa, geohsa, geoxa, gihsa, an ; m.
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Sele him wiþ geohsan ceald wæter and eced drincan, Lch. ii. 62, 13. III. sobbing :-- Mé þiós siccetung hafað ágǽled, þes. geocsa (cf. ic nú wépende and gisciende . ; . misfó, Bt. 2 ; F. 4, 8), Met. 2, 5

ge-swigra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swigra, ge-swirga, ge-swiria, an; m.
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A cousin Geswiria oððeswustur sunu consobrinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 73. Gesuigran, gesuirgion, gisuirgian consobrinus, Txts. 53, 530. Cf. ge-swegra

Linked entries: ge-swegra ge-swiria

handle

(n.)
Grammar
handle, es; n. l. handle, an; f.
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A handle Handle stiba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 10: i. 287, 31