ge-leornes
A going ⬩ removing ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ transĭtus ⬩ transmigrātio
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This gloss is to be explained by the old interpretation of the Hebrew, name, according to which Galilea = transmigratio
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ge-sweostren
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Sceolden hí bión swelce hí wiéren geswysterna (-swystrena, v. l. ) warn, for ðǽm þe hé sceolde beón heofones sunu and hí eorþan, Bt. 35, 4 ; S. 98, 32.
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twi-bill
A two-edged axe
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Twybyl, wryhtys instrument bisacuta, bi-ceps; twybyl or mattoke marra, ligo. Prompt. Parv. 505. A twybylie biceps, bipennis, bisacuta, Cath. Angl. 398, and see note
BYSGU
Occupation, business, labour, care, toil, difficulty, trouble, affliction ⬩ occupatio, negotium, labor, cura, opus, difficultas, dolor, tribulatio
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Biþ se slǽp tó fæst bísgum gebunden the sleep is bound too fast by cares, Beo. Th. 3490; B. 1743: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 127; Met. 22, 64. Óðer bísgo dreág the other suffered toil, Exon. 114a; Th. 438, 14; Rä. 57, 7: 82b; Th. 311, 6; Seef. 88.
ge-emnettan
to make level ⬩ to make equal ⬩ to equal ⬩ to adjust, square ⬩ To square, agree, suit
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Voc. ii. 133, 7. to make equal Beóð ealle þá fers geemnytte be ánum getele, Ælfc. Gr.
wicce-cræeft
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Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum . . . gif man ðǽr ácweald wǽre, and hé his ætsacan ne mihte, ðǽt hé beó his feores scyldig, L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 9-12. Wiccecræftas prestigias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 25
peorð
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chess-man; but it is doubtful whether the knowledge of chess was early enough among the Teutons to allow of this interpretation. v. Zacher Das Runenalphabet, pp. 7-9.
ge-rén
An ornament
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An ornament Ðeáh ða gerénu fægru síen ðe hit mid gerénod biþ though the ornaments be fair with which it is adorned, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 15. Ða geréno the ornaments, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 20; Rä. 27, 15. Giríno ł glencas ædificationes, Mk. Skt.
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gelp
Glory, vain-glory, pride ⬩ glōria, vāna glōria
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Glory, vain-glory, pride; glōria, vāna glōria Ne gýtsung, ne ídel gelp him on ne rícsode neither avarice nor vain-glory reigned in him, Bd. 3. 17; S. 545, 9. Gif he unnýtne gelp ágan wille if he will possess unprofitable glory, Bt. Met.
ge-sceorf
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Substitute : Irritation of the stomach Be wambe coþum . . . Gif hire bið oninnan wund, þonne biþ þǽr sár and beótunga and gesceorf, Lch. ii. 220, 4: 228, 25. Sceal him mon sellan hát wæter drincan, þonne stilð ꝥ gesceorf, 240, 23.
scort-wyrplíc
Of early fulfilment ⬩ coming to pass shortly
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Of early fulfilment, coming to pass shortly On .xv. nihta sceortwyrplíc ðæt bid. On .xvi. nihta æfter langre tíde hit ágǽþ a dream on the fifteenth night of the month will be of early fulfilment.
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and
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Him þá gyt sprecendum and þá beorht wolcn hig ofer*-*sceán, Mt. 17, 5. connecting coordinate clauses, in which the subject of the second is the object of the first, but is not expressed; and may be rendered by a relative Gemétte ic sumne man, and (
open-líce
Openly ⬩ publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected ⬩ without concealment, without reserve, freely ⬩ plainly, evidently, clearly, manifestly ⬩ without obstruction, at large
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Openly. publicly, in a way by which not a few only are affected Eft cymþ God swíðe openlíce (in a way to be seen by all), Ps. Th. 49, 3, Hié openlíce ðæt gesetton (they publicly decreed) ðæt hé swungen wǽre óþ ðæt hé swylte. Blickl. Homl. 193, 3.
a-þindan
To puff up ⬩ swell ⬩ inflate ⬩ intumescere
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To puff up, swell, inflate; intumescere He ðá ðone aþundenan sǽ gesmylte tumida æquora placavit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 8. Gif he aþunden sý if he be swollen, Herb. 1, 21 : Lchdm. i. 76, 27. Aþindaþ occurs in Ps.
drý-cræftig
Skilful or crafty in magic or sorcery, magical ⬩ magĭcæ artis perītus, magĭcus
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Skilful or crafty in magic or sorcery, magical; magĭcæ artis perītus, magĭcus Sió, hí sǽdon, sceolde bión swíðe drýcræftigu she, they said, would be very skilful in sorcery, Bt. 38, 1; Fox. 194, 20.
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ge-rétan
To restore, refresh, set right ⬩ recreāre, refĭcĕre
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Ðú me hæfst gerétne mid ðínre gesceadwísnesse thou hast comforted me with thy reasoning, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 12
ge-met-líc
Moderate, temperate, measurable, fit ⬩ moderatus, temperatus, mensurabilis, aptus ⬩ mediocris
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Him gemetlíc seó may be suitable for him, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 21: 40, 3; Fox 238, 21; Ps. Lamb. 38, 6
ge-sǽliglic
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Cf. ge-sǽlig; Gesett hæfde hé hié swá gesǽliglíce, Gen. 252. of things, happy, characterized by good fortune. Cf. ge-sǽlig ; IV Bið hyra meaht and gefeá swíðe gesǽliglic sawlum tó gielde, Cri. 1079.
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scip-steóra
A steersman ⬩ pilot
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MS.) ongit micelne wind ǽr bit weorþe, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 13
helle-hund
A hell-hound
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, and be torn by the teeth of a hell-hound in the awful torments of hell among all the devils without any end, unless he make due reparation before his last day, Cod.