ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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Met. Fox 15, 21; Met. 15, 11. Se foresprecena wer for hine in bisceop-háde wæs gecoren the aforesaid man was chosen into bishophood for him, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 29 : 4. 1 ; S. 564,12.
ge-settan
To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay
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Met. Fox 6, 13; Met. 6, 7. Ðæt ðis ǽfre gesett sprǽc wǽre that this should be a suit finally settled, Th. Ch. 203, 4. Ðone storm he gesette and gestilde tempestatem sedaverit, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 8.
ge-samnian
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</b> of the marriage union :-- Hé gesamnað sinscipas.clǽnlice lufe conjugii sacrum castis nectit amoribus, Met. II. 91. Þæt God gesamnode ( junxit ), ne syndrige ꝥ nán man, Mk. lo, 9.
lufian
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Þæt þú sóð godu lufian wolde, Jul. 195. the subject an animal Ðeáh seó leó hire mágister swíðe lufige, Bt. 25 ; F. 88, 10 : Met. 13, 20. the subject love Sió lufu ðonne hió lufað ætsomne ǽgðer ge God ge his niéhstan, Past. 87, 8. with reference to love
wunian
To dwell ⬩ remain ⬩ to dwell ⬩ abide ⬩ stay ⬩ remain ⬩ live ⬩ to inhabit a place, live in or on ⬩ to live, be in certain conditions or circumstances, ⬩ to abide ⬩ be present with a person to comfort or help ⬩ to be ⬩ rest ⬩ reside ⬩ remain ⬩ occupy a position ⬩ to consist of or in, ⬩ subsist, exist ⬩ to remain ⬩ last ⬩ continue ⬩ endure ⬩ to be wont
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Hæfð hé ðæt gewrixle geset ðe nú wunian sceal, Met. 11, 56. On sáre his líchoma sceal hér wunian, Blickl. Homl. 61, 1: Exon. Th. 7, 19; Cri. 103. Eallum rihtgelýfdum mannum wunigendum for his noman, Blickl.
ymb-hwyrft
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Ymbhwyrft ealne eorðan and heofones, Met. 24, 38. Ealne ymbhwyrft and uprador, Elen. Kmbl. 1458; El. 731. Eorðan ymbehwyrft orbem terrarum, Ps. Th. 88, 10. <b>IV b.
fæsten
firmament ⬩ citadel ⬩ fort ⬩ a fortification ⬩ entrenchments ⬩ fastness ⬩ stronghold ⬩ a prison ⬩ a sepulchre ⬩ Hell ⬩ claustrum
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Hí hýdað heáhgestreóna, healdað georne on fæstenne, Sal. 318. a place of confinement, a prison Hé on þám fæstene (cf. beinnan þám carcerne, Bt. 1; F. 4, 2) frófre ne gemunde, Met. 1, 79.
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Him wǽre ðonne iéðre ðæt hé hira ǽr gearra wénde, ðonne hé hira ungearra wénde, and hí gearuwe métte dum contra ictum quisque paratior redditur, hostis, qui se inopinatum credidit, eo ipso, quo praevisus est, enervatur, Past. 56; Swt. 433, 27-31.
æt-bredan
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Hé ætbréde (subtrahat) his líchaman of mette, R. Ben. I. 85, 5. with idea of withholding, prevention Ic ðé ætbréde míne rénas, þæt heó þínre eorðan ne rínað, Wlfst. . 159, 25. Hé ætbrǽd ꝥ gefeoht he would not let the battle take place, Hml.
heofon-lic
chaste
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Úre fæderas ǽton heofonlicne mete (heofunlica, R. heofunlic, L.) manducaneurunt patres nostri manna, Jn. 6, 58. having relation to heaven and divine things Þætte eal . . . sié ymb ðá heofonlican lufan . . . ðý lǽs him losige ðæt hefenlice ondgit ut per
mǽg
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Beó hé feówertig nihta on carcerne . . . and his mǽgas (mágas, v. l. ) hine féden gif hé self mete næbbe, 60, 10: 120, 6: 124, 7: 148, 18: 164, 11: 202, 15: 206, 5: 228, 26 : 238, 31 : 286, 32.
múþ
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Múða gehwylc mete þearf, Gn. Ex. 125. <b>II a.</b> applied to things personified :-- Grǽdigum múþes ceáflum ambronis orci faucibus An.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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., dryhten, R.) ofer his híred, ðæt hé him on tíde mete sylle, Mt. 24, 45. Se ðeówa nát hwæt se hláford (hláfard, L. R.) déð, Jn. 15, 15. Gif þeów næbbe wíf and his hláford him wíf sylle ... þæt wíf and hire winclo beóð þæs hláfordes ...
ge-restan
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II. 4 Gyf man méte ꝥ hé weorðlíce gerestod sló, gód ꝥ byð. Lch. iii. 174, 32
ge-dón
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Th. 77, 27. of things Wé hine willað ácwellan and ús tó mete gedón, Bl. H. 231, 15.
hú
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(v. lóc(a) in Dict. ) Ábídan miclan dómes, hú him metod scrífan wille, B. 979. qualifying an adj. or adv., to what extent (in a correlative phrase) Á hú lenge swíðe, Ps.
nytt
Useful ⬩ profitable ⬩ advantageous ⬩ beneficial
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Nǽron Metode wíd lond ne wegas nytte, Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156 : Beo. Th. 1592; B. 794. Nis nǽnig mǽre mægen, ðisse menniscan tydernesse nyttre, Blickl. Homl. 31, 30. Hé cwæþ, ðæt nyttre wǽre ðæt hié man gesealde, 75, 22.
scíma
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Metod æfter sceáf scírum scíman ǽfen, Cd. Th. 9, 5; Gen. 137. Ðá gesundrode Waldend sceade wið scíman, 8, 22; Gen. 128. Se móna gehrán mid his scíman (splendore) ðǽm treówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 7.
Linked entry: scímian
geótan
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Hí gártorn geótað gífrum deófle, Sal. 145. to pour away, squander Þæt hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe, ne on gylp geóte, Cri. 818. to found, cast, make with molten metal Wurdon tóbrocene þǽra hǽþenra goda anlícnyssa þurh þǽra manna handa þe hí macodon and
singan
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For hwam wolde gé secgan oððe singan, ðæt ic gesǽllíc mon wǽre, Met. 2, 17. of other living creatures Earn sang hildeleóþ, Judth. Thw. 24, 28 ; Jud. 211. Wulfas sungon ǽfenleóþ, Cd.