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ge-wýscednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wýscednys, se; f.

Adoptionadoptio

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Adoption; adoptio, R. Ben. interl. 2, Lye

ge-wýscing

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wýscing, e; f.

Adoption

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Adoption, R. Ben. 2, Lye

ge-yrgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yrgan, -irgan; p. de; pp. ed

To make cowardlyterrify

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Rdr. 108, 123

Linked entry: ge-irgan

ge-win

(n.)
Grammar
ge-win, -winn, es; n. [winnan to fight] .

a battlecontestwarstrifequarrelhostilitytumultcertāmenpugnabellumtŭmultuslabourtoilsorrowagonylăbortrībŭlātioăgōniafruit of laborersgainprofitfructus lăbōrumlucrumquæstus

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On ðam gewinne in the contest, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 31: 38, 1; Fox 194, 8: Rood Kmbl. 129; Kr. 65. Hie gewin drugon they fought, Beo. Th. 1601; B. 798: 1758; B. 877.

Linked entry: winn

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Rdr. 69, 414. Gewislíce ic hæbbe certe habeo, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 7. Ic nát náht gewistlíce hwæðer ðæs feós swá micel is I do not know for certain whether there is so much money, Th. Chart. 490, 15.

Linked entries: ge-wisslíce wisslíce

ge-wissung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wissung, e; f.

Directioninstructionguidance

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Rdr. 65, 295

Linked entry: wissung

ge-unnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen

To givegrantallowconcedeconcedereindulgerepermitterelargiri

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Rdr. 106, 56. Hú Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best, Th.

ge-treówleás

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treówleás, -trýwleás; def. se -leása; adj.

Without faithunfaithfulperfidiousperfĭdus

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Without faith, unfaithful, perfidious; perfĭdus Se getreówleása cyning rex perfĭdus, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 11

ge-treówlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-treówlíce, -triówlíce, -tríwlíce, -trýwlíce; adv.

Faithfullyfĭdēlĭter

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Rdr. 107, 81: Blickl. Homl. 185, 24, 28. Getríwlíce, Th. Ch. 202, 26

ge-tricce

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tricce, adj.

Faithful

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Gif he biþ eáþhylde and ðære stówe getricce si contentus fuerit consuetudine loci, R. Ben. 61, Lye

gifian

(v.)
Grammar
gifian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To bestow gifts

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R. 17, 12

Linked entries: geofian geafla

gilp-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
gilp-georn, adj.

Desirous of glory

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Desirous of glory Se strangesta cyning and se gilpgeornesta rex fortissimus et gloriæ cupidissimus, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 19

gremettan

(v.)
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to rage, roar Ic gremette fremo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 60

Linked entry: grimetan

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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Rdr. 107, 99. for the passages in which the word occurs as a technical term in the laws, see Thorpe, index to vol. i. of 'Ancient Laws and Institutes,' s. v.

griðian

(v.)
Grammar
griðian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.
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Rdr. 105, 37. Griðian and friðian, L. Eth. 6, 42; Th. i. 326, 16: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 11: 4; Th. i. 360, 28

griðleás

(adj.)
Grammar
griðleás, adj.
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Rdr. 106, 41

glóf

(n.)
Grammar
glóf, e; a weak pl. glófan occurs; f. A

GLOVEchirothēcaχειρoθήκη

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He mid gyrde of ðam húses hrófe ða glófe gerǽhte he reached the glove from the house-roof with a stick, 22: 56, 4. Earnian mid ðam glófa him sylfum deserviat, per id cirotecas sibi, L. R. S; Th. i. 438, 15. Foxes glófa buglosse, Wrt.

glófung

(n.)
Grammar
glófung, e; f.

A providing with gloves

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R. S; Th. i. 438, 6

GRAMA

(n.)
Grammar
GRAMA, an; m.
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Rdr. 73, 54-6: Gen. 19, 25. Ic ondréd his graman and his yrre I was afraid of his anger and hot displeasure, Deut. 9, 19. Ðæne úre yldran for graman to deáþe gedémdon whom our elders for anger doomed to death, H. R. 9, 23.

gód

(adj.)
Grammar
gód, adj.

GOODbonus

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We ðǽr góde hwíle stódon we stood there a good while, Rood Kmbl. 140; Kr. 70. Him ðæt geleánaþ lífes waldend gódum dǽdum the ruler of life will repay them that with benefits, Exon. 117 a; Th. 450, 13; Dóm. 87.

Linked entry: good