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ge-rád

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Ðá réceleásan menn þe bútan geráde lybbað, and on eallum þingum wadað on heora ágenum willan, 17, 238. Ánfealde wíse on fullan geráde, Ll.

synderlíce

(adj.; adv.)
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synderlíce, adv.

apart, away from all others, in privateseparately, severally, apartspecially, in particularonly, exclusively, solely, to or by one's selfspecially, exceedingly, to a greater extent than in any other case, singularly

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Heora ǽghwylc be heom sylfum synderlíce ðus cwæð, Homl.

Linked entry: sundorlíce

CLÁÞ

(n.)
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CLÁÞ, cláðes; m.

CLOTH,pannusvestirnenta

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Ðæt is heora bíwist; wǽpnu, and mete, and ealo, and cláðas this is their provision; weapons, and meat, and ale and clothes, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 5. Him wyrþ oftohen ðara cláða he is deprived of the clothes, 37, 1; Fox 186, 14: Bt. Met.

Linked entry: clǽþ

GÁN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁN, to gánne; ic , ðú gǽst, he gǽþ; pl. gáþ; p. ic he eóde, ðú eódest; pl. eódon; imp., pl. gáþ; pp. gán; v. n. [the conjugation is formed from two roots, the past tense being from root i; cf. Gothic iddja];

To gocomewalkhappenīregrădievĕnīre

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Sume for hungre heora feóndum on hand eódon some for hunger went into the hands of their foes, 1, 15; S. 484, 5. Gá hider come hither, Gen. 27, 21. Gáþ eów into ðære cyrcan unforhtlíce go into the church fearlessly, Homl. Th. i. 508, 1

læccan

(v.)
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læccan, læccean; p. læhte; pp. læht

To takegraspseizecatchapprehendcapture

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Heora ǽgðer uppon óðerne túnas bærnde and eác menne læhte in their struggle they burned one another's towns and captured one another's men, Chr. 1094 ; Erl. 230, 13. Ðætte ðióstro iuih ne læcga ut non tenebræ vos compræhendant, Jn. Skt.

Linked entries: on-leccan leccan

ge-wemman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wemman, p. -wemde; pp. -wemmed, -wemd

To staindefilepolluteprofanecorruptvitiatemarinjurecoinquĭnāreturpārepolluĕreprofānārecorrumpĕrevĭtiārecontāmĭnāreviŏlāre

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To stain, defile, pollute, profane, corrupt, vitiate, mar,injure; coinquĭnāre, turpāre, polluĕre, profānāre, corrumpĕre, vĭtiāre, contāmĭnāre, viŏlāre Ne mihte heora wlite gewemnian wylm ðæs wæfran líges the heat of the flickering flame might not corrupt

Linked entry: wemman

grǽdig

(adj.)
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grǽdig, adj.
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Ða fýnd heora grípende wǽron swa swá grǽdig wulf the devils were seizing them like the ravening wolf, Blickl. Homl. 211, 1. Líg grǽdig swelgeþ londes frætwe flame, greedy, swallows the land's treasures, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 16; Ph. 507: Beo.

Linked entry: grédig

ge-gerwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gerwan, -gærwan, -girwan, -gierwan, -gyrwan; p. -gerede; pp. -gered, -gerwed

To preparemake readyclothearrayadornfurnish

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Mid heora geatwum gegyrede equipped, 241, 29 : Nar. 4, 13. Golde gegyrwed adorned with gold, Beo. Th. 1110; B. 553. Ymb frætwum útan gegyrede circumornatæ, Ps. 143, 15.

Linked entries: ge-gærwan ge-gyrwan

un-rihtlíc

(adj.)
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un-rihtlíc, adj.

Unrighteousunjustwickedwrongful

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Gif ǽlces mannes líf ǽfre sceole swá gán ðæt hé mæge forbúgan bysmorlíce dǽda, ðonne bið unrihtlíc ðæt ða unrihtwísan onfón wítnunge for heora wóhnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 231: Homl. Th. i. 292, 5. Ne lufa ðú gítsunga ne unrihtlíce welan ...

wíslíce

(adv.)
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wíslíce, adv.

wiselysagaciouslywith wisdomprudentlywiselyskilfullycunningly

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Beþencan heora dǽda wíslíce and wærlíce, L. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 35: Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 34: Blickl. Homl. 97, 2. Wíslíce gé dyde, 201, 1: Homl. Skt. i. 5, 42: Exon. Th. 348, 2; Sch. 22: Ps. Th. 77, 12.

Linked entry: ge-wíslíce

á-belgan

(v.)
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Forbe;ád se biscop ðæt hí ne weópon, ðý lǽs [hí] ðá hálgan treów þurh heora wóp and teáras ábulgen monuit sacerdos ut pergeremus fletum ululatumque nostrum sacras arbores dicens offendisse, Nar. 32, 14.

Linked entries: á-bloncgne in-belgan

æþel-boren

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. ¶ definite form as noun :-- Tó gewríþenne æþelborenan ( nobiles ) heora, Ps. L. 149, 8. inborn, natural. Cf. æþelu, Æþelborene ingenitam (probably a gloss on Ald. 66, 9: Venustatem ... genuina consparsione ingenitam ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 45

Linked entry: boren

and-git

(n.)
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Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton, Hml. S. 23, 379. plan, purpose Hí þone Hǽlend bǽdon ꝥ hé tówurpe þæs wælreówan andgyt ( the intention of destroying the city ), Hml.

Linked entry: on-gitenness

eafora

(n.)
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Idesa eaforan bróhtan heora ealdan fæder, 2606

ge-mǽnelic

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Th. i. 324, l: 382, 2. ordinary Sume menn dyslíce fæstað ofer heora mihte on gemǽnelicum lenctene ( in Lent, which being of ordinary occurrence, did not eall for excess in fasting ?) Hml.

Linked entry: -mǽne-lic

ge-wealdan

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Add: to control the movement of a material object, wield a weapon Heora nán ne mehte nánes wǽpnes gewealdan, Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 19. to control movement, action, manage to do some movement or action. with gen.

healm

stubblestrawa strawstalk

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R. 3, 17. stubble as representing the arable land from which a crop has been gathered: Ciricsceat mon sceal ágifan tó ðám healme and tó ðám heorðe (according to the amount of cultivated arable land and to the kind of house.

on-secgan

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Hí ðám deóflum onsægdon and heora Drihten forsáwon, Hml. S. 14, 13. Þæt þú heofoncyninge wiðsóce, and onsægde synna fruman, Jul. 362. (l aα) to sacrifice with something, Bl.

ryne

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Hí bútan ǽghwilcre gedréfednysse heora ryne gefyldon, Hml. S. 23 b, 103

manig

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manig, <b>. I.</b>
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heora monig ðúsend ofslóg, 3, 7; S. 110, 33. Þá Rómániscan mǽdenu manega ðurhwunodon on mǽgðháde, Hml. S. 7, 293. Nis þæt gód ꝥ þá monegan godas sién, Shrn. 101, 1. Mid monegum þúsendum, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 19. Manega ðúsenda engla, Hml.