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ælmes-full

(adj.)
Grammar
ælmes-full, adj.

Liberal with alms, charitable

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Liberal with alms, charitable Ælfgár b se ælmesfulla Chr. 1021; P. 154, 30. Wé gehýrdan secgan be ðám ælmesfullan hú góde sáwle hé hæfð, Hml. A. 166, 61. Ælmysfulle eleemosynis largi, Ll. Th. ii. 224, 27

ge-weorþan

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(ȝ) with adverb :-- Mid þán hé þá wæs forhtlíce geworden for þǽre gesihþ cum a visione terreretur, Guth. Gr. 171, 21. III. with prepositions, geweorþan of.

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Voc. ii. 24, 3. with acc. or clause. to avoid, not to come in contact with, not meet with, get or keep out of the way of a material object Rae. mid emfare forbúgaþ balenam circito declinant. An. Ox. 670. Swican hé forbeáh decipulam declinavit, Hpt.

ge-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyllan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. a.

To fillfulfilmake a totalcompletefinishaccomplishsatisfyimpleresaturare

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Gifena gefylled fremum forðweardum filled with gifts with continual benefits, Cd. 11; Th. 13, 28; Gen. 209. Gefylled consumtus, finitus, Hpt. Gl. 457. Wel gefylde bene pastos, Th. An. 20, 31

burg-síta

Grammar
burg-síta, (burh-).
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Dele, and see burg-wita

ge-

(prefix)

with

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Earle, in Chr. p. 321, remarks 'A strong instance is ge-winnan [1090] = to win; which sense, now so intimately identified with this root, is not in the simple verb winnan, until compounded with ge-.

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, p. seah, pl. sáwon, sǽgon, ségon ; pp. sewen, sawen.
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to see with the eyes, with acc. Oft ic wíg seó, Exon. Th. 388, 6; Rä. 6. 3. Ic seah wundorlíce . wiht, 495, 1; Rä. 84, 1. Ne seah ic medudreám máran, Beo. Th. 4033; B. 2014. Hí wuldres þegn eágum, Andr. Kmbl. 3355 ; An. 1681.

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
án-feald, adj. [án one, feald fold]

ONE FOLDsimplesingleone alonesingularpeculiarmatchlesssimplex

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ONE FOLD, simple, single, one alone, singular, peculiar, matchless; simplex Swá mid þrýfealdre swá mid ánfealdre láde either with a threefold or with a simple exculpation, L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 364, 2: 5; Th. i. 362, 10. Ánfeald áþ a simple oath, L.

heófung

(n.)
Grammar
heófung, e; f.

Mourninglamentationgrieving

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Mid micelre heófunge with great lamentation, ii. 516, 59. Biddende forgifennysse mid wópe and heófunge asking forgiveness with weeping and lamentation, H. R. 107, 27. On ðære wǽron áwritene heófunga scriptæ erant in eo lamentationes, Ælfc.

Linked entry: heófing

inwidda

(adj.)
Grammar
inwidda, inwit; adj.

Guilefuldeceitfulevilwickedmalicious

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Wordum inwitum with guileful words, Cd. 229; Th. 310, 22; Sat. 731

ísern

(adj.)
Grammar
ísern, adj.

Iron

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Hét gebindan beám ðone miclan ǽrenum clammum and ísernum he bade bind that great tree with brazen bands and with iron, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 29; Dan. 520

metsian

(v.)
Grammar
metsian, p. ode.

to feedto furnish with provisions

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Him man metsod they were furnished with provisions, 1006; Erl. 141, 11

Linked entries: metian ge-metsian

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
earfoþ-líce, adv.

With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardlydiffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre

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With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly; diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre Earfoþlíce wæs gúþ getwǽfed the contest had been parted with difficulty, Beo. Th. 3318; B. 1657: 3276; B. 1636: Mk. Bos. 10, 23.

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ode; pp. od

To armfurnish with weaponsarmāre

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To arm, furnish with weapons; armāre Ic gewǽpnige armo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 41: 36; Som. 38, 36, 37. He mid ródetácne his múþ and ealne his líchaman gewǽpnode he armed his mouth and all his body with the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. i. 72, 23.

Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod

þeód-wrecan

(v.)
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-, which is compounded with verbs, and has the force of per-; see the verbs in the Dictionary.

á-scilian

(v.)
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As a gloss to enucleare the verb seems connected with scealu; cf. á-scealian:as a gloss to dividere, it seems cognate with Icel. skilja. Áscilian enucleare (the corresponding gloss in An. Ox. 3898 is: enucleare i. manifestare spyrian), Wrt.

Linked entries: scilian á-scelede

fágettan

to quibble

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(why do you use this word treasures with double meaning?), Hml. Th. i. 422, 34. Similar entries Cf. fágian

ge-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlan, to bind.
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Add: I. to bind a living creature. with a material bond Satan læg símon gesǽled (cf. rídeð racentan sal, 372), Gen. 765; to restrain, confine with non-material bonds Susie gesǽled, . . wttum gebunden, Jud. 114.

ge-titelian

(v.)
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Dict. to place a mark above a letter or syllable Þes que is sceort mid þrým stafum gewriten oððe getitelod (is written with three letters (que) or with a mark ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 265, 8.

ge-twǽfan

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B. 1433 (in Dict.). to take something (acc.) from a person (dat. ) Þý lǽs him wéstengryre ferhð getwǽfde, Exod. 119. with acc. only, to end a dispute.