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ge-sweotulian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweotulian, -sweotlian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To manifest; ⬩ mănĭfestāre

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To manifest; mănĭfestāre Gesweotula nú ðín sylfes weorc manifest now thine own work, Exon. 8 a; Th. 1, 16; Cri. 9. Biþ meaht gesweotlad her might is manifested, 128 a; Th. 492, 20; Rä. 81, 18

Linked entries: ge-swutelian sweotolian

abbad

(n.)
Grammar
abbad, abbod, abbud, abbot, es; m: abboda, an; m.

an abbot ⬩ abbās

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Her Forþréd abbud forþférde in this year abbot Forthred died, Chr. 803; Erl. 60, 13. Se abbot Saxulf the abbot Saxulf, Chr. 675; Ing. 50, 15. Swá gebireþ abbodan as becometh abbots, L. Const. W. p. 150, 27; L. I.

fæsten

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten, es; n. [fæstan II. to fast] .

a fast, fasting ⬩ jējūnium ⬩ a fastness, fortress, bulwark, place of strength, a castle, wall ⬩ mūnīmentum, arx, castellum ⬩ an inclosed place, cloister ⬩ claustrum

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a fast, fasting; jējūnium Ðis feówertigfealde fæsten wæs asteald on ðære ealdan gecýðnysse this fortyfold fast was established in the old testament, Homl. Th. ii. 100, 1.

æt-fleón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-fleón, p. -fleáh, pl. -flugon; pp. -flogen [æt, fleón to flee]

To flee away ⬩ escape by flight ⬩ eschew ⬩ aufugere

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Nán þing ætfleón ne mihte nothing might remain, Jos. 10, 35 : L. C. S. 78; Th. i. 420, 7

be-prenan

(v.)
Grammar
be-prenan, be-preðan

To wink ⬩ nictare

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To wink; nictare Tele nú ða lenge ðære hwíle, ðe ðú ðín éage on beprenan [bepreðan, Cott.] mǽge compare now the length of the time, wherein thou mayest wink thine eye, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 7

frum-rípa

(n.)
Grammar
frum-rípa, an; m. [rípa a handful of corn]

First-fruits ⬩ prīmĭtiæ

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First-fruits; prīmĭtiæ Ðine teóðan sceattas, and ðíne frumrípan gongendes and weaxendes, agyf ðú Gode thy tithes, and thy first-fruits of moving and growing things, render thou to God, L. Alf. 38; Th. i. 52, 31

Linked entry: frum-grípa

gearo-wita

(n.)
Grammar
gearo-wita, an; m.

Intellect ⬩ understanding ⬩ intelligentia ⬩ intellectus

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Intellect, understanding; intelligentia, intellectus Ðeáh we fela smeán, we habbaþ litellne gearowitan búton tweón though we contemplate many things, we have little understanding free from doubt, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 10 : 39, 8; Fox 224, 4

Linked entry: -wita

lǽne

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Sé ðe égðer wilt ge þissa lǽnena stóclífa ge þára écena háma, Solil. H. 2, 14. Add

ostre

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Add: — Gif þú ostran habban wylle, þonne clǽm þú þíne wynstran hand ðám gemete þe þú ostran on handa hæbbe, and dó mid sexe oððe mid fingre swylce þú ostran scénan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 12-14

BRǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BRǼDAN, brédan, to brǽdenne; part. brǽdende; p. brǽdde; pp. brǽdedbrǽdd, ; v. a.

To roast, broil, warm ⬩ assare, fovere

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To roast, broil, warm; assare, fovere We mágon brǽdan ða þing [þingc MS.] ðe to brǽdenne synd nos possumus assare qua assanda sunt, Coll. Monast. Th. 29, 21. Brédan, weormian fovere, Cot. 86. Brǽdende assans, Cot. 195

smeart

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
smeart, adj.

Smart, painful

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[Gif þi sulf one smerte discepline drauh þet swete likunge into smeortunge A. R. 294, 12. Stede and twei sporen and ane smearte ʒerd O. E. Homl. i. 243, 23. Mid smerte smiten of smale longe ȝerden ii. 207, 6.

-estre

(suffix)
Grammar
-estre, -istre, -ystre, an; f. are the feminine terminations of nouns of action, same as the Latin -ix and English -ess; as Fiðelestre a female fiddler. Wrt. Voc. 73, 62: hleápestre a female dancer, 73, 71: lǽrestre an instructress: myltestre meretrix vel scortum, Wrt. Voc. 86, 72: rǽdistre a female reader, Wrt. Voc. 72, 7: sangestre [MS. sangystre] a songstress, Wrt. Voc. 72, 5: seámestre

a seamstress

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a seamstress, 74, 13

Linked entries: -istre berþ-estre

earfoþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-líc, adj.

Irksome ⬩ laboriōsus

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Gif eów ǽnig þing þince earfoþlíce si diffĭcĭle vōbis vīsum ălĭquid fuĕrit, Deut. 1, 17

ge-setness

Grammar
ge-setness, <b>; V.</b>
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Add Of þisse gesettednysse þe ... wé gesetton ex ista institutione quam ... fecimus, Chrd. 28, 9. Gelǽrede on fædera gesettednyssum ( instituta canonum ), 17, 37

Linked entry: ge-settedness

un-geleáflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáflíc, adj.

Incredible

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Incredible Ðæt án þing wǽre ungeleáflíc on ðære race geset, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 12. Ðæt wile þincan ungeleáflíc eallum ðǽm ðe ða stówe on uferum tídum geseóð, Lchdm. iii. 438, 14: Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 9

Linked entry: un-geleáfullíc

haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, a berry.
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Gl. 572, 45.] used as a type of a thing of no value Hagan gignalia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 16

helpend

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Helpend am þínes auxiliatus sum tui. Rtl. 19. 9. Add

haga

(n.)
Grammar
haga, an; m.

A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no value ⬩ frute cinum, cornum, ramnum

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A haw, berry of the hawthorn; also used to signify any thing of no value [?], [cf. Chaucer's 'not worth an hawe'] Hagan gignalia, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 24; Wrt. Voc. 33, 24. Hagan quisquilia, 285, 31

á-wirgedness

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Geheald þíne tungan fram áwyrgednyssum, Wlfst. 246, 14

Linked entry: wirgedness

wítan

(v.)
Grammar
wítan, p. wát, pl. witon; pp. witen.

to see to ⬩ take heed to ⬩ guard ⬩ keep ⬩ to lay t ⬩ charge ⬩ lay the blame of ⬩ impute ⬩ to go ⬩ depart

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Grammar wítan, with prep, governing person, and charge expressed in a clause Gif ðú mé on wíte, ðæt ic unrihtlíce ðone biscopdóm onfénge, Anglia x. 141, 22. [ Gif þu witest eni þing þine sunne bute þi suluen, A. R. 304, 10. Schal he hit wite me?

Linked entry: ge-wítan