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ge-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.

to determine

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[ge-þing, II.] to make terms with a person for one's self or for another, to be reconciled, to come to an agreement, to reconcile, settle a dispute, intercede, mediate Swá hie geþingian mǽgen wið cyning and his geréfan according to the terms they can

ge-staþelian

(v.)
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VIII. to strengthen a town with troops, garrison :-- Fór Eádweard cyning Mældúne and getimbrede þá burg and gestaðelode ǽr hé þonon fóre (King Edward went as far as Maldon, and rebuilt the town, placing a guard of soldiers in it before he left it,

Linked entry: ge-staþeled

há-sæta

(n.)
Grammar
há-sæta, an; m.

A rowera thole-sitter, an oarsman, opposed to the captain or helmsman

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A rower And gerǽdde man ðá ðæt ða scipu gewendan eft ongeán Lundene and sceolde man setton óðre eorlas and óðre hásǽton ðám scipum it was decided that the ships should go back again to London, and other commanders and other rowers were to be appointed

a-fligan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fligan, p. de; pp. ed [a, fligan]

To drive awayput to flightfugarearcere

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To drive away, put to flight; fugare, arcere Sóna hit ðone fefer afligeþ it will soon put the fever to flight, Herb. 37, 2; Lchdm i. 138, 5. Aflian [MS. B. afligan] to put to flight, 96, 2; Lchdm, i. 208, 20.

Linked entry: a-flian

ge-freólsian

(v.)
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Add: to free. to free from obligation, labour, & c. Gefreólsod feriatus, An. Ox. 1012. to free from (secular) claims, to consecrate Gefreólsod consecratur, An.

hefigian

(v.)

to weary

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To become heavy. to increase in weight Se wǽta ásígð ðǽm lime, ðonne áswilð hit and hefegað, Past. 72, 10. of disease, to grow worse Hefiendre (hefigende, v. l.) þǽre ádle ingravescente molestia, Gr. D. 297, 14. trans.

hangra

(n.)
Grammar
hangra, an; m.

A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,

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Ealle ða hangran betweónan ðam wege and ðam ðe Stánleáge ligþ gebyriaþ ealle Fearnebeorgan all the meadows between the road and that which goes to Stanley all belong to Farnborough, iii. 409, 17

ge-gangan

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L. 9, 43. where the purpose of going (to a place) is indicated by a substantive (with ) denoting or implying an action to be performed rúne gegangan, Jud. 54. Hié húsle gegangen hæfdon, Bl.

bisenian

(v.)
Grammar
bisenian, <b>. I.</b>
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add: to give an example in respect to Heó him bysnode mid gódre gedrohtnunge Godes þeówdóme, Hml. S. 2, 125: Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 28

swǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
swǽtan, p. te
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</b> to send forth blood, to bleed

Linked entry: swítan

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, p. ode.

to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like;to throw.to throw at an object,strike with a missile,to stone a personto throw,cast,

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Afterwards in a more general sense to throw. to throw at an object, strike with a missile, to stone a person Seó clǽnnes ða fúlnesse mid flinte torfaþ pudicitia libidinem cum saxo percutit, Gl. Prud. 12 a.

Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian

cuman

(v.)
Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Hwelc sé bión sceal ðe reccenddóme cuman sceal, Past. 61, 5. of things, to come to be, become, turn out, amount to Hit cymð eów wuldre, Hml. S. 25, 250, 253. Ꝥ cymð gefeán, Lch. iii. 154, 16.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Add: to make roomy. to enlarge so as to occupy a greater space He his Sdel geryrnde, Hml. S. 25, 283.

dǽd-bétan

(v.)
Grammar
dǽd-bétan, part.-ende ; p.-bétte ; pp. -béted

To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere

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To make amends, give satisfaction, to be penitent, to repent; maleficium compensare, malum bono pensāre, pœnitere His sáwle wúnda dǽdbétende gelácnian to heal the wounds of his soul by making amends, Homl. Th. i. 124, 14.

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fetian

(v.)
Grammar
fetian, fetigean, fetigan; he fetaþ, fet; p. fette; pp. fetod

To fetchbring tomarryaddūcĕreapplĭcāreuxōrem dūcĕre

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To fetch, bring to, marry; addūcĕre, applĭcāre, uxōrem dūcĕre He héht him fetigean to sprecan síne he bade to fetch his counsellors to him, Cd. 126; Th. 161, 17; Gen. 2666. Fetigan, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 26; Jud. 35. He óðer fetaþ ăliam duxĕrit, Mt.

spannan

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add: to harness or yoke oxen to that which has to be drawn Ðá þá him náht ne speów, þá hét hé spannan oxan , ac hí ne mihton áwecgan ꝥ mǽden swá, Hml.

ísen-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-ordál, es; n.
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The ordeal by hot iron, in which the accused who wished to clear himself had to bear, on the naked hand, a piece of red hot iron.

Linked entry: or-dál

ge-lettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lettan, ðú -letest; p. -lette; pp. -lett, -let; v. a.

To hinderdelayletstopretardareimpedire

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To hraðe hine gelette lidmanna sum ðá he ðæs eorles earm amyrde too soon one of the seamen hindered him when he disabled the earl's arm, Byrht. Th. 136, 40; By. 164.

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manigfealdlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 556, 13. cf. manig-feald; Hé ne cwæþ ná menifealdlíce (in the plural), ' órum anlícnissum,' ac ánfealdlíce (in the singular), ' úre anlícnisse, ' Ælfc. Thw. Gen. 3, 16. Mænifealdlíce affatim, i. abunde, ubertim, An.

leásettan

(v.)
Grammar
leásettan, p. te

To feignpretend

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To feign, pretend Leásetende ðæt hí woldon hine eft lífe árǽran pretending that they would raise hint to life again, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 10