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ge-reord

(n.)
Grammar
ge-reord, -reorde, es; n.

Language, speech, tongue, voice

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Ðá wǽron ða apostolas cweðende to him hwonon him ða wundorlícan gereordo cóman then the apostles were saying to him whence came to him those wonderful speeches, Blickl. Homl. 153, 9.

Linked entries: reord reord

ge-sǽlig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sǽlig, -sǽli; comp. ra; superl. ost, ust; adj. [sǽlig happy]
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Wǽron swíðe gesǽlige they were very happy, Cd. 1; Th, 2, 12; Gen. 18: 220; Th. 282, 33; Sat. 296. Hí fram gesǽlgum tídum gilpaþ they boast of happy times, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 11: Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 1, 17; Cri. 1652, 1660.

swinsian

(v.)
Grammar
swinsian, p. ode
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Ðǽr wæs hæleþa hleahtor, hlyn swynsode ( a cheerful sound arose), word wǽron wynsume, Beo. Th. 1227; B. 611. Sǽ swinsade the sea made its music (but see swinsung, ), Elen. Kmbl. 479 ; El. 240. Hearpan hlyn, swinsigende swég, Cd. Th. 66, 8; Gen. 1081

þeów

(n.)
Grammar
þeów, e; þeówe, an; f.
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Ðá wǽron ða Cristes ðeówe út gangende of cyricean egressae de oratorio famulae Christi, Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 3. Ða hús ðara untrumra Cristes ðeówna casulas infirmarum Christi famularum, 3, 8; S. 531, 33.

clyne

(n.)
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Gl. 488, 76) wǽran gecrammede massa (picis) farciuntur, 3514. Clyne massam (piceam ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 22. God him fram þæt fýrene clyne ádyde þe ofer þá ceastre wæs on þám genipe hangiende, An. Ox. 492 note.

drencan

(v.)
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</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps. Th. 106, 17. of water, to drown Hí ne mihte fýr bærnan ne wæter dræncean, Shrn. 66, 17. intrans.

ge-hlíwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlíwan, ge-hleówan; p. de
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Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlýwde ( calefacti, Job 31, 20) ðearfena sídan, Hml. Th. ii. 448, 18.

Linked entries: ge-hleówan ge-hlýwan

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, p. ode.
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Cf. ge-líc; Þá geceás hé him áne burg wið þone sǽ, Bizantium wæs hátenu, tó ðon þæt him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban, and eác ꝥ hié þǽr gehendaste wǽren on gehwelc lond þonan tó winnanne maritimam urbem, Byzantium, aptissimam judicavit

ge-eácnung

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Add: conceiving, conception. in active sense Þá æfter þan wǽron gefylde nigan mónað hire geeácnunge, þá cende Anna hyre dohtor, Hml. As. 125, 282. Þ hé bodige hire geeácnunge, Bl.

útan-cumen

(adj.)
Grammar
útan-cumen, -cymen[e]; adj.

Come from withoutfrom another landforeignalienstrangebelonging to another

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wǽron útancymene (advenae) on Egipta lande, Deut. 10, 19. Útancumenra exterorum i. peregrinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 62. Þurh útancymen[r]a goda naman per nomen externorum deorum, Ex. 23, 13. Útancumene and elþeódige ne geswenc ðú, L.

Linked entries: út-ácumen út-cymen

ge-ǽswícod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽswícod, Substitute: ge-ǽswician; p.

To offend

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Þæt ðá beón getimbrode þurh his behreówsunge ðe ǽr wǽron þurh his mándǽda geǽswicode, 498, 12. Geáswicode, R. Ben. I. 62, 12

ofer-ǽt

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-ǽt, es; m.

over-eating, gluttony, excess in eatingrioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes placecomessationescrapula, commessatio.

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Peccat. rioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes place Ða hús ða ðe on tó gebiddenne geworhte wǽron ða syndon nú on hús gehwyrfed oferǽta commessationum Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 13. Oferétum comessationibus, Kent. Gl. 888.

sleán

(v.)
Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen. <b>A.</b> trans. I.
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Hié wǽron ða wǽpnedmen sleánde, Ors. l, 10; Swt. 48, 6. Wæs Fin slægen, Beo. Th. 2309; B. 1152. Sacerdas wǽron slægene, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 1.

Linked entries: a-sleán feoh slege

hwǽr

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Hí beheóldon hwár hé geléd wǽre, Mk. 15, 47. (c α) with emphatic genitive :-- Hæfde ic úhtceare hwǽr mín leódfruma londes wǽre, Kl. 8.

mǽrþu

(n.)
Grammar
mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.

greatnesshonourgloryfamea greathonourableglorious actiona wonderful thingmighty work

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Sceoldon hiera senatus ða menn beforan him drífan gebundene ðe ðǽr gefongene wǽron, ðæt heora mǽrþa sceoldon ðý þrymlícran beón, 2, 4; Swt. 70, 30.

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, -sión, ic -seó, ðú -sihst, he -syhþ; p. -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; imp. -syh, -seoh; subj. pres. ic -sáwe; pp. -sawen

To seevidere, conspicere

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He gesáwe ðæt he wǽre getogen he saw that he was pulled, Blickl Homl. 43, 26: 145, 8. Ic mæg geseón hwǽr he sylf siteþ I can see where he himself sits, Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666

Linked entry: ge-sión

ge-mynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mynd, es; n: e; f.

Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemorationremembrance

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Ic wilnode ðǽm monnum to lǽfanne ðe æfter me wǽren mín gemynd on gódum weorcum I desired to leave to the men that should be after me my memory in good works, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 16; Blickl. Homl. 197, 5. Ðín gemynd memoriale tuum, Ps.

wǽdla

(n.; adj.)

poorneedyindigentwantingdeficient inpoor inbeggingpoorneedya poor, needy persona poor, needy persona beggar

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Gif eall þises middaneardes wela cóme tó ánum men, hú ne wǽron ðonne ealle óþre men wǽdlan? ...

ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
ǽw, ǽwe, es; n. [ǽ law] .

lawwhat is established by lawwedlockmarriagea marriage vowlexmatrimoniuma female bound by the law of marriagea wifeconjux legitimauxor justa

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law, what is established by law, hence wedlock, marriage, a marriage vow; lex, matrimonium Ðætte ryht ǽw gefæstnod wǽre that just law might be settled, L. In. pref; Th. i. 102, 9: 1; Th. i. 102, 16.

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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Hé lícette hine selfne ðæt hé wǽre ungeleáffull in se personam infidelium transfigurans, 16, 2; Swt. 101, 8. Job lícette ðæt hé sceolde bión se héhsta god Jove feigned to be the supreme god, Bt. 28, 1; Fox 194, 13. Lícetton scemmatizarunt, Wrt.

Linked entry: líccettan