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ge-défe

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Wuna mid ús, þæt þú ús gedéfra[n] gedó, for þon þe wé níwe syndon tó þissum geleáfan gedón, 247, 34. staid, sober Sé wæs wintrum geong and on his þeáwum eald and gedéfe aetate juuenis, sed moribus grandaeuus, Gr. D. 219, 3.

ge-endung

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On ðám endlyftan geáre his geendunge in the eleventh year since his death, 31. Se sunu sceolde fón to þám háde æfter his fæder geendunge, Hml. S. 10, 221: 18, 435. Æfter úre geendunge, 28, 152: Shrn. 97, 30.

ge-æfnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-æfnan, p. de; pp. ed [æfnan to perform, execute] .

to performexecuteperpetrateaccomplishcompletemakeperfĭcĕrepatrārepræstārefăcĕreto stir upexciteexcĭtāreto bearsufferenduresufferresustĭnēre

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Síe sió bǽr gearo ædre geæfned let the bier be quickly made ready, 6203; B. 3106 : 2218; B. 1107. to stir up, excite; excĭtāre Ic nolde þurh gielpcwide ǽfre geæfnan æbylg Godes I would not through vaunting speech ever excite the anger of God, Exon. 50

ge-teld

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Th. ii. 242, 8. the necessity for tents when travelling in England is suggested by the following :-- Alfwold bisceop geann þám æþelinge twegra getelda, and Alfwolde munuce ánes horses and ánes geteldes, Cht. Crw. 23, 10 - 12.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Gehát him þurh hálig word God self gecýðde, Gen. 1797. ¶ with complement :-- Þú eart cynebearn gecýðed cwycum and deádum. Hy. 7, 117: El. 816. with clause: Ic Æðelstáne cyning eallum mínum geréfum ... gecýðe ... ꝥ ic wille ..., Ll. Th. i. 196, 35.

Linked entry: cýþan

ge-métan

(v.)
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I. 4) æt frymðe gemétað, engel and seó eádge sáwl, Cri. 1666. to meet in battle Þ hiora nán óðerne on þone andwlitan ne slóge, þǽr þǽr hié æt ge-feohtum gemétte, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 12. B. to find.

ge-grípan

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seize with an implement :-- Fýrene tangan him on handa hié hæfdon, and . . . hié mé mid þǽm gegrípan woldon, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 621, 15. a non-material object Hié gegrípað ( arripiunt ) ðone cwide ðæs apostoles hiora gítsunge tó fultome, Past. 53, 3. to get

ge-bringan

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Míne sáwle on betran gebringað, Gú. 349. Ðætte hine sió gewilnung of his módes fæsðrǽdnesse ne gebrienge, Past. 317, 7. Mínes múðes mémódes willa on heáhsǽlum gebringe voluntaria oris mei beneplacita fac, Ps. Th. 118, 108.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

gest-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gest-hús, es; n.

A guest-houseguest-chamberhospĭtium

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In gest-húsum in hospitiis, Ps. Surt. 54, 16

ge-wuna

(adj.)
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ge-wuna, adj.
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. ¶ the word seems declined in :-- Obtani geára gewunan oððe gewunede, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 3

Linked entry: be-wuna

ge-trymman

(v.)
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ge-trymman, -trymian, -trymigan, -tremman; he -trymmeþ, -trymþ; p. -trymde, -trymede; pp. -trymed, -trymmed, -trymd.

to confirmstrengthenencourageestablishfoundset in order arrangedraw upfirmāreconfirmāremūnīreconfortārehortārifundāreinstruĕreTo grow stronggain strengthrecoverconvălescĕre

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He beforan ðam geate his folc getrymede he drew up his army before the gate, Ors. 4, 10; Bos. 92, 41. Getrym me confirma me, Ps. Spl. 50. 13. Ðín weorc on us getryme confirma hoc quod opĕrātus es in nobis, Ps. Th. 67, 26.

Linked entries: trymman ge-tremman

ge-þeaht

(n.)
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ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
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Gép ealle déð mid geþeahte (every prudent man dealeth with knowledge, Prov. 13, 16), 199, 11: 10. Mid geþeahte and mid andgite, Bt. 33, 4 ; F. 132, 8 : Met. 20, 200.

ge-rád

(adj.)
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ge-rád, adj.
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Þus gerád of this kind; hujus(ce)modi, talis JJus gerád huiusmodi, ðus gerád man huius-modi homo, ðus geráde men huiusmodi homines, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 74, 8. Him þúhte þns gerád ungelimp . . . geearnod wǽre. Ll. Th. i. 270, ii.

Linked entry: sam-rád

ge-strangian

(v.)
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Cf. ge-strengan

ge-cennan

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Th. i. 288, 18. to make an (exculpatory) statement about a person Gif se bana oðbyrste, feórðe manwyrð hé ( the man who allows the escape ) tó gedó, and hine gecænne mid gódum ǽwdum ꝥ hé þane banan begeten ne mihte, Ll. Th. i. 28, 2, 8

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-heálgian</b> in Dict., and add: to make holy, sanctify, purify Fore him ie gihálgo ( sanctifico) mec solfne ꝥ sint and hé gihálgade (sanctificati ) in sóðfæstnisse, Jn. R. 17, 19.

ge-wemman

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</b> of improper sexual intercourse, v. ge-wemmend :-- Gewemde incestans (germani thalamum ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 50. Nán man mé gewemde, ac Crist geheóld míne clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 30, 359. Gif hwá þæs cyninges brýde gewemde, Hml. Th. ii. 476, 28.

ge-wunelic

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Cf. ge-wuna; 4, 5 Hit wæs þá gewunelic ꝥ man gesette on cranice ǽlc þǽra dǽda þe gedón wæs mid him, Hml. A. 95, 122. Twégen sealmas æfter gewunelicum þeáwe (secundum consuetudinem), R. Ben. 37, 11; more solita, 61, 4.

ge-læccan

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Th. ii. 50, 31. to take as a possession, get, receive Judas ðá gelæhte þæs Appollonies swurd . . . and hé wann mid þám on ǽlcum gefeohte, Hml. S. 25, 295. Ðú and Æðelmǽr swylcera gewrita mé bǽdon, and of handum gelæhton, p. 4, 39.

ge-bétan

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Gen. 399. þæt hé Rómána bismer gewrecan (gebétan, v. l, here or (?) under I. 3) sceolde missus pro abolenda macula, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 216, 16