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geond-felan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-felan, -feolan: p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon; pp. -folen [cf. (?) Goth. filhan: Icel. fela to hide; hence to give into one's keeping; so geondfolen fýre = utterly given up to fire. Or may folen be taken from the literal meaning and so geondfolen compare with the preceding participle geinnod? The meaning of the verb in any case seems to be]

To fill throughout ⬩ mplere

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To fill throughout; mplere, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 29; Gen. 43

Linked entry: geond-folen

æl-þeódig

(adj.)
Grammar
æl-þeódig, æl-þiódig; adj.

Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ exterus ⬩ peregrinus ⬩ barbarus

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Strange, foreign; exterus, peregrinus, barbarus On ælþeódige folc to a foreign people, Bt. 27, 3; Fox 98, 22. Ælþeódigra manna gisthús foreign men's guest house, an inn, Wrt. Voc. 58, 51. Ælþeódige men acwealdon advenam interfecerunt, Ps.

Linked entries: æl-þeódine æl-þiódig

sehtan

(v.)
Grammar
sehtan, p. te
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To bring about agreement between people, to settle a dispute Cristenum cyninge gebyreþ ðæt hé eall cristen folc sibbie and sehte mid rihtre lage, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 12 : Wulfst. 266, 17.

þring

(n.)

a press ⬩ crowd ⬩ what presses or confines

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No þring of folc, A. R. 162, 8.] Similar entries v. eofor-, ge-þring. Grammar þring, (or þryng?) what presses or confines Þryng cannalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 5. [Cf. Icel. þröng a strait, a narrow place.]

Linked entry: þryng

séþung

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Ðá wearð ꝥ folc ástyrod on swíðlicum hreáme ꝥ Godes sylfes séðung þǽr geswutelod wǽre, Hml, S. 31, 270-282. Gregorius ábæd æt Críste þæt hé æteówode ánum twýnigendum wífe embe his gerýnu mycele séðunge, Hml. Th. ii. 272, 24.

hyge-leást

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-leást, e; f.

Thoughtlessness ⬩ foolishness ⬩ folly ⬩ heedlessness

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Wé sceolon blissian on úrum Drihtne ná on higleáste we ought to rejoice in our Lord, not in folly, ii. 292, 32.

eges líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eges líc, def. se eges líca, seó, ðæt eges líce; adj. [eges líc a likeness of fear = ]

Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus

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Egeslícne cwide sigora Weard ofer ðæt fǽge folc forþ forlǽteþ the Lord of victories shall send forth a dreadful utterance over the fated folk, Exon. 30a; Th. 92, 30; Cri. 1516.

feorh-gifa

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-gifa, -giefa, an; m.

Giver of life ⬩ vītæ dător

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Geségon on heáhsetle heofones waldend, folca feorhgiefan they saw on his throne heaven's Ruler, Giver of life to nations, 15 b; Th. 35, 10; Cri. 556

munuc-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
munuc-líce, adv.

Monastically ⬩ after the manner of a monk

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Monastically, after the manner of a monk Hé munuclíce leofode betwux ðám lǽwedan folce, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 67

ge-bannan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bannan, -bonnan; p. -beónn, pl. -beónnon; pp. -bannen [ge, and bannan to summon] .

to command ⬩ order ⬩ proclaim ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ edīcĕre ⬩ to summon ⬩ call together ⬩ cĭtare ⬩ convŏcāre

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Th. 149; B. 74. to summon, call together; cĭtare, convŏcāre Folc biþ gebonnen ealle to spræce all people shall be summoned to judgment, Exon. 117 b; Th. 451, 8; Dóm. 100.

Linked entries: ge-beón ge-bonnan

drǽdan

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& wolde hine ofsleán & dreórd him ꝥ folc et volens illum occidere timuit populum, Mt. R. 14, 5. Þá leorneras wundradun & dreórdun discipuli mirabantur, 19, 25.

riht-gelífed

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-gelífed, adj.

Possessed of a true belief, orthodox, catholic

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Possessed of a true belief, orthodox, catholic Eal rihtgelýfed folc sceal gefeón on ðone his tócyme, Blickl. Homl. 167, 14. Ðæs rihtgelýfdan geleáfan orthodoxiae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 13.

Linked entry: ge-lífed

stǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
stǽnen, (in the oblique cases the -en is sometimes contracted or absorbed; see below, and for other instances see under stapol); adj.
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stony. v. next word Se áfeól of his horse ofer stǽnene eorþan, and him wǽron ða limo gecnyssed, Shrn. 126, 18. Of sandigum ł stǽnenum de arenosis, Hpt. Gl. 449, 26. metaph. of stone, stony, hard as stone, in a good sense Ic ðé secge, ðæt ðú ( Peter

earu

(adj.)
Grammar
earu, In the passage for earne might be read earmne ? or earhne, eargne? timid: <b>earwian</b> = gearwian.

Similar entry: ge-gearwian

un-rihtwís

Grammar
un-rihtwís, un-rihtwísu.
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Se cyning and se biscop sceoldon beón Crístenra folca hyrdas, and hí from eallum unrihtwísum áhweorfan, Bl. H. 45, 26. Add

wiþ-ceósan

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Hé wiðcýst geþóhtas folca reprobat cogitationes populorum, Ps. Rdr. 32, 10. Þæne gé wiþcuron quam reprobauerunt, An. Ox. 61, 27. Add

norþ-ende

(adj.)
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Man beád þá folce þider út ofer ealne þisne norðende, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175. 29. Add

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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To accuse a person of something (acc. of person and gen. of charge, or charge expressed by a clause) Ðú mé stale týhst furti me arguis, Gen. 31, 32. Hwí tíhþ úre hláford ús swá micles falses? 44, 7. Gif gé scyld on eów witen ðæs ðe eów man tíhþ, Txts

ge-anbídian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbídian, part. -anbídiende, -anbídigende; p. ode; pp. od [anbídian to abide]

To abide ⬩ await ⬩ wait for ⬩ expect ⬩ expectāre ⬩ sustĭnēre

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Ðæt folc wæs Zachariam geanbídigende ĕrat plebs expectans Zachariam, 1, 21. Hí þrý dagas me geanbídiaþ jam trīduo sustĭnent me, Mk. Bos. 8, 2.

ge-béd-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-rǽden, -rǽddenn,-réddenn, e; f.

The office of prayer ⬩ prayer ⬩ precātiōnis offĭcium ⬩ prĕces

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Hí beóþ on ealdra eorþlícra gebédrǽdenne ðe Cristene wǽron they shall be in the prayers of all earthly folk who have been Christians, Blickl. Homl. 45, 37.

Linked entry: béd-rǽden

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