ge-hiwian
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Gehíwian inficere, 47, 49. to form, fashion Ic eom sé þe man of eorðan gehíwode, Hml. S. 30, 63. Sé gehiéwade ( finxit ) heortan heara, Ps. Srt. 32, 15.
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FEN
FEN ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt ⬩ pălus ⬩ lŭtum ⬩ līmus ⬩ sordes
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Hió wyrcþ ðæt fenn ðe man háteþ Meotedisc it forms the fen which is called Mæotis, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 19. He underféhþ ðæt fenn ðara þweándra he receives the dirt of the washers, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21 b, 20.
lǽððu
An injury ⬩ offence ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malice
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Ðæt hié ongieten ðæt ðæt sindon ða forman lǽððo ðe hié Gode gedoon mǽgen ut noverint, quod hanc primam injuriam faciunt Deo, Past. 45, 2; Swt. 339, 7.
frum-sceaft
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Seó forme bóc, Genesis, beféhð þás racu fram frumsceafte, Ælfc. T.
rídan
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Ox. 4748. where the word is used as expressing the most usual method of locomotion, but does not exclude other forms Sé þe æfter ǽnegum ceápe ríde, cýþe . . . ymbe hwæt hé ríde . . . búton hé hit ǽr cýdde þá hé út rád, Ll. Th. i. 274, 20-24.
ge-scippan
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Þú hit ne gesceópe, 14, 2 ; F. 42, 35. to shape, give a particular form to.
hróf
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</b> something which in form or function may be compared to the covering of a house :-- Helmes hróf the covering which the helmet forms, B. 1030. Beorges hróf the roof which the hill makes for the cave in its side, 2755.
ge-stælan
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to be due from, a person Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot (þeófðe, v.l.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum
ge-bletsian
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Þá gebletsode Metod þá forman twá, Gen. 192. Gebletsade, 1505. Ús gebletsa, Ps. Th. 66, Gebletsige ús Drihten, 6. Sí gebletsod (gebloedsad, L.) ꝥ ríce, Mk. ii. 10. Gebledsod, An. 524.
ge-singan
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L. 14, 72. to sing praise, glory, &c. to a person, repeat words which express Ðǽm wé gesinga wuldur ipsi cantantes gloriam, Rtl. 163, 15. to recite, repeat forms used in religious services (prayer, psalm, mass) Sé þe Pater noster inweardlíce
trendel
a circle ⬩ ring ⬩ a disk ⬩ orb ⬩ a round place ⬩ a circus
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The word and the connected forms trend, trind, trin seem to occur in local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 343, 344
witon
let us
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interjectional form with an infinitive, the combination being the equivalent of a subjunctive, = let us . . . Uton (wuton,Cott. MS.) ágifan ðæm esne his wíf, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 6. Wuton wuldrian weorada Dryhten, Hy. 8, 1. Uuton nú gehýran, Blickl.
ymbren
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. ¶ the form occurs also with riht prefixed :-- Áðas and wífunga ǽfre sindan tócwedene heáhfreólsdagum and rihtymbrenum, L. Eth. vi. 25; Th. i. 320, 25: Wulfst. 117, 15 note
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clipung
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Hí ne synd ná mid ealle dumbe, ac hí habbað lytle clypunge, 8. form of address (of pronouns). v. stefn, Se ðridda hád ( the (pronoun of the) third person ) hæfð syx clypunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 93, 7
hǽþen-scipe
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A. 142, 120. a particular form of heathen belief Þá þrý cnihtas wiðcwǽdon his ( Nebuchadnezzar's ) hǽþenscipe, Hml.
winestra
Left
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Left; the feminine form is used substantively = left hand. v. swíþ, II. Ðæt sió winestre hand ne scyle witan hwæt sió suíðre dó, Past. 44; Swt. 323, 14.
leóf
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used as a form of address to one or to many, cf. modern 'dear sir' Wé biddap ðé leóf ðæt ðú hlyste úre sprǽce oramus, domine, ut audias nos, Gen. 43, 20: 3, 10 : Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 5, 14.
stig-weard
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[The word, which is found generally with the form stí-ward and in late documents, occurs in Eadred's will, and in a connection which seems to shew the relative importance of the officer denoted by it.
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hóh
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Other instances of the occurrence of the form are :-- In regione qui uocatur Hóhg, C. D. i. 102, 8. Hóhtún, v. 33, 8. Æt Cǽgeshó, i. 197, 23. ꝥ is fingringahó, iii. 274, 8: 272, II. Hwítincghó, 275, 8. On lindhóh; of lindhó, 76, 34.
ÍS
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Ofer eástreámas ís brycgade the ice formed a bridge over the streams, Andr. Kmbl. 2524; An. 1268 : Exon. 90 a ; Th. 338, 4 ; Gn. Ex. 73. Íses gicel stiria, stillicidia, Ælfc. Gl. 16; Som, 58, 68; Wrt. Voc. 21, 55.