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ge-swiporness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-swiporness, -swiforness, -swioporness, e; f.

Craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ art: ⬩ versutia

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Ðæs ealdan feóndes geswifornis the old enemy's cunning, 37, 14. Se ðe wiste geswipernise [-swiopornisse, Rush.] hiora qui sciens versutiam eorum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 15

scyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
scyhtan, p. te

To instigate ⬩ prompt ⬩ urge

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Óðer him ðás eorþan ealle sægde lǽne . . . Óðer hine scyhte ðæt hé sceaðena gemót nihtes sóhte, Exon. Th. 109, 30; Gú. 98

Linked entry: á-scyhtan

sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ, m. f.; sǽs, sǽes, sǽ, sǽwe, seó; ǽs, sǽ; dat. sǽm, sǽum, sǽwum.

Sea . ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ a sea ⬩ a sea, lake

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Se uplíca sǽ ... céleþ ðære tungla hǽto, and se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niðerlícan gesceafte, sǽ and eorþan, Shrn. 63, 5-10. On syx dagum Crist geworhte heofenas and eorþan, sǽs and ealle gesceafta, L.

late

(adv.)
Grammar
late, adv.

Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last

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Sý ágifen be emnihte oððe latest be ealra hálgena mæssan let it be paid by the equinox, or at latest by All-Hallows' Mass, Wulfst. 208, 5

ge-riht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-riht, es; n.

What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction ⬩ rectum, jus, ratio, officium

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Ealla ða gerihta ðe ðǽr of arísaþ all the rights arising therefrom, 1031; Erl. 162, 4: 1074; Erl. 212, 6. Geriht ratio, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 23, 24.

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ge-búan

(v.)
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Swelce gé áne willen gebúgean ealle ðás eorðan numquid habitabitis soli vos in medio terrae? Past. 329, 25. Hié ne dorston forþ bí þǽre eá siglan for unfriþe, for þǽm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe þǽre eás. Ne métte hé ǽr nán gebún land ...

greát

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Th. i. 70, 5. non-material things Of gealádle ... cymeþ great yfel; sió biþ ealra ádla rícust, Lch. ii. 106, 19

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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Add Sé wǽre wierðe ealra Rómána onwaldes . . . búton ꝥ hé wiþ his hláford won, Ors. 6, 35; S. 292, 15. a. Add Nán óþer ne móste gyldenne hring werian, búton hé æþeles cynnes wǽre, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 10. <b>III b.

ge-défe

suitable, fitting, seemly ⬩ righteous, good ⬩ staid, sober ⬩ quiet, meek, gentle ⬩ quiet ⬩ In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning

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In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning Ealle þe . . . his gedéfne weg lustum gangað omnes . . . qui ambulant in viis ejus, Ps. Th. 127, 1.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support

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Wé ealle ðære hnescnesse úres flǽsces beóð underðiédde (-ðídde, Cott. MSS.) cuncti corruptionis nostrae infirmitatibus subjacemus, 21; Swt. 159; 6. Eall ða ðing ðe hire underþiéd sint, sint underþiéd ðam godcundan foreþonce, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 20.

mǽgþ

Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Ealle Breotone mǽgþe Crístes geleáfan onféngon omnes Brittaniarum prouinciae fidem Christi susceperant Bd. 4, 16 ; Sch. 428, 14. Add

dryht-guma

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-guma, driht-guma, an ; m.

A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people ⬩ vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes

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Weccaþ of deáþe dryhtgumena bearn, eall monna cynn the sons of men, all mankind, shall wake from death, Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 22; Cri. 887.

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fiscere

(n.)
Grammar
fiscere, es; m.

A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo

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Ðæra Terfinna land wæs eall wéste, bútan ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oððe fisceras, oððe fugeleras the land of the Terfinns was all waste, save where the hunters, fishers or fowlers encamped, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 9.

móraþ

(n.)
Grammar
móraþ, mórod, es; n.

A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries) ⬩ a decoction of wine and herbs

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Nim eald mórod. iii. 14, 8

þreodian

(v.)
Grammar
þreodian, þridian; p. ode.

to deliberate ⬩ take thought ⬩ to deliberate ⬩ hesitate

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to deliberate, take thought Hé on his móde ðóhte and ðreodode ðæt hé wolde eall Angolcyn of Breotone gemǽrum áflýman totum genus Anglorum Brittaniae finibus erasurum se esse deliberans, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 28.

wiþer-tihtle

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-tihtle, an; f.

A counter-charge ⬩ cross-action

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Se ðe on gemóte mid wiðertihtlan hine sylfne oþþe his man werige, hæbbe ðæt eall forspecen, and geandwyrde ðam óðrum swá hundrede riht þynce, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 5. Cf.

bóc-land

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An ic (King Eadred) mínre méder ealra mínra bóclanda þe ic on Súð-Seaxum hæbbe, C. D. B. iii. 75, 25. Twelf bóclanda ǽhte (xii possessiones praediorum) hé Gode geaf mynster on tó timbrianne, Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 308, 3.

for-sceamian

(v.)
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Eall þæt hé forsceamode þæt hé ǽnigum men gecýdde, Wlfst. 138, 1. with infin. Wé forsceamiað dǽdbóte dón erubescimus paenitentiam agere, Scint. 49, 10: 19, 18. with dat. infin. Ic forsceamige tó secganne míne ungeleáffulnesse, Hml.

ge-windan

(v.)
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movement, by living things, to roll together, roll up Se iil . . . sóna suá hiene mon geféhð, suá gewint hé tó ánum cliéwene ericius . . . mox ut apprehensus fuerit, semetipsum in sphaeram colligit, Past. 241, 11. by inanimate things Gewand him út eall

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es; n.

An advantage; ⬩ commodum

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Hió an Æþelflede ealra ðera getǽsa ðet ðǽr binnan beóþ she gives to Æthelfled all the desirable things that are there within, Th. Chart. 538, 37. Getǽse commodum, Cot. 59, Lye

Linked entries: ge-tǽsu ge-tése