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in-geóting

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Ingeóting lustramentum, An. Ox. 2, 184. Þweál, yn-geotingc, 3275. Add

íþ-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-georn, adj.
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Pleasant, gracious, amiable Éþgeorn deliciosa, i. amabilior, leta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 42. Cf. ést-georn

Linked entry: georn

lof-georn

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Add: in a good sense, eager to deserve praise, B. 3183 (in Dict. ). in a bad sense, ostentatious, boastful Se seofoða leahter is iactantia gecweden, ꝥ pound; is ýdel gylp; ꝥ is ðonne se man bið lof-georn and mid lícetunge færð, and déð for gylpe gif

on-gemang

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add: — Gif hié mon ongemang ðǽre ðreátunga fét mid sumere heringe, Past. 303, 1. Þá ongemang ðyssum (then while this was going on) beheóld heó hine swýðe georne, Hml. S. 30, 345 : 33, 88. <b>I a.</b> with acc. Hí beóð ongemang mægenu tó tellanne

pundern-georn

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>punderngend, es:</b> m. (?). One who weighs.(?)

un-gefóg

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefóg, adj.
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Add: cf. un-gefége

wíd-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-genge, adj.
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Rambling, roving, going far and wide Wíd-genge girouagum, An. Ox. 58, 10

wyrt-gemang

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Wæs sóht hwǽr se lǽce wǽre þe cúþe wyrt-gemang wyrcan cum medicus atque pigmentarius esset quaesitus, Gr. D. 318, 2. Add

clǽn-georn

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Add: desirous of cleanliness Góde bæc-yrstran . . . to ǽlcum meteþingum clǽngeorne . . . and wé wyllað þæt þá cócas clǽngeorne beón, Chrd. 19, 19-21

sǽ-genga

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-genga, an; m.

a sea-goer, a mariner ⬩ a vessel, ship

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a sea-goer, a mariner Ða gleáwe sǽgenga (gleáwan sǽgengan ?) wel hig understandaþ ðæt eorþlíce líchamlíce beóþ fulran on weaxendum mónan ðonne on wanigendum the skilful mariners well understand that earthly, corporeal things are fuller with a waxing

Linked entry: sǽ-líðend

sceadd-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
sceadd-genge, adj.

Seasonable for shad

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Seasonable for shad

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitive ⬩ transitory ⬩ not to be retained ⬩ passing out of one's possession

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Fugitive, transitory, not to be retained, passing out of one's possession Se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan, eardríca cyst beorht óðbróden that country could no more be held by Adam and Eve, the choicest realm was taken away from them, Exon. Th. 153

wær-genga

Similar entry: wer-genga

wax-georn

Similar entry: weax-georn

weax-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
weax-georn, adj.

Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?)

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Eager to grow (?), eating much with the desire of growing (?) Swíþe waxgeorn eart ðú (the boy) ðonne ðú ealle þingc etst ðe ðé tóforan gesette synd valde edax es, cum omnia manducas quae tibi apponuntur, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 31

Linked entry: wax-georn

ǽger-geolu

(n.)
Grammar
ǽger-geolu, wes; n.

The yolk of an egg

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The yolk of an egg Aegergelu fitilium, Txts. 62, 429

Linked entry: geolo

ǽg-gemang

(n.)
Grammar
ǽg-gemang, es; n.

A mixture of eggs

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A mixture of eggs Aeggimong ogastrum (olgastrum,) (46), Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 44. Ǽggemang, 63, 38

Linked entry: ǽg-mang

ælmes-georn

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Heó wæs swíðe ælmesgeorn, and ðá ðearfan . . . mid cystigum móde . . . áfédde, Hml. Th. i. 60, 14. Ælmysgeorn, Shrn. 98, 4. Sýn wé rummóde þearfendum mannum and earmum ælmesgeorne, Bl. H. 109, 15. Ælmesgeorne and árdǽde wið earme men, 131, 2. Mildheorte

gealg-treów

a gallow-tree

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Add: a gallow-tree (gallows-tree comes in only in the 19th cent. The older form remains in local names e. g. Gallowtree-gate in Leicester) Tó ðám galhtreówe on deópan dene, C. D. iii. 439, 12

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again

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prep. often following a case. with dat. marking position, opposite, over against, against Breoton . . . ðám mǽstum dǽlum Európe myccle fæce ongegen (-gén, MS.C.: -geán, MS. B.) Britannia. . . maximis Europae partibus multo intervallo adversa, Bd. l,

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen