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ge-wiht

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Add: measurement by weighing Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte.

ge-efenlǽcan

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Ben. 51, 16. to act in accordance with a rule followed by another Hí geefenlǽcað þone cwide þe Drihten be him sylfum cwæþ hi illam domini imitantur sententiam, R. Ben. 20, 14.

a-cealdian

(v.)
Grammar
a-cealdian, p. ode; v. intrans.

To be or become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ frigescere

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To be or become cold; algere, frigescere, Past. 58, 9

æmtigean

(v.)

to be at leisure

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to be at leisure, Ælfc. Gf. 33; Som. 37, 14

singend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
singend-líc, adj.
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That may be sung Singendlíce cantabiles, Ps. Spl. 118, 54

Buccingahám-scír

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Innon Buccinghámscíre be Cilternes efese, C.D. iv. 232, 32. Add

eácniend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
eácniend-lic, eácnigend-lic; adj.
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To be increased For eácniendlicum pro augendis, An. Ox. 1078

ge-wísness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wísness, e; f.
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Teaching Be lǽcecræftes gewísnesse peri didaxeon, Lch. iii. 82, 2

Linked entry: wísness

ge-wæstmbǽrian

(v.)
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to be fruitful; fecundare, multiplicare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 48

mánáþ-swaru

(n.)
Grammar
mánáþ-swaru, e; f.
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Perjury Be mánáðsware de perjurio, Ll. Th. ii. 130, 24

mán-swaru

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Be mánsware de perjurio, Ll. Th. ii. 180, 37. Add

Angel-wita

(n.)
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an English 'wita' Be Angolwitena gerédnesse. Ll. -Lbmn. 236, 19

hand-locen

(part.)
Grammar
hand-locen, pp.

Fastened, woven by the hand

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Fastened, woven by the hand, Beo. Th. 649; B. 322

bæþ-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
bæþ-ærn, es; n.

A bath-house

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A bath-house Be bæðernes tácne, Tech. ii. 126, 18

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council ⬩ conventus, congregatio, concursus ⬩ Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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Bisceopa gemót a meeting of bishops, Bd. 1, 14: S. 482, 3.5. Be geotum of moots.

Linked entry: ge-mét

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over.

þín

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þín, prop. poss.
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Kmbl. 6, 6. (1 a) where the noun is to be inferred :-- Ða ilcan ðé habbaþ nú heora ágnes þances forlétan, hales þínes, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 13. (1 b) strengthened by ágen :-- Þín ágen geleáfa þé hæfþ gehǽledne, Blickl. Homl. 15, 26.

ge-þafa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þafa, an; m. [geþafian to consent]

A favourer ⬩ supporter ⬩ helper ⬩ assenter ⬩ consenter ⬩ fautor ⬩ adjūtor

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We sceolon beón geþafan we must necessarily be consenters, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 7

Linked entries: -þafa ge-þæf

ge-anbyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-anbyrdan, ge-onbyrdan; p. de; pp. ed

To strive against ⬩ resist ⬩ repugnāre ⬩ resistĕre

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To strive against, resist; repugnāre, resistĕre Gif he gewyrce ðæt man hine afylle þurh ðæt ðe be ongeán riht geanbyrde if he act so that he be killed because he strove against right, L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 13

Linked entries: an-byrdnys ge-onbyrdan

ge-fére

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fére, es; m.
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A companion Be Aþelbaldes gefére . . . Aþelbaldes gefére, þæs nama wæs Ecga, wæs fram þám áwyrgedan gáste unstille, Guth. 60, 9-13. Be Aþelbaldes gefére . . . cóm Æþelbaldes geféra þæs nama wæs Ova, 66, 20. Gefére comitem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 42

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