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ge-þringan

(v.)
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To exert pressure on an object. lit. Ðá menigo ðec geðringað turbae te comprimunt, Lk. L.

ge-wæterian

(v.)
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M. 20, 31 (in Dict.). to water plants (lit. or fig.) Ðonne gréwð ðætsǽd ðára worda ðonne sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geðwǽnð ðá breóst ðæs hiérendes.

ge-winful

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Hí ne mihton swá gewinnfullicum (gewinesfullicum, v. l.) fyrdum (tam laboriosis expeditionibus ) swencte beón, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 17. full of trouble. v. ge-win; 4 Þis líf is lǽnlic and hit is gewinful, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 15

or-hlyte

(adj.)
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or-hlyte, adj.

Having no share of, not participating in, free from, without

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Wá ðære sáwle ðe orhlyte hyre lîf ádríhþ ðæra háligra mihta. Homl. Th. i. 346, 25. Orhlyte ýdeles gylpes, ii. 286, 28. Ne bist ðú orhlyte eallunge ðæra wítena you shall not altogether escape those torments, 310, 27.

Linked entries: or-hlet wan-hlyte -hlyte

flex

(n.)
Grammar
flex, es; n.

Flax ⬩ līnum

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Flax; līnum Smeócende flex he ne adwæscþ līnum fūmĭgans non extinguet, Mt. Bos. 12, 20. Eall hira flex and hira bernas wǽron fordóne linum et hordeum læsum est, Ex. 9, 31

ge-talian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-talian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad, ed

To tell ⬩ number ⬩ reckon ⬩ consider

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Lind. 15, 28

Linked entries: talian ge-tellan

cwyc-ǽht

(n.)

live stock

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live stock On cwycǽhturn in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 Th. 1, 72, 12, note 28

feor

(adj.)
Grammar
feor, adj.

Perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ prāvus

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Perverse, depraved; prāvus Mid feorum lífe by a perverse life, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, note 33

ge-horian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horian, pp. ad

To spit

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Lind. 14, 65. Gehoræd biþ conspuetur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 32

deór-wyrþe

(adj.)
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deór-wyrþe, -wurþe; adj. [deóre dear, weorþe worth]

Precious, dear, of great worth or value ⬩ prĕtiōsus

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Ðæt is git deórwyrþre ðonne monnes líf it is even more valuable than man's life, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 38. Ðú hæfst gesund gehealden eall ðæt deórwyrþoste thou hast kept entire everything most precious, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 9.

Linked entry: diór-wyrþe

ge-hiwian

(v.)
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ge-hiwian, -hywian, -heowian, -hiowian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed.

to form ⬩ fashion ⬩ make ⬩ transform ⬩ transfigure ⬩ formāre ⬩ plasmāre ⬩ fingĕre ⬩ fĭgūrāre ⬩ transfĭgūrāre ⬩ to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ pretend ⬩ sĭmŭlāre

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Seó gehiwode anlícnys getiðode ðám toslitenum mannum hwílendlíc líf the apparent likeness imparted to the torn men transitory life, ii. 240, 17. Gehiwed dissimulatus, Hpt. Gl. 517.

Linked entries: ge-heowian ge-hiowian ge-hywian hiwian

teón-full

(adj.)
Grammar
teón-full, adj.
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Hú geswincful and hú teónful ðis líf is how full of travail and trouble this life is, 273, 6. Ða teónfullan infesta, Wrt.

gidding

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., and add: of metrical composition Béda þises hálgan líf ǽgðer ge æfter ánfealdre gereccednysse ge æfter leóðlicere gyddunge áwrát Bede wrote St. Cuthbert's life both in prose and in verse Hml.

þeahtung

(n.)
Grammar
þeahtung, e; f.
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Lind. 27, 7. Ðætung consilium, 28, 12. Ðæhtung, p. 16, 14: Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 6: 15, 1: Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 30. Ðæhtunge, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 6

weorc-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weorc-mann, es; m.
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Lind. 10, 10. Woercmonn (werc-, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 7. Wercmenn operarii, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 37. Woercmenn, 20,1: Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 2. Ǽlc riht cynestól stent on þrým stapelum . . . laboratores syndon weorcmenn, Wulfst. 267, 14.

á-sleán

to strike off ⬩ remove by a stroke ⬩ to strike ⬩ make a mark ⬩ (cut) by a stroke ⬩ to strike with the hand ⬩ to strike with a hammer:-- ⬩ to strike ⬩ paralyse ⬩ to strike out a path ⬩ make way

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Hé áslóh of (áslóg, Lind.) ánes þeówan eáre, amputavit, Lind.) Mt. 26, 51. Hé ꝥ heáfod of áslóh, Hml. A. 15, 357. Hé hét his heáfod of ásleán, Hml.

Linked entry: on-áslagen

þeóstrig

(adj.)
Grammar
þeóstrig, adj.
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Lind. 6, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 34. Ðióstrig ł blind hearta caecatum cor, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 17. Ðurh ðrióstrie wegas per vias tenebrosas, Kent. Gl. 21

Linked entries: þýstrig þrióstrig

seleness

(n.)
Grammar
seleness, selnes
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Lind. 15, 2, 3 : Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 3, 9

Linked entry: selnes

beád

(n.)
Grammar
beád, es; m.

A table ⬩ mensa

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Lind. War. 16, 21. Beádas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 21, 12

BORD

(n.)
Grammar
BORD, es; n.

a BOARD, plank ⬩ tabula sectilis, tabula ⬩ what is made of a board, - A table, shield ⬩ mensa, clypeus ⬩ the board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itself ⬩ tabulatum, stega ⬩ constratum, navis ⬩ at home and abroad ⬩ domi et foris ⬩ a foot-stool

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Hwílum ic bordum sceal heáfodleás behlýðed licgan sometimes I must lie on boards deprived of head, Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 18; Rä. 15, 9.

Linked entries: bord-gelác bord-wudu

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