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ge-girwan

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Golde gegerede and gimcynnum, Met. 25, 6. to equip, furnish, supply Seó wiht wæs wundrun gegierwed, hæfde feówere fét under wombe, Rä. 37, 2: 68, 2: 30, 3: Sch. 61. to direct. v. gegirwung. (Cf.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Þæt þá munecas hwæthwara furþor restan þonne healfe niht, þæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý on þǽre nihtelican reste, and seó hǽte þsére þigene oferslegen, and se maga gelýht ut modice amplius de media nocte pausentur, etiam digesti surgant, R.

ge-dihtan

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Seó ealde gesetnys ðe hé þurh Móysen gedihte, Hml. Th. ii. 56, 16. Þæt gewrit áwrát Godes ængel, swá swá seó hálige þrynnys hit gedihte, Wlfst. 292, 21. Ðá áwrát se earming mid his ágenre handa, swá swá se deófol him gedihte þone pistol, Hml.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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Th. i. 360, 33. where inferiority is acknowledged. reflexive, where an attitude that expresses humility is taken Seó leó áleát mid þám heáfde and feóll tó his fótum and geeáðmédde hí tó him, Hml.

ge-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to standstand stillremainlastexistbestāremănēre. existĕreesseto stand against any oneopposeoppressattackurgeseizeinsurgĕreingruĕreurgĕrecorrĭpĕre

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Ðá gestód seó cweorn the mill stopped, Shrn. 145, 28. Hǽlend ðá gestód the Saviour then stood still, Blickl. Homl. 15, 23: 219, 10. Æfter ðære béne gestóden him mæssan after the prayer they attended mass, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 15.

Linked entry: ge-stondan

sweotolian

(v.)
Grammar
sweotolian, swutelian, swytelian; p. ode.
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He schawde him and sutelede him seolf to hire, 1834. Þet hit sutelie in us hwuch was his lif, A. R. 382, 3.] to become manifest Ðín mycele miht manegum swutelaþ, Hy. 9, 32

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
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Hát in gán seón sibbe gedriht samod ætgædere, Beo. Th. 779; B. 387: 1462; B. 729. (Grein takes sibbe as gen, of sibb, Thorpe and Heyne make it the first part of a compound. Cf. sib-gedryht.)

dreórig

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Þæt mé ne mótan þá dreórgan deófla mínne synna on stǽlan, Angl. xi. 100, 93. of things Seón cyning swylt dreórig (or ) fornam, Ps. Th. 135, 20. In þás dreórgan tíd, Gú. 1058. bloody, gory Wæter under stód dreórig and ge*-*dréfed. . . .

weaxan

(v.)
Grammar
weaxan, weacsan, weahsan, weahxan, wexan, wehsan; ic weaxe; ðú wyxt; hé weaxeþ, weaxþ, weaxt, waexit, weaxst, wexeþ, wexþ, wixt, wihst, wihxþ, wyxþ, wyxt, wyxst, wycxþ; p. weóx, weócs, weóhs, pl. weóxon, weóhson, weóxson ; pp. weaxen

To wax, grow.to grow, be produced,to grow, grow upto grow, increase, wax to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper to be productiveto grow, take shape

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Hér ys seó bót hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan, gif hí nellaþ wel wexan, Lchdm. i. 398, 2. Hé ða weaxendan wende eorðan on sealtne mersc terram fructiferam in salsuginem, Ps.

and-git

(n.; part.)
Grammar
and-git, -giet, -gyt, -get, [ond-, on-], es; n. [and, git = get, p. of gitan to get] .

the understandingthe intellectintellectusunderstandingknowledgecognizanceintellectuscognitioagnitiosensemeaningone of the sensessensus

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Þurh ðæt andgit, seó sáwul understent through the understanding, the soul comprehends [understands ], 288, 28. Ðǽr ðæt gemynd biþ, ðǽr biþ ðæt andgit and se willa where the memory is, there is the understanding and the will, 288, 26.

Andred

(n.)
Grammar
Andred, es; m.

The name of a large wood in Kentthe city of ANDRED or AndridaAndredes ceaster

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Seó eá, ðe we ǽr embe sprǽcon, líð út of ðam wealde the mouth [of the Limen] is in the east of Kent, at the east end of the same wood which we call Andred.

Linked entry: Andredes ceaster

inne-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
inne-weard, adj.

Inwardinternalinteriorintestinesviscera

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Hú héh and deóp hell inneweard seó, 228; Th. 309, 10; Sat. 707 : Beo. Th. 2000; B. 998. Tó inneweardum ðam wéstene ad interiora deserti, Ex. 3, 1.

Linked entry: innan-weard

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Longingdesireweariness

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Hé for ðære langunga and for ðære geómrunga ðæs óðres deáþes leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte ... him nǽfre seó langung ne geteorode for grief and sorrow at the other's death he could not live in that land any longer ... his grief never wore itself

lícettan

(v.)
Grammar
lícettan, p. te

To feignpretendsimulate

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To feign, pretend, profess falsely, simulate Forðam seó orsorge wyrd simle líhþ and lícet ðæt mon scyle wénan ðæt beó is sió sóþe gesǽlþ illa [prospera fortuna] enim specie felicitatis, cum videtur blanda, mentitur, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 30.

Linked entry: líccettan

scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, scell, scyll, e; f.
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Scellum concis, ii. 15, 18. the shell of an egg Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall þás niðerlícan gescæfte, swá seó scell ymbféhþ ðæt ǽg, Shrn. 63, 10: Met. 20, 174. Fæger swylce hé of ǽgerum út álǽde, scír of scylle, Exon.

swift

(adj.)
Grammar
swift, adj.
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Se móna is be sumum dǽle swiftre ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 248, 3. Ða ( Alfred's ships ) wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran ge unwealtran ge eác hiéran ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 13. Wind byþ on lyfte swiftust, Menol. Fox 464; Gn. C. 3.

Linked entry: swyft

þeówen

(n.)
Grammar
þeówen, þíwen, [n]e; þeówene, an; f.
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Seó Godes ðeówen, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 14: Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 192. Nergendes þeówen ( Judith ), Judth. Thw. 22, 23; Jud. 74. Ic Luba eáðmód Godes ðíwen, Chart. Th. 475. 21. Hé sceáwode ða eáþmódnesse his þeówene, Blickl. Homl. 7, 4.

undern

(n.)
Grammar
undern, es; m.

The third hour of the daynine in the morning

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Byð seó sceadu tó underne and tó nóne seofon and twéntigoþan healfes fótes the shadow at nine and at three is twenty-six and a half feet long, iii. 218, 3, and often. Æt underne ... ǽr underne, Blickl. Homl. 93, 22, 36.

fæt

a vesselutensila receptacleboxcasketa compartment

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Stænne fæt (ꝥ stænna fæt, R) alabastrum, Mk. 14, 3. a compartment Þes circul(the zodiac) ys tódǽled on twelf and seó sunne geyrnð þǽs twelf fætu binnan twelf mónðum, Angl. viii. 298, 16

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Seó forme bóc, Genesis, beféhð þás racu fram frumsceafte, Ælfc. T.