ge-segen
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Ne gelýfde ic ǽniges monnes gesegenum swá fela wundorlicra þinga non crediderim cuiquam esse tot prodigia, Nar. 2, 10
gryre
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Þæt nǽfre Grendel swá fela gryra (terrible deeds) gefremede, hýnðo on Heorote, B. 591. Gryrum horrendum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 32. Án deófol árehte ánum ancran ealle helle gryras and yrmða and þára synfulra sáwla tintregan and súsla, Wlfst. 146, 18
hǽs
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Þurh his hálige hǽs, An. 1522: 1588: El. 86: Wlfst. 255, Féran sceal þurh freán hǽse sundor ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce Az. 92. Hé hét him tó clypian ealne þone here ꝥ hí his hǽse gefyldon, Hml. S. 28, 27: Angl vii. 52, 406.
hirwan
to despise ⬩ scorn ⬩ derision ⬩ scorn ⬩ to blaspheme ⬩ blame
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., and add: to feel (and express) contempt for, to despise, scorn Ealle hié hié swá wundige hyrwað omnes ut ulcerosum contemnunt, Verc. Först. 139, 10. Hý nú hyrwað háligra mód, þá þe him tó heofonum hyge staðeliað, Gú. 36.
wefl
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp ⬩ an implement for weaving ⬩ a shuttle (?)
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Hé sceal habban fela towtóla . . . pihten, wefte,wefle (or under I?), wulcamb, Anglia ix. 263, 13
Linked entry: wefta
CUMAN
COME ⬩ go, happen ⬩ venire, ire, accidere, evenire
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Th. 125, 6. cuman is used with the infinitive expressing manner or purpose; as, Com féran came walking or happened to walk, Cd. 40; Th. 52, 31; Gen. 852. Com lǽdan came leading or came to lead, 85; Th. 106, 19; Gen. 1773.
Linked entry: aweg-cuman
irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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Sluggishness, cowardice, timorousness, pusillanimity Wé witon georne ðæt hie for iergþe náðer ne durran ne swá feor friþ gesécan ne furþon hie selfe æt hám hie werian we know well that they from cowardice dare neither seek peace at such a distance, nor
Linked entry: irhþ
nama
a name ⬩ a noun
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Ego hoc feci, ic dyde ðis, ðon stent se ic on ðínes naman stede, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 33. Naman titulo, Hpt. Gl. 509, 4 : vocabulo, 517, 61. Hé nemþ his ágene sceáp be naman propias oves vocat nominatim, Jn. Skt. 10, 3. Be naman cígean, Ps.
nytan
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Ic wiste ðæt ðú út áfaren wǽre, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33. Ðæt ðæt ic ǽr sǽde ðæt ic nyste (Cott. MS. nesse) ... Ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú nystest (Cott. MS. nesse), 34, 12; Fox 154, 12-13. Ðú nysstest (Cott. MS. nesse) . . . ic nyste (Cott.
ge-béd
a prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ supplication ⬩ ōrātio ⬩ prĕces ⬩ supplĭcātio ⬩ a religious service ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ verbum legĭtĭmum ⬩ cærĭmōnia
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Hie to gebéde feóllon they fell to prayer, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 18; Gen. 777. Hý gebédu sécaþ they seek prayers, Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 20; Gú. 781 : Cd. 181; Th. 227, 24; Dan. 191.
ge-gangan
to go ⬩ happen ⬩ take place ⬩ befal ⬩ to fall to one's share ⬩ to come in ⬩ ire ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ to exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere ⬩ to go against with hostile intention ⬩ to pass over ⬩ overcome ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ aggredi ⬩ transgredi ⬩ superare ⬩ subigere ⬩ oblinere ⬩ adipisci ⬩ possidere
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Th. 1791; B, 893. to go against with hostile intention, to pass over, overcome, subdue, conquer, obtain, acquire; aggredi, transgredi, superare, subigere, oblinere, adipisci, possidere Gif fríman edor gegangeþ if a freeman pass over a fence, L.
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ge-hweorfan
To turn ⬩ convertere ⬩ To turn ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ die ⬩ pass as property ⬩ fall as a lot ⬩ verti ⬩ abire ⬩ redire ⬩ excidere
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Ðá se tán gehwearf ofer ǽnne ealdgesíþa then the lot fell on one of the old comrades, Andr. Kmbl. 2208; An. 1105
Linked entry: ge-hwearf
ge-rǽdan
to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere
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Heó hire feax gerǽdde crines composuit, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13.[Cf. Icel. greiða hár to dress the hair.] Bíðon girǽded disponentur, Rtl. 86, 24. Ic ðone friþ gerǽdd hæbbe I have ordained the peace, L. Ath. v. § 11; Th. i. 240, 14.
stæl-wirðe
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[In later English the word seems used more in the sense of the modern stalwart = strong :-- Ic em hal and fere and strong and stelewurðe, ȝet ic mei longe libben, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 12.
þancung
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Ðæt is tó wundrianne, ðæt hí swá lytle þoncunge wiston Iósepe ðæs ðe hé hí æt hungre áhredde it is wonderful that they felt so little gratitude to Joseph for saving them from famine; hunc Ioseph, quem constituit Deus Aegyptiis conservatae salutis auctorem
ge-hirtan
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(l a) reflex. to recover from grief, fear &c. :-- Heó on eorðan feóll and mid mycelre hefignysse gefylled wearð þæt heó word gecweþan ne mihte.
Linked entry: ge-hyrtan
gearcian
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. :-- Ic bicge hýda and fell and gearkie (praeparo ) hig mid cræfte, Coll. M. 27, 29. Gearca ús gereord-unge, Hml. Th. i. 60, 18. Bere is swíðe earfoðe tó gearcigenne, 188, 4. to present, furnish, supply Gearcaþ wæfersýne prestat spectaculum An.
fultum
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Þone fultum and þæt weorc Agustus gebohte mid fela M talentana Augustus ad reparationem eorum magnam vim pecuniam largitus est, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 27.
ge-feolan
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Lfc. 36. to enter the mind Hú se ealda feónd on symbel geféleð úrum gebohtum mid his searwum antiquus hostis quam insidiis nostris cogitationibus insistat, Gr.
hǽr
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Unbeganum locca fexe and fúliendum hǽre inculta criniculorum cesarie et squalente capillatura, An. Ox. 1214. of animals Sume bróhton gáte hǽr . . . þæt gate hǽr getácnode þá stíþan dǽdbóte, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 31-6