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ge-grípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grípan, p. -gráp, pl. -gripon; pp. -gripen

To gripe ⬩ grasp ⬩ seize ⬩ capere ⬩ rapere ⬩ prehendere ⬩ apprehendere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere ⬩ corripere ⬩ eripere

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Us fyrhto gegráp fear seized us, Nicod. 21; Thw. 10, 33 : Cd. 140; Th. 175, 32; Gen. 2904 : Cant. Moys. Surt. 188, 15 : Nar, 44, 13.

sturtan

(v.)
Grammar
sturtan, (? vowel as in murnan?); steart
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To start, jump up Sturtende (styrtende (wk.)? v. examples from Middle English) se halta gistód exiliens claudus stetit, Rtl. 57, 27. [Arður up sturte (storte, 2nd MS.), Laym. 23951. Pharaon stirte up, Gen. and Ex. 2931. Stirte forth, Havel. 873.

Linked entry: styrtan

under-lihtan

(v.)

sublevare

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glosses sublevare in: Ué underlihtad sié sublevemur, Rtl. 51, 23. Ðætte ué sié underlihtado sublevari, 72, 3

ge-feohtsumness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-feohtsumness, e; f.

Joyousness, gladsomeness

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Joyousness, gladsomeness God ús lǽrað líþnesse and gefeohtsumnesse, diófol ús lǽrað yrre and unrótnesse, Nap. 30, 1

Linked entry: -feoht

giefan

(v.)
Grammar
giefan, p. geaf, pl. geáfon; pp. gifen

To give ⬩ dare

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He us ǽt giefeþ he giveth us food, 16 b; Th. 38, 9; Cri. 604: 87 a; Th. 327, 23; Vy. 8. Ðú us freádóm gief do thou give us freedom, Hy. 5, l0; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 10

ge-þwinglod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwinglod, part. p.

Compressed ⬩ fastened up

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Compressed, fastened up Ða Ismaheli hæfdon geþwinglode loccas the Ishmaelites had their hair fastened up[?], Shrn. 38, 5

Linked entry: -þwinglod

ge-þyldelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þyldelíc, adj.

Patient

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Patient Crist us onstealde geþyldelíce bysene Christ has set us an example of patience, Blickl. Homl. 75, 29

dagung

(n.)
Grammar
dagung, e; f.

A dawning, dawn, day-break ⬩ aurora, tempus matutinum, diluculum

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Eóde he út on dagunge of ðam húse egressus est tempore matutino de cubiculo, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 1. On dagunge he eft acwicode and semninga uppasæt diluculo reviviscens ac repente residens, 5, 12; S. 627, 13: 4, 8; S. 576, 9: 4, 23; S. 596, 17.

CYST

(n.)
Grammar
CYST, cist, cest,e e; f.

CHEST, coffer, coffin, sheath, casket ⬩ capsa, capsella, cista, cistella, loculus

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Ðæt hí woldan his bán on niwe cyste gedón ut ossa illius in novo recondita loculo locarent, 4, 30; S. 608, 30: 3, 6; S. 528, 29. Cist cista, Wrt. Voc. 288, 31. Cest cistella, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 64; Wrt. Voc. 16, 37

Linked entries: cest cist cist

DYPPAN

(v.)
Grammar
DYPPAN, dippan; ic dyppe, he dypþ, dyppeþ, pl. dippaþ; p. dypte; pp. dypped, dypd = dypt; v. a.

DIP, immerge, baptize ⬩ immergĕre, intingĕre, tingĕre, baptīzāre

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Biþ dipped fót ðín on blóde ut intingātur pes tuus in sanguĭne, Ps. Spl. 67, 25. Dippaþ ysopan sceaft on ðam blóde fascĭcŭlum hyssōpi tingĭte in sanguĭne, Ex. 12, 22.

eft

(adv.)
Grammar
eft, adv.

Again, second time, then, afterwards ⬩ ĭtĕrum, dēnuo, rursus, re-, deinde, ĭtem

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Asende Noe út eft culfran Noe rursus dīmīsit cŏlumbam, Gen. 8, 10: Mt. Bos. 4, 7, 8: Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 51, 52: Chr. 790; Erl. 56, 38: 828; Erl. 64, 10: 1046; Erl. 170, 17: 797; Erl. 58, 16: Chr. 838; Erl. 66, 13.

Linked entries: æft eft-sóna

fóre-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sceáwian, fóre-sceáwigan, fór-sceáwian; p. ode; pp. od

To foreshew ⬩ foresee ⬩ provide ⬩ præ-ostendĕre ⬩ pōnĕre in conspectu ⬩ prævĭdēre ⬩ provĭdēre

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Ðæt he fóresceáwode hú he hig gecígde ut vĭdēret quid vŏcāret ea, Gen. 2, 19. Ic wisce ðæt hig fóresceáwodon hira ende ŭtĭnam nŏvissima provĭdērent, Deut. 32, 29. Hú hit gebýreþ to fóresceáwigenne quōmŏdo oporteat provĭdēre, L. Ecg.

hettend

(n.)
Grammar
hettend, hetend, es; m

An enemy

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An enemy Hettend lǽddon út mid ǽhtum abrahames mæg the enemy led forth Abraham's kinsman with his possessions. Cd. 94; Th. 121, 17; Gen. 2011: 154; Th. 191, 4; Exod. 209: Chr. 937; Erl. 12, 10; Æðelst. 10: Andr. Kmbl. 61; An. 31. Hetend, Elen.

hwamm

(n.)
Grammar
hwamm, hwomm, es; m.

A corner

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Ðá eode út of ðæs karcernes hwomme swíðe egeslíc draca then came a very horrible dragon out of a corner of the prison, Nar. 43, 13. Hwommona heágost caput anguli, Ps. Th. 117, 21. On ðínes húses hwommum in lateribus domus tuæ, 127, 2.

Linked entries: hwem hwom

in-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
in-cuman, p. -com

To come in ⬩ enter

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Gá hé út mid swilcum reáfe swilce hé incom cum quali veste intraverit, cum tali exeat, Ex. 21, 3. Ðá hié tósamne incóman when they entered together, Blickl. Homl. 173. 5.

mése

(n.)
Grammar
mése, meóse, míse, mýse, an; f.

A table ⬩ what is on a table

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Meóse mensorium (mensoriumquod est in mensa, ut mantile, et vas escarium), Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 61. Mýse ł beód mensa, 82, 21. Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumon ðe feallaþ of heora hláfordes mýsan ... Seó mýse is bódlíce lár ...

Linked entries: meóse mýse

of-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
of-beátan, p. -beót; pp. -beáten

To kill by beating ⬩ to beat to death ⬩ to beat to pieces

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Ðæt hí ofbeátun ut trucident, Ps. Lamb. 36, 15. Hét se cásere ðone cempan mid saglum ofbeátan, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 455. Mid billum ofbeátan, Met. 9, 30.

ge-wǽgan

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Hié sint tó manienne ðæt hí baldlíce getrúwien ðæt hí ðá forgiefnesse habbað for ðǽre hreówsunga ðe hí wilniað, ðý lǽs hí tó ungemetlíce sién gewǽgde mid ðǽre hreówsunga admonendi sunt, ut de misericordia, quam postulant, praesumant, ne vi immoderatae

gorettan

(v.)
Grammar
gorettan, p. te.
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To stare about. of persons, to let the eyes rove Ðæt hine lǽrð se deófol, þæt hé stande and gorette and lócige underbæc út; þæt bið gymeleás gebed, Wlfst. 234, 18. of the eyes or looking, to rove Þǽr ( in hell ) wépað ðá eágan þe nú ðurh unálýfedlice

Linked entry: gorian

rǽding

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Cf. rǽdan; <b>II a</b> Se cyning árás and eóde him út swilce for rǽdinge, Hml. A. 100, 270