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ge-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gangan, -gongan; pp. -gangen, -gongen.

to gohappentake placebefalto fall to one's shareto come inireevenireaccidereto exerciseeffectaccomplishexercereperficereefficereto go against with hostile intentionto pass overovercomesubdueconquerobtainacquireaggreditransgredisuperaresubigereoblinereadipiscipossidere

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Hí þohton Italia ealle gegongan they thought to conquer all Italy, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 24; Met. 1, 12. Ic mid elne sceal gold gegangan I shall with valour obtain the gold, Beo. Th. 5065; B. 2036 : 6162; B. 3085 : Ps. Th. 78, 12

Linked entry: ge-gongan

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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Hí ne synd ná mid ealle dumbe, ac hí habbað lytle clypunge, 8. form of address (of pronouns). v. stefn, Se ðridda hád ( the (pronoun of the) third person ) hæfð syx clypunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 93, 7

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

dýr-wurþe

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
dýr-wurþe, comp. m. -wurþra; f. n. -wurþre; adj.

Of great worth or value, preciousprĕtiōsus

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Of great worth or value, precious; prĕtiōsus Seó ðe dýrwurþre wǽre eallum máþmum quæ omnĭbus ornamentis prĕtiōsior est, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 40. v. deór-. wyrþe

ful-gegán

(v.)
Grammar
ful-gegán, p. -ge-eóde, -geóde, pl. -ge-eódon, -geódon; pp. -gegán; with the dat.

To fulfilperformcarry outfollowcomplēreperfĭcĕreperăgĕreobsĕqui

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To fulfil, perform, carry out, follow; complēre, perfĭcĕre, perăgĕre, obsĕqui Ðá ðú lustgryrum eallum fulgeódest when thou didst follow all horrid lusts, Soul Kmbl. 47; Seel. 24

for-swíþe

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Ic ealles forswiþe ne girnde þisses eorþlican ríces, Bt. 17; F. 58, 24. Cf. for-wel. Add

for-meltan

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Voc. ii. 53, 22. ꝥ ís formealt on eallum þám mere and þ wæter waerð áwend tó wynsumum baðe, Hml. S. II, 198. Add

ófer

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Þá fuglas ymbsǽton eallne þone ófer þæs meres aues totam stagni compleuere ripam, Nar. 16, 17. On stæþena ófrum riparum marginibus, An. Ox. 4798. Cf. (?) ýfer. Add

preóst-heáp

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Þá ácsode ic hí be þám ylcan wundre beforan þám æþelum werum and þám preóstheápe (clero) and eác beforan eallum þám folce, Gr. D. 302, 25. Add

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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(ab) where emphasis is given by the use of eall qualifying the noun :-- Æt ealra manna gehwæs múðes reorde, Seel. 93. On ealra londa gehwám, Ru. 34, 13. Ealra feónda gehwane, Sal. 147.

fæder

a parenta step-fatherforefatherfathersancestorsfathera god-fathera patron

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Bearn Ælfríces cwæð: 'Wæs mín ealda fæder Ealhelm háten, ' B. 218. Féng Carl tó þám westríce . . . swá hit his þridda fæder (his great-grandfather) hæfde, Chr. 885; P. 78, 32.

ceder

(n.)
Grammar
ceder, cedre; f.

The cedarcedrus = κέδρος

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On eallum cedrum to all cedars, 148, 9

edwít-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
edwít-stæf, es; m.

A disgraceful letter, reproach, scandal, disgrace, dishonour opprobrium

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A disgraceful letter, reproach, scandal, disgrace, dishonour; opprobrium Eom ic to edwít-stæfe eallum geworden factus sum opprobrium omnĭbus. Ps. Th. 108, 24: 78, 4: 118, 42

un-getemed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getemed, adj.

Untamed

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Untamed Se wilda fola hæfde getácnunge ealles óðres folces, ðe wæs ðágyt hǽðen and ungetemed, Hontl. Th. i. 208, 23. Tígan tó ungetemedra horsa swuran, 432, 33

Linked entry: ge-temian

un-ornlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ornlíc, adj.

Poorplainmean

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Poor, plain, mean Hí námon him ealde gescý and unornlíc scrúd they took old shoes and mean apparel; tulerunt calceamenta perantiqua, induti veteribus vestimentis, Jos. 9, 5

angsume

(adv.)
Grammar
angsume, adv.
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In trouble, in difficulties Þonne þé ealra angsumest byð on þínum móde geðenc þú. mín when you are most troubled in mind, remember me, Shrn. 15, 18

un-cyst

Grammar
un-cyst, I.
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For hwan ne sceal þæt eallum wífum beón forgyfen, þá ðe mid uncyste heora gecyndes (naturae suae vitio) beóð geuntrumade?, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 83, 15. Add

ge-sprǽce

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sprǽce, adj.

Eloquentaffableeloquensaffabilis

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He wæs eallum gesprǽce erat affabilis omnibus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 34

bán-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
bán-sealf, e; f.

A bone-salvea salve for pains in the limbs

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A bone-salve, a salve for pains in the limbs Tó gódre bán-sealfe þe mæg wið heáfodece and wið ealra lyma týddernysse, Lch. iii. 12, 23

on-wendan

(v.)

to turn, changeto change one thing for another, to exchangeto turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn asideto change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down,to subvert, disturb, upsetto cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervertTo return

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Hié ealle ða worold on hiora ágen gewill onwendende ( evertendo ) wǽron, 1, 10; Swt. 48, 10. Eall heofona mægen biþ onwended and onhréred, Blickl. Homl. 91, 27: 93, 13.

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Án ðǽra cyninga wæs heora eallra forcúðost, Hml. S. 25, 6. Eálá þú forcúðost manna, 12, 197. of human actions or qualities Hwæt segst ðú ꝥ sié forcúþre ðonne sió ungesceádwísnes?, Bt. 36, 6; F. 180, 31.