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ge-ondbyrde

(v.)
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strove against, resisted, L. C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 13, note 30

ge-ónétan

(v.)
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To make useless Giónétaþ ł gemerras occupat, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 7. Geónét occupatus, Lye. [Cf.(?) Icel. ú-nýta to make useless, destroy.] [?]

ge-orsod

(v.)
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enraged, Ps. Lamb. 105, 37

ge-orwénan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-orwénan, p. de; pp. ed [wén hope]
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To despair, to be out of hope; despērāre Georwened despērātus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 38. Ðæt he ðý earmlícor georwénedre hǽlo hér nú forwurde quo mĭsĕrābĭlius ipse despērāta sălūte pĕrīret, Bd. 5, 14; S. 635, 3

Linked entry: or-wénan

ge-orwyrþed

(adj.; part.)
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disgraced; traductus, Cot. 171. v. onwurðe

ge-pilod

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-pilod, heaped or
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piled up, Ex. 16, 14

ge-píned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-píned, part. p.
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Punished Ðætte hia wére gepíned puniri, Lk. Skt. p. 9, 4

ge-portian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-portian, p. ode; pp. od
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To beat, pound; contundĕre Geporta ða wyrta tosomne pound the herbs together, Lchdm. iii. 4, 10

ge-sícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sícan, p. te; pp. ed [sícan to give suck]
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To wean; ablactāre Swá swá gesíced ofer módor his sīcut ablactalus sŭper matre sua, Ps. Spl, 130, 4

Linked entries: sícan ge-sýcan

ge-sída

Linked entry: ge-sidu

ge-sigefæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sigefæstan, p. -fæste; pp. -fæsted, -fæst [sige victory]
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To make triumphant, crown; corrōbŏrāre, cŏrōnāre He ðé gesigefæste sóþre miltse qui coronat te in mĭsĕrātiōne, Ps. Th. 102, 5. Hí synne geswencton and gesigefæston they outwearied sin and triumphed, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 13; Az. 189. We gesigefæstan ðíne

Linked entry: sigefæstan

ge-sinhíwan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.
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Married persons; conjuges, conjugati, conjugia Unriht gewuna is arisen betwih gesinhíwum prava in conjugatorum moribus consuetudo surrexit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 34. Gesinhíwan conjuges vel conjugales, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 25; Wrt. Voc. 50, 7. Ðæt líf

Linked entries: sin-híwan ge-sam-híwan

ge-sinígscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sinígscipe, es; m.
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Marriage; connubium, Rtl. 108, 23

Linked entry: sin-híwscipe

ge-sinlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sinlíce, adv.
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Curiously, strictly; curiose, R. Ben. 58

Linked entries: sinlíce ge-synlíce

ge-siowed

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sewed together

ge-síþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþscipe, es; m.
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A fellowship, society; societas Nam he twegen bisceopas of Britta þeóde on gesíþscipe ðære hálgunge adsumtis in societatem ordinationis duobus de Brittonum gente episcopis, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 27. Sum swíþe eald wífman wæs in his gesíþscipe a very old

ge-síþwíf

(n.)
Grammar
ge-síþwíf, es; n.
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A woman of the class to which the 'gesith,' 'comes' belongs Sca anastasiam ðære hálegan gesíþwífes seó wæs swíþe æðele for worulde St. Anastasia's the holy lady; she was very noble with respect to this world, Shrn. 30, 20. All ða gesíþwíf and ða æðelan

Linked entry: ge-síþman

ge-siwed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-siwed, -siwod, -siwud, -siuwed ; part.
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Sewed, patched; sutus, assutus, consutus Gediht oððe gesiwed hrægel acupicta vel Phrygia vestis, Ælfc. Gl. 63; Som. 68, 107; Wrt. Voc. 40, 18. Mid golde gesiwud bend nimbus, 64; Som. 69, 13; Wrt. Voc. 40, 47

Linked entry: ge-siowed

ge-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-slǽpan, -slépan, -slépian [in the Northern glosses of the Gospels the verb is weak]
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to sleep He geslépde dormiebat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Geslépedon alle and geslépdon dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt, 25, 5

ge-slyht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-slyht, -sleht, -sliht, es; n.
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Battle, fight, conflict Swá he níþa gehwane genesen hæfde slíþra geslyhta so he had come safely out of every enmity, every fierce conflict, Beo. Th. 4787; B. 2398

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