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ge-wendan

(v.)
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Ben. I. 76, 7) ab ipso vel ab omnibus. Cf. ge-wand for another possible meaning of gewend in this passage ), R. Ben. 68, 12. to bring to a condition Hé Lazarum tó lífe gewende, Hml. S. 23, 432.

þearfan

(v.)
Grammar
þearfan, p. de; pp. ed
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Þearf endra béne orationes pauperum, Ps. Th. l01, 15: 108, 30. Hleó ðarfendra refugium pauperum, Rtl. 40, 25. Hé þearfendra éhte persecutus est hominem pauperem, Ps. Th. 108, 16. Se ðe his ǽhta þearfendum ( pauperibus ) gedǽleþ, 111, 8.

Linked entries: þearfende ge-þearfan be-þearfende be-þearfaþ

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Þíne heortan tó rǽde gecyr and geearna ꝥ þíne béna sýn Gode andfenge, Bl. H. 113, 27. Geearnian wé ꝥ úre se ýtmesta dæg sý engla gefeá, 101, 34. Þ gé mid eówrum ǽhtum geearnian ꝥ gé þone écan gefeán begytan mótan. 53, 29.

ge-tácnian

(v.)
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Mid ðǽm ðe hé fleáh ðá birnendan Sodoman, hé getácnode ðæt wé sculon fleón ðone unliéfedan bryne úres líchoman quod bene Loth in semetipso exprimit, qui ardentem Sodomam fugit. . .

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Ben. 37, 11. Twǽgen míne mégas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 310, 23. Twoegen gibróþæra, Txts. 127, 1. Miððý wéron onfence fíf hláfo and twé fiscas, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 41. Brýda twá, Cd. Th. 65, 33; Gen. 1075. Twá þeóda . . . twá folc, Gen. 25, 23.

Linked entries: tú tuu twá

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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Ben. interl. 36

Linked entry: ge-cépan

steall

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
steall, es; m.
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Ben. 12, 19. Stande hé ealra ýtemest, oðþe on ðam stede ðe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle on sundrum betǽht hæfþ ultimus omnium stet aut in loco quem talibus negligentibus seorsum constituerit abbas, 68, 11.

wiþer-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-rǽde, adj.

Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature

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Ben. 48, 11. Ðæt Israhéla folc wearð on ðam wéstene wiðerrǽde ongeán God, Homl. Th. ii. 238, 10. Ne beó gé wiþerrǽde wið eówerne Drihten nolite este rebelles contra Dominum, Num. 14, 9.

Linked entries: wiþer-rǽdness wiþ-rǽde

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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Ben. 22, 16. of rapine Swá hwylc swá hwælhugu of cirican þurh stale út ábrygdeð (-brédeþ, S. 490, 5) si quis aliquid de ecclesia furtu abstulerit, Bd. 1, 27; M. 66, 29. Stíþ[lice] ágeán ábrédeþ violenter auferunt, An.

Linked entry: á-brédan

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
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Ben. l. 10, 2. Náht elles búton his ánfealdne gegyrelan, Bl. H. 215, 3. On eallum þisum men sécaþ ánfealde eádignesse (solam bealitudinem), Bt. 24, 3; F. 84, 10. Gif mon næbbe búton ánfeald hrægl, Ll.

ge-gaderung

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Ben. I. 107, 2. Fram gegaderunge mycelre a concilio multo, Ps. Spl. 39, 14. On swylcere gegaderunge ( the feast of Ahasuerus ), Hml.

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
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Ben. 71, 9. Se cristena and se góda Theodorius . . . God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne maim ( a good Christian) . . . se ilca góda mann. . . Hml. 8. 23, 410-417. Swá geráde mánswican, Wlfst. 55, 6.

Linked entry: sam-rád

geat

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Ben. 126, 15-19. Beforan gatum forþtíges pro foribus uestibuli, An. Ox. 3827. Gesáwon wé in þǽre byrig and on geaton ( in the doorways ) men . . . ðá hié ús gesáwon hié selfe sóna in heora húsum hié miþan.

lof

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Ben. I. 42, 15 : 44, 4

ríceter

(n.)
Grammar
ríceter, rícetere, es; n.

power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force

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Ben. 51, 12.

Linked entry: rícceter

rihtung

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung, e; f.

direction ⬩ guidance ⬩ correction ⬩ setting right ⬩ correction ⬩ reproof ⬩ a direction ⬩ rule ⬩ regularis

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Ben. 61, 14.

Linked entry: rihting

wenian

(v.)
Grammar
wenian, p. ede

To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare

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Ben. 22, 21

Linked entries: a-wenian ge-wenian wænian

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant ⬩ devoid, void of, free from ⬩ unoccupied, at leisure, exempt from ⬩ free to do ⬩ unmarried

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Ben. 84, 19. Swá hié ǽmettegran (ǽmetegran, Hatt. MS.) beóð ðonne óðre men, Past. 190, 14. with gen. :-- Hié ǽmettige (ǽmtige, Hatt. MS.) beóð ðǽre scíre, Past. 126, 23.

Linked entries: ǽmetgian ǽmtig

tó-dál

(n.)
Grammar
tó-dál, -dǽl, es; n.

Division. ⬩ a dividing into parts, ⬩ partition ⬩ separation ⬩ a part of a whole, ⬩ separate portion, ⬩ section ⬩ a mark which divides, ⬩ dividing-point ⬩ distinction, ⬩ difference ⬩ distribution ⬩ scattering, ⬩ dispersing ⬩ dissension, ⬩ want of union or peace, ⬩ discretion

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Ben. 42, 1. Ðæra ǽgðer on þrím tódálum wunaþ, Lchdm. iii. 440, 31. a mark which divides, dividing-point Tódál comma, Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 9. Distinctiones, ðæt sind tódál, hú man tódǽlþ ða fers on rǽdinge.

Linked entry: tó-dǽl

ge-híran

(v.)
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Áhyld ðín eáre tó ðæs wǽdlan béne, þæt God eft ðíne stemne gehýre, Hml. Th. ii. 102, 19. Heora béna wǽron æt Gode gehýrede, Bl.

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