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ge-þyld

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyld, e; f.

Patience ⬩ resignation ⬩ patientia

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Patience, resignation; patientia Ðú me eart fǽle ge-þyld tu es patientia mea, Ps. Th. 70, 4: Ps. Spl. 61, 5: Job Thw. 167, 16. Sum þafaþ in geþylde ðæt he sceal one allows what he must with patience, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 20; Crä. 71. On geþylde in patientia

ge-þungennes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þungennes, -ness, e; f.

Increase ⬩ growth ⬩ piety ⬩ excellence ⬩ gravity

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Increase, growth, piety, excellence, gravity Ðæt wæs ðæt templ ðære geþungennesse and ealre clǽnnesse that was the temple of piety and all purity, Blickl. Homl. 5, 20: Shrn. 40, 2: 44, 9. Geþungennis incrementum, Mk. Skt. p. 2, 6. Geþungennes perfectio

Linked entry: ge-þinþenes

ge-þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þurfan, ic -þearf; p. -þorfte

To have need or necessity; ⬩ indigere ⬩ necesse habere

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To have need or necessity; indigere, necesse habere Ðýlæs ðé geþearfe to óðres mannes ǽhtum lest thou have need of another man's goods, Prov. Kmbl. 73

Linked entry: ge-þearf

ge-þwǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ soften ⬩ irrigare ⬩ emollire

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To moisten, wet, soften; irrigare, emollire Gif þat wæter hí ne geþwǽnde if the water moisten it not, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 7. Ða adrugodan heortan geþwǽnan mid ðǽm flówendan ýðon [ýðum, MS. Cot.] his láre corda arentia doctrinæ fluentis irrigare, Past

ge-þweán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweán, p. -þwóh, pl. -þwógun; pp. -þwagen, -þwegen, -þwogen, -þwǽn

To wash

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To wash Ongann geþuoá foet his coepit rigare pedes ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 38. Geþuógon ðæt nett lavabant retiam, 5, 2. Búta oftor geþuógon hondo nisi crebro lavarent manus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 3. Búton hí geþwegene beón nisi baptizentur, Mk. Bos. 7, 4

ge-þweor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þweor, es; n.

Curd ⬩ what is coagulated ⬩ coagulum,

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Curd, what is coagulated; coagulum, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 19

ge-þwerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwerian, -þweorian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To mix ⬩ mingle

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To mix, mingle Geþwere mix, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 25. Geþweorod sint þegnas togædere the ministers are mingled together [cf. v. 66], Bt. Met. Fox 20, 143; Met. 20, 72

ge-þyll

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyll, es; n.

A breeze ⬩ air

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A breeze, air Giþyll scendende aura corrumpens, Rtl. 121, 38

Linked entry: -þyll

ge-tíhtlod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tíhtlod, -tíhtled, -týhtlod, -týhtled; part. [tíhtlian to accuse]

Accused; ⬩ accūsātus

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Accused; accūsātus Gif se getíhtloda man máran werude beó ðonne twelfa sum if the accused man be of a larger company than twelve, L. Ath. i. 23; Th. i. 212, 8. Nán man ne tǽce his getíhtledan man fram him, ǽr he hæbbe ryht geworhte let no one dismiss

Linked entry: ge-týhtlod

ge-tillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tillan, p. de; pp. ed

To touch ⬩ reach ⬩ attain ⬩ tangere ⬩ attingere

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To touch, reach, attain; tangere, attingere Astrece ðíne hand and getill ealle ða þing ðe he áh extende manum tuam et tange cuncta quæ possidet, Job Thw. 165, 15. Weras blóda and fácenfulle ná healfe getillaþ viri sanguinei et dolosi non dimidiabunt,

ge-þýn

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýn, = ge-þýan

to press

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to press He mæg ealla gesceafta on ánes weax-æpples [MS. -æples] onlícnisse geþýn he can press all creatures into the likeness of a wax apple, Salm. Kmbl. p. 150, 34

ge-þyncan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þyncan, p. -þúhte; pp. -þúht

To seem ⬩ appear

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To seem, appear Ðǽr him wlite-beorhte wongas geþúhton where appeared to them plains beautifully bright, Cd. 86; Th. 108, 11; Gen. 1804. Se ðe to-dæg is úre folgere geþúht he who to-day seems our follower, Homl. Th. ii. 80, 20. His loccas and his beard

ge-timbrung

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

an edifice ⬩ a structure ⬩ building ⬩ ædĭfĭcium ⬩ ædĭfĭcātio ⬩ structūra ⬩ a definition; ⬩ defīnītio

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an edifice, a structure, building; ædĭfĭcium, ædĭfĭcātio, structūra Getimbrung ædĭfĭcium, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 12; Wrt. Voc. 47, 19: 86, 26. Hí geswicon ðære getimbrunge they ceased from the building, Homl. Th. i. 318, 21. Ðæt hí him ætýwdon ðæs temples

Linked entry: timbrung

ge-þynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þynd, es; n.

A swelling

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A swelling Wið geþind against a swelling, Herb: 46, 4; Lchdm. i. 150, 1. [Cf. to-þunden.]

Linked entry: ge-þind

ge-þynge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þynge, es; n.

Growth ⬩ increase ⬩ advancement ⬩ honour

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Growth, increase, advancement, honour Ðætte he hæbbe forþgeong and geþyngo that he may have advancement and honour, Jn. Skt. p. 188, 11. Giþynge provectum, Rtl. 50, 21

Linked entry: þyng

ge-tilþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tilþ, e; f.

Gain; ⬩ mercimonia,

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Gain; mercimonia, Hpt. Gl. 439

Linked entry: tilþ

-swelge

(suffix)
Grammar
-swelge, in ge-swelge

a whirlpool

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[ Geswelge barathrum Hpt. Gl. 421, 30. Ge-swelgum charybdibus, voraginibus, 513, 29

swegran

(n.)
Grammar
swegran, in ge-swegran
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cousins; consobrimi i. ex sorore et fratre, vel ex duabus sororibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 18

sweðrian

(v.)
Grammar
sweðrian, swiðrian, sweoðerian; p. ode (some instances of the cpd. ge*-*sweðrian, omitted under that word, are given here)

To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end

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To retire, withdraw, abate, subside, decrease, fail, come to an end:?- Sweðraþ facessit, discedit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 30. Gesweðeriaþ fatescunt (fatiscere dissolvi, Migne), 96, 18. Mylt, sweþrede, áswand, áteorade dissolvitur, desinit, discedit, 147,

-swiria

(suffix)
Grammar
-swiria, v. ge-swiria

consobrinus

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consobrinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 73