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ge-sceran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceran, p. -scer, -scær; pp. -scoren

To cut, cleavesecare, dissecare

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To cut, cleave; secare, dissecare He him on heáfde helm gescer he clave the helmet on his head, Beo. Th. 5939; B. 2973. Helm gescær he cut the helmet, 3057; B. 1526

ed-gift

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Hé bæd ꝥ hé him geþingude wiþ Eádgife his bóca edgift requisivit ut pro eo me (Eádgifu) rogaret quatinus ei redderem libros terrarum suarum, Cht. Th. 202, 33. Cf. ǽ-gift. Add

god-dohtor

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'Ic þé wille biddan, Sum geréfman wǽre þára þe onfénge ánum mægdene æt fullwihte ... hé bæd þá ylcan his goddohter, ꝥ heó mid him þá niht wunode, Gr. D. 308, 17. Add

Linked entry: dohtor

efne

Grammar
efne, <b>. I 3.</b>
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Ðá land dǽlan him betweónan swá hig efnost magon, C.D. vi. 147, 19. <b>II 2.</b> add :-- For hwon ... búton efne for þon ..., Shrn. 133, 9. Add

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Hé for án wénde ꝥ ǽlc hine gecneówe he had no other thought but that every one knew him, Hml. S. 23, 573. Him for án þúhte ꝥ . . . , 631.

un-gesceádwísness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gesceádwísness, e; f.

Unreasonablenessfoolishness

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hwí geþafiaþ ðæt bióð dysige? hwí nyllaþ spyrigan æfter cræftum and æfter wísdóme? quid enervatius ignorantiae caecitate? an sectanda noverunt? Bt. 36, 6; Fox 180, 31, 35.

Linked entry: ge-sceádwísness

EARM

(adj.)
Grammar
EARM, ærm, arm; comp. earmra; sup. earmost; adj.

poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretchedpauper, mĭser the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision paupĕres

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Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ miserable is he whom his friends betray, Exon. 89 a; Th. 335, 22; Gn. Ex. 37. Se wæs ord-fruma earmre láfe who was the chief of the poor remnant, Cd. 179; Th. 225, 11; Dan. 152.

ge-sprecan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sprecan, -specan; p. -spræc, pl. -sprǽcon; pp. -sprecen

To speakspeak withagree

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God gespræc ðá God addressed them then, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 26: 156, 16. Ðá wæs ic gesprecende ðone man then was I conversing with the man, Shrn. 36, 19. Plato hæfde hine gesprecen Plato had conversed with him, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 70, 443

til

(adj.)
Grammar
til, adj.
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Ðæt hió ðære cwene oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges, swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen. Kmbl. 649; El. 325. Tile and yfle the good and the evil (at the day of judgment), Cd. Th. 303, 10; Sat. 610.

Linked entries: ticlum til-líc

ǽmettig

Grammar
ǽmettig, ǽmetig, ǽmtig.

empty, void, vacant devoid, void of, free fromunoccupied, at leisure, exempt fromfree to dounmarried

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Ðonne hig bysega nabbon and ǽmtige synd, R. 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

ge-swencan

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Bióð hié on hira móde gesuenced for ðǽm ǽmtan ipsa sua quiete fatigantur, Fast. 127, 24. bióþ gedréfde and geswencte ǽgþer ge on móde ge on líchoman, Bt. 39, 7; F. 224, 1.

reccan

(v.)
Grammar
reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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Hé rehte him óðer bigspel aliam parabolam proposuit illis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 24, 31. Ðá reahte heora ǽgðer his spell each of them told his tale, Chart. Th. 170, 14. Hé him his earfoþa rehte, Guthl. 19; Gdwin. 76, 19.

fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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On ðǽm anbíde ðe hé hira fandige interveniente correptionis articulo, Past. 153, 15.

gifan

(v.)
Grammar
gifan, gyfan, giefan, geofan, giofan; ic gife; ðú gifest, gifst; he gifeþ, gifþ, pl. gifaþ; p. geaf, gæf, gaf, gef, ðú geáfe, géfe, pl. geáfon, géfon; pp. gifen, giefen, gyfen

To givedareimpertire

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Gæf wæstm his dedit fructum suum, Ps. Spl. T. 66, 5. Him scippend geaf [gaf, MS. A.] wuldor-lícne wlite the Creator gave it wondrous beauty, Salm. Kmbl. 114; Sal. 56.

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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On eallum ðingum gehýrsum, Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 17. (12) a condition :-- Hié bǽdon friðes, ac hit Scipia nolde him áliéfan wið nánum óþrum þinge bútan hié him ealle hiera wǽpeno ágeáfen, Ors. 4, 13; Swt. 210, 20. (13) a way, means, wise; mostly in phrases

BOLSTER

(n.)
Grammar
BOLSTER, gen. bolstres; m.

A BOLSTER, a pillow for the headcervicala shellculcitacervicala mattressa bolster

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Hit geondbrǽded wearþ beddum and bolstrum it was overspread with beds and bolsters, Beo. Th. 2484; B. 1240

þeáw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-líc, adj.
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usual, customary Sum wít mid sealfe his fét smyrode, swá swá hit þeáwílc wæs on ðære þeóde, Homl. Ass. 41, 439. moral, figurative Þeáwlíc[r]e spǽce tropologiae, figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 13.

leád

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Add: lead Hét se cásere his cwelleras feccan ǽnne ǽrenne hwer and hine áfyllan mid weallendum leáde . . . Hé ( St. George ) bletsode ꝥ leád and læg him onuppan, and ꝥ leád wearð ácolod, Hml. S. 14, 104-115. Leádes clynum mastigiis Wrt.

warenian

(v.)
Grammar
warenian, warnian, wearnian ; p. ode.
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Hié oft gesyngiaþ giet wyrs on ðæm ðæt wareniaþ wið ða lytlan scylda ðonne dón on myclum scyldum; for ðæm ðe lícettaþ hié unscyldge, ðonne wæreniaþ wid ða lytlan, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 18-20.

syll

(n.)
Grammar
syll, e; sylle, an; f.
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Ðá wolde hé hús timbrian mid his gebróðra fultume. Ðá bæd hé ánre sylle, ðæt hé mihte ðæt hús on ða sǽhealfe mid ðære underlecgan. Ða gebróðra him behéton, ðæt woldon ðæt treów him gebringan.

Linked entry: syl