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ge-lǽstan

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Ox. 2397. Gelǽste exsoluit (mortis uindictam ), 4327: 3818. Þæt hé Godes gerihta gelǽste, Wlfst. 157, 12. Gelǽste hé Gode his teóðunga, Ll. Th. i. 272, 1. Gelǽste man sulhælmessan þonne .xv. niht beón onufan Eástran, 262, 17.

ge-líc

(adj.)
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Ox. 4601. of a comparison, between equal things, fair 'Hwæþer ðára twégra ( a walker and a crawler ) þincþ þé mihtigra?'

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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Hé healde iii niht hýde [of an ox] and heáfod and sceápes eallswá. And gif hé ða hýde áweg sylle gilde xx óran, L. Eth. iii. 9; Th. i. 296, 118. Hwæt sind gescý búton deádra nýtena hýda? Homl. Th. ii. 280, 30.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

efne

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Ox. 40, 2, 36. Efene en, 9, 16. Efne ðá ðá se apostol sprecende wæs, Hml. Th. i. 66, 15: Hml. S. 15, 60: 22, 75. Efne þú eart gelǽred, 22, 16, 43. Ðú góda cyngc, efne þes man þe þú swá wel wið gedést, hé is æfestful for ðínum góde, Ap. Th. 14, 23.

ge-læccan

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Ox. 5291. to catch a disease Þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám unrihtwisum were, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25

ge-nerian

(v.)
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Ox. 18 b, 31. where evil thieatens, to put in safety, prevent harm to Cirica ðín from ellwara ðú gineredes fryhte gættana aecclesiam tuam ab infernorum eruis terrore portarum, Rtl. 59, 19. Genere mé ( eripe me ) fram níþe náhtfremmendra, Ps.

ge-scendan

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Ox. 520. <b>III c.</b> to bring to act shamefully :-- Hwá bið gesciended (-scend-, v.l.) ðæt ic eác ðæs ne scamige quis scandalizatur, et ego non uror ?

ge-feallan

(v.)
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Ox. 61, 28. Þá tó heofenum ástígað, nyðer gefeallað under neowulne grund ( descendant usque ad abyssos ), Ps. Th. 106, 25: Cri. 1532. Hié hine forlétan and hé gefeól on þone stocc, Bl. H. 189, 12. Gefeáll regn descendit pluvia, Mt. L. 7, 25.

mǽg

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Ox. 2417. kindred involved legal responsibility of its members to one another. where one member was criminal, or subject to criminal prosecution Áð syllan ꝥ hý on heora mǽge náne þýfðe nyston, Ll. Th. i. 206, 2.

déman

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Ox. 2014. to proclaim something noble, celebrate Hí eahtodon eorlscipe and his ellenweorc démdon, swá hit gedéfe bið þæt mon his dryhten wordum herge, B. 3175. Is árlic þæt wé ǽfæstra dǽde démen, secgen Dryhtne lof, Gú. 498: Sat. 299.

eáster

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Ox. 40, 30, 29. Eástran úre Críst is pascha nostrum Christus est, Hy. S. 82, 27. Eástro úsra, Rtl. 25, 15. Ðæra eóstruna azymorum, Mk. R. 14, 12. Ǽr Judéa Eástrum, Bl. H. 67, 24: 71, 24. Tó Eástron, Mt. 26, 17. Neáh Eástron (Eóstrum, R.), Jn. 2, 13.

eft

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Ox. 5167. where there is a sequence of propositions, statements, again Wæs gecueden ðætte ðá sácerdas ne scoldon nó hiera heáfdu scieran . . ., ne eft hí ne scoldon hira loccas lǽtan weaxan, Past. 139, 13.

ge-ícan

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Ox. 4, 64. to furnish, endow. Cf. I. 4, and see eácen Þonne bið geýced and geedníwad moncyn þurh Meotud (cf. Sceal þonne ánra gehwylc . . . leoðum onfón and líchoman, edgeong wesan, 1030-3), Cri. 1040

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
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Ox. 46, 12

gilp

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Ox. 5374. Gesticced mid ðǽre scylde gielpes (gilpes, v. l.) arrogantiae culpa tratisfixus Past. 217, 6. Hé monna cynne gielpes stýreð, Crä. 105. Hé in gylpe wæs, Dan. 636. Se áwiergda gǽst hit lǽrð ðone gielp, Past. 463, 30.

hyht

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Ox. 40, 19: An. 1054. Sæle blidse mé, Dryhten, þínre hǽlo heht redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui, Ps. C. 100. marked by a preposition:-Gú ðlác upp gemunde hám in heofonum. Him wæs hyht tó þám, Gú. 69.

HORS

(n.)
Grammar
HORS, es; n.
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mid ðǽm fyrstum mannum on ðæm lande næfde hé ðeáh má ðonne twentig hrýðera and twentig sceápa and twentig swýna; ond ðæt lytle ðæt hé erede hé erede mid horsan he [Ohthere] was among the first men of the country; and yet he had not more than twenty oxen

healdan

(v.)
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healdan, haldan; p. heóld; pp. healden.

to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, containto hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabitto rule, governto behave, conductto guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heedto hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold withto hold, keep, keep sheepservare, custodire

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Gif se hláford wiste ðæt se oxa hnitol wǽre and hine healdan nolde if the lord knew that the ox were wont to push with its horn, and would not keep it in, L. Alf. 23; Th. i. 52, 12.

hám

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Ox. 4741. Háme prędia (ut ab urbe ad propria praedia ducerentur, Ald. 69, 4), 4840. Hé forgeaf summe hám tó þǽre hálgan stówe, Hml. S. 6, 232.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Ox. 32, 12. Gif mon hæbbe híde londes . . . Gif hé hæbbe healfes (healfe, v. l.; but see IV. 1), Ll. Th. i. 122, 10.

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