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ge-sáwan

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</b> figurative :-- to sow error, &amp;c. :-- Þ deófol his falses tó fela ongemang ne gesáwe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27. to sow land Gesáwen æcer vel land seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 55

orþian

(v.)
Grammar
orþian, p. ode

To breathe, pant

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Gr. 19; Som. 22, 42. Ic on orþige inspiro, 47; Som. 48, 44. Animal is ǽlc þing ðæt orþaþ, 5; Som. 4, 41. Ðonne se sacerd cristnaþ, ðonne orþaþ hé on ðone man, Wulfst. 33, 18. Gást oreþaþ spiritus spirat, Jn.

Linked entry: oreþian

ge-þeódnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeódnes, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [ge, þeódnes, -nys a joining] .

a joining ⬩ juncture ⬩ joint ⬩ junctio ⬩ junctura ⬩ compages

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Gr. 44, 2; Som. 45, 24: 5, 26; Som. 3, 50. conjugation Conjugatio verborum is worda geþeódnyss ... Conjugatio mæg beón gecweden geþeódnyss forðan ðe on ðærebeóþ manega word geþeódde on ánre declínunge, Ælfc.

Linked entries: ge-fégincg þeódness

FÆC

(n.)
Grammar
FÆC, es; pl. nom. acc. facu; gen. faca; n.

Space, interval, distance, portion of time ⬩ spătium, intervallum, tempŏris intervallum

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Gl. 16; Som. 58, 69; Wrt. Voc. 21, 56. Lytel fæc a little time, interval; intervallum, Ælfc. Gr. 47 ; Som. 48, 35: Beo. Th. 4472 ; B. 2240 . Æfer fæce after a while, afterwards; postmŏdum, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 16: 5. 23 ; S. 645, 33

Linked entries: æfter-fæce fec

ceác

(n.)
Grammar
ceác, es; m.

A pitcher, jug, basin, laver ⬩ urceus, caucus ⬩ καῦκος ⬩ luter ⬩ λουτήρ

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The laver was so large that it covered the oxen entirely, save that the heads projected out, Past. 16, 5; Hat. MS. 21b, 3, 4. On ðæm ceáce in the laver, 16, 5; Cot. MS

Linked entries: céc ceác ful

firgen-gát

(n.)
Grammar
firgen-gát, firgin-gát, e; pl. nom. acc. -gǽt; f.

A mountain-goat ⬩ chamois ⬩ montāna vel saltuensis capra ⬩ ībex

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Gl. 20; Som. 59, 39; Wrt. Voc. 23, 2. Firgengát mountain-goat, Cot. 109: 116. Firgingǽt [MS. -gǽtt] ibĭces, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 158, 31

ge-belg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-belg, -belh, es; m.

Anger ⬩ offence ⬩ īra ⬩ offensio

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Bd. de Sapientĭbus, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: BELG

dæftan

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For Glos. . . . 73 read Germ. 400, 476, and add Se fæder hét feccan þone cniht, and hine sóna scrýdde mid deórwurðum reáfum, and hét dæftan his búr mid pallum and mid wáhryftum wurðlíce þám cnihte, Hml. S. 35, 49

for-hraþe

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Æðelstán cyng gefreóde Eádelm forraðe þæs ðe hé ǽrest cyng wæs very soon after he first was king, C. D. B. ii. 315, 18. Add

Linked entries: hraþe for-raþe

ge-swógen

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S. 12, 63. þ hié sýn sóna geswógene, gif hié þone mete næbben, Lch. ii. 196, 10. Add

drohtnian

(v.)
Grammar
drohtnian, drohtian; part. drohtniende, drohtiende, drohtende; p. ode , ade ; pp. od, ad

To converse, dwell or keep company with, pass life, live ⬩ versāri, conversāri, dēgĕre, vitam ăgĕre

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Ðæt mid Suna Meotudes drohtigen dæghwamlíce that ye converse daily with the Son of God, Andr. Kmbl. 1363; An. 682

Linked entries: drohtian drohtigen

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, an [but the singular rarely occurs] ; m.

A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder

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Eafora æfter yldrum the son after the parents, Cd. 56; Th. 69, 1; Gen. 1129. Suna ic lǽrde ðæt hié hýrdon heora yldrum I taught sons to obey their parents, Blickl. Homl. 185, 20.

Linked entries: ældran ildra

CEÁP

(n.)
Grammar
CEÁP, es; m.

cattle ⬩ pecus ⬩ Saleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, market ⬩ pretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum

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Sume wǽron to ceápe gesealde some were sold at a price, Nathan. 8: Gen. 41, 56. Awyrigende ceáp [MS. cep] malignum negotium, Lchdm. iii. 206, 32. Ic gange to ceápe I go to market; veneo, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 23

Linked entry: cép

clíða

(n.)
Grammar
clíða, clýða, an; m.

A plaster, salve, poultice ⬩ emplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα

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A plaster, salve, poultice; emplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα Se wítega Isaias worhte ðam cyninge Ezechie clíðan to his dolge the prophet Isaiah made for king Hezekiah a plaster for his sore, Homl. Th. i. 476, 1. Clíða malagma, Wrt. Voc. 74, 9: Ælfc.

Linked entries: cleóða clýða

for-lǽdan

destruction ⬩ betray

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Hé mid firde fór . . . and sóna þæs folces þone mǽstan dǽl fleónde forlǽdde and mid searwe þǽm cyninge on onwald gedyde acceptum exercitum statim Cyro per proditionem tradit, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 27.

wiþer-mál

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-mál, es; m.

A case against ⬩ in reply to ⬩ by way of accusation ⬩ defence ⬩ prosecution

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Ðá ne onhagode him tó cumenne to wiðermále ongeán ðone cyng, and ágeán ðone here ðe him mid wæs his (Godwin's) other son, Swegen, was outlawed.

hring-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hring-fáh, adj.
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Gl. 29; Som. 61, 29; Wrt. Voc. 26, 28. Hét wircean him hringfáge tunecan fecit ei tunicam polymitam, Gen. 37, 3

Linked entry: hring-wíse

ge-hyrned

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrned, part.

Horned ⬩ cornūtus

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Gr. 43; Som. 45, 17 : Ex. 34, 29, 30. Byþ he ymlíce gehyrned he is equally horned, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 2; Lchdm. iii. 266, 22

sunna

(n.)
Grammar
sunna, an; m.
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Sóna eode sunna up, Sunne (-a, MS. J.), Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 297, 7. Sunna and móne, Nar. 28, 20. Ðæs sunnan ásprungnis oðþe ðære mónan, 28, 10

Linked entry: sunne

ge-þeóstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeóstrian, ge-þiéstrian, ge-þístrian to darken.
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Sunna ofer geðióstrad bið sol obscurabitur, Mt. L. 24, 29