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of-áxian

(v.)
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Hé hét ácwellan ealle þá crístenan þe hé ofáxian mihte, 29, 201. the object a thing Dó ús gewisse þæs þe þú ofáxie, Hml. S. 23, 467. with a clause Þǽr hé ofáxode ꝥ se cyning wæs, Chr. 1016 ; P. 152, 22.

ge-hwæþer

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I. ¶ Þǽre eorðan on nánre ne mót se rodor neár þonne on óðre stówe gestæppan, stríceð ymbútan ufane and neoðane efenneáh gehwæðer ( equally near both above and below ; cf. se rodor is þǽre eorþan emneáh ge ufan ge neobon, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 23), Met.

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ge-búan

(v.)
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Hié ne dorston forþ bí þǽre eá siglan for unfriþe, for þǽm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe þǽre eás. Ne métte hé ǽr nán gebún land ... Þá Beormas hæfdon swíþe wel gebúd (-bún, v.l. ) hira land, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 22-28.

ge-mearcian

(v.)
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Cf. míl-gemearc Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Sae. 724. to make a mark on Hú Martirius gemearcode þone hláf, Gr. D. 86, 12.

B

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B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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p Ic hæbbe I have, he hæfþ he hath. When words are transferred into modern English, b is sometimes represented by f or v :-- Beber or befor a beaver; Ober, ofer, over. In comparing the Anglo-Saxon aspirated labial f with the corresponding letter in Old

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Ðá ðáá Þú ondsæc dydest, þæt þú on feorwegas féran ne cúðe, An. 929. Add

cyssan

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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add

clíþa

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clíþa, l. cliþa, cleoþa,
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Wyrcan ǽnne clyþan (cliðan, v. l. ) tó þæs cynincges dolge, Hml. S. 18, 430. Clám, cliþan tiriaca, An. Ox. 964. Cf. clíþan

dirne-geligere

(n.)
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dirne-geligere, es; n.
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Mid þǽm heó hæfde diernegeligre quem flagitiose cognitum, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 3. Dernegiligero adulteria, Mk. R. 7, 21. Dernegiligru and arognisse, 8, 38. Tó dernegiligrum, 10, 11

ge-hálsian

(v.)
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt hé openlíce sǽde gif hé Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.

ge-rýnelíce

(adv.)
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Add: I. in secret, mysteriously Eal þæt se sacerd déð þurh ðá hálgan þénunge gesewenlíce, eal hit fulfremeð se hálga gást rýnelíce, Wlfst. 36, 9. II. mystically :-- Gerýnelice mystice, Wrt. oc. ii. 55, 84.

ge-ter

(n.)
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Seó méting bið geteres ful and geflites and costunge, ne bið þæt gód swefen, E. S. 39, 347

ge-þoftscipe

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Add: league, alliance, and substitute for passages Þǽr is geþoftscipe engla and geférrǽden apostola, Wlfst. 265, 9. Ðý lǽs hé sié innan ásliten from ðǽm geðoftscipe ðæs incundan Déman ne interni foederis discussione feriantur, Past. 351, 24.

ge-wíder

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ge-wíder, l. ge-widere, and in l. 3 for gewidor abidon l. gewidora bidon.
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Of untídlican gewideran, þæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum temporum turbata temperies, hoc est, aut siccitas hiemis, aut humor aestatis, Ors. 3, 3 ; S. 102, 5. Sænde ic þá gewideru þe ealle eówre wæstmas gebétað, Wlfst. 132, 13.

gicel

(n.)
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Þǽr synt tó sorge ætsomne gemenged se þrosma líg and se þrece gicela frigora mista simul ferventibus algida flammis Dóm. L. 191. Se þros-miga líg and se þrece gycela, Wlfst. 138, 26

giddian

(v.)
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Take here <b>geddian</b> in Dict. and add Se wísdóm geod-dode þus, écte þæt spell mid leóðe. Bt. 12 ; S. 26, 22. Ongon hé gieddigan and þus singinde cwæð, 32, 3 ; S. 73, 22.

gleáwscipe

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On gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede, Lch. iii. 436, 11. diligence Gif hé ongyt þæt eal his hogu and gleáwscipe náht framað si viderit nihil suam prevalere industriam, R.

-mǽre

(suffix)
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On þǽm mǽran fæstene in celeberrimo (Alexandriae) municipio, 3418. On mǽrum in summo (virginitatis proposito), 5, 21. Mǽran potiorem (virginitatis gloriam), 4153. Swearm þá mæran mǽdo bereáfað examen amoena prata popiilatur, 137

meós

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Add: — Man him fette of ðǽre foresǽdan róde sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe heó mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37. ¶ as On meósbróces heáfod, C. D. v. 339, 3. On meósdene, 303, 1. In meósdúne, iii. 373, 23. On meóshlinc, ii. 172, 26.

prica

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Seó tíd stent on feówer pricon, gyf ǽlcum geáre ǽnne prican, þonne gýt þǽr byð án tó láfe, 309, 2-4

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