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un-gemet

(n.)
Grammar
un-gemet, es; n.

immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very

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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,

Linked entries: un-gemete on-gemet

lenden-bán

(n.)
Grammar
lenden-bán, es; n.

The loin-bone

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Misc. 12, 360, leigeð his skinbon on oðres lendbon. ]

ge-scrence

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-scrence, adj.
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Cf. mis-scrence

un-gewidere

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Cf. mis-gewidere. Add

tó-dreósan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-dreósan, p. -dreás; pl. -druron; pp. -droren

To fall to pieces, ⬩ fall away, ⬩ decay

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He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182

Linked entries: dreósan tó-feallan

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
    • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
    • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strong ⬩ efficacious ⬩ to avail ⬩ prevail ⬩ be sufficient ⬩ to be strong ⬩ be in good health ⬩ to be able ⬩ may ⬩ may

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Megende valens, Kent. Gl. 189: to be strong, efficacious, to avail, prevail, be sufficient Gif ðú meht si vales, Kent. Gl. 52. Wel mæg ðæm dæg wérignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 34: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 41. Ne meg mon non

Linked entry: mæg

scilcen

(n.)
Grammar
scilcen, [The word has not necessarily a bad meaning. With the passage given compare the description of the same incident in Gr. D.
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[Þer com o schelchene gon þat wes myd Kayphas (uenit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis, Mk. 14, 66), Misc. 45, 279.]

middan-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
middan-sumor, v. under midd, II, where perhaps in the instances in which middan occurs that word is to be taken as the first part of a compound.

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ge-mǽnsumung

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Substitute: Administration of the Eucharist, v. ge-mǽnsumian; l a On bǽre mæssan gemǽnsumung ys gearwud in qua missa communicatio prebetur, Angl. xiii. 414, 706. Æfter gemǽn-sumunge ł húselgange post communionem, R. Ben. 1. 69, 6

þegnung-gást

(n.)
Grammar
þegnung-gást, es; m.
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A ministering spirit Englas beóþ tó ðéninggástum fram Gode hider on worulde ásende, ðæt hí beón on fultume his gecorenum ( nonne angeli sunt administratorii spiritus, in ministerium missi propter eos, qui haereditatem capient salutis?

ge-sweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sweorc, -sworc, es; n. [sweorcan to darken]

A cloud ⬩ mist ⬩ smoke ⬩ nūbes ⬩ nĕbŭla ⬩ cālīgo

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A cloud, mist, smoke; nūbes, nĕbŭla, cālīgo Gif hér wind cymþ gesweorc upfæreþ if wind comes here a cloud ascends, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 12; Gen. 807. Cining geseah deorc gesweorc the king saw a dark cloud, 5; Th. 7, 19; Gen. 108

Linked entries: -sweorc ge-sworc

be-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen

To cover, cover over, surround ⬩ obducere, circumdare

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To cover, cover over, surround; obducere, circumdare Bewegen wælmiste covered with the mist of death, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 30; Vy. 42. He hí bewæg mid wuda útan he surrounded them with wood, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 25

Linked entry: be-wæg

sófte

(adj.)
Grammar
sófte, adj. Add: <b>I a.</b> of weather
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Gyf gemetegud sófte byþ si temperies tranquilla fuerit (it is uncertain whether sófte should be taken as adjective translating tranquilla, or as adverb qualifying gemetegud, which mist tes temperies), Angl. xiii. 397, 462.

tó-stingan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-stingan, p. -stang, pl. -stungon

To prick to pieces ⬩ break by pricking

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Olde men neddren tostyngeþ (sting them all to pieces, wound severely with their sting), Misc. 152, 177

Linked entry: tó-stician

feoh-gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsere, es; m.

A miser ⬩ pĕcūniæ ăvārus

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A miser; pĕcūniæ ăvārus Eálá! hwæt se forma feohgítsere wǽre on worulde alas! that the first miser should have been in the world, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 110; Met. 8, 55. Ðæm feohgítsere to the miser, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 26

Linked entry: gítsere

be-swincan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swincan, p. -swanc, pl. -swuncon; pp. -swuncen

To toil, labour, make with toil ⬩ laborare

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To toil, labour, make with toil; laborare Ic sende eów to rípanne, ðæt ðæt ge ne be-swuncon; óðre swuncon, and ge eódon on hyra geswinc ego misi vos metere quod vos non laborastis; alii laboraverunt, et vos in labores eorum introistis, Jn.

Linked entries: swincan be-swuncen

arm

(adj.)
Grammar
arm, adj.

Miserable ⬩ miser

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Miserable; miser Arm leód miserable people, Chr. 1104; Th. 367, 15

æc-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
æc-lǽca, an; m. [æc = ag, q. v.]

A wretch ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum

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A wretch, miscreant, monster; miser, perditus, monstrum, Elen. Grm. 901; El. 902

giscian

(v.)
Grammar
giscian, to sob.
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Ic nú wépende and gisciende misfó, Bt. 2; F. 4, 8. Add

ǽrnemergen-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrnemergen-lic, adj.

Of the early morning

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Of the early morning Mæssan ǽrnemergen-lice missam matutinalem, Angl. xiii. 384, 277

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