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ge-sprecan

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Ðeós tíd cymð ymbe twelf mónað, ꝥ ǽlc man sceal his scrift gesprecan (confessarium suum alloqui), Ll. Th. ii. 224, 33. to agree, settle Þá gesprǽcon hié him betweónum þæt hié wolden anwendan ealle þá gesetnessa, Ors. 6, 10 ; S. 264, 19.

ge-neálǽcan

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., cumende, R.) him án bócere accedens unus scriba, 19. Mid ðý þe hí eft geneálǽcton (-neólécton, v.l. ) þám fýre, ðá tódǽlde se engel ðone lég þæs fýres, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 280, 13.

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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His scrift hit gecýðe þám biscope, hweðer hé tó þǽre bóte cirran wolde, Ll. Th. i. 212, 24

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).
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Swylcra yrmða swá ðú unc scrife, Soul Kmbl. 201; Seel. 102. Búton hé hæbbe swylce þéningmen ðe þeáwfæstnysse him gebeódon, Homl.

Linked entries: swelc swylc swá-lic

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Ðonne se scrift ongit ðæs costunga ðe hé him ondetteþ when the confessor hears the temptations of the man who confesses to him, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 20. Ðære fǽmnan tíd þe hire ( whose ) noma wæs Sc̃ca Anatolia, Shrn. 102, 34.

Linked entry: þý

ge-mynd

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Wrít þis on béc tó gemynde scribe hoc ob monumentum in libro, Ex. 17, 14. Forlét hé his fét þǽr on þá eorþan besincan mannum tó écre gemynde. Bl. H. 127, 22. Wegan máððum tó gemyndum, B. 3016. Dryhtne in gemyndum, Gú. 186.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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. ¶ with complementary adjective :-- Se cyng wæs deád gekýd the king was reported dead, Chr. 1093; P. 227, 20. (1 a) of official notice, to report, a matter His scrift hit gecýðe þám biscope, hweðer hé tó þǽre bóte cirran wolde, Ll.

Linked entry: cýþan

self

(pronoun.)
Grammar
self, seolf, silf, sylf; pron. <b>A.</b>
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Homl. 177, 24. standing alone Oft gebyreþ, ðonne se scrift ongit ðæs costunga ðe hé him ondetteþ, ðæt eác self biþ mid ðǽm ilcum gecostod, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 20.

Linked entries: seolf silf siolf sylf

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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. , dat.) to ascribe to a person, lay to the charge of, accuse of, attribute to Ne mæg se scrift geseón on ðære sáwle, hwæðer him mon sóð ðe lyge sagaþ on hine sylfne, Exon. Th. 80, 16 ; Cri. 1308.

Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Brúcan swylcra yrmþa swá ðú unc ǽr scrife, Exon. Th. 373, 2; Seel. 102 : Homl. Th. ii. 162, 18. Yrfan hí swá hí wyrðe witan let such inherit as they know to be entitled, Chart. Th. 578, 9.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

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