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ge-nirwan

Grammar
ge-nirwan, ge-nirwian.
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L. 68, 16. to press into a small space, crowd to crowd a person give little space to Se Godes sunu wæs on his gesthúse genyrwed, þæt hé ús rúme wununge on heofonan ríce forgife, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-nyrwian

irnan

(v.)
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, 8-14. of things. of the heavenly bodies, clouds, & c. to move rapidly through space Sió sunne ne onhrínþ nó ðæs dǽles þæs heofenes ðe se móna on irnþ, ne se móna nó ne onhrínþ þæs dǽles ðe sió sunne on irnþ, Bt. 39. 13; F. 232, 28.

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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D. 261, 18-22. not to trust in something Sý þú nǽfre swá synful þæt þú ǽfre geortrýwe on Godes mildheortnysse, Angl. xii. 517, 26. not to trust to a person (dat.) for doing something (clause) Ne geortriéwe (-trúwige, Bos. 48, 45) ic ná Gode þæt hé ús

hwearfian

(v.)
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H. 9, 23. of the revolution of the seasons Ðú recst þæt geár þurh þæt gewrixle þárafeówer týda . . . þára wrixlað ǽlc wyð óððer and hwerfiað swá þæt heora ǽgðer byð eft emne þat þæt hyt ǽr wæs, Solil.

ge-sceaft

Grammar
ge-sceaft, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
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Add Mid heofonlice campwerod þǽre engelican gesceaft(e), Verc. Först. 109, 7. Add Seó wæteres gesceaft liquidum elementum, Gr. D. 220, 17. ꝥ is s

friþ-leás

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Cf. friþ, Gif hwá þæne friðleásan man (hominem pro culpa exiliatum, expulsion quem Angli uocant friðleásne man, exlegem) healde, Ll. Lbmn. 318, ii

ge-híwcáþlician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híwcáþlician, p. ode
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To make familiar to For ðí is eallum geleáffullum mannum tó wacienne, for ðan ðe seó éstfulnys þǽre wæccan is gehíwcúþlicud eallum hálgum, Nap. 30

ge-cígung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cígung, e; f.
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A calling, invocation Bletsien hí hí selfe mid Crístes róde tácene þurh gecíginge þǽre hálgan þrynnysse, Nap. 28. Giceigingcum úsum invocationibus nostris, Rtl. 97, 37

sár

(adj.)
Grammar
sár, adj.
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Heó wæs gehǽled, ꝥ on hire líce næs gesýne áht þǽra sárra wunda, Hml. S. 7, 278. Add

Linked entry: sárian

swellan

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Add: p. sweoll (v. á-swellan) His fét wǽron swellende and áþundene for þý wǽtan þǽre fótádle pedes podagrae humore tumescentes, Gr. D. 302, 7

un-geǽsce

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geǽsce, adj.
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That cannot be found out by enquiry, indescribable Se leóma geteáh mid ungeǽscre fyrhtu (inaestimabili pavore ) þá heortan þǽra ætstandendra wífa, Gr. D. 284, 20

út-gánde

(n.; adj.)
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out-going Gehycgan ymb ꝥ líf þǽre útgándan (-gangen-dan, v.l. ) sáwle of líchaman vit am animae exeuntis a corpore perpendere, Gr. D. 269, 8

Linked entries: út-gangende gán

Eáster-gewuna

(n.)
Grammar
Eáster-gewuna, an; m.
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An Easter custom Hé tó þám mynstre férde on þǽre ylcan tíde þe heora Eástergewuna wǽron (wæs ?) tógædere becuman, Hml. S. 23 b, 643

Linked entry: ge-wuna

fiþerling

(n.)
Grammar
fiþerling, es; m.

A quarter

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A quarter Quadrans, ꝥ ys fyðerlinc . . . quadrans byð se feórða dǽl þǽra þinga þe man mæg rihtlíce tðdǽlan on feówer, Angl. Viii. 298, 10

frófor-gást

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Se þridda hád is on þǽre hálgan þrynnysse se Hálga Fróforgást, Hml. A. 1, 13. Fæder and Sunu and Frófergást, Wlfst. 73, 5. Add

stór

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Ná beóþ borene leóhta on þǽre nihte, ac stór (incensum) ꝥ án, 425, 857. Add: —

sulphor

(n.)
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sulphur On þǽre ylcan scíre Sicilian landes is án byrnende munt (Etna) onǽled mid sulphore, ꝥ is swæfel on Englisc, Hml. S. 8, 219

tó-cirran

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Hí mid áþum fryþ gefæstnodon on þǽre stówe þe genemned is æt Eámótum ... and syþþan mid sibbe tócyrdon, Chr. 926; P. 107, 26. Add

þridda

Grammar
þridda, I.
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add: one in every three: — Ælfstán aƀƀ begeat . . . ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne on Sandwíc, C. D. iv. 56, 30

þurh-leornian

(v.)
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to learn thoroughly Þes Godes wer þurhleoraode ( penetravit ) þá deóglan þing þǽre godcundnysse, Gr. D. 136, 4. See þurh-féran, and þurh-leóran; II

Linked entry: leornian