ge-timbrung
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Add: building, constructing (lit. or fig.) Paulus spræc be ðǽre getimbrunge þǽre geleáffullan gelaðunge. Hé cwæð, 'Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall ...,' Hml. Th. ii. 588, 17. Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus
helan
to conceal from
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Add: to prevent something becoming known Hí lǽrdon hira synna, and hí hí nánwuht ne hǽlon (absconderunt), Past. 427, 29. Strengre is ꝥ ic morðor hele, scyle mánswara lifian, Cri 193, with dat. of person to whom something is not made known: Míne scylde
lengu
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Take here <b>leng</b> in Dict. and add: <b>, lenge.</b> of space relations, (i) cf. lang; 2 Tó ðon ꝥ him nǽre ná álýfed furður tó gánne þonne swá swá þǽre racenteáge længe (leng, v. l.) áþened wæs ne ei ultra liceret progredi,
ryne
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Add: the course, movement, or path of a living creature Fiþerscíte rene quadripedante cursu (ferarum), An. Ox. 1569. Hé mid hrædestan ryne arn, Hml. S. 23 b, 186. Hé gewunode on þám gesettum tídum þæs dæges þone ryne his síðfætes gefæstnian, 163. Flugulum
bǽdan
to urge ⬩ press ⬩ compel ⬩ impel ⬩ to require ⬩ exact
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Substitute for passages Baedde exactum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 9. Bǽdde, 30, 16. to urge, press, compel, impel Bǽdt inpulerit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 28. Beadætþ (= bǽdeþ) angarizaverit (= angariaverit, Mt. 5, 41), 72, 17. Ðonne ðá sácerdas tó weorðunga úres
ge-dón
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Add: to put. lit. to place in or on a material object, give position or direction to Hé þone hláf tóbræc on twá, and hine gedyde on his twá sléfan, Bl. H. 181, 16. God feorh in gedyde, Gen. 184. Heó hyre bán on níwe þrúh ásette and on cyricean gedyde
ge-sceád
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Add: a division, part Nime hió hire þriddan sceat (gesceád, þæne þriddan dǽl þǽre ǽhta, v.ll.], Ll. Th. i. 138, 19. <b>I a.</b> a division into parts, classification under heads :-- Þis ys ꝥ gesceád þára lácnunge. Lch. iii. 138, 25. distinction
geár
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Add: (n.) and m. as a unit of time-measurement, in the case of (approximately) exact measurement, the number of years being given Þá wæs syxte geár Constantínes cáserdómes, El. 7. Ánes geáres cild oððe lamb anniculus Ælfc. Gr. Z. 287, 11. Wé ealne þysne
ge-hwá
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every one (thing), each one. alone Healde gehwá mid riht his ǽwe, -Ll. Th. ii. 300, 26. Gearwige tó húslgange oft and gelóme gehwá hine sylfne, i. 310, 8 : 322, 8 : 424, 19. Þíne dómas rǽcað efne gehwám, ǽghwylcum men ágen gewyrhta, Hy. 7, 15: Rä. 12
ge-féra
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Add Geféra collega, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 68. a companion, associate Hé dyde suá suá ofermód geféra déð, Past. 305, 6. Wineleás mon genimeð him wulfas tó geféran . . . ful oft hine se geféra slíteþ, Gn. Ex. 148. Hwæt cunnon þás þíne geféran (socii) ?, Coll
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Add: A weak past hefde Hml. S. 8, 212. trans. to raise material to a higher level or towards a vertical position Se esne his ágen hrægl ofer cneó hefað, Rä. 45, 5. Hine gelæhte án hors mid tóðum and hefde him upp, Hml. S. 8, 212. Hyse hóf his ágen hrægl
lagu
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the body of rules binding on the members of a state or community Hé hit béte swá swá lagu tǽce ( as the law directs ), Ll. Th. i. 418, 14. Swá man swýðor spæc embe rihte lage swá mann dyde máre unlaga, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 19. Hí eallum folce góde lage
ge-mynd
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Add: I. the faculty of memory Seó sáwul is memoria ꝥ is gernynd, þonne heó gemanð, Hml. S. I. 185. Gé hwæthwega godcundlices on eówerne sáule habbaþ, þæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwísa willa, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 25. Ǽghwilc ungemyndig hine sceolde
middel
The middle ⬩ centre
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The middle, centre In midle in centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 13, On middele (Ps. Lamb. midle) innoþes mín in medio ventris mei, Ps. Spl. 21, 13, 21. Hé ánne cnapan gesette on hyra middele ( in medio eorum ), Mk. 9, 36. Se ðe álǽdde Israhel of middele heora
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bícnan
signify ⬩ indicate ⬩ portend
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Add to make a sign to a person (dat. or prep, tó) with something Hé bícneð mid ðǽm eágum annuit oculis, Past. 357, 20. Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde, Hml. A. 97, 180. þá becnade Sanctus Petrus him, 162, 239. Hí bécnodon eágan (mid eágum, v. l.
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bídan
to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience
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Add: to wait, remain. Similar entries For exs. v. Dict. to await, wait for, bide one's time, with gen. Hé bítt (bít, v.l.) ðǽre tíde, hwonne . . . Past. 226, 11: 220, 10. Hé bídeþ þínre geþafunga, Bl. H. 7, 34. Hé wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . . 109, 32.
be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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Substitute: to clear a person of a charge, exculpate, excuse Nis nán man swá dyrstig on þám micclum dóme, þ æt hé durre óðerne betellan, Hml. Th. ii. 570, 35. generally reflexive, absolute Búton hé þider férde and hine betealde, Chr. 1094; P. 228, 36
brýce
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use. l. bryce, and add: use Baða brice balnearum usus , R. Ben. 1. 68, 1. Hí heora hors tó bryce (tó brúcenne,v. l.) onféngon, Gr. D. 16, 3. Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent
crísten-dóm
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Add: the state or condition of being Christian Fram fremþe þínes crístendómes, Angl. xii. 515, 21. Deáh þrǽla hwylc of crístendóme tó wícinge weorðe though any thrall from being a Christian become a pirate, Wlfst. 162, 6. For heora crístendóme because
eáþ-mód
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Add: humble, lowly; submissive Eádmód humilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 27. Hnitol vel eádmód cernuus, pronus, vel inclinatus, 19, 1. Eádmód ástág in middangeard mægna goldhord, Cri. 786. Þú ( Hagar ) eáðmód ongin dreógan, Gen. 2281: Seef. 107: An. 270. Eom