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ge-þweran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweran, p. -þwær, pl. -þwǽron; pp. -þworen, -þuren

To stirbeat or mix togetherto churnmake thick [as butter from cream]poeticallyto forgecudere

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To stir, beat or mix together, to churn, make thick [as butter from cream], poetically, to forge; cudere Genim cú meoluc bútan wætere lǽt weorþan to flétum geþwer to buteran take cow's milk, without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L.

ge-medemian

(v.)
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Drihten, beó þú gemedemad mé tó gehéranne, Shr. 104, 22. IV. to make fit, order, regulate :-- Swá gemedemod mid dæg þæt gewyrdan ealle þing sic temperatur, ut cum luce fiant omnia, R. Ben. I. 74, 4.

ge-bannan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bannan, -bonnan; p. -beónn, pl. -beónnon; pp. -bannen [ge, and bannan to summon] .

to commandorderproclaimjŭbēremandāreedīcĕreto summoncall togethercĭtareconvŏcāre

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to command, order, proclaim; jŭbēre, mandāre, edīcĕre Ðá ic gefrægn weorc gebannan manigre mǽgþe then I heard [him] command the work to many a tribe, Beo.

Linked entries: ge-beón ge-bonnan

mynster-mann

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-mann, es; m.

A man who lives in a monasterya monk

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C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 10, Ðás bóc be ðæra hálgena lífe ðe mynstermenn mid heora þénungum wurðiaþ, Homl. Skt. pref. 44: Swt. Rdr. 100, 148. Ðæt forme muneca cyn is mynstermanna, ðe gemǽnan lífe drohtniaþ on mynstre, R. Ben. 134, 5 : 9, 3.

ge-blódegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blódegian, -blódgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blódegian to make bloody]

To make bloodycover with bloodcruentāre

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Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe if the dwelling be covered with blood, L. H. E. 14; Th. i. 32. 14

ge-búan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búan, p. -búde, pl. -búdon; pp. -búen, -bún [ge-, búan to dwell] .

To dwellabidehabĭtāreversāri alĭquo lŏcoTo inhabitoccupyinhabĭtāreincŏlĕre

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Ne sceal ðes wong gebúen weorþan nor shall this field be occupied, Exon. 37 a; Th. 120, 24; Gú. 276 : Blickl. Homl. 121, 33

a-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
a-limpan, p. -lamp, pl. -lumpon; pp. -lumpen

To happenbefallevenireacciderecontingere

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To happen, befall; evenire, accidere, contingere Óþ-ðæt sǽl alamp until occasion offered, Beo. Th. 1249; B. 622. Ðá him alumpen wæs wén then hope had occurred to him, Beo. Th. 1471; B. 733

Linked entry: a-lamp

swíge

(n.)
Grammar
swíge, (but swígea occurs,
  • Scint. 82, 1
), an; f.

silence, absence of speechsilence, quiet, absence of noise; also a time of silencesilence from astonishment, amazementstupordelaya curve, circuitto bend, swaytaciturnitas, silentium

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Icel. svig a curve, circuit; sveigja to bend, sway.]

BERIE

(n.)
Grammar
BERIE, berge, berige, berigie, an; f.

a BERRYbaccaa grapeuva

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Beóþ ðínes wífes wélan gelíce swá on wíngearde weaxen berigean, and on ðínes húses hwommum genihtsum the riches of thy wife shall be like as grapes may grow in a vineyard, and abundant on the corners of thy house, Ps. Th. 127, 3

hwíl-tídum

(n.)
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Sculan þá gebróðra hwíltídum ( certis temporibus) beón ábyse-gode mid heora handa geswince, hwíltídum (certis iterum ) mid rǽdinge, R. Ben. 73, 4-6. Se móna is hwíltídum weaxende, hwíltídum wani-ende, Hml. Th. ii. 214, 32

for-gýmeleásian

(v.)
Grammar
for-gýmeleásian, -gímeleásian, -giémeleásian, -gémeleásian; p. ode; pp. od [for-, gýmeleásian to neglect]

To neglect entirelyomnīno neglĭgĕre

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Forgýmeleásod beón neglectus esse, neglĭgi, R. Ben. 36

mynster-clǽnsung

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-clǽnsung, e; f.

Purification of a minster

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Purification of a minster (within whose walls a man has been slain) Ðonne béte man ðæt ciricgriþ intó ðære circan . . . and ða mynsterclǽnsunge begite (cf. gif ǽnig man Godes ciricgriþ swá ábrece ðæt hé binnon ciricwágum manslaga weorþe, 11. 6-8), L.

frum-meolc

Grammar
frum-meolc, -meoluc.
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, the best milk Frummeoluc nectar (in the same glossary nectar is variously rendered by wín, þone swétan smæc, wín-gedrinc, hunig oððe mildeáw, and nectareus by hunígteárlic, the word, as in later times, seems to have been used vaguely in a favourable

tó-syndrian

(v.)
Grammar
tó-syndrian, p. ode

To separateto distinguish

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To separate; fig. to distinguish Mid him hé tósyndraþ gif beteran óðrum wé beóþ gemétte apud ipsum discernitur si meliores aliis inveniamur, R. Ben. Interl. 14, 8. Ðú settest on foldan swíðe feala cynna and tósyndrodest hig siððan.

Linked entry: tó-sundrian

ǽngum

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
ǽngum, = ǽnigum

to any

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Beo. Th. 952; B. 474, to any;

ǽrendung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrendung, e; f.

A commandmandatum

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Ben. 38

Linked entry: érndung

æt-wæg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æt-wæg, p. of æt-wegan.

took away

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took away,Beo. Th. 2401; B. 1198;

an-hyldan

(v.)

to inclineinclinare

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Ben. in proœm

an-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
an-wreón, p. -wreáh, pl. -wrugon; pp. -wrogen [an = un un-, wreón to cover]

To uncoverrevealrevelare

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Ben. 3

ár-wyrþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ár-wyrþlíce, adv.

Honourablyreverentlysolemnlykindly

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Ben. 58