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ǽr-geára

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽr-geára, adv.

Heretoforeof oldolim

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Met. Fox 20, 104; Met. 20, 52

Linked entry: geó-geára

fiér-féte

(adj.)
Grammar
fiér-féte, adj.

Four-footedquadrŭpes

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Met. Fox 31, 21; Met. 31, 11

sang

(n.)
Grammar
sang, es; m.

song, singinga singing, chantingsong, poetry,a songa poem

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Ðá hæfde hé gebunden mid ðære wynnsumnesse hissanges me carminis mulcedo defixerat, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 6. Gúðhere forgeaf máþþum songes tó leáne, Exon. Th. 322, 22; Víd. 67. Galan sigeleásne sang, Beo. Th. 1578; B. 787.

Linked entry: song

níw-gehwirfed

(adj.)

newly converted

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newly converted Ðæt hé ða nígehwyrfedan (níghwurfedan, MS. C.; níghwerfdan, MS. V.) mid fulluhte áþwóge, Homl. Skt. 5, 126

be-wrigen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-wrigen, -wrigon

covered, concealed

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Met. Fox 4, 93; Met, 4, 47; Similar entries pp. and p. pl. of be-wríhan

geocsa

(n.)
Grammar
geocsa, an; m.

A sobbingsingultus

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Met. Fox 2, 9; Met. 2, 5

Linked entry: geoxa

heáh-hád

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-hád, es; m.

A high order, religious order

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A high order, religious order Heáhhádes men men in holy orders, L. I. P. 22; Th. ii. 334, 6

burig

(n.)
Grammar
burig, = byrig to a city, Ors. 6, 23, MS. C; the dat. of burh
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a city

fætt

(n.)
Grammar
fætt, m. Dele: the MS. has sefa ? geðang. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215.

a-tión

(v.)
Grammar
a-tión, p. -teáh, pl. -tugon ; pp. -togen

To draw outpull outabstrahereextrahere

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Met. Fox 12, 3; Met. 12, 2 : 22, 53; Met. 22, 27

weorc-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
weorc-weorþ, weorc-wirþe; adj.
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Capable of work Þonne is æt Farresheáfde . xvi. weorcwurðe men and viii. iunge men . . . æt Geácesleá þrytténe wépmen weorcewyrþe and v. wimmen and æhta geonge men, C. D. B. iii. 367, 15-35. Weorcwyrþra manna, Verc. Först. 158, 20

balo-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
balo-cræft, es; m.

A pernicious, wicked, or magic artars perniciosa vel magica

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Met. Fox 26, 150; Met. 26, 75

candel-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
candel-wyrt, e; f. [candel a candle, wyrt a herb, plant] CANDLE-WORT, hedge-taper, mullein; lucernaria, phlomos = φλόμος verbacum; thapsus, Lin. A plant useful for wicks 'of lamps
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Candelwyrt phlomos [MS. fromos] vel lucernaria [MS. lucernaris ]. Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 90; Wrt. Voc. 32, 25

eorþ-iui

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-iui, [=ivi], es; n.

Ground ivy hĕdĕra nigra

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Ground ivy; hĕdĕra nigra Eorþ-iui [MS. eorðíuí]. Herb. 100; Lchdm. i. 212, 18, note 17, MS. B

ge-siblíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-siblíce, adv.

Peaceablypācĭfĭce

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Met. Fox 20, 135; Met. 20, 68

be-seón

(v.)

To lookattentionexpectationTo see aboutcare forattend toprovide for

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Hé beseah wið mín, and gehýrde mín gebed, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Ealle heó on áne ídelnesse symle beségan omnes declinaverunt, simul inutiles facti sunt 52, 4. Beseoh tó , Ps. Th. 12, 3: 21, 1. Beseoh tó fultume intende in adjutorium meum, 37, 21.

ge-hwirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwirfan, ge-hweorfan.
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Sé gehuerfde convertantur Mt. L. 13, 15. Gehwerfed, Mk. L.

Linked entry: ge-hweorfan

ge-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wunian, p. ode; pp. od.

to dwellinhabitto remainstayabidecontinueTo stop, live, associate withcontinue in or withto be accustomed, wont

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Met. Fox 1, 73; Met. 1, 37: 2, 38; Met. 2, 19. Þurh ðínra dǽda spéd dagas hér gewuniaþ ordinatione tua perseverat dies, Ps. Th. 118, 91.

niman

(v.)
Grammar
niman, p. nam, pl. námon; pp. numen (kept in the slang word nim = steal. Cf. Shakspere's Corporal Nym).

to takereceivegetsumereaccipereto takekeepholdtenereto takecatchto containto take (with one)carrybringto take (to one)giveto take forciblyseizetake awaycarry offtollerecapessereauferrerapere

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Gif mec hild nime. Beo. Th. 909; B. 452. sceal wǽpen niman, Byrht. Th. 139, 11; By. 252. Ne biþ álýfed æt ðam þeówan his feoh tó nimanne non licet pecuniam suam servo auferre, L.

Linked entry: bi-nom

eld

(n.)

age

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Met. Fox 8, 7; Met. 8, 4: Bt. 15; Fox 48, 2

Linked entry: ild