ge-win
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Add conflict, contest, struggle. of physical effort, in competition. v. gewin-stów, and cf. (2 a) Ðæs pleglican gewinnes Olimpiaci agonis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 57: 4, 62. of hostile conflict, a fight, battle, cf. (2 b) Of ánwígum vel gewinnum congressibus
ofer
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Add Þú woldest mé laðian þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan; ac wite þú þæt sé þe óðerne neádað ofer his mihte tó drincenne, þæt sé mót áberan heora bégra gilt, gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 29-32.
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Add: to seize and hold. lit. of a criminal or captive Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 31. Ðis wíf fornumen is (deprehensa est) in dernegiligro, Jn. R. 8, 4. of that which affects the body or mind, e.g. disease or fear Se unclǽna gást
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ge-sleán
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Add: to strike with a material object 'Gif woe geslás ł huoeðer móto wé geslaa in suorde (gislá mid sworde, R.).' And geslóg án of ðǽm esne aldormonnes ' si percutimus in gladio.' Et percussit unus ex illis seruum principis, Lk. L. 22, 49, 50. Hé geslóg
híwung
shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony
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Add Figmenta, i. plasmatio, mendacia híwunga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 78. shaping, forming of material Adam lifde æfter þǽre menniscan híwunge .dcccc. wintra and þrittig wintra; and þé sexteoþegan geáre fram his híwunge hé gegylte, Angl. xi. 1, 13-16. shape
inne
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Add: <b>A</b>. as adverb. of rest. local, inside aroom, house, &c. Leóht inne stód, B. 1570. Gæst inne swæf, 1800: 1866. Cyning inne gebond feónda foresprecan ..., þǽr hé ligeð in carcerne, Cri. 732. Þæt hé inne oþþe úte cirican berýpe
neáh
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Add 'Hér is án lytele burg swíðe neáh' . . . Hé cwæð ðæt hió wǽre swíðe neáh ' est civitas hic juxta . . . parva' . . . Iiuxa dicitur, Past. 399, 25 Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. l, I ; S. 24, 18. Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas
glæd
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Add: of living things, cheerful, joyous, lively Glæd alacer, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 44, 8: ludibundus, Germ. 397, 409. of cheerful disposition Swíðe glæd on móde, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41. Þǽr ic ( a woodpecker ) glado sitte, Rä. 25, 7. Ðone gladan giefan hilarem
ge-myndig
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Add: I. having remembrance of. without construction Hé gecostad wearð in gemyndigra monna tídum (in the times of men who can remember the events; cf. míne dihteras . . . mihton gemunan . . . þá wundru þisses eádigan weres (Guthlac), Guth. Gr. 103, 48
be-gitan
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Add: to get for one's self, of acquisition, posses-sion Ic begeat æt Denulfe þá windcirican, Cht. Th. 156, 21. Bigaet obtenuit, Txts. 81, 1409. Se bisceop wæs Scyttisc and Sce~ Oswald hine begeat on ðás ðeóde the bishop was Scottish and St. Oswald got
ge-féran
to go ⬩ to depart this life, die ⬩ to fare ⬩ of events, to go, to come, to pass, happen ⬩ to go, make a journey ⬩ to travel a road, traverse a surface (land, sea) ⬩ to traverse a (great or small) distance ⬩ to gain, attain ⬩ to bring about, effect ⬩ to meet with, experience, get as one's fate or lot ⬩ to cause to move, to bring, bear.
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Add: intrans. to go Gefoerde abiit, Mk. L. 8, 13: ambulans, Mt. L. 4, 18 : egressus, 18, 28: exiebat, 3, 5: migravit, 19, l : procedens, 4, 21 : progressus, 26, 39 : secessit, 12, 15 : transiit, ii. l. Gefoerdon irent, Lk. L. 8, 31. Ne durran wé for
áscian
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Add: absolute Mon sceal sprecan ásciende, Past. 185, 9. with acc. of person addressed, to question, interrogate His rihta dóm áhsað ( interrogat ) manna bearn. Se ylca Drihten áhsað rihtwíse and unrihtwíse, Ps. Th. 10, 5, 6. Hié sculon God áscian,
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ge-sprǽc
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Add: [<b>ge-spræc, ge-sprǽce</b> (v. god-gesprǽce), <b>ge-sprec, ge-spræc</b> (? cf. ge-spræcan = ge-sprecan, and cf. gebrec and ge-bræc). These forms are taken together as they cannot always be distinguished with certainty either
an-gin
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Add: a beginning Angin origo. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 42. Of anginne ex integra, 145, 4. Tó anginne, tó edstaþelungum ad lumina vitae, An. Ox. 2214. Toanginnum ad lumina (v. Hpt. Gl. 507, 61, which has limina), 4342. Seó wyrt gehnǽceþ ðá anginnu (the beginnings
ge-líhtan
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to make light. to mitigate, make less painful or severe, to assuage physical pain Wið þæs cwiðan sáre and wið þone hǽtan, genim þás wyrte . . . heó hyne (if hyne refers to cwiðan the passage belongs to ) gelíhteð, Lch. i. 294, 13. Ic mínne þurste geléhte
ge-neahhe
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Add: abundantly, sufficiently Ic sylle geneahhe heora hungrium hláf tó fylle pauperes ejus saturabo panibus, Ps. Th. 131, 16. I a. in a vague sense as intensive, enough (cf. assez in French), fully, quite, very (much), with adj. or adv. Is mín feorh
ge-seón
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Add Þú gesége crevisti, geseah crevit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 54, 55. to have the faculty of vision, to exercise that faculty. literal Ne gesyhþ sé nǽfre he will remain blind for ever. Bl. H. 153, 22. Hé sóna geseh he at once recovered his sight, 15, 27.
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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BEOWULF, a celebrated warrior of the Scyldings'; race, a record of whose heroic deeds is given in the Anglo-Saxon poem bearing his name. It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at
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fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Add: beautifully to the eye Fægere gefrætewod, Seel. 139. Fægere gegyrwed, Rä. 21, 2. Cyrice geworht swá fægre swá hit men fægrost geþencean meahton. Synd þǽr þrý porticas swíþe fægere ufan oferworhte, Bl. H. 125, 22. Þæt on foldan fægre stóde wudubeám
healh
a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay
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Add: a corner, an angle, Similar entries v. healhiht Ǽlc wág bið gebiéged twiefeald on ðǽm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 245, 13. Gemétte hé hine hleonian on þám hale his cyrcan wið þám weófode invenit eum recumbentem in angulo oratorii