egl
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Ox. 2361. a talon, claw Egl unheóru, B. 987. [v. N. E. D. ail.] Cf. egenu
glíw-mann
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Illi aurigarum et histrionum gesta favoribus efferunt, nec tamen tales esse desiderant, Past. 231, 7. Þurh witige plegmen ł gleáwe glígmen per gymnosophistas, An. Ox. 39.
ge-mircian
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Take here ge-mercian in Dict. and add: to fix by marks, determine Fore gemercade ł getáchte praefigit, Mt. p. 15, 7. to mark out, distinguish by a mark, designate Téno of tal ðé mercas ic gemercade decent numero tibi titulos designavi, Mt. p. ii. 3.
Linked entry: -mircian
ge-dígan
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D. 327, 18. to recover from illness Bútan þá áne þe hý þá slitnesse gedígean mægen iis tantummodo exceptis, quae a tali laceratione convalescere possint, Ll. Th. ii. 166, 25. to benefit, profit
HEÁH
HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty ⬩ altus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis
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Fram ðam heágan cederbeáme from the tall cedar, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 4. Hát ðú mé ánne heáhne tor getimbrian order a high tower to be built for me, Blickl. Homl. 183, 3.
ceást
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Ðá ðing þe heó nú tó sibbe talað, beóð hire ðonne tó ceáste áwende, Hml. Th. i. 408, 26. Hé forlét his gingran tógeánes þǽre ceáste he left his subordinate to meet the tumult, Hml, S. 7, 212. Þa ðe þá ceáste macedon, 222.
un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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Unlytel spell a tale of serious import, 145, 14; Gen. 2405. Torn unlytel, Beo. Th. 1670; B. 833. Wundur unlytel mirabilia, Ps. Th. 104, 5
feax
a bush
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Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2. Monig man hæfð micel feax on foranheáfde, and weorð fǽrlíce caluw, Prov. K. 42. Fexa, hǽra cincinnorum, An. Ox. 1199: 4172. Feaxum comis, Wrt.
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ge-eácnung
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Th. ii. 154, 15. parturition, birth Swilc gedafenað geeácnung talis decet partus Deum, Hy. S. 43, 32. Wið ꝥ wíf hrædlíce cenne . . . Sóna swá eall seó geeácnung gedón beó, Lch. i. 218, 23. Geeácnungum partubus, An.
á-gitan
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Add: to find, get to know a person Wille wé be him áwrítan swá swá wé hine ágeáton we will write of him as we found him , Chr. 1086; P. 219, 19. a fact Gif se abbod his geearnunga swá ágitt quem si talem esse perspexerit abba , R. Ben. 110, 3.
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ge-líc
Like ⬩ alike ⬩ similar ⬩ equal ⬩ sĭmĭlis ⬩ æquālis
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Ic ðé mæg andreccan sprǽce gelíce [MS. gelícne] I can relate to thee a similar tale, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 4; Met. 26, 2. Ic ǽnig ne métte wið ðé gelíc I have not met any like unto thee, Exon. 73 b; Th. 275, 13; Jul. 549.
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ge-mǽnsumian
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Neódum háligra gemǽnsumigende necessitatibus sanctorum communicantes, Scint. 147, 13. (2 a) of speech, to talk to :-- Ná gemǽnsuma þú menn ungelǽredum non communices homini indocto; jest not with a rude man (Ecclus. 8, 4), Scint. 97, 8. to join with others
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gid
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Ic þis gid be þé áwræc I have told this tale for your instruction B. 1723. of eloquent, oratorical speech Oft ic wóðboran wordleána sum ágiefe æfter giedde, Rä. 78, 10. For eorlum án reordode gidda gearosnotor (cf. giddum gearusnotter, 586.
hlystan
listen ⬩ to listen
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Seó módor sæt geornlíce hlystende hira tale, Hml. S. 30, 321. to listen as a learner, be a regular auditor: Hé hine þǽr áfédde feówer geár. . . and hine sóhton þá crístenan and his láre hlyston, Hml.
sagu
a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, tale ⬩ saying, narration, telling, report ⬩ statement of a witness, testimony ⬩ a saying beforehand, foretelling
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a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, tale Racu,sagu sermo. Hpt. Gl. 433, 12. Nis ðis nán gedwimor ne nán dwollíc sagu . Jud. Thw. p. 159, 27. Ic háte healdan hí óþ ðæt heora sagu áfandod sý. Homl. Th. ii. 484, 3.
leng
Length ⬩ height ⬩ stature
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Hú lang wæs Adam on lenge gesceapen how tall was Adam created? Salm. Kmbl. 180, 19. Hwilc eówer mæg geícan áne elne to his lenge? Homl. Th. ii. 464, 2. Forneán on lenge ungeendod almost infinite in length, 350, 7.
ǽlc
all ⬩ any
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Wiðútan ǽlcon wǽpnon, 1086; P. 220, 28. combined with án :-- Bútan ǽlcre ánre tale (printed arentale), Cht. Th. 563, 16
eahtian
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Add: to deliberate, consider Aecta[t]h, aechtath, aehtað perpendit, Txts. 88, 836. to estimate, fix the character, quality of something Hé suíðe ungemetlíce eahtað eall ðæt him ǽr gedón wæs, and hit suíðe unáberendlic talað cuncta, quae sibi illata
un-híre
Fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ cruel ⬩ deadly ⬩ dire ⬩ dreadful ⬩ frightful
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Hió hyne scyldeþ wið unhýrum nihtgengum and wið egeslícum gesihðum, Lchdm. i. 70, 5. of things Egl unheóru a cruel talon, Beo. Th. 1978; B. 987. Weder unhióre hard weather, Met. 29, 65.
scort
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On lxv and þreó hundræd scy[r]tran and lengran ða ǽdron beóþ tódǽlede, 146, 6. marking height, not tall Hé (Zacchaeus) wæs scort on wæstme. Homl.