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ge-hirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hirdan, p. de.
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Voc. ii. 51, 49. in a moral sense, to inspire with fortitude, strengthen, confirm Se gefeá ðára heofon-licena góda gehierde ( roborat ) wið ðǽm brocum, Past. 393, 35. to harden, make obdurate Drihten hig gehyrde Domini sententia fuerat ut indurarentur

Linked entry: ge-hyrdan

hildan

(v.)

to bendincline

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Ne drinc ðú of þǽre flascan, ac hyld (inclina) þú wærlíce, Gr. D. 142, 5. Þá þá helde ł bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. intrans.

Linked entries: hyldan heldan -hilde

swigian

(v.)
Grammar
swigian, <b>. I b.</b>
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Ðonne ábiersð hwílum hwæthwugu út ðæs ðe sugian (swugian, v.l.) sceolde ad aliquid, quod dicere non debet, erumpat, 165, 15. Ne mæg ic ꝥ swigian, ꝥ his geongra mé sǽde neque illud taceam, quod ejus discipulus narrare consueverat, Gr. D. 157, 18

ge-spédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-spédan, p. -spédde; pp. -spéded, -spédd

To speedprospersucceedprogrediprosperaresuccedere

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Ac náht ná gespéddan but they succeeded naught, Chr. 1036; Th. 293, 23, col. 2. Ac man ðǽr ne gespǽdde but they didn't succeed there, 1096; Erl. 233, 29. Ealle þinge swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gespédde omnia quæcunque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps.

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Hire mǽtte ðæt heó hæfde sweord on handa and ðæt heó stranglíce fuhte mid ðý, Shrn. 60, 30.

ge-brecan

(v.)
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bæd ꝥ ðæt deófolgild gebrǽce and gefylde. Þá hit gebrecan ne móste, þá cómon twégen englas . . . and ꝥ gild gebrǽcan, Bl. H. 221, 2-32. Nó gebrocen weorðeð holt on híwe, Ph. 80.

be-twuh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-twuh, prep. dat. acc.

Between, amonginter

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Between, among; inter He gewícode betwuh ðǽm twám hergum he encamped between the two armies, Chr. 894; Th. 164, 23, col. 1. He betwuh him wunaþ he dwells among them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 8; Met. 29, 4

ge-edlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edlǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To repeat

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To repeat Ðonne mót he geornlíce warnian, ðæt he eft ðám yfelum dǽdum ne geedlǽce then must he diligently take heed that he do not afterwards repeat those evil deeds, Homl. Th. ii. 602, 24. Geedlǽcend, geedlǽht, reciprocus, Hpt.

Linked entry: ed-lǽcan

weorodian

(v.)
Grammar
weorodian, p. ode
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To grow sweet is swíðe biter on múþe, and ðé tirþ on ða ðrotan, ðonne ðú his ǽrest fandast; ac werodaþ (-edaþ, v.l.) syðþan innaþ, and biþ swíþe líþe on ðam innoþe (interius recepta dulcescant ), Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 30

for-leorning

(n.)
Grammar
for-leorning, e; f.

error

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Learning wrongly, error Þæs leásung and forleornung cymþ tó him þe hine sylfne déþ tó þon þe nis therefore will falsehood and error come to him that he makes himself out to be that which he is not, Bl. H. 183, 34

Linked entry: leornung

ge-cneord

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Á swá gecneordra swá bið weorðra, Angl. ix. 260, 19. Add

hár-wenge

(adj.)
Grammar
hár-wenge, adj.

Hoary, grey-haired

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Hoary, grey-haired wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa and eft hárwenge he suddenly appeared a youth, and again grey-haired, Homl. Th. i. 376, 13. hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18

Linked entry: wang

rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
rǽd, es; m.
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P. 24; Th. ii.338, 1. a council eode tó ðæra Judéiscra rǽde and befrán, hwæt him feós geúðon, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 16.

Linked entry: rád

un-sæpig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sæpig, adj.

Not sappysapless

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Not sappy, sapless Treówa gif beóð on fullum mónan geheáwene, beóð heardran tó getimbrunge, and swíðost gif beóð unsæpige geworhte, Homl. Th. i. 102, 24

Linked entry: sæpig

nytweorþlíce

(adv.)
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Ðæt ðæs ðe nytweorþlícor gehiérden ðá hálgan láre, ðe ǽr wilnodon ðæt gehíran mósten ut quanto anxie quaererent, tanto utiliter audirent, Past. 443, 12. Add

týn

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man tý ꝥ góde bæcystran beón, Chrd. 19, 18. Týn heora láreówas erudiantur a magistris, 58, 4. Týd[e] cati, An. Ox. 56, 159. Add

be-fóran

(adv.)

Beforeat handopenlyanteantea præin conspectu, in conspectum

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He befóran gengde he went before Beo. Th. 2829; B. 1412

burne

(n.)
Grammar
burne, an; f.
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He of stán-clife stearce burnan lǽdde he drew a strong stream from the stony rock, Ps. Th. 135, 17. Se Hǽlend eóde ofer ða burnan Cedron Iesus egressus est trans torrentes Cedron, Jn. Bos. 18, l.

Linked entries: BURN byrne

æt-gædere

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H. 133, 18: 24. Lǽt beón hér ætgædere geléde, Hml. S. 30, 443. ne mihton ealle ætgædere gewunian, Chr. P. 3, 9.

án-wíg

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H. 201, 22. Golias clypode bysmor Godes folce, gearu tó ánwíge, Hml. S. 18, 21. Ðá gewearð him bám ꝥ twégen tó ánwíge eódon, 27, 53: Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 17.