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ge-sib

Grammar
ge-sib, <b>; I.</b>
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Ne talien gé eówre mágas ( parentes) eów gesibbran (propinquiores ) þonne þá þe mid eów wuniað on Godes húse, Chrd. 89, 20. Add

ge-búgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búgian, -bógian; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [ge-, búgian II, to inhabit, occupy]

To inhabitoccupyinhabĭtāreincŏlĕre

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To inhabit, occupy; inhabĭtāre, incŏlĕre Hý hit ne mágon ealle gebúgian they cannot inhabit it all, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 10

Linked entries: ge-bógian ge-býa

steartlian

(v.)
Grammar
steartlian, p. ede
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To kick with the foot, stumble Ðæt ðú ne spear[n]last ł steartlest, stærtlige ut non calcitres, Hpt. Gl. 464, 1

under-beginnan

(v.)

to attempt

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to attempt þincþ mé ðæt ðæt weorc is swíþe pleólíc mé oþþe ǽnigum men tó underbeginnenne, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 14

Linked entry: be-ginnan

un-geþwǽre

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽre, es; n.

A disturbancedissension

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A disturbance, dissension Ðýles ungerec ł ungeþwǽre in ðæm folce gewyrde ne forte tumultus fieret in populo, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 5

word-lof

(n.)
Grammar
word-lof, es; n.

Praise in wordspraise

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Praise in words, praise Cyning mec weorþaþ, ne wyrneþ wordlofes, wísan mǽneþ míne for mengo, Exon. Th. 401, 13 ; Rä. ai, II

Agustus

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Agustes In Agustes mónþe mense Augusta, Nar. 6, 8: Lch. i. 70, 7

an-wealda

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Hé wæs swá milde swá him nán onwald (an-wealda, v. l. ) næs ǽr þǽm, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22. Add

ge-sewenlíce

(adv.)
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Add: evidently Hwæt hé geþwǽrige gesewenlíce hé nát quid consentiat (e)videnter ignorat, Scint. 229, 5. v. un-geswen-líce, ge-sáwenlíce

neód-full

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bidde ic míne arceƀ and ealle míne leóƀ ꝥ hý ealle neódfulle beón ymbe Godes gerihta. Cht. E. 230, 14. Add

scunian

(v.)
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Add Ðegnum bebeád ðá ðá ðe líchoma ácuellas ne scyniga discipulis praecepit eos qui corpus occidunt non metuere, Lk. p. 7, 12

Scyttisc

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Hé wel cúþe Scyttysc, and Aidan ne mihte gebígan his sprǽce tó Norþhymbriscum gereorde swá hraþe þágít, Hml. S. 26, 67. Add

fela

Grammar
fela, <b>;
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</b> add Ic ne dorste geðrístlǽcan þára mínra áwuht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21

ceáp-land

(n.)
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Ic an mín wíf al ðat ceáplond and dat óðer ðat ic mid hire nam, C. D. iv. 294, 18

rest-gemána

(n.)
Grammar
rest-gemána, an; ;m.;

Conjugal intercourseconcubitus

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; Conjugal intercourse;; concubitus Hié noldan leng heora hláforda ne heora wera ræstgemánan sécean, Blickl. Homl. 173, 16. Restgemanan, Lchdm. i. 350, 10

wíf-gemǽdla

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-gemǽdla, an; m.

A woman's fury

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A woman's fury Wiþ wífgemǽdlan; geberge on neaht radices moran, ðý dæge ne mæg ðe se gemǽdla sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 342, 10

ge-wyldan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wyldan, -wildan; he -wyld, -wild, -wylt; p. -wylde; pp. -wyld; v. a.

To exercise power overto tamesubdueconquertemperseizetakedominaridomaresubigereprehenderecapere

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Hine nán man gewyldan ne mihte nemo poterat eum domare, Mk. Bos. 5, 4: Homl. Th. ii. 192, 25. Gewylt ealle þeóda will subdue all the nations, Deut. 31, 3. Heora flǽsclícan gewilnunga gewyldaþ they subdue their fleshly desires, Homl. Th. i. 552, 24.

Linked entry: ge-wildan

fremming

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Nis tó understandenne be ðæs limes micelnysse, ac be ðǽra fingra fremminge, Hml. Th. ii. 204, 6.

ge-fadian

(v.)
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Eówer síð ne bið swá swá wé wéndon, ac wyrð elles gefadod and on óðre stówe, Hml. S. 6, 86. Ealle ðá gerýnu Crístes menniscnysse wǽron gefadode þurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. ii. 280, 3

ǽne

a first time once, at any time once, at some former time at once

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Oft næs ǽne, Wlfst. 243, 2: El. 1253. Oftor ðonne ǽne, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 1. Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu ðæs húsles, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10. ǽne ac ǽfre, Hml.