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ge-beterung

Grammar
ge-beterung, ge-betrung. edification.
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For Som. Ben. Lye substitute Wé wyllað sume óðre trimminge gereccan tó eówre gebetrunge, Hml. Th. i. 448, 10

ge-bícnan

Grammar
ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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Add: I. to make a significant gesture that gives or asks for information, to point to an object, inquire by signs Án lamb bícnode mid his swýðran fét, swilce hit þá wæterǽddran geswutelian wolde. Ðá undergeat Clemens þæs lambes gebícnunge and cwæð :

ge-bícnendlic

Grammar
ge-bícnendlic, ge-bícnigendlic.
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Add: figurative, allegorical. Cf. ge-bícnan; Gebécnendlicum allegoriam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 9

ge-bísgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bísgian, l. ge-bisgian, take here <b>ge-bysgian</b> in Dict., and add: — Gebysgian
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occupare, Wülck. Gl. 253, 41. Se Hǽlend wæs gebysgod betwux micelre menigu on ánum wéstene, Hml. Th. ii. 384. 17

ge-bíwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bíwan, ge-beówan.
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To rub, polish Gebeówed confricatus, i. lima*-*tus, exprimatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 25

Linked entry: ge-beówed

ge-boned

Grammar
ge-boned, l. ge-bóned
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ornamented

Linked entries: bón -bóned

ge-brytan

Grammar
ge-brytan, l. ge-brýtan,
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and see ge-brítan

ge-búnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-búnes, ge-búnnes ?.
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habitation Þis is synfulra stów on tó eardianne and hiera gebúnes. ... Hyra gebúnes bið mid deóflum. ... Seó heofonlice gebúnes, Nap. 28

Linked entry: ge-búend

ge-búr

Grammar
ge-búr, ge-býr.
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Add: glossing Latin words Gibuur colonus, vicinus, Txts. 46, 163. Gebúr colonus, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 32. Gebýr, ii. 17, 6. used of others than English Ic wæs gebúr on þám lande þe [hátte] Nisibim, Shrn. 36, 21. Hit gelamp in Samni ꝥ sumes ríces mannes

Linked entry: ge-býr

ge-byld

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-byld, ge-bylded. adj.

ge-byrde

Grammar
ge-byrde, ge-bierde.
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Dele ge-bierde, and add:

ge-arfoþ

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-arfoþ, ge-arfoðe.
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Dele, and see earfoþe; n., earfoþe; adj

ge-atelod

Grammar
ge-atelod, l. ge-atolod, and for Cot. 202
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substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 28

ge-bǽte

Grammar
ge-bǽte, ge-bǽtel.
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Substitute: The harness of a horse, bridle and saddle Hé þæt gebǽte (gebǽtel, þæne brídel, v.ll.) of áteah stramine subtracto, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 230, 4. Hé hét þǽm þearfan ꝥ hors syllan mid þám cynelican gebǽtum (gerǽdum, v.l.) praecepit equum, ita ut erat

ge-bán

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bán, ge-bǽne, es; n.
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Bones Mid his gebána reliquium (gebǽnum, v.l.) apud mortua sua ossa, Gr. D. 86, 11

Linked entries: bán ge-bǽne

ge-bátad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bátad, <b>ge-batian;</b> pp. od
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To get better (of a wound), be healed. Gebatad medullata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 27. Tó gehwylcum bryce ..., þonne byþ hyt fæste gebatod, Lch. i. 370, 20. Lege on þæt gebatod sié, ii. 134, 7. Hire wæs micel wund open ðá heó mon on byrgenne dyde, and þá hí

ge-cirring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cirring, e; f. A turning [v. ge-cirran; A.I. 1 a]
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On ge-cyrrincge feónd mínne on bæcling in conuertendo inimicum meum retrorsum. Ps. L. 9, 4

Linked entry: ge-cerring

ge-cnáwness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cnáwness, e; f. An acknowledgement, v. ge-cnáwan; II. 2
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Nú dóð hig æt ǽlcum heorðe tó gecnáwnisse þám canonicon ánne penig tó Eástron ǽlce geáre, Cht. Th. 609, 7

Linked entry: -cnáwness

ge-fælsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fælsian, l. ge-fǽlsian,
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and add Gefélsode expiavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 76: 31, 24

ge-fætan

Grammar
ge-fætan, l. ge-fǽtan,
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and add: To lay as a burden, impose Tó hwan wyllað wé on ús álecgan and gefǽtan þá byrþene þe wé áræfnan ne magon quid nobis onera vultis imponere, quae non possumus portare? Gr. D. 165, 27

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