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ge-treów

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treów, ; adj. [Besides this unmutated a-stem, a mutated ja-stem (ió, ié, í, ý) and a mixed form ge-treówe occur: the eó-forms are taken here, the mutated forms under ge-tríwe.]
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L. 144, 13. Gif hé him getreówe ne sý if one party is not trusted by the other, Ll. Lbmn. 37, 25. Se getreówa man sceal syllan his gód on þá tíd þe hine sylfne sélest lyste his brúcan, Bl. H. 101, 19. Ðæs getreówan freóndes, Bt. 24, 3; F. 82, 34.

a-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
a-fyllan, = a-fellan; p. de; pp. ed; v. a. [a, fyllan, fellan to fell]

To fellto strike or beat downto overturnsubvertlay lowabolishslaycædereoccidereprosterneredejiceredemoliricomprimereabrogare

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To fell, to strike or beat down, to overturn, subvert, lay low, abolish, slay; cædere, occidere, prosternere, dejicere, demoliri, comprimere, abrogare Gif mon afelle [MS.

ge-lǽte

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Þá hǽðenan æt wega gelǽtum him lác offrodon, Wlfst. 107, 4. Gif wífman hire cild æt wega gelǽton ( ad compita viarum ) þurh þá eorðan tíhð, Ll. Th. ii. 210, 18: Hml. S. 17, 148. Gáð tó wega gelǽtum (geléta, L.) ite ad exitus viarum, Mt. 22, 9: Wrt.

hír-ness

hearingsubjectionservicea parish

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., and add: hearing Eára hérnisse (-nisses, L.) aures audiendi, Mk. R. 4, 23, Hérnisses, Mt. L. 11, 15. Hérnises, Lk L. 8, 8. From hérnise auditu, Mt. L. 13, 14. Te hérnise auditui, Jn.

Linked entries: hýr-ness hére-nes

hoh-full

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Ne beó ðú hohful, wíf, þín sunu leofað, 152, 19. Hé ðá swíðe hohful wearð and feól tó his fótum flówendum teárum (cf. provolutus ejus pedibus fusis cum gemitu lacrimis. Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 10.

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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Gif he bit æg si petierit ovum, Lk. Bos. 11, 12. Gením hænne æges geolocan take the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm, ii. 38, 6.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

packto adornornament

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hroden for ideas of load and ornament

ge-rǽsan

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Substitute: To rush. of impetuous movement, to press, force one's way Mið ðý ðá menigo gerǽsdon (inruerenf) on him, Lk.

ǽ

(n.)
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ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
    (? in
  • Bd. 4, 5
  • ;
  • S. 573, 17
  • ).

law, &c.matrimony

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Add: law, &c. Ðis is seó ǽ lex ðe Moises foresette, Deut. 4, 44: Past. 5, 25. Ðætte ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Æew Dryhtnes, Ps. Srt. 18, 8. Ðǽre ǽ (ǽs, L.) láréow, Mt. 22, 35. Ǽwe juris, Wrt.

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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Woerig of gonge (geong, L.) fatigatus ex itinere Jn. R. 4, 6. Gong (geong, L.) dón iter facere Lk. R. 13, 22. Geong ł fær iter Lk. L. 10, 33: Rtl. 176, 23. Þurh þín sylfes gong tó eorðan, Cri. 254.

a-lúcan

(v.)
Grammar
a-lúcan, p. -leác, pl. -lucon; pp. -locen [a, lúcan to lock]

To separatetake or pluck awaywithdrawavellere

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To separate, take or pluck away, withdraw; avellere He wæs fram liim alocen avulsus est ab eis, Lk. Bos. 22, 41. Alúc ðú hine fram mínum weofode pluck thou him away from mine altar, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 1

Linked entry: a-locen

cenning-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
cenning-tíd, e;f.

eThe time of bringing forth, birth-timepariendi tempus, puerperii hora

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The time of bringing forth, birth-time; pariendi tempus, puerperii hora Ðá wæs gefylled Elizabethe cenningtíd, and heó sunu cende Elisabeth autem impletum est tempus pariendi, et peperit filium, Lk. Bos. 1, 57.

cwyde-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
cwyde-leás, adj.

Speechless, intestate mutus, intestatus

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Speechless, intestate ; mutus, intestatus He læg cwydeleás, bútan andgite he lay speechless, without sense, Homl. Th. i. 86, 26. Gif hwá cwydeleás of ðyssum lífe gewíte if any one depart this life intestate, L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 27

Linked entry: cwide-leás

DYTTAN

(v.)
Grammar
DYTTAN, p. de; pp. ed

DIT, close or shut upopprĭmĕre, occlūdĕre, obtūrāre

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To DIT, close or shut up; opprĭmĕre, occlūdĕre, obtūrāre Ongunnon ða Fariséi his mūþ dyttan cæpērunt Pharisæi os ejus opprĭmĕre, Lk. Bos. 11, 53. Anlíc nædran seó dytteþ hyre eáran secundum similitūdĭnem serpentis obtūrantis aures suas, Ps.

éþ-hylde

(adj.)
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éþ-hylde, adj.

Easily inclined, satisfied, contented contentus

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Lun. § 19; Lchdm. iii. 194, 1. Beóþ éþhylde on eówrum andlyfenum contenti estōte stīpendiis vestris. Lk. Bos. 3, 14

Linked entry: eáþ-hylde

fíc-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
fíc-æppel, -appel, es; m; pl. nom. acc. -æppla; n.

A fig-apple or fruita figfīcuscārĭca

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Ne Híg of þornum fícæppla ne gaderiaþ neque de spīnis collĭgunt fīcus, Lk. Bos. 6, 44: Mt. Bos. 7, 16

Linked entry: caric

fox

(n.)
Grammar
fox, es; m.

A FOXvulpes

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Secgaþ ðam foxe dĭcĭte vulpi illi, Lk. Bos. 13, 32. Foxas habbaþ holu vulpes fŏveas hăbent, 9, 58. Foxes dǽlas vulþis partes, Ps. Th. 62, 8

laga

(n.)
Grammar
laga, an; m.

Law

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Law Stande án laga, L. C. S. 34; Th. i. 396, 22, MS. B. Rǽde gé forþ lagan fyrþor ic wolde gif mé tó anhagode proceed further in determining laws; I would, if it were convenient for me, Wulfst, 275, 11

þorfan

(v.)
Grammar
þorfan, p. te
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Ne ðo[r]feþ ða ðe hálo sint tó léce non egent qui sani sunt medico, Lk. Skt. Lind. 5, 31. Cf. þearfan, and see next word

un-cnyttan

(v.)
Grammar
un-cnyttan, p. te

To unknotuntie

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Skt. 1, 7: Lk. 3, 16. (Wǽron) uncnytte (vinculorum ligamina) enodarentur, solverentur, Hpt. Gl. 482, 59