ge-risenlíc
Convenient, suitable, befitting ⬩ convĕniens, aptus
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Convenient, suitable, befitting; convĕniens, aptus Ne þuhte hit me náuht gerisenlíc I should not think it at all suitable, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 27. Ǽgðer ðara is swíðe nyt weorc and gerisenlíc either is a very useful and befitting work, Prov.
ge-nǽgan
To approach one with anything, address, approach, assail, assault ⬩ adire aliquem aliqua re, appellare, instare alicui, urgere, tribulare
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Þeóf ðe eorlas ungearwe yfles genǽgeþ the thief who assaults with evil unprepared men, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 28; Cri, 875.
un-gemetfæst
immoderate ⬩ immodest ⬩ intemperate ⬩ immoderate ⬩ excessive ⬩ irretentive
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Ðám monnum ðe beóþ neátenum gelíce, ðæt beóð unrihtwíse and ungemetfæste, 14, 1; Fox 42, 4. in reference to physical things, immoderate, excessive Hwílum cymð of ungemetfæstre hǽto, hwílum of ungemetfæstum cyle, Lchdm. ii. 56, 16.
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bígan
To bend ⬩ to incline ⬩ to humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ to turn ⬩ incline ⬩ To bend
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L. 18, 4. to turn, incline Bégan wé úre mód fram ðǽre lufan þisse worlde. Bl. H. 57, 22. intrans. To bend, move in a curve :-- Se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum. Hml. S. 12, 226. Se hara bígde gelóme the hare frequently doubled, 31, 1058
be-sorg
Anxious ⬩ careful
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Hí nán þing him inmédre ne lǽten, ne besorhre, þonne hira Drihten Christo omnino nihil preponant, 132, 9.
betera
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Geseóð hí þá betran blǽde scínan, Cri. 1292. of things Ne mótan gé míne sáwle grétan, ac gé on betran gebringað, Gú. 349. [Goth. batiza : O. Sax. O. Fr. betera: O. H. Ger. pezziro.]
fót-swæþ
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Th. ii. 136, 32. of the trace of things Nán synne fótswæð ( uestigium ) on his sáwle belífð, Scint. 25, 12
ge-offrian
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Ox. 40, 30. to devote to the service of a divinity. the object a thing Hé wurðlic lác geoffrode tó úres Drihtenes byrgene, ꝥ wæs án gylden calic, Chr. 1058; P. 189, 19. Hé geoffrode his lác þám almihtigan Gode, Hml.
ge-orwénan
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D. 338, 29. to despair of (be) Ne scealt þú ná georwénan be þíra synna forgyfenesse, Archiv cxxii. 257, 20
ge-sweorcan
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Forst. 147, 18. anger Wearð gecýdd þám cyninge embe Iudan sige, and he geswearc on móde (when king Antiochius heard these things, he was full of indignation, I Mace. iii. 27), Hml.
ge-týn
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Þá scolieras þe on mynstre synd getydde þisra þinga gýmon, Angl. viii. 335, 43
innor
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Add: with reference to a place or thing Innor bið se hierde, se hielt ðá leoma útan interior est custodia, quae servat exterius membra, Past. 359, 4. Férde hé forð ... in þá inran land ...; þá gít hé wilnode ꝥ hé innor férde, Hml. S. 30, 310.
þearf
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Add On þisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án bið forud, hé fylð ádún sóna þám óðrum stelum tó þearfe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 20, 29
wæstmbǽrness
Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity
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Wæstembiornis fertilitas, Txts. 180, 19. referring to inanimate things Wæstm*-*bǽrnys on eorþan, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 162. Hí héton secgan ðysses landes wæstmbǽrnysse ( insulae fertilitatem ), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 15: Homl. Th. i. 286, 19.
be-fýlan
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Ic on fúlum forligre mé sylfne befýlde ge on sáwle ge on líchaman, 113, 28. ꝥ mán nan his geleafan mid þisum gedwylde ne befýle, Hml. Th. i. 110, 20. Hine befýlan fúllíce mid leahtrum, ii. 380, 10. Ys befýled sordidatur, Scint. 227, 9.
weorold-líc
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Ealle worldlícu þing, 109, 3. Gewilnian ða woruldlícan þingc, Boutr. Scrd. 22, 44. natural, physical Nis ðeós woruldlíce niht nán þing búton ðære eorþan sceadu, Lchdm. iii. 240, 18. For ðam ungewunan woruldlíces gesceádes, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 28.
be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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Cweþað him þæt edwít feóndas þíne, fæste ætwítað; and þæt þínum críste becweþað swíðe quod exprobraverunt inimici tui; quod exprobraverunt commutationem christi tui, Ps.
þeáw
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Ánmóde þeáwes those who think alike; unius moris (cf. un[i]animes, Ps. Th. Surt.), Ps. Spl. 67, 6. Se forlét his fulluht, and leouode on hǽðenum þeáwe, Chr. 616; Erl. 20, 40.
ge-samnian
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I. 45. to join one thing to another, join things together so as to form a whole Wel þé geríseð, þæt þú heáfod sió healle mǽrre and gesomnige síde weallas fæste gefóge, Cri. 5.
ge-sécan
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(a β) of animals or moving things Nis nán tó þæs lytel ǽwelm ꝥ hé þá sǽ ne geséce, Bt. 24, l ; F. 80, 25.