Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ge-bit

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Tóða gebitt, Hml. Th. i. 132, 26: 530, 15. Gebit, 30. Add

ge-biterian

(v.)
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Ð á cempan him budon drincan gebitrodne windrenc . . . þes gebiteroda drinc hæfde getácnunge his deáðes biternysse, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 14-19. Add

ge-blindan

(v.)
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to blind

Linked entry: ge-blendan

ge-blindfellian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blindfellian, p. ede
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To blindfold, cover the face or eyes Þa cnihtas geféngon þone Aman and hine geblindfelledon (operuerunt faciem ejus), Hml. A. 100, 276

Linked entry: blind-fellian

ge-blissung

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Add: — Mid mycelre geblissunge cum magna hilaritate, Angl. xiii. 367, 28

ge-blíþe

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-blíþe, adj. (or adv.)
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Blithe (or blithely) Hé swýþe geblíþe hine hét gyrwan tó þám ingange þæs heofonlican rices, Guth. 80, 1

Linked entry: blíþe

ge-bogen

(adj.; part.)
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occupied

ge-anfþracian

(v.)

Similar entry: ge-onþracian

ge-ánwyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ánwyrdan, p. de
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To be in agreement, conspire Geánlǽhtan vel geánwyrdan conspiraverant Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, II

Linked entries: án-wyrdan -wyrdan

ge-eárplættan

(v.)
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to buffet Se sceocca mé geárplæt ( colphizet, 2 Cor. 12, 7), Hml. Th. i. 474, 13

ge-árwirþan

(v.)
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to honour Biðon geárwyrðed faenerantur, Lk. L. 6, 34. (?)

Linked entry: ár-wirþan

ge-bæcu

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ge-bælded

Similar entry: ge-bildan

ge-bǽran

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Hé hreówlíce beforan Gode gebǽrde, Hml. S. 23, 396. Wǽron hié ealle unróte, and sárlíce gebǽrdon, Bl. H. 225, 14. Wrec ðé gemetlíce, and eác swá gebǽr (behave with moderation), Prov. K. 46.

ge-bǽtan

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Substitute: to bridle and saddle a horse [v. bǽtan] Þá wæs Hróðgáre hors gebǽted, B. 1399. fig. to bridle, curb, restrain Þonne se ælmihtiga þá gewealdleþeru wile onlǽtan þára brídla þe hé gebǽtte mid his ágen weorc (cf. Þonne ǽr hé ꝥ gewealdleþer forlǽt

ge-bann

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Tó ðǽm gebanne ðæs tóhopan nán monn mæg cuman ad unam vocationis spem nequaquam pertingitur, Past. 345, 19. a proclamation, manifesto Se cyningc gesette þis geban, þus cweðende 'Swá hwilc man swá mé Apollonium lifigende tó gebringð, ic him gife fífti

ge-bannan

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Þá gebeón (geban, v.l.) hé his fyrde and micel werod gesamnode exercitum colligit copiosum, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 24. Add

ge-baswian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baswian, to dye purple or
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crimson Ðá stánas wǽron gebaswad mid his blóde, Shrn. 74, 32

Linked entry: baswian

ge-baþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baþian, p. ode
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To bathe, wash Heora ǽlc án .c. þearfendra manna gebaðige, Cht. Th. 616, 25. Hé næs geefesod, ne eác bescoren oððe gebaðod, Hml. Th. ii. 298, 20

Linked entry: baþian

ge-beácn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beácn, es; n.
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Signs, movements intended to express a meaning Twégen seólas mid heora flýse his fét drygdon, ... and siððan mid gebeácne his bletsunge bǽdon, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 13

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