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ge-wirpan

(v.)
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Swelce hié lǽgen on longre mettrymnesse and hié ðeáh gewierpten similes iis quos irruens gravis languor a vita non subtrahit, Past. 228, 2. Wearð him ðá geðúht swilce heó gewurpan (áwyrpan, v. l. ) mihte, ac heó gewát of worulde, Hml.

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hafela

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woldon on þám hysebeorðre heafolan gescénan, An. 1144. Hét Hildeburh hire suna sweoloðe befæstan . . . hafelan multon, B. 1120. Se beorhta beág . . . eádigra gehwám hlifað ofer heáfde. Heafelan líxað þrymme biþeahte, Ph. 604. Add

ge-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wríðan, part. -wríðende; p. -wráð, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bindrestraintietie togethercoartarealligare

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Ánra gehwilc manna is gewriðen mid rápum his synna every man is bound with the ropes of his sins, Homl. Th. i. 208, 3: 456, 9: 462, 1

gífer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
gífer-nes, -ness, e; f.

Greedinessavaricevoracitygluttonyaviditasgula

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Him wæs metes micel lust ac ðeáh mid nánum ǽtum his gýfernysse gefyllan ne mihte he had great craving for food but yet could he not with any viands satisfy his voracity, i. 86, 6: 168, 12.

Linked entry: giefernes

ge-tǽlan

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Getéldon hine tó deáðe condemnabunt eum morte, 20, 18. Ꝥte hine ginómun ł gitéldun on wordum ut eum caperent in uerbo, Mk. R. L. 12, 13.

ge-þanc

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God gesyhþ ǽlces monnes geþanc and his word, and his dǽda tóscǽt, Bt. 40, 7; F. 242, 32.

ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to bebe madebecomehappenfiĕriTo happencome to passbefallcome togetheragreebe agreeablecontingĕreevĕnīreconvĕnīreplăcēre

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Gewearþ him and ðam folce on Lindesíge ánes ðæt hine horsian sceolde it was agreed between him and the people of Lindsey that they should provide him with horses, Chr. 1014; Erl. 151, 1: Thw. 161, 30.

a-spanan

(v.)
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a-spanan, p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.

To allure fromenticeinduceurgepersuadeintroduce secretlyallicereillicereimpellerepersuadereattraheresubintroducere

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Hine Hannibal aspón, ðæt he ðæt gewinn leng organ Hannibal induced him to carry on the war longer, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 15. He aspeón him fram ealle he enticed all from him, 1, 12; Bos. 35, 19: 2, 2 ; Bos. 41, 8 : 5, 2 ; Bos. 102, 21.

Linked entries: a-speón a-spón spanan

módrige

(n.)
Grammar
módrige, móderge, móddrige, an; f.

an aunta cousin

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Bisceop næbbe on his húse nǽnne wífman búton hithis módor . . . oððe módrige, L. Ælfc. C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 14. Móddrie, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 32. Módrigan sunu fratrueles, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 53: 55, 31.

for-hycgan

(v.)
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for-hycgan, p. -hogde, -hygde, -hygede; pp. -hogd

to despiseto disdainscorn

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L. 23, 23. with a clause Ne forhogde (-hogode, v. l.), hé ðæt bé hit eft gecierde, Past. 99, 10. Hé forhogde ðæt hé hit gehiérde audire contemsit, 295, 16. Ꝥ folc ne sceal forhycggan ꝥ him geeáþmédon, Bl.

ge-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líhtan, to lighten, <b>ge-líhtan</b> to alight. Substitute: <b>ge-líhtan;</b> p. te.
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Hé gelíhte of his horse descendit, Gr. D. 18, 22. Him cóm rídende tó sum ridda . . . þá gelíhte se cuma, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 34. ridon tó þǽre eá, and þǽr gelíhton sóna for ðám langsuman færelde, Hml.

ge-wǽpnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnian, -wépnian; p. ode; pp. od

To armfurnish with weaponsarmāre

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He mid ródetácne his múþ and ealne his líchaman gewǽpnode he armed his mouth and all his body with the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. i. 72, 23. Se stranga gewǽpnod his cáfertún gehealt fortis armātus custōdit atrium sum, Lk. Bos. 11, 21: Ælfc.

Linked entry: ge-wǽmnod

LUST

(n.)
Grammar
LUST, es; m.

LUSTdesirepleasurevoluptuousness

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hine ætbrǽd ðám flǽsclícum lustum, Homl. Th. i. 58, 19. Hé fulgǽþ his lustum and his plegan he follows his desires and his pleasure, 66, 12. Tó ðám upplícan lustum ad superna desideria, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 15.

Linked entry: lustume

ge-réfa

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Gif gestðcund man fare, þonne mót hé habban his geréfan mid him and his smið, Ll. Th. i. 144, 3 : 280, 14.

wundorlíce

(adv.)
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wundorlíce, adv.

Wonderfully

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hine gesette in wundorlíce micle cyrcean, Shrn. 121, 3. with verbs Wundurlíce mirabiliter, Ps. Surt. 75, 5. Wundorlíce mire, Hymn. Surt. 70, 5. Drihten hine swá wundorlíce of eallum his earfoþum gefriþode, Ps.

acúsan

(v.)
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acúsan, p. te
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To accuse Ðæt hié acúste hine, Mt. L. 12, 10

métan

(v.)
Grammar
métan, p. te

To meet withcome uponcome acrossfind

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For ðý hit ne gemétaþ (MS. Cott. métaþ) ðe hit on riht ne sécaþ, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 178, 4. Gé unæþelne ǽnigne [ne] métaþ (gé nánne ne mágon métan unæþelne, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 16), Bt. Met. Fox 17, 34; Met. 17, 17. Moette offendit, Wrt.

lícham-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lícham-, lícum-líce; adv.

Bodily

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Hié hine líchomlíce gesáwon they saw him with their bodily eyes, 135, 19. Ðeáh ðe hé lícumlíce æfward wære quamvis corporaliter absens, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, 6

for-weornian

(v.)
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Hraðe se líchama áswint and forweornað, gif him oftogen bið his bigleofa, Hml. Th. i. 266, 3. Róme burh on hire sylfre forweornað (weosnað and brosnaþ, v. l., marcescet ], Gr. D. 134, 2. Forwærniað marcescunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 35.

on-bútan

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wendon onbúton Tenet, Chr. 1046; P. 166, 12. as adv. him férdon onbúton swá swá sylf woldon, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 27. Eówer wiðerwinna færð him onbútan adversarius vester circuit, Hml. A. 52, 54.