gearcian
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Add: to prepare, make ready Hé sceolde gearcian and dæftan his weig . . . Hé gearcað þone weig cumendum Gode, Hml. Th. i. 362, 7-11. Ealle míne ðing ic gearcode ( omnia parata ); cumað tó þám giftum, 522, 8. Gearcode hé his fare and tó Englelande cóm
ge-forþian
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Add: to put forth, proffer, present, contribute Hé ongan smeágan hwaet him sǽlost tó geforðienne of his cynelicum mádmum Gode tó lofe and him silfum tó écere þearfe, C. D. B. ii. 389, 13. [Cf. Forþe we him ure rihte bileue and luue for gersum proferamus
hǽr
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Add: a hair Hér pilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 40. a human hair, hair of a person's head Hér (capillus) of heófde iówrum ne bid forloren, Lk. R. L. 21, 18. Ꝥ fýr heora ne æthrán, ne furþum án hǽr heora heáfdes, Hml. S. 30, 454. Ne mæhtú énne hér (unum capillum
hǽþen-scipe
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Add: the belief and practice of the heathen : — Mánfulles hǽþenscipes bígengcas fanaticę gentilitatis ceremonias, An. Ox. 2623. Albanus gelýfde on ðone sóðan God, and wiðsóc þám hǽðenscype, and wearð sóþlíce crísten, Hml. S. 19, 28. His fæder wæs . .
sceáwere
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add: a watchman Episcopus is grécisc nama, ꝥ is on léden speculator, and on englisc sceáwere, for þám þe hé is geset tó þám ꝥ hé ofersceáwian sceole mid hys gýmene þá lǽwedan, swá swá God sylf cwæð tó Ezechiele: ' Speculatorem dedi te ic þé gesette tó
sum
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add: (1 a α) with a possessive pronoun instead of genitive, and with noun inflexion Gelícode mé ꝥ ic eówerne sum mé tó begeáte, Hml. S. 33, 109. 2. add: with reference to number, one (of), some (of) Hé bebeád sumum his preóste (cuidam de clericis sui
fóster
food ⬩ nourishment ⬩ sustenance ⬩ feeding ⬩ giving food ⬩ bringing up ⬩ fostering ⬩ bringing forth progeny
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Dele first passage, and add: food, nourishment, sustenance Sió lifer is blódes timber and blódes hús and fóstor, Lch. ii. 198, 2. Seó sóðe lufu is þǽre sáwle fóstor, Ll. Th. ii. 428, 38. Geunn ús tó þissum dæge dæghwámlices fóstres, Wlfst. 125, 11. Wǽron
be-clýsan
to close ⬩ shut what is open ⬩ to close ⬩ put an end to ⬩ to shut up in a place
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Add: to close, shut what is open Hé his duru beclýst, Lk. 13, 25. Þá blóstman hý sylfe beclýsað, and eft hig hig sylfe geopeniað, Lch. i. 154, 1. Þú beclýsedest þyses mannes múð, Hml. S. 22. 86. Ðæs scræfes locstán hí wel fæste beclýsdon, Hml. S. 23,
ge-bícnan
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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-efenlǽcan
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Add: to imitate, of a person, with the object a person, with acc. To act as another has done Þá þe þwyrlíce dóð, deóflu hi geefenlǽceað ( demones imitantur ), Scint. 53, 16: 84, 11. Ne geeuenlǽc þú wyrcende unrihtwísnesse, Ps. L. 36, 1. Þæt þá unandgytfullan
gódnes
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Add: the quality or condition of being good Óðer biþ se mon, ꝥ biþ sáwl and líchoma, óðer biþ his gódnes; þá gegæderaþ God and eft ætgædre gehelt, Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 33. Swá swá manna goodnes hí áhefþ ofer þá menniscan gecynd cum ultra homines quemque
endleofan
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3
ge-scendan
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Add Þá gescendan confusam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 33. to disfigure, spoil, injure, mar, dejile, corrupt. physical Ðeáh ðe ðæt gecynd ðæs carbuncules híne úp áhebbe, his blioh hine gescent quem naturalis ordo praelulerat, coloris qualitas foedat, Past. 411
á-geótan
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Add: to pour out a liquid Gif hé ( a priest) his calic ágýt (effundat), Ll. Th. ii. 128, 20. ꝥ wæter ic niðer ágeát (effudi ), Nar. 8, 10. Þá fatu þe hé ǽr on ágeát litelne dǽl þæs wǽtan, Gr. D. 59, 13. Ág(e)át exsicat , Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 23. Ágaett
be-settan
to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege
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Add: to set, place, with on, to put one thing in another Ic on besette insero, Ælf. Gr. Z. 166, 3. God ðá sáwle beset on ðone líchaman, Hml. Th. i. 292, 31. He him sawle on besett, ii. 206, 25. þá hé on his geleáffulra heortan beset, 524, 12. to place
cípe-mann
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A merchant, trader Cípemann institor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 28. Ciépeman agapa (cf. agapo, qui negotia aliena anteambulant, Corp. Gl. H. 14, 383), i. 285, 8: ii. 8, 28. Cépemon emptor, venditor, 143, 37: Shrn. 134, 4: Mt. L. 21, 12. Gif ciépe-mon (cépe-
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eorþ-búend
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an inhabitant of earth; inhabiting earth Ealle eorðbúend Drihten herian jubilate Deo, omnis terra, Ps. Th. 65, 1. Ealle eorðbúend gentes, 101, 13. Þeóda, ealle eorðbúend, 65, 7. Þá nú æðelingas, ealle eorðbúend, Ebréi hátað, Gen. 1648: Cri. 1279. Eorðbúend
fóre-stihtod
predestine
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To fore-ordain, predestine Seó menniscnys wæs ǽfre forestiht . . . swá swá Paulus cwæð, 'Qui predestinatus est Filius Dei'; þæt is, 'Sé þe is forestiht Godes Sunu' . . . Be ús cwæð se ylca apostol, þæt wé wǽron forestihte, ðus wrítende, 'Quos autem predestinavit
for-gifnes
release ⬩ mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ indulgence ⬩ laxity
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Add: remission of a fine, tax, &c. Ic wille ꝥ ealle þá freódóm and ealle þá forgiuenesse þe míne forgengles geáfen, þet hit stande, Chr. 963; P. 117, 5. release Tó bodanne hæftedum forgefnisse praedicare captiuis remissionem, Lk. R. L. 4, 18. forgiveness
ge-þrǽstan
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Add: — Geþrǽste attrivit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 11: contrivit, 134, 80. to crush material, break to pieces, smash. v. ge-þrǽstedness: Mid þy fylle ðæs wáges forþryccende hé geþrǽste (tócwýsde, v. l.) ǽnne þára muneca parietem evertit, atque unum monachum