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ge-mengan

Grammar
ge-mengan, <b>; I 2 a.</b>
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Add Wé þe wǽron gemængde tó þysum folclicum mængungum nos turbis popularibus admixti, Gr. D. 209, 12

ge-sceád

Grammar
ge-sceád, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add Ne forlǽton heora gesettan tída ne an godcundum þénungum ne an óðrum gesceádum non eos debent preterire hore constitute, tam de officiis diuinis, quam aliunde, Chrd. 34, 27

Linked entry: sceád

ge-mǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To mark, stain

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To mark, stain Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled the saint stood with spotless aspect, neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 2; Jul. 591

Linked entry: mǽlan

slacian

(v.)
Grammar
slacian, slæcian, sleacian; p. ode
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To slacken, relax an effort Gif hé lithwón slacode . . . his handa ne slacedon sin autem paululum remisisset . . . factum est, ut manus illius non lassaréntur, Ex. 17, 11, 12. Ðæt ne ða sleacgiendan ( pigritantes ) hé ofhreóse, Hymn. Surt. 18, 15

un-trumian

(v.)
Grammar
un-trumian, p. ode.

to make weakweakento be or to become weak

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Gr. 47; Zup. 276, 7. to be or to become weak Ná ic untrumge non infirmabor, Ps. Spl. 25, 1. Ðæs bróðer untrumade cujus frater infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 2

Linked entry: trumian

ge-beótian

(v.)
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Ne mæg ꝥ beón leás ꝥ God gebeótode tó þám unrihtwísum mannum falsum non erit quod minatus est Deus, Gr. D. 334. II. Hé geendode þæt hé lange tó þǽm áwergdum gástum gebeótod hæfde, Bl. H. 83, 26. Add

ge-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lísan, p. de.
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to loosen, relax, weaken the connexion of the parts of an object, crush; v. ge-lýsan in Dict. to redeem, release Gilésdes úsig redemisti nos, Rtl. 29, 19. Eft gilésdest, 102, 25. Giléseno aron gié redemti estis, 24, 38

Linked entry: ge-lýsan

ge-weddian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weddian, to betroth.
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Ðá geweddodan fǽmnan hire yldran ne moton syllan óðrum men puellam desponsatam non licet parentibus suis dare alteri viro, Ll. Th. ii. 146, 20. Add

wæter-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
wæter-leás, adj.

Without water, dry

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Without water, dry Hig dydon hine on ðone wæterleásan pytt miserunt eum in cisternam, quae non habebat aquam, Gen. 37, 24. Hé gáð ðerh stówa (-e, Rush.) wæterleása (-e, Rush.) perambulat per loca inaquosa, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 24

leásung

(n.)
Grammar
leásung, e; f.

fictionfalsehoodfalsenesshypocrisydeceptiondeceitfulnessartice

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Leásingum beswicen ðæt hé wéneþ furþon ðæt hé man ne sý [so] deceived by false notions that he thinks even that he is not man, Blickl. Homl. 179, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 2243; El. 1123.

Linked entry: bisleásung

freó

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Hí gehrínð hér sumu wracu ðæt hí ne sién freó ne orsorge, Past. 429, 18. (10) free, not liable to a tax, &amp;c. :-- Cyningas nimað gafol of fremedum ...

be-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
be-swælan, p. de; pp. ed

To burn, sweal, scorch, singeadurere, ustulare

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To burn, sweal, scorch, singe; adurere, ustulare Næs hyra feax fýre beswæled nor was a hair of them burned by the fire, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 18; Dan. 438. Glédum beswæled scorched by gleeds, Beo. Th. 6075; B. 3041

feoh-gítsere

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'Ne wyrð se gítsere nǽfre full feós' cum augendis pecuniis inhiat, audiant quod scriptum est: 'Auarus non impletur pecunia,' Past. 331, 6. Add:

ge-néhwian

(v.)
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Cf. ge-neálǽcan; VII Ðes ne efne-genéhuade (-ginéhwadæ, R. ) tó dédum hiora hic non consenserat actibus eorum, Lk. 23, 51

ge-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeód, e; f.
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Ne sceal hé ágan náne geþeóde náðer ne wið þæt mynster ne wið þá geférrǽdene non debet sociari corpori monasterii, R. Ben. 109, 17

wifel

(n.)
Grammar
wifel, wifer

an arrowdartjavelin

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Parv. 526, and see note.]

bær-líce

(adv.)

plainlymanifestlypublicly

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Ne on dæge háligum ł bærlíce non in die festo, Mk. L. 14, 2

þeáh

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non tibi sufficit quod ipse peris, nisi adhuc insuper et alios perdas? Non tibi sufficit quod ipse in illa ebrietate incurris, adhuc et alios tecum trahis?

ælcor

(adv.)
Grammar
ælcor, adv.

Elsewherebesidesotherwisealiaspræternisialiter

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Elsewhere, besides, otherwise; alias, præter, nisi, aliter Forðon ðam bisceope ne wæs alýfed ælcor bútan on myran rídan non enim licuerat pontificem sacrorum præter in equa equitare, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 7. Ælcor alias, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 67

Linked entries: ælcra elcor

a-gén

(prep.)
Grammar
a-gén, prep. acc.

Againstadversumcontra

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Against; adversum, contra Se ðe nis agén eów, se is for eów qui non est adversum vos, pro vobis est, Mk. Bos. 9, 40. Ðín bróðor hæfþ ǽnig þing agén ðé frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, Mt. Bos. 5, 23