reócan
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In þǽre stówe þǽr þá hátan wæter reócað and swá mycele ǽþmas wyrcað in loco in quo aquae calidae vapores nimios faciunt, Gr. D. 343, 4. Genim níwe horses tord, lege on háte gléda, lǽt reócan swíþe betweoh þá þeóh úp under þæt hrægl, Lch. ii. 330, 27.
ge-cýðnes
Testimony ⬩ testament ⬩ manifestation ⬩ testimonium ⬩ testamentum
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Testimony, testament, manifestation; testimonium, testamentum Manega sǽdon leáse gecýðnysse multi testimonium falsum dicebant, Mk. Bos. 14, 56. Ðes calic is niwe gecýðnes on mínum blóde hic est calix novum testamentum in sanguine meo, Lk. Bos. 22, 20
wígbed-sceát
An altar-cloth
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An altar-cloth Bewindan ða mágas ðæs cildes hand on ðæs altares weófodsceáte ( in palla altaris ), R. Ben. 103, 14. Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels,
ge-líðian
To soothe ⬩ soften ⬩ mitigate ⬩ relieve ⬩ appease ⬩ lēnīre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ plācāre
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To soothe, soften, mitigate, relieve, appease; lēnīre, mītĭgāre, plācāre Styrunge ýþa hire ðú gelíðegast [gelíðegost MS.] mōtum fluctuum ejus tu mītĭgas, Ps. Lamb. 88, 10. Gáte cýse niwe ongelegd ðæt sár gelíðegaþ a new goat's cheese laid on relieveth
Linked entry: líðigian
be-gang
exercise ⬩ labour ⬩ business ⬩ cultivation ⬩ religious practice
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Add: n. exercise, labour, business On bigonge mínum in exercilatione mea, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 2. Mið micle bigeong magno studio, Mt. p. 10, 13. Bigongum exercitiis, i. laboribus, studiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 61: 29, 58. Hé hine onwende from ealre þisse worlde
heard-lic
bold ⬩ warlike ⬩ resolute ⬩ stern ⬩ dire ⬩ grievous ⬩ harsh ⬩ severe ⬩ pitiless
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Substitute: bold, warlike. Similar entries Cf. heard; II, 1. Wíglice, heardlice bellicosas (cohortes), Hpt. Gl. 425, 8. resolute, stern. Similar entries Cf. heard; II 2. Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe and stydefætst módstaþol . . . bið witena
ge-laþung
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Add: a calling, summoning Seó godcunde gelaðung euocatio diuina, R. Ben. 23, 14. those who are called, a church; ecclesia. the whole body of Christians on earth, the church Ealle Godes cyrcan synd tó ánre getealde, and seó is seó gelaðung þe wé embe
ge-risenlic
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Add: meet, fitting, proper as a matter of duty Ꝥ þes móte beón eall swá rihta wyrðe, ꝥ inc byð bám þearflic for Gode and eác gerysenlic for worolde, Cht. E. 232, 23. Ꝥ égo lǽreð blíðe wére gerisnelic oculum docet simplicem esse debere, Lk. p. 7, 10,
lóc
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Add: lóce. The word is used with nú and with indirect interrogatives, pronouns or adverbs. Its force in the latter combination, ever, is seen in the following gloss Lóc hwæt tó láfe beó quodcumjue restat, Germ. 388, 78. with nú, bespeaking attention
móna
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Add Setl his swá swá sunna . . . and swá swá móne, Ps. Vos. 88, 38. Ðæs mónan geár hæfð seofon and twéntig daga and eahta tída. On ðám fyrste hé underyrnð ealle ðá twelf tácna þe seó sunne undergǽð twelf mónað . . . Ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo for
on-tendan
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add: to set on fire so as to consume Hê ealle ofslôh mid swurdes ecge and ontende þâ burh, Hml. S. 25, 416. to set on fire what is to give light, light a candle, lamp, &c, Lch. iii. 286, 6 (in Dict.). (2a) of the illumination of the moon by the
ge-edstaþelian
to re-establish ⬩ to restore to well-being. ⬩ of things, to repair, make sound again ⬩ to restore, renew what has been exhausted, to rebuild a ruin ⬩ to repeat, establish for a second time
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Add: to re-establish. to restore to well-being. physical, of persons Þú hǽlðe geed-staðelast. Hml. Th. i. 466, 8. Hé tó þám geedstaþoledan (the man restored to health) cwæð, Hml. A. 198, 119. of things, to repair, make sound again Geedstaþeles suscitabis
Linked entries: ed-staþelian ge-endstalian
freónd-scipe
FRIENDSHIP ⬩ amīcĭtia
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FRIENDSHIP; amīcĭtia Is nú swá hit nó wǽre freóndscipe uncer our friendship is now as it had not been, Exon. 115 a; Th. 443, 4; Kl. 25. Þolige úre ealra freóndscipes, and ealles ðæs ðe he áge let him forfeit the friendship of us all, and all that he
gærs
herbage ⬩ a herb, plant ⬩ the blade ⬩ pasture, grazing ⬩ the grass-covered ground
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Add: herbage Híg oððe gærs foenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 45: ii. 35, 30. Graes, 108, 48. Gréne gærs carrassinum (carpassinum ? cf. gærs-gréne), 13, 40. On þǽre stówe wæs mycel gærs (gers, v. l., gærs ł heig, L., hég ł gers, R. foenum) Jn. 6, 10. Græse gramine
bócere
A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor ⬩ scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus
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A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor; scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus Ðá cwæþ se bócere, Láreów, well ðú on sóþe cwǽde then the scribe said, Master, thou in truth hast well said, Mk. Bos. 12, 32. Hwæt secgeaþ ða
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a-settan
to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere
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to set, put, place, appoint, lay, set up, erect, build, to set or take, to plant; ponere, statuere, constituere, instituere, collocare, deponere, desumere, plantare He asette his swíðran hand under Abrahames þeóh posuit manum sub femora Abraham, Gen.
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Add: without warning or notice, unexpectedly, of a sudden, all at once Féringa improvisu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 64 Fǽringa, 45, 41. Féringa extimplo, Kent. Gl. 146. Þá fǽringa (repente) stód þǽr ætforan þǽre dura sum man, Gr. D. 62, 9: Bl. H. 173, 24; 175
ge-dón
To do ⬩ make ⬩ put ⬩ cause ⬩ effect ⬩ reach a place ⬩ facere
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To do, make, put, cause, effect, reach a place; facere Ic sceal cunnan hwæt ðú gedón wille I shall know what thou wilt do, Andr. Kmbl. 684; An. 343. Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne non potes unum capillum album facere, Mt. Bos. 5, 36. Gedó dé hálne
wíd-gil
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Wide-spreading, spacious, vast, broad Wídgil passiva, vasta, Hpt. Gl. 527, 52. þeáh ðeós eorðe unwísum wídgel (cf. iúm, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 23) þince. Met. 10, 10. Ðæt is suíðe rúm weg and wídgille lata et spatiosa via est, Past. 18 ; Swt. 133, 20. Ðæt fenn
ge-défe
suitable, fitting, seemly ⬩ righteous, good ⬩ staid, sober ⬩ quiet, meek, gentle ⬩ quiet ⬩ In the metrical Psalms it is used as a favourable epithet of indefinite meaning
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Add: suitable, fitting, seemly Hé má lufedon dióra drohtað, swá hit gedéfe ne wæs, Met. 26, 92. Tó forðspównesse gedéfore heánesse ad profectum debiti culminis, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 5. Gedéfum gafule debita pensione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 22. Gedéfum debitis