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ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, -nóh; adj.

ENOUGH, sufficient, abundant ⬩ satis, sufficiens, abundans

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Ðú hæfst ǽlces gódes genóh thou shalt have abundance of every good thing, Deut. 28, 11: Exon. 93 b; Th. 352, 8; Sch. 94: Cd. 29; Th. 39, 4; Gen. 619

Linked entries: ge-nóh ge-nóh

beó

(v.)
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Ne ásponð nán man þíne beón. Lch. i. 397, 3. Genim deáde beón, gebærne tó ahsan, ii. 154, 19. Biá apes, Rtl. 119, 28

earfoþ-líce

(adv.)
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. ¶ used instead of a complementary adjective :-- Gif eów ǽnig þing þince earfoðlíce si difficile vobis visum aliquid fuerit, Deut. 1, 17. Earfoþlíce difficile (est ), Scint. 33, 4. grievously, painfully Earfoþlíce graviter, dolenter, Wrt.

first-mearc

an interval ⬩ a respite

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Him wǽron gehátene þurh þá swefn lange fyrstmearce þises lífes ei per somnium longa spatia hujus vitae promissa sunt, Gr. D. 339, 26. a respite, v. first, 2 Ðá ongan hé willian fyrstmearce coepit inductae petere, Gr. D. 325, 31.

lufiend

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D. 329, 13. a lover of a thing. cf. lufian ; II. 4 Þú cwén, láre lufigend, Ap. Th. 18, l. . . Ðæs wýsdómes lufiendas amatores sapientiae, Solil. H. 42, 2. cf. lufian ; II. 5 Geornful lufiend cupidus (castitatis) amator, An. Ox. 363.

micel-ness

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</b> a great thing, great deed God worhte mycelnessa ( magnalia ) on Egipta lande, Ps. L. 105. 21

þolian

(v.)
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</b> to be without what is unpleasant or evil Heora reáfes gyrla swilc beó ꝥ hé þolige ǽlces ýdeles uanitatis occasione careat, Chrd. 65, 13. ꝥ nǽfre þǽr (in hell) ne þoliað þæs wítes þá þe nǽfre in þisum lífe willað þolian þǽre synne and hyre

HNECCA

(n.)
Grammar
HNECCA, an; m.

A NECK, ⬩ nape of the neck, ⬩ back of the head

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Ðæt ðú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan sanari non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum, Deut. 28, 35

Linked entry: snecca

swefel

(n.)
Grammar
swefel, swefl, es; m.

Sulphur, brimstone ⬩ sulphur

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Hwylce þinc gelǽdest ðú ( the merchant ) ús ? . . . mæstlingc, ǽr and tin, swefel and glæs, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 11: Lchdm. i. 200, 2. Swefl, ii. 56, 10

fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, -swaþu.

of the track (lit. or fig.) of living creatures. ⬩ of the trace of things

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Th. ii. 136, 32. of the trace of things Nán synne fótswæð ( uestigium ) on his sáwle belífð, Scint. 25, 12

á-þolian

(v.)

To hold out under trial, ⬩ To put up with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer

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Þá earman bearn ne mihton leng for sceame on þǽre byrig áðolian, ii. 30, 27. of things Ꝥ scyp byð gesund, gyf se streng áþolað, Shrn. 175, 23. Seó upfléring tóbærst... þæt hús eal ansund áðolode, Hml. Th. ii. 164, 5.

Linked entry: þolian

ge-settan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-settan, p. -sette; pp. -seted, -set, -sett

To set, put, fix, confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle, possess, occupy, place together, compose, make, compare, expose, allay

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Hwonne he ðisse worlde ende gesettan wolde when he meant to fix the end of this world, Blickl. Homl. 119, 9: 27, 24.

ge-manigfealdian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfealdian, p. ode.
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To multiply, to make numerous Þú gemanigfealdodest þíne mildheortnesse multiplicasti misericordias tuas, Ps. Th. 35, 7. Þú gemanigfealdodest þíne wundru multa fecisti tu mirabilia tua, 39, 5.

Linked entry: ge-mænigfealdian

greát

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Th. i. 70, 5. non-material things Of gealádle ... cymeþ great yfel; sió biþ ealra ádla rícust, Lch. ii. 106, 19

ge-hát

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Eal þín gehát þe þú mé gehét, 143, 28. Ne hopa ðú tó swíðe tó ðám ðe ðé man geháte; ðǽr lyt geháta bið, ðǽr bið lyt lygena ( where there are few promises, there are few lies ), Prov. K. 7.

Linked entry: hát

hwettan

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D. iii. 430, II. to make a person keen (hwæt), incite, excite, egg on. absolute Swá þín sefa hwette, B. 490. with acc. Þonne wín hweteð beornes breóstsefan, Mód. 18.

on-ginnan

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Ongin nú stranglíce, and þín gemynd stent on herunge, 29, 272. Onginnað nú þegenlíce, . . . and syllað eówer ágen líf for ðǽre sóðfæstan ǽ, 25, 248

wanian

(v.; adj.)
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wanian, p. ode. I. trans.

To make less ⬩ lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ curtail ⬩ to bring within narrower limits ⬩ to abate ⬩ check ⬩ reduce ⬩ to cause to cease or fail ⬩ to bring to nought ⬩ destroy ⬩ frustrate ⬩ to put in an inferior position ⬩ To wane ⬩ become less ⬩ decrease ⬩ diminish ⬩ to wane ⬩ become inferior ⬩ decline ⬩ decay

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(The last two passages might be taken under 3. . ) Wirceaþ ealle ða þing ðe Drihten eów bebeád, and ne íce gé nán þing ne ne waniaþ (nec addas quidquam nec minuas), Deut. 12, 32.

Linked entry: a-wanian

hwæt-hwega

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Hwothwoego (hwæthwugu, R, ǽnig þing, W. S.), Mt. L. 5, 23: (ówiht, R., ǽnig þing, W. S.), 24, 17. Huothuoego þ sum ðing, 21, 3: Lk. L. 7, 40. Huothuogu (hwæthwoegu) quid, Jn. L. 4, 33. Hwæthwogu aliquid, Jn. R. 13, 29. Huodhuoge quid, Mk.

hrægl

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Se þegn ꝥ hrægl (uestimenta ) bróhte tó þám láreówe . . . hé cwæð: 'Cumað, nimað þis hrægl and scrýdað eów mid,' Gr. D. 202, 20-28. Horses hýde hí habbað him tó hrægle gedón pelliculas equorum ad uestimentum habentes, Nar. 38, 2.