ge-beran
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Add: I. to bear, bring ꝥ cild Críst wearð geboren ágeán of Egiptan, Chr. 3; P. 5, 22. Sió gifu þæs hálegan gerýnes. . . bútan ǽnigre yldinge is tó berenne (gebeorenne, -anne, v. ll.) sancti mysterii gratia . . . sine ulla dilatione offerenda est, Bd.
ge-beódan
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Add to order a person (dat.) to do something Héht hire þá áras gebeódan Constantínus, þæt hió cirican . . . getim*-*brede, El. 1007. Gif him þæt fæsten swá geboden nǽre, Wlfst. 181, 13. to order to come, summon Ic gefrægn folctogan fyrd gebeódan, Gen
ge-wǽcan
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Add: pp. ge-wǽced Gehuaeh (-wǽhþ?) adfligit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 36. Gewǽce fatigat, 147, 27. Gewǽcte infecta, 47, 70. Gewéhtum fessis, Wülck. Gl. 254, 16. of the effects on living creatures, physical, to weary, exhaust with labour, travel, &c.
god-webb
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Add: fine woven material, material woven from silk or cotton, fine linen Twihíwe godweb caecum bis tinctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 44. Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461. Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind
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hræd
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Add Hraed, hrad percitus, Txts. 85, 1539: perpes, 87, 574. Hraeðe propero, 89, 1675. of rapid movement, v. hrædlic; Swá hrædlíce swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð, Ps. Th. 47, 6. Eal swá earn þonne hé mid hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 36.
preóst
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Add: an ecclesiastic of the seventh of the holy orders; the bishop and the priest were of the same order, but the bishop's functions were more extensive, and in this respect he was superior to the priest. Cf. Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20-29 Bisceopes feoh .xi
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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where there is danger of receiving hurt, ¨ warily, cautiously, circumspectly, in a way that guards against surprise Faraþ eów wærlíce, ðe læs ðe eów geméton ða ðe eów æfter rídon, Jos. 2, 16. Nimaþ and lǽdaþ hine wærlíce ( caute ), Mk. Skt. 14, 44. Ðæt
frignan
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[The different treatment of the g in this word gives rise to a great variety of forms. the g may be retained, see the forms in Dict., to which add p.pl. [ge-] frungan; pp. [ge-]frognen. the g may be absorbed giving frínan; p. frǽn, pl. frúnon ; pp. frúnen
húru
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Add: <b>, híru, hýru</b>. qualifying measurements, at least, about Wé wið þám wyrmum wunnan húru twá tída þǽre nihte (prope duas horas), Nar. 13, 27. Húru ferme (centies exorans ferme ), An. Ox. 17, 38. Húru embe seofon niht, Bl. H. 45, 31
hwæþer
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Add: generally with subjunctive. For instances of indicative see Mt. 20, 15: Solil. H. 3, 9. Cri. 1307. in direct questions, whether ... [or (whither)] Hwæðer wæs Jóannes fulluht þe of heofonum þe of mannum? baptismus Johannis unde erat? e caelo an ex
rand
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a brink, edge, margin, shore Árás ðá bí ronde róf oretta (cf. gesæt ðá on næsse níðheard cyning, Beo. Th. 4825 : hlǽw holmwylme neáh, 4814), Ben. Th. 5069; B. 2538. Of ðam fúlan bróce wið westan randes æsc to the west of the ash tree on the bank (?),
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án-lípig
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Add: Single; singulus Ǽnlípige men singuli homines, Ælfc. Gr. 284, 5. single, sole, by one's self, alone Ánlípig aldormon one or other alderman acting by himself; MS. E has ealdormen ) and cyninges þegnas oft ráde onridon, Chr. 871; P. 72, 14. Hwílum
ge-búgan
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Add: intrans. to bow, bend the body Hé hine on cirican gebidde, and tó Godes weófedan gebúge, Ll. Th. i. 334, 30. Se wyrm gebeáh tósomne. ... Gewát gebogen scríðan, B. 2569. Ábogenre ł ge[bogenre] curva, Hpt. Gl. 436, 62. to bend one's steps, turn, go
ge-cnáwan
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Add: to recognize, identify an object Mid ðám þe ꝥ mód wiþ his bewende, ðá gecneów hit swíþe sweotele his ágne módor, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 29. Eft hine gecneów óðer þínen, Mk. 14, 69. Beheóld hé hí and gecneów hí be hyre wlite, Hml. S. 30, 363. Hélias cóm
ge-tellan
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Add: of speech, to tell. to relate, give an account of, state Geteled is ðæhtung ðǽra Iudéa refertur consilium Iudaeorum, Mt. p. 20, 1; Lk. p. 4, 12. Ic ymbe Rómána gewin on þǽm geárríme forð ofer ꝥ geteled hæbbe Romanas clades recensendo progressus
þunor
thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent
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thunder (implying not only sound but also striking); tonitrus, fulmen Þunor tonitruum vel tonitrus, Wrt. Voc, i. 52, 45: 76, 34: Blickl. Homl. 91, 34. Ðuner (ðunor, Rush.), Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 29. Ðunar byð hlúdast, Menol. Fox 467; Gn. C. 4. Ðunor cymð
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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Add Fleów fluxit, decurrit, manavit, flówen fluitent, flówendum fluido, i. fluenti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 70, 64, 63. to flow as a stream in its bed, or a fluid over a surface: Þín blód fléwþ ofer eorðan swá swá wæter, Bl. H. 237, 6. Flóweð (fléweð, v.l
ge-beorgan
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Add: to protect, to prevent the happening of evil (acc.) to an object (dat.), ward off from Ic mé gúðbordes sweng gebearh, Gen. 2694. Ðis is seó líhtingc þe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorg*-*an þe hig ǽr þyson mid gedrehte wǽron this is the alleviation
fúl
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Add: Fedus, deformis, turpis vel fúl, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148,40. Feda vel polluta fúl, 44. Þǽre fúlan obscaene, 63, 11. in a physical sense. offensive to the senses Lazarus . . . on byrgenne wæs fúl wunigende, Bl. H. 75, 5. Fúles hlondes fetentis lotii,
ge-rihtan
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Add: to right, set in order, make clear Gerihte elimavit (itinerarium Petri decem voluminibus digestum luce clarius elimavit, Aid. 27, 21. Cf. elimavit, interpretavit (haec Gregorius per allegoriam luce clarius elimavit. Aid. 13, 31), 76, 82), Wrt. Voc