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fandian

(v.)

to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt

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wísa mon his fandigan, hwæðer hé swá wís wǽre swá hé self wénde ꝥ hé wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 32. to try, have experience of, taste, feel (lit. or fig.). absolute Fandiað nú þonne gustate, Ps.

ge-neahhe

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Se deácon hæfde him tó þeáwe ꝥ hé cóm geneahhe tó Benedicte, and hé geneahhe (gelómlíce, v.l.) geneósode (frequentabat) his mynstres, 170, 1-4. Hé geneahhe férde tó heora húse, 154, 12: Angl. xi. 99, 70: Sal. 378.

MID

(prep.)
Grammar
MID, (in Gloss. Ep. and Lindisfarne Gospels) mið; prep. with dat. acc. inst.

With ⬩ in conjunction with ⬩ in company with, along with ⬩ among ⬩ apud ⬩ penes ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ with ⬩ at ⬩ when ⬩ since ⬩ seeing that ⬩ cum

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Hé bæd ðæt hé mid ðone martyr þrowian móste, 1, 7; S. 478, 18: 1, 23; S. 485, 27. Nemþe hé Cristes geleáfan onfénge mid ða þeóde ðe hé ofer cyning wæs, 3, 21; S. 551, 1. Hé gewát mid cyning engla, Cd. 60; Th. 73, 26; Gen. 1210: Beo.

Linked entry: mið

elone

(n.)

the herb elecampane

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the herb elecampane, L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 2

ge-bécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bécan, [ge, and bócian to book or charter]

to grant by book or charter ⬩ to charter

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to grant by book or charter, to charter, Hem. p. 480

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flinten

(adj.)
Grammar
flinten, adj.

Flinty

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Flinty, of flint Heó wǽron flintenre heortan, Wlíst. 252, I note

gímeleásian

(v.)
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Take here <b>gýmeleásian</b> in Dict

gímingian

(v.)
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Take here <b>gémungian</b> in Dict

hrífing

(n.)
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Take here <b>hrýfing</b> in Dict

lǽwsa

(n.)
Grammar
lǽwsa, léwsa.
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Take here <b>léwsa</b> in Dict

Linked entry: léwsa

bróðor-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
bróðor-wyrt, e; f.

BROTHER-WORT, the herb pennyroyal ⬩ mentha pulegium

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BROTHER-WORT, the herb pennyroyal; mentha pulegium, Wrt. Voc. 68, 61

fót-gangende

(adj.)
Grammar
fót-gangende, adj.

Going on foot ⬩ foot

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Going on foot, foot (soldiers) Fótgangendum here peditatu, An. Ox. 5254

ge-hæftan

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Hú gif hé gehæfted (captiuus ) wæs, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 98, 6-11. Gehæftum heora feóndum captis hostibus, 5, 12; Sch. 620, 7.

ge-þencan

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L. 11, 53: 12, 10. to think a thought Secge hé mé, gif hé god sý, hwæt hér sí geþóht oþþe gecweden oþþe gedón, Bl. H. 179, 34. Þonne hé déþ ꝥ hé geþóht hafaþ, þonne gecýþe ic ꝥ ic wát ǽr hwæt hé þenceþ, 181, 9. <b>II a.

LYTEL

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
LYTEL, adj.

LITTLE

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Ðæt lytle ðæt hé erede, hé erede mid horsan, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 15. Lytle hwíle sceolde hé his lífes niótan, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 16; Gen. 486. Se lícette litlum and miclum, gumena gehwylcum, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 72; Met. 26, 36.

Linked entries: lytlum litel

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari

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For swíðlícre hǽtan geteorud wearied by the excessive heat, Herb. 114, 1; Lchdm. i. 226, 23. Beóþ geteorode exterminabuntur, Ps. Spl. 36, 9.

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hwíl

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Hé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 219. Tó hwíl ( ad tempus ) geléfað, Lk. L. 8, 13. Þá wæs ymb hwíle ðá gefelde hé . . . Bl. H. 217, 30.

Gár-Dene

(n.)
Grammar
Gár-Dene, gen. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The spear-Danes ⬩ Danes who fought with spears ⬩ armed or warlike Danes ⬩ hastāti Dāni

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He sæcce ne wéneþ to Gár-Denum he expects not warfare from the Gar-Danes, 1206; B. 601: 3717; B. 1856 : 4982; B. 2494

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ sæculum ⬩ age ⬩ years ⬩ ætas ⬩ mature ⬩ eld ⬩ senectus ⬩ vetustas ⬩ age

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Hé wæs ðá sixhund geára on ylde he was six hundred years of age, Gen. 7, 6. Ðá was ágán his ielde xxiii wintra he was then twenty-three years of age, Chr. prm ; Erl. 4, 19.

Linked entries: yld eld

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, in; adv.

In ⬩ within

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Héht óðre dæge hie ealle þrý in beforan hine next day he ordered them all three in before him, Blickl. Homl. 175, 18. Ðǽr gedydon twá weofedu in they put two altars in there, 205, 15.