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mis-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
mis-, mist-, misse-líc; adj.

wanting in likeness or unity ⬩ unlike ⬩ diverse ⬩ various ⬩ diverging from the usual course ⬩ erratic

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Hú ne sǽdon wé ðæt ðis andweaede líf nǽre nó ðæt héhste gód, forðam hit wǽre mistlíc (MS. Cott. mislíc), Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 17. Mistlíc promiscuum, mixtum, Hpt. Gl. 497, 5. Mistlíc bleó discolor, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 35.

nosu

(n.)
Grammar
nosu, neosu; gen. a and e; also an; f.

the nose ⬩ a ness ⬩ a piece of land projecting into water

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Wé gestincaþ mid úrum nosum, Past. 56; Swt. 433. 20 : Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 42. Ða telgran habbaþ ǽgðer ge eágon ge nosa (nosan, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 318, 11. Nose hí habbaþ nares habent, Ps.

Linked entries: nasu nose leþer-hose

folgere

a successor ⬩ a follower ⬩ adherent

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Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús mid swyftnysse gódre drohtnunge fore-stæpð; and wé earfoðlíce him filiað tó merigen, sé ðe nú tó dæg is úre folgere geðúht, Hml.

ge-seón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seón, [For first two lines substitute: <b>ge-seón,</b> ge-sión, ic-seó, -sió, -sié, þú-sihst, -siehst, -syhst, -syxt, hé-sihþ, -siehð, -seohþ, -syhþ, -seóþ, pl. -seóþ, -sióþ; p. ic, hé -seah, -seh, þú-sáwe, -sége, pl. -sáwon, -ségon, -seágon, -sǽgon ; imp. -seoh, -seah, pl. -seóþ; subj. prs. ic-seó, -sió, -sié ; p. -sáwe, -sége; pp. -sewen, -seowen, -segen, -seogen, -sawen (-sáw- ?). Northern and Mercian forms: ge-seá, -seán, -sión, ic -seóm, -sióm, -siúm, þú -siist, -síst, -seǽs, hé -siið, -siis, -síþ, -sís ; pl. -seáþ, -siáþ, -seás ; p. ic, hé -sæh, -sægh, -seh, þu -sége, pl. -ségon, -sǽgon ; imp. -sæh, -sægh, -seh, -sech, -sih, pl. -seaeþ, -siáþ; subj. prs. -sé, -see, -sié, -sii,pl. sén; p. -sége ; part. prs. -siónde, -siénde, -séende, -segende ; pp. -segen, -segn, -séen To see.]
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Geseó wé þæt oft gelimpeþ ꝥ . . . Bl. H. 125, 9. Hié geseóð hú God þá stówe weorþaþ, 129, 25. Fyrd geseah hú hlifedon seglas, Exod. 88. Hé geseah þæt gé . . . wíte legdon, Gú. 684. Wé gesáwon þæt . . . Dan. 474.

wísian

(v.)
Grammar
wísian, p. ode.

shew ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ to shew ⬩ shew ⬩ point put ⬩ guide ⬩ direct ⬩ indicate

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Ðæt wé ǽgðer ge ús sylfe, ge ða ðe wé wísian sceolan, swá gewísian mótan, swá swá úre ealra þearf sý, L. P. 21; Th. ii. 332, 24.

Linked entry: riht-wísian

ge-wérgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wérgian, -wérigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To weary ⬩ fatigue ⬩ fatīgāre

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Mauritanie wǽron mid ðam gewérgode the Mauritanians were wearied by it, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 7. Ðe on lengtenádle gewérigade wǽron who were wearied with ague, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 7

staþol-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
staþol-fæst, adj.
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Beðearf seó sáwel staðolfæstre brycge ofer ðone glideran weg hellewítes, Wulfst. 239, 14. Staleðfæste (l. staðel-) tremmincge firmo fulcimento, Hpt. Gl. 439, 63. stationary, keeping in one place Staþolfæst ne mæg gewunian in gebedstówe, Exon.

cúþ

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Add: Ꝥ heora eágum se weg wǽre úp tó heofenum cúþ tó lócienne, Bl. H. 125, 29. Gif ꝥ on þone ceorl cúð byð si hoc de marito manifestum sit, Ll. Th. ii. 146, 20.

be-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
be-feolan, l. be-feólan, dele first passage, and add: p. -fealh, -feall, -feal, pl. ful(g)on.

to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue

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.), to press Hé mid gemálicum bénum befealh þám hálgan were ꝥ him wǽre álýfed út tó farenne importunis precibus ut relaxaretur imminebat, Gr. D. 156, 1.

ge-reccan

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Ǽr wé þé hæfdon ꝥ gereht (-reaht, v.l.) ꝥ God wǽre þurh hine selfne gód Deum beatitudinem ipsam esse concessimus, 35, 3 ; F. 158, 21. Swá mihtigne swá wé hine gereahtne habbað eum potentissimum concessimus, 35, 4; S. 98, 16.

west-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
west-sǽ, f. m.
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A west sea, sea on the west coast of a country Hé ( a Norwegian ) búde on ðæm lande norþweardum wiþ ða westsǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 3.

fæstingan

(v.)

to fasten, make firm ⬩ firmāre

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to fasten, make firm; firmāre Ic fæstinge mín wedd mid eów firmābo pactum meum vobiscum, Lev. 26, 9

Frisan

(n.)
Grammar
Frisan, pl. m.

Frisians ⬩ Frīsii

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Frisians; Frīsii Ðǽr wǽron Frisan mid there were Frisians with them, Chr. 885; Th. 154, 24, col. 1

ealu-hús

(n.)
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Ðe werc of þesternesse . . . ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse, O. E. Hml. ii. 11, 30

ge-tídran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tídran, ge-tídrian; pp. ge-tídred, ge-tídrod
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To make or to become weak: — Sceall nýde ꝥ lícumlice fæt beón getýdrod (infirmetur), Gr. D. 227, 27

íþ-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
íþ-rǽde, adj. Easy to guess (v. rædan; <b>VI a.</b>)
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Ic wéne þæt hit nis éðrǽde, E. S. xxxvi. 326

gǽst-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽst-lic, (gæst- ?); adj.

Terrible, ghastly

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Terrible, ghastly Ongitan sceal gleáw hæle hú gǽstlic bið, þonne eall þisse worulde wela wéste stondeð, Wand. 73

swát-swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swát-swaþu, e; f.

A bloody track

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A bloody track Wæs sió swátswaþu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5884; B. 2946

lǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽne, adj.

transitory ⬩ temporary ⬩ frail

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Ðis lǽne líf ðe wé lifiaþ on this transitory life in which we live, Ps. Th. 62, 3. Ðis deáde líf, lǽne on londe, Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 32; Seef. 66. Ðeós lǽne gesceaft [the world], 20 a; Th. 52, 34; Cri. 843.

þrowiend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrowiend-líc, þrowigend-líc; adj.

capable of suffering ⬩ passive

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Hélias wæs ús mannum gelíc, ðrowiendlíc, swá swá wé, 330, 16. as a grammatical term, passive Passiva verba, ðæt synd þrowiendlíce word, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 121, 1. Eal swá gáð ða óðre ðrowigendlícan word, 27; Zup. 161, 15

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