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georn

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Add: eager for, desirous of something. with gen. of that which is to be done or to happen Ne beó nǽnig man níþa tó georn, Bl. H. 109, 28. Mánbealwes georn, Dan. 45. Is fús þider gǽst síðes georn, Gú. 1018: 1241: Bo. 41: B. 2783.

ge-uferian

(v.)
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Gif wé fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne biþ ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad and bið ꝥ ǽfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30. [O. H. Ger. ge-obarón differre.] Cf. ge-yferian

wíse

(n.)
Grammar
wíse, an: wís, e; f.

a wise waymannermodefashionstate conditionan arrangementinstructiona dispositiondirectionconditiona thingres negotiuma causereasonres

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Gif hé ne cunne his dǽda andettan, ácsa hine his wísena, L. de Cf. 3; Th. ii. 260. 21. Ic ðínra ne mæg worda ne wísna (words or ways; Similar entries or v. III.) wuht oncnáwan, síðes ne sagona, Cd. Th. 34, 7; Gen. 534.

Linked entry: wís-fæst

sár

(n.)
Grammar
sár, es; n.

pain, suffering, sorenessa pain, pang, sore, woundgrief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrowa grief, sorrow, pain, wound

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Hé sár ne wiste he did not feel pain, Cd. Th. 12, 3; Gen. 179. a pain, pang, sore, wound Nis ðǽr ǽnig sár geméted, ne ádl, ne ece, Blickl. Homl. 25, 30. Hé byð ðæs sáres hál, Lchdm. i. 352, 2.

ge-sceádwís

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Nis nán gesceádwís gesceaft ꝥ næbbe freódóm negue fuerit ulla rationalis natura, quin eidem libertas adsit arbitrii, 40, 7 ; F. 242, 16: 36, 7; F. 182, 7.

ge-frédan

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. :-- Ðú þás dyntas náht ne gefrétst, Hml. S. 4, 147.

DOL

(adj.)
Grammar
DOL, def. se dola, seó, ðæt dole; adj.
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DULL, foolish, erring, heretical; stŏlĭdus, stultus, hærĕtĭcus = αίρετικόs Dol biþ se ðe him his Dryhten ne ondrǽdeþ foolish is he who dreads not his Lord, Exon. 83 a; Th. 312, 7; Seef. 106: 89 a; Th. 335, 17; Gn. Ex. 35: Salm. Kmbl. 447; Sal. 224.

sín-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
sín-lǽca, -láca, an; m.
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H.) and wiccan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 50, 10. v. two following words

þætte

(con.; pronoun.)
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þætte, ( = þæt þe; v. se, IV. 3); pron.
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MSS.) his ne biþ, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 18

Linked entry: þæt

bile-wit

(v.)
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bile-wit, -wite, -witt, -witte, -wet, -hwit.

plausible

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Moises wæs se bilewitusta (mitissimus) mann, Num. 12, 3. in an unfavourable sense, plausible, affecting simplicity Ne trúwa ðú smyltum wedere, ne bilewitum men, Prov. K. 63

for-swelgan

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Ox. 516. non-material Þæt hé þurh mycele gnornunge ne sý on lyre forswolgen ne habundantiori tristitia absorbeatur, R.

ge-bærnan

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Add: to expose to the action of heat Gebær[n]d stán calcis vi[v]a, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 27. Gebærnd lím calcis viva, ii. 127, 49. of a lamp, to cause to give light Ne ǽnig ðæcele giberneð (-að, L. ) nemo lucernam accendit, Lk. R. 11, 33.

ge-belgan

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Ne gebelg þú þé wið mé . . . Ne gebelge ic mé náwiht wið þé, ac fagnige þæs þú cwyst, Solil. H. 35, 6-10. Ðá sǽde heó ꝥ heó nán land hæfde þe him áht tó gebyrede, and gebealh heó (acc, or nom. ? Cf. III in Dict.)swíðe eorlíce wið hire sunu, Cht.

gyte

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D. 167, 25. a shedding of tears Hwí ne feormast þú mid teára gyte torne synne? cur tua non purgas lacrymis peccata profusis f, Dóm. L. 79.

or-sorg

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Add Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml, i. 302, 8

rúm

(n.)
Grammar
rúm, es; m.

local, room, space temporal, space of timeopportunity

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Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend, Met. 10, 30

Linked entry: rúmian

spearca

(n.)
Grammar
spearca, an; m.

A spark

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Ne furðum án spearca mínes cynrenes nis mé forlǽtan, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 206. Gif ða scyldigan ǽnigne spearcan wísdómes hæfdon, 38, 7; Fox 210, 9. Word spearcum fleáh áttre gelícost, Cd. Th. 274, 32; Sat. 162

Linked entry: spærca

á-sittan

to sit upto remain sittingto be agroundto reduce by siegeto be apprehensive afraid

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Hé nǽfre ne mihte of his reste árísan ꝥ hé upp ásǽte. Gr.

bearn-teám

progenyoffspringissuechild-bearingprocreation of children

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Gesceafta ne beóð ástealde bútan for bearnteáme ánum, 20, 161. Swíðor for bearnteáme þonne for gálnysse propagandi voluntas pia fuit, quia concumbendi voluntas libidinosa non fuit, Angl. vii. 44, 443: Hml. Th. ii. 54, 10: 70, 20: 94, 13.

ge-secgan

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Hwæðer ðé sí genóh sweotole geséd be þám wísdóme, Solil. H. 66, 2