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ge-dúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dúfan, he -dýfþ; p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; v. intrans.

To plungeto ducksinkdivebe drownedmergi

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He wearþ gedofen coepit mergi, Mt. Bos. 14, 13

ge-leornian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-leornian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To learninquirediscĕredisquīrĕre

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To learn, inquire; discĕre, disquīrĕre Swá swá heó æt gelǽredum wǽpnedmonnum geleornian mihte prout a doctis vĭris discĕre pŏtĕrat, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 28 : 4, 18; S. 587, 1.

Linked entry: leornian

wirgung

(n.)
Grammar
wirgung, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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Heó wolde ðone sunu ðe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 6. Tǽlincga oððe wærginga hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 16

Linked entry: wergung

wudu-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-rǽden, wudu-rǽdenn, e; f.

Woodcuttingright of cutting timber in a wood

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Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ, and éc ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf, ii. 100, 14

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, a corslet.
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Gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. geann his áðume twégra byrnena, Cht. Crw. 23, 16. Add

ge-hírsumnes

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Hwæðer carfull sig tó godcundum weorcum and tó gehýrsumnysse si solicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam R.

mǽrsung

Grammar
mǽrsung, <b>. II.</b>
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Add Heora fixnoðe gelamp micel earfoðnys, þæt Crístes tácne gelumpe micel mærsung, Hml. Th. ii. 290, 6. Wé on lofsangum hyre mǽrða cýðað, ꝥ heó ús þingige tó hyre suna, ꝥ ús miltsige for ðǽre mǽrsunge þe wé hyre gedóó, Hml.

nihtes

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Add: alone nihtes on ungearwe hî on bestæl, Ors. 1,10; S. 46, 34. Hié . . . hié nihtes on frumslǽpe on bestǽlan, 2, 8 ; S. 92, 1: Chr. 876 ; P. 74, 11. with dæges, continuously Dæges and niehtes hié fundiað, Past. 127, 20.

oróþ

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Úre fnǽst áteórað, gif wé áteón ne magon mid úre orðe intó ús ðæt lytt and eft út ábláwan, Hex. 8, 19

spannan

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add: to harness or yoke oxen to that which has to be drawn Ðá þá him náht ne speów, þá hét spannan oxan tó, ac hí ne mihton áwecgan ꝥ mǽden swá, Hml.

wringan

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þone cniht ásette on þá wíntreddan and hét hine wringan þá feáwa geclystru þǽra byrgena puerulum in calcatorio deposuit, et calcare ipsos paucissimos racemos fecit, 58, 17.

be-fleán

to strip the skinbark offto strip off

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Hét hine cwicne befleán, Shrn. 84, 29: 121, 1. Tó befleánne euiscerandum, Germ. 393, 109. Beflægen excoriatus, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 33.

a-geolwian

(v.)
Grammar
a-geolwian, [a, geolo yellow]

To become yellowto make to glitter as goldflavescere

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To become yellow, to make to glitter as gold; flavescere, Herb. 42, ? Lye

Syria

(n.)

Syria

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Syria Godes engel ofslóh ðæs Syrian cyninges here, Homl. Th. i. 570, 2. (?)

for-irman

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Take here for-yrman, and add

Linked entry: for-yrman

ge-cýþlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýþlǽcan, p. lǽhte
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To become known Heó gecýþlǽchte innotescat, An. Ox. 2, 312. Gecýþlǽce, 8, 234

Linked entry: cýþ-lǽcan

gister-dæg

(n.; adv.)
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yesterday Giosterdoeg (gestordæge, R.) ðió seofunda heri hora septima, Jn. L. 4, 52

Linked entry: geostra

gríto

Grammar
gríto, grítu greatness.
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Take here <b>grýto</b> in Dict., and add:

Linked entry: grýto

hwǽstrung

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Take here hwástrung, and add Hwástrung (hurastrung, MS.) mussitatio, Hpt. Gl. 476, 19

íþe

Grammar
íþe, desert, waste.
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Take here <b>éþe</b> in Dict., and add: