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ge-emnettan

(v.)
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Z. 296, 2. to equal Þæt hé micelnysse synna mæge geemnyttan ( exaequare ) mid genihtsumnysse mægena, Scint. 43, 13. to adjust, square Him bið hefigtýme geðúht ðæt hí heora þeáwas be his regole geemnetton, Hml. Th. i. 524, 18. intrans.

ge-hréran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hréran, p. de

To move

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To move Mægen heofunas bióþ gehroered virtutes cælorum commovebuntur, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 29

þynnung

(n.)
Grammar
þynnung, e; f.

Thinningmaking thin

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Thinning, making thin Lǽcedómas ðe þynnunge mægen hæbben and smalunge, Lchdm. ii. 260, 23

and-wreþian

(v.)
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to support Stæf ꝥ hí mægen manna untrumnyssa and-wreðian (sustentent), Chrd. 62, 29

Linked entry: wreþian

ge-cynehelmian

(v.)
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Úre mægen byþ gecynehelmud nostra uirtus coronabitur, 209, 6

Linked entry: cyne-helmian

un-wæstmberende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmberende, adj.
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Not bearing fruit, barren, sterile Þonne syððan bið sió hreównes and þǽra teára mægen unwæstmberende. Nap. 66

Linked entry: wæstm-berende

þurh-wuneness

(n.)
Grammar
þurh-wuneness, e; f.
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Perseverance Seó þurhwunenes heó is mægen þæs gódan weorces virtus boni operis perseverantia est, Archiv cxxii. 260, 9

Linked entry: wune-ness

tó-dwæscan

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tó-dwæscan, l. -dwǽscan,
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and add Mid his gebedum þæs fýres mægen and strengðe hé tódwǽscte exorando flammas pressit, Gr. D. 48, 14

unriht-gewill

(n.)
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Evil desire Þ hí þý éð mægen heora unrihtgewill forðbringan. Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 26

for-hrædlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hrædlíce, adv.

Very quicklysuddenly

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Very quickly, suddenly Wé hí forhrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón ne mægen non repente in fabrica ponitur, Past. 445, 1

Linked entry: hrædlíce

cræftig

(n.)
Grammar
cræftig, es; n.
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Strength Drihten is mægen and cræftig ǽlces þǽra þe hine ondrǽt firmamentum est Dominus timentibus eum, Ps. Th. 24, 12

ge-méðgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-méðgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [méðig wearied]

To weary, fatigue, impairfătīgāre

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To weary, fatigue, impair; fătīgāre Wæs Gúþláce mægen geméðgad Guthlac's strength was impaired, Exon. 47 a; Th. 160, 27; Gú. 950

on-líðian

(v.)

to become pliant, to yield

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to become pliant, to yield Sceal hira ánra gehwylc onlútan and onlíðigan ðe hafaþ læsse mægen, Salm. Kmbl. 713; Sal. 356

á-þrowian

(v.)
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—Sécen hié him broc on onráde oððe on wǽne oððe on þon þe hié áþrowian mægen, Lch. ii. 184, 14. Add:

cáfe

(adv.)
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cáfe, adv.
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Quickly, promptly; celeriter, prompte Mægen samnode cáfe to ceáse he promptly collected his strength for the fight, Elen. Kmbl. 111; El. 56

ge-untrumian

(v.)
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Geuntrumod wæs mín mægen, 30, 12. <b>I a.</b> of bodily weakness, ill-health :--- Gif hyra hwylc geuntrumad biþ þæt hé ciricean gegán ne mæge, R. Ben. 140, 19. Wearð hé geuntrumod and gewát tó heofenan ríce, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 4.

mund-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
mund-cræft, es; m.

Power of handpower to protect

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Power of hand or power to protect Cunne ic his mihta, his mægen, and his mihta, and his mundcræftas, Lchdm. i. 384, 13

smalung

(n.)
Grammar
smalung, e; f.

Diminishing, lessening

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Diminishing, lessening Lǽcedómas ða ðe þynnunge mægen habben and smalunge medecines that have the power of thinning and reducing Lchdm. ii. 260, 23

un-sorh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sorh, adj.

Without carewithout anxietysecure

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Without care, without anxiety, secure Ðá ongeat hé þæt ðǽr wæs godcundlíc mægen ondweard, and hé ðære mildheortnesse unsorh ábád, Blickl. Homl. 217, 29

yrab-sellan

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Þæs Héhstan mægen þé embseleþ virtus Altissimi obumbrabit tibi, Bl. H. 7, 23. þá embsealdon ealle þá apostolas þá hálgan Marian, 141, 28. Add