ge-nemnan
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Add: to give as a name to an object. a proper name of a person Monno . . . wæs genemned hominem Matthaeum nomine, Mt. L. 9, 9. Wes heora heratoga Reóda geháten, from þám heó sind genemnode Dæl Reódi, Chr. P. 5, 2. Þus hié wǽron genemnde, Dubslane and
ge-rǽdan
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Add: to advise, suggest Hé him tó gefeccean hét his witan, hí him gerǽddon hwæt him be ðám sélost ðúhte, oððe tó dón[n]e wǽre. Lch. iii. 426, 12. God him (Decius) ðis geþanc on móde ásende . . . and Decius lét him tó rǽde hé þá gerǽdde ( what God Had
á-feallan
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Add: of movement, of that which has been standing, involuntary, to fall down, tumble down Assael hrædlíce áfeóll Asael protinus occumbit , Past. 296, 16. Hé mid þý horse áfeóll, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 5. Hé áfeóll ofdúneweard, Gr. D. 24, 25. Þá englas þe
drincan
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Add: Seel. 114; druncan bibere, tó druncenne ad bibendum, Scint. 107, 1, 3. absolute, to take a draught of a liquid Druncðú (drunce,v. l.) bibisti?, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 13. Drince hé gelóme, Lch. ii. 314, 14. Syle drincan on wíne, i. 316, 5. Þú scealt
eádig
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Add: blessed, happy Eádig is heora ( the Innocents ) yld ... eádige sind þá innoþas þe hí gebǽron, Hml. Th. i. 84, 2, 15. Sé þe gód biþ, sé biþ gesǽlig, and sé þe gesǽlig biþ, sé biþ eádig, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 13. Ðis wæs sóðlíce eádig wer uere beatus
ge-hlýd
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Add: sound made by the voice, a cry Gif se sácerd bið ungerád ðæs láreówdórnes, hwæt forstent his gehlýd sacerdos si praedicationis est nescins, quam clamoris vocem daturus est praeco mutus? Past. 91, 25. <b>I a.</b> in an unfavourable sense
gehwǽr
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Add: everywhere. where there is motion, all over an area, throughout a space Heora fýnd férdon freólíce gehwǽr swá þicce swá gærstapan ipsi veniebant et instar locustarum universa complebant Jud. 6, 5. Gehwár ábútan woffiende circumquaque debachantes
lyft
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Add: I. air as one of the four elements Sié eorþe is drýge and ceald, and ꝥ wæter wǽt and ceald; sié lyft . . . is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt, Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 35. ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. . . fýr býð wearm and drigge. . . eorðe ys ceald and drigge . .
dón
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Add: [Forms from the Northern Gospels and Vespasian Psalter are: ic dóam, dóem, doom, dóm, dóe, þú dóas, dóes, dóest, hé dóas, dóes, dóað, dóeð, pl. dóas, dóað; subj. dóe; infin. dóa, dóe, tó dóanne, dóenne; pp. dóen, dǽn. In a Mercian charter a subjunctive
be-werian
prohibit ⬩ forbid ⬩ to protect ⬩ defend
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Add: with idea of hindering, restraint Bewerede coercuit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 60. to keep something from a person, prohibit, forbid, with acc. Bewerede arcebat (introitum), Wrt. Voc. 81, 22. Mé Godes wracu þá duru bewerede, Hml. S. 23 b, 417. Se Hálga
cniht
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Add: a youth Scipia wæs cniht ( adolescens ), Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 12. Ic eom cnioht ( puer ), Past. 49, 7. Hé his cnieht lǽrde: 'Sunu mín,' 287, 10. Se drý wearþ fǽringa geong cniht and sóna eft eald man, Bl. H. 175, 3. Hé þone cniht
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Add: to seize and hold. lit. of a criminal or captive Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 31. Ðis wíf fornumen is (deprehensa est) in dernegiligro, Jn. R. 8, 4. of that which affects the body or mind, e.g. disease or fear Se unclǽna gást
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ge-hálgian
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Take here <b>ge-heálgian</b> in Dict., and add: to make holy, sanctify, purify Fore him ie gihálgo ( sanctifico) mec solfne ꝥ sint and hé gihálgade (sanctificati ) in sóðfæstnisse, Jn. R. 17, 19. Þæt templ ꝥ gold gehálgað ( sanctificat ),
ge-stígan
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Add: A. intrans. to move upwards, ascend, come or go up. in a physical sense Dene fisc se ðe ǽrist gestíge (as cendent), Mt. L. 17, 27. (l a) of motion on the ground :-- Gestág in mór ascendit in montem, Mk. L. 5, l. (l b) of motion on to an object rising
hel
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Substitute: In 1. 22 for ǽfengife l. ǽfengifl, and add: the lower world, the abode of the dead. in Jewish and Christian use 'Leófe dohtor gif ǽnig andgyt sý on helle lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús'. Ðæt mǽden ðá forð eóde . . . and cwæð: ' Dionisia, hál
MAGAN
- Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1 ;
- Ælfc. Gr. 41 ;
- Som. 44, 21.
to be strong ⬩ efficacious ⬩ to avail ⬩ prevail ⬩ be sufficient ⬩ to be strong ⬩ be in good health ⬩ to be able ⬩ may ⬩ may
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Megende valens, Kent. Gl. 189: to be strong, efficacious, to avail, prevail, be sufficient Gif ðú meht si vales, Kent. Gl. 52. Wel mæg ðæm dæg wérignise his sufficit diei malitia sua, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 34: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 41. Ne meg mon non
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licgan
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Add: of persons or animals, to be in a prostrate or recumbent position Godes þeówa líð æt þínum gatum, Hml, S. 31, 1153. Ðá læg se king and ásweartode eall, C. D. iv. 57, 13. Se wítega læg and slép, Hml. Th. i. 246, 2. Læg sum wǽdla æt his geate, 328
and-weard
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Add: -wurd, -wyrd. local Hé is ǽghwǽr andweard . . . hé is on ǽlcere stówe, Hml. Th. i. 158, 4. Ic wæs and*-*weard sumum bréðer, Gr. D. 267, 24. Him biþ beforan andweard engla cynn, Bl. H. 83, 11. Swá swá hé hyre andweardre tó sprǽce, Bd. 4, 8; S. 575
be-sencan
To plunge ⬩ submerge ⬩ drown
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To plunge, submerge, drown; Donne blindum beseah (-sencþ?) biterum lígum earme on ende tunc caecis merget flammis sine fine misellos, Dóm. L. 241. Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne, Scint. 96, 3. Hé xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ;
cǽg
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For cǽge; f. l. cǽga; m. , and add Cǽg clavis, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 18. lit. Se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge, Hml. S. 3, 484.Þæs wífes cǽglocan . . . Þǽra cǽgean (cǽgan, v. l. ) heó sceal weardian, ꝥ is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and