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ge-lǽstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lǽstan, to -lǽstenne; he -lǽsteþ, -lǽst; p. -lǽste; pp. -lǽsted, -lǽst.

to do ⬩ perform ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fulfil ⬩ discharge ⬩ execute ⬩ pay ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ persolvēre ⬩ to accompany ⬩ follow ⬩ attend ⬩ serve ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ persĕqui ⬩ To continue ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ endure ⬩ mănēre ⬩ dūrāre

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Ðæt hý him æt ðám gewinnum gelǽston that they would serve him in the wars, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 30. Ðæt hine ðonne wíg cume leóde gelǽsten that the people serve him when war comes, Beo. Th. 47; B. 24. v. intrans.

Linked entry: lǽstan

un-nytwirðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-nytwirðe, adj.

Not fit for use ⬩ useless ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ unserviceable

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Unnytwyrþe gewordene hig synt inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 52, 4

fiþer-hama

(n.)
Grammar
fiþer-hama, an; m.

plumage

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Genámon twégen englas his sáwle, and fleógende mid hwítum fyðerhaman betμx him ferodon, ii. 334, 7

on-gebróht

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Add: that is brought on or against a person Se ongebróhta teóna (contumelia illata) ácunnað húlic gehwilc man byþinnan on his dýgolnysse mid him sylfum, Gr. D. 47, 9. Be ongebróhtum teónan de inrogata calumnia, An. Ox. 4689.

Linked entry: ge-brengan

self-willendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willendlíce, adv.
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According to one's own will or desire Hé hæfde ǽnne sunu . . . þone hé lufode swíþe líchamlíce and fédde selfwillendlíce (seolfweldlíce, selfwendlice, v. l.) filium habuit, quem nimis carnaliter diligens remisse nutriebat; he brought him up to have his

un-wreón

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Þeáh wé wáce sýn and þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 2. Wé nú magon behýdan and behelian úra dǽda, ac hié bióð þonne opena and unwrigena, Verc. Först. 101, 7. Add

wel-hwilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wel-hwilc, pron.

Every

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Every Hit (reason) nǽnig hafaþ neát . . . hæfð ða wilnunga welhwilc néten Met. 20, 191. Hine gearwe geman witena welhwylc Beo. Th. 537; B. 266. Welhwylc gecwæð ðæt hé fram Sigemunde secgan hýrde 1753; B. 874.

ge-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smeágan, -smeán; p. -smeáde; pp. -smeád

To search ⬩ examine ⬩ consider ⬩ scrutari ⬩ cogitare

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To search, examine, consider; scrutari, cogitare Hia gesmeádon miþ him illi cogitabant secum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 31. Gismeáþ wegas úsra scrutemur vias nostras, Rtl. 20, 21. Gismeága excogitare, 170, 5. Gesmeád sprǽc sermo commentitius, Ælfc.

twiccian

(v.)
Grammar
twiccian, p. ode

To twitch ⬩ pluck

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Sume hió twiccedan ða grasu mid heora múðe, (ants) Shrn. 41, 2. Teóh him ða loccas, wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Twiccian carpere, arripere. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 69

Linked entry: twiccere

síþ-weg

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-weg, es ; m.

A road to travel on ⬩ high-road

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A road to travel on, high-road (?) Hé gehǽlde hygegeómre ðe hine gesóhtun of síðwegum (síd- ? v. síd-weg) he (Guthlac, who lived in the wilderness) healed the sad in heart that from the travelled ways sought him, Exon. Th. 155, 13; Gú. 859

ge-þóht

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Add: a thought, what a person thinks, an idea, opinion Ðá ðe ofer óðre bióð, giémen hié ... ðý lǽs ðæt geðóht hine ofersuíðe, Past. 119, 16.

Linked entry: þóht

losian

(v.)
Grammar
losian, p. ode

To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape

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Gif hé losige and hine mon eft gefó if he escape and be caught a second time, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 11: 1; Th. i. 60, 17. Gif hit [feoh] him losige, 20; Th. i. 74, 17.

Linked entry: lorian

LAND

(n.)
Grammar
LAND, es; n.

LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country

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Twegen sacerdas ðe ǽr on lífe wǽron his landes menn two priests who before, when living, had been his countrymen, 342, 3. Ðá cómon ða landes menn [the Northumbrians ] tógeánes him and hine ofslógon, Chr. 1068; Erl. 205, 2.

a-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
a-feormian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [a intensive, feormian to cleanse]

To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere

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Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24

GE-NÓG

(adv.)
Grammar
GE-NÓG, -nóh; adv.

Sufficiently, abundantly, ENOUGH ⬩ satis, abunde

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Sufficiently, abundantly, ENOUGH; satis, abunde Genóg sweotol hit is it is sufficiently manifest, Bt. 36, 3; Fox 176, 27. Genóg riht ðú segst rightly enough thou sayest, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 17.

dæg-hwámlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
dæg-hwámlíce, every day.
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Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu þæs húsles, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10. Dæghwonlíce, i. 44, 20: 46, 18. Dæghuǽmlíce, Rtl. 75, 5. Add

Linked entry: -hwámlíce

wiþ-habban

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Add: to restrain Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege, Hml. S. 31, 154.

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail

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'Hí rícsodon (-edon, Hatt. MS.) næs ðeáh mínes þonces' ... Ða ðe swǽ rícsiaþ (-ieaþ, Hatt. MS.) hí rícsiaþ of hira ágnum dóme ipsi regnaverunt, et non ex me'... Ex se regnant, qui ..., Past. 1, 2; Swt. 26, 14-16.

irnan

(v.)
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Cúðberhtus arn plegende mid his efenealdum . . . Cúðberhtus þá gýt mid his plegan forð arn, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 2-16. Stǽnene manlícan hié styredan and urnon him sylfe, Bl. H. 173, 24. Þǽs cyninges þegnas þider urnon, Chr. 755 ; P. 48, 7 : Sat. 532.

un-getogen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-getogen, adj.

Uneducated

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Uneducated Fisceras and ungetogene menn geceás Drihten him tó leorningcnihtum, and hí swá geteáh, ðæt heóra lár oferstáh ealne woruldwísdóm, Homl. Th. i. 576, 28.