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tó-geótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-geótan, p. -geát, pl. -gulon; pp. -goten.

to diffusespreadto pour away,to exhaust

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Ðonne wé swíðe wíde út tógeótaþ ða láre quando exterius late praedicationem fundimus, Past. 48; Swt. 375, 10. Ǽr ðon sió yfele wǽte, se de on wintra gesomnad biþ, hié tógeóte geond óþera lima, Lchdm. ii. 228, 9.

Linked entry: tó-gotenness

Eádbald

(n.)
Grammar
Eádbald, -bold, es; m. [eád happy, bald bold]

Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640

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this year [A.D. 616] Ethelbert, king of the Kentish people, died, and Eadbald his son succeeded to the kingdom, who disregarded his baptism, and lived in heathen manner, so that he had his father's widow to wife, Chr. 616; Th. 40, 2-9: Bd. 2, 5; S. 506

módor

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Nú ne sceolon þá mǽdenu heora móddru forseón of ðám ðe hí cómon, þeáh ðe hí beón on mægðháde lybbende and heora móddru beón wíf, Hml. A. 37, 324: 32, 208.

ceolas

(n.)
Grammar
ceolas, pl. m.

Cold winds, coldanræ frigidæ, frigus

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Cold winds, cold; anræ frigidæ, frigus Ðec ceolas weorþian Fæder, forst and snáw thee, O Father, cold winds adore, frost and snow, Exon. 54b; Th. 192, 9; Az. 103

ge-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.

to make knowntellrelateproclaimannounceinformnuntiareannuntiarereferreeffarimonereto declarerevealmanifestshewperformconfirmtestifyprovedeclararerevelareedoceremanifestaremonstrareperhiberetestariprobareto make celebratedrenownedfamednotum facereinclytum reddere

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He gecýðeþ ðé wisðómes gife he will shew thee the gift of wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 187; El. 595. Swá ðú hyldo wið me gecýðdest as thou hast manifested grace to me, Andr. Kmbl. 780; An. 390. Ðæt ðíne leóde gecýðdon that thy people shewed, Salm.

ge-ceósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceósan, to geceósanne, geceósenne; ic -ceóse, ðú -ceósest, -cýst, -císt, he -ceóseþ, -cýsþ, -cýst, pl. -ceósaþ; p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren

To electchoosedecideproveapproveeligerepræeligereseligereasciscerepeterenancisci

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Cain geceás wíc Cain chose a dwelling, Cd. 50; Th. 64, 17; Gen. 1051 : 91; Th. 115, 29; Gen. 1927 : 129; Th. 164, 3; Gen. 2709 : Beo.

ge-limpwíse

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Dele. l. gelimp, wíse

coerin

(n.)

boiled wine

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boiled wine Cot. 61

súþerne

(adj.)
Grammar
súþerne, adj.
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Súþerne wind austrum. 77, 30: austrum, affricum, Blickl. Gl. Sende se sǽrinc súþerne gár, Byrht. Th. 135, 47; By. 134. Hire ( the queen of Sheba ) olfendas bǽron súðerne wyrta, Homl.

Linked entry: abrotanum

ge-hrínan

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Suá huæd ðǽm gihríned bið quicquid eo tactum fuerit Rtl. 121, 7. to have intercourse with. Cf. wíf-gehrine Sé ðe gihríne;ð portcuoene qui adheret meretrici Rtl. 106, 30

ge-bycgan

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Ǽlc þǽra manna þe yt oððe drincð on untíman ... wite hé ꝥ his sáwl sceal sárlíce hit gebicgan (-bycgean, v.l. ), Hml. S. 12, 77.

iú-leán

(n.)
Grammar
iú-leán, es ; n.
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A reward for something done long ago Iúleán ðæs ðe hine of nearwum Widia út forlét a reward, because in time past Widia released him from straits, Wald. 2, 7

Linked entry: geó-leán

ÁWA

(adv.)
Grammar
ÁWA, áwo; adv.

Alwayseverfor eversemperunquamusque

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Ne wile heó áwa ðæs síþes geswícan nor will it ever desist from its course, Salm. Kmbl. 646; Sal. 322. Áwa to feore in seculum, Ps. Th. 51, 8: 65, 6. On écnesse, áwa in æternum, 118, 89. Áwa to worlde in seculum seculi, 71, 19 : 144, 1.

Linked entries: áwo náwa

druncen

(n.)
Grammar
druncen, es; n?e ; f?

Drunkenness ēbriĕtas

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Gif ðú hwæt on druncen misdó, ne wít ðú hit ðam ealoþe if thou have misdone in drunkenness, blame not the drink, Prov. Kmbl. 39

mann-dreám

(n.)
Grammar
mann-dreám, es; m.

Human joyjoyous life among menjoyous noise

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Human joy, joyous life among men, joyous noise Ðú ne gemyndgast æfter mandreáme, ne wást bútan wildeóra þeáw thy mind shall not be according to human life, nor shall thou (Nebuchadnezzar) know aught but the habit of wild beasts, Cd. 203; Th. 251, 30;

blíð-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
blíð-heort, adj.

BLITHE of HEART, merry, joyfullætus corde, hilariskind of heart, mercifulbenignus corde, misericors

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Kmbl. 1319; An. 660. kind of heart, merciful; benignus corde, misericors Gebletsode blíðheort Cyning, Metod alwihta, wíf and wǽpned the merciful King, Lord of all things, blessed female and male, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 28; Gen. 192

geongor-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
geongor-dóm, geonger-dóm, es; m.

Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalagejuvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium

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Unc wearþ God yrre forðon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum þurh geongordóm God was angry with us two because we two would not bow to him with our heads in subjection, 35; Th. 46, 12; Gen. 743: 30; Th. 41, 26; Gen. 662.

Linked entry: geongerdóm

wringan

(v.)
Grammar
wringan, p. wrang, pl. wrungon; pp. wrungen

To wringto twistto squeeze out

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Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter. Bt. 5,2; Fox 10, 31. Tó wringen[n]e ad exprimendos, Hpt. Gl. 468, 32. [O. H. Ger. ringan rixari, luctari.]

Linked entry: a-wringan

æt-feallan

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S. 12, 216. fig to fall away, diminution Ætfealle sió bót þǽm godfæder swá ilce swá ꝥ wíte þám hláforde déð. Ll. Th. i. 150, 18. deterioration Ꝥ geleáfa swá earmlíce ætfeallan sceolde, Hml.

arod

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arod, strenuous, bold.
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wíf wæs á siððan þý aredra on hire béne, Shrn. 99, 36. Add