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eorl-dóm

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His fæder wæs geboren on Norðfolce, and se kyngc geaf for þí his suna þǽr þone eorldóm and Súðfolc eác (þone eorldóm on Norðfolc and Súðfolc, v. l.), 1075; P. 210, 33. Add

fleót

(n.)

an estuary

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Binnan twám fliátum sind genemde pirifliát and scipfliót, ðá gesceádad þæt land westan and eástan oð ðæt weallfæsten, C. D. ii. 86, 25. Add

for-þryccan

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Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced ( premor ) mid þám scyllum þisses dracan, 325, 5. to torture Beóð þá earman sáwla áhangene ofer þá hátestan lígeas, and þǽr þonne beóð forþriccende (-ede?)

ge-blinnan

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Voc. ii. 28, 23. to cease from action that has been continuous Hé bideþ þæs écan leóhtes, and nó ne geblinneb, Bl. H. 17, 35. Geblanu <b>ꝥ</b> wind cessavit ventus, Mt. L. 14, 32: Lk. L. 8, 24. Geblann gespreaca cessavit loqui, 5, 4.

ge-nǽgan

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Ic ( a sword) má wánan ne þearf þæt mé bearn wrǽce, gif mé gromra hwylc gúðe genǽgeð (gehnǽgeð? v. ge-hnǽgan), Rä. 31, 19. Wé þec níða genǽgað, Gú. 201. Hearde genearwod, níða genǽged, B. 1439.

ge-sete

Grammar
ge-sete, l. ge-set,
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Hwylc sý Meotodes gesceaft sigefolca geseta, þǽr hé sylfa wunað, Gn. C. 66. Tó heallicum geseton ad palatinas aulas, An. Ox. 2997 : 7, 215. Yldran ússe (Adam and Eve) sóhton sorgfulran gesetu, Ph. 417.

ge-feormian

(v.)
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Take separate from and and to these add: to entertain as a guest, v. feormian ; Se Godes wer þe Quadragesimus þǽr gefeormode (-ferm-, v.l.) vir Dei qui receptus hospitio fuerat, Gr.

ge-witleást

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Þæs cáseres ( Domitian ), witan hine ofslógon for his wælhreównysse and his gewittleáste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 26. Hwílon God gewítnaþ ðæs mannes gewitleáste, Hml.

Linked entry: wit-leást

meolc

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Hé lifde be þára wildeóra meolcum, Shrn. 118, 17. ( ) of a woman Genim wífes meoluc þæs þe cild habbe, Lch. ii. 28, 8: 42, 5. ( ) figurative Ic sceal sellan eów giét mioloc drincan, nalles flǽsc etan.

miþian

(v.)
Grammar
miþian, p. ode
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swefn miðgian (the old enemy could not suffer these things in silence nor keep them from being generally known by entrusting them to the secrecy of a dream), swá swá is ǽfre his gewunan, ac mid openlicre gesihþe hé gebróhte hine sylfne beforan eágum þæs

namian

(v.)
Grammar
namian, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé ne gecneów þára namena nán ðing þe hé þǽr namode, Hml. S. 23, 685. v tó-namian

of-hreówan

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Ofhreów þám hálgan þæs haran frecednyss, Hml. S. 31, 1060. Hé wæs tó þám earmheort ꝥ him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif hé ne gehulpe hire dreórinesse, Gr. D. 18, 13. Add: with dat. of pers. only Gode ofhreów ðá and cwæð tó ðám engle, Hml. S. 13, 254.

sprǽc-hús

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Angl. xiii. 432, 965. a place in a monastery for the reception of guests [auditorium, domus vel cubiculum in monasteriis ubi excipiebantur advenientes hospites et salutaturi, Migne] Martinus cóm hwílon tó ánum preóstlífe, and hí gelógodon his bæd on þæs

trahtian

(v.)
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</b> to compose a treatise Be þon ic gemune ꝥ ic sǽde in þám folclárum þæs godspelles þe ic trahtode be Tassilan mínre faðan hoc quod de Tharsilla amita mea in homiliis Euangelii dixisse me recolo, Gr.

á-wédan

to go madto rageto be mad

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Þæs mannes sunu áwédde, Shrn. 97, 15. Se cyng áwédde þe hine cwellan hét, and ealle þá hǽþenan bisceopas áwéddan and swulton, 121, 3-5. Ðá swín ealle áwéddan, Hml. S. 17, 194. Ðá wearð Decius mid feóndlicum gáste áwéd, Hml.

be-cnyttan

to tie up in a bundleto tie roundsurround with a bondto tieattach with a string,to tie a rope,

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Þæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde, ii. 28, 18. with acc. of the fastening to tie a rope, Hí becnytton ánne wriþan onbútan his swuran, Hml. S. 23, 607

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Þæs hagan gemǽre . . . líð úp of þǽm forda . . . C. D. B. ii. 305, 22. Andlang ðæs gemǽrhagan . . . andlang gemǽres, C. D. vi. 9, 5: 234, 20, 21, 23. Andlang gemǽres on hæselburh . . . of dám forda á be gemǽre, iii. 438, 13-10, 17, 18, 21.

gód

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Hyne Geáta bearn gódne ne tealdon . . . wéndon þæt hé sleac wǽre, æðeling unfrom, 2184.

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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cwyde þæs sláwan þeówes (þeawas, MS.) that I fall under the sentence passed on the slothful servant, Hml. S. 23 b, 14. to accuse Mið ðý (wæs) gewroeged ł geniðrad ( accusaretur ), Mt. L. 27, 12. [O. H.

Linked entry: niþerian

gífer-nes

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Tantalus ðe on þisse worulde ungemetlíce gífre wæs, and him þǽr ( in hell) ꝥ ilce yfel fyligde þæs gífernesse, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, l.