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ge-sión

(v.)

to seebeholdvidere

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to see, behold; videre Wénaþ ða dysgan ðæt ǽlc mon síe blind swá hí sint; and ðæt nán mon ne mǽge seón [gesión, note] ðæt hí gesión ne mágon the foolish think that every man is blind as they are; and that no man is able to see what they cannot see, Bt

gearo

(adv.)
Grammar
gearo, gearu; adv.

Promptlyreadilyentirelyaltogetherprompteomnīnoprorsus

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Promptly, readily, entirely, altogether; prompte, omnīno, prorsus Ðæt ic goldǽht gearo sceáwige that I may promptly behold the gold-treasure, Beo. Th. 5490; B. 2748.

efne

(int.)
Grammar
efne, interj.

Lo! behold! truly! indeeden, ecce, certe, prŏfecto

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behold! truly! indeed; en, ecce, certe, prŏfecto Ðá se tán gehwearfefne ofer ǽnne ealdgesíða then indeed went the lot over one of the old comrades, Andr. Kmbl. 2209; An. 1106. And efne!

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od.

To spew, manifest, exhibitexhibere, monstrāre, manifestāreTo see, behold, view, look round uponvidere, perspicere, circumspicereTo see, considervidere, considerare

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To see, behold, view, look round upon; videre, perspicere, circumspicere Heó endestæf gesceáwiaþ they shall behold their end, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 31: Sat. 541. Ðæt deáþ ne gesceáwige qui non videbit mortem, Ps. Th. 88, 41.

Linked entry: sceáwian

ge-ríman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ríman, to -rímenne; p. de; pp. ed [ríman to number]

To number, reckonnumĕrāre

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Sceáwa heofon, hyrste gerím behold the heaven, number its ornaments, Cd. 100; Th. 132, 7; Gen. 2189. Ðæm feówer bearn, forþ gerímed, in worold wócon to him four children, numbered forth, were born into the world, Beo. Th. 118; B. 59

tán

(adj.)
Grammar
tán, adj.

Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family

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The passage in Genesis is: And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation, 17, 20), Cd.

ǽ-welm

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-welm, -wellm, -wylm, -wylme, -wielme, es; m. [eá water, wælm a welling or boiling up]

A welling up of waterspringfountainsourcehead of a riverbeginningaquæ fons

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Ðe mæg geseón ðone hluttran ǽwellm who can behold the clear fountain, 35,6; Fox 166, 25. Gif he gesión mǽge æðelne ǽwelm ǽlces gódet [MS. goodes] if he may see the noble fountain of all good, 23, 7; Met. 23, 4: 20, 517; Met. 20, 259.

Linked entries: ǽ-wylm eá-wylm

gleáwnes

(n.)
Grammar
gleáwnes, glauwnes, se; f.

Prudenceskillwisdomabilitysagacityacuteness

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Beheald ðas sunnan mid gleáwnysse behold this sun intelligently, Homl. Th. i. 284, 34. Seó orþonce gláunes the ingenious skill, Blickl. Homl. 99, 31.

Linked entry: glauwnes

fæst-nes

(n.)
Grammar
fæst-nes, -niss, -ness, -nyss,e ; f.

Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum

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Behealdaþ nú ða wídgilnesse, and ða fæstnesse heofenes behold now the immensity, and the firmness of heaven, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 5. Ymbtrymming oððe fæstnyss mūnīmen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12; Som. 9, 32

Linked entries: fæstennes festnes

blódig

(adj.)
Grammar
blódig, def. se blódiga, seó, ðæt blódige; adj.

BLOODYsanguineus, cruentus

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Geseoh nú swá ðín swát ageát, blódige stíge behold now where thy blood poured forth, a bloody path, Andr. Kmbl. 2883; An. 1444. He byreþ blódig wæl he will bear off my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 900; B. 448.

bi-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-healdan, p. -heóld, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden.

to hold by or near, guard, observe, preservetenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservareto see, look on, beholdvidere, intueri, aspicere

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Háteþ mec heáh-cyning bihealdan the high king commands [them] to preserve me, Exon. 1l0 b; Th. 424, 15; Rä. 41, 39. to see, look on, behold; videre, intueri, aspicere Freó ðæt bihealdeþ hú me of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas my master beholds how the shafts

Linked entry: be-healden

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, 3rd sing. pres. -ríseþ, -ríst , pl. -rísaþ; p. -rás, pl. -rison; pp. -risen

To behove, become, befit, suitdĕcēre, convĕnīre

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To behove, become, befit, suit; dĕcēre, convĕnīre: generally used impersonally Gold geríseþ on guman sweorde gold is fitting on a man's sword, Exon. 91 a; Th. 341, 14; Gn. Ex. 126. Ðé geríseþ lofsang te dĕcet hymnus, Ps. Spl. 64, 1: 92, 7.

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplatebeholdto considerto see about take care of

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Add: to contemplate, behold:- — Seó sáwel on ánre tíde besceáwað heofonan and ofer sǽflýhð, Hml. S. 1, 124. Besceáwiað contemplantur (Prov. 15, 3), Kent. Gl. 506. Bescáwede contemplarer, Hpt.

Crist

(n.)
Grammar
Crist, Krist, es; m.

CHRIST Christus

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Beseoh onsýne cristes ðínes behold the face of thine anointed Ps. Th. 83, 9; 88, 32, 44. Feówer Cristes béc the four Gospels Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 27; Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 16. Seó Cristes bóc the Gospel Ælfc. T. 30, 1.

Linked entry: Cristes bóc

be-díglian

(v.)

to conceal,to conceal fromto be concealedlie hid

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Þý lǽs mé ówiht in þǽm londe beholen oððe bedégled wǽre ne quid mihi in ignotis subtraheretur locis, Nar. 20, 21. to be concealed, lie hid Ic nelle ꝥ þé þis bedíglige (-deóglige, v. l.) and sý bemiðen hoc nolo te lateat, Gr. D. 174, 30

ge-bǽru

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bǽru, gen. e; acc. e, u; f : ge-bǽro; f. indecl. Or ge-bǽre; n; pl. u. See the cognate words at the end. [baero, bǽru a bearing]

BEARINGstatehabit or disposition of body or mindmannerconductbehaviourdemeanourmanners in societysocietygestushăbĭtusmōresconsortiumconsuētūdo

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Ðæt he sceáwode monna gebǽru that he might behold men's behaviour, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 17; Gú. 387 : Ors. 4, l0; Bos. 92, 37. Swylce habban sceal blíðe gebǽro shall such have a blithe demeanour?

Linked entries: ge-bǽre ge-bǽrness

ge-dafenian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dafenian, -dafnian, -dæfnia; p. ode; pp. od

To be becoming or fitto behovedecereconvĕnīreit behovesit is becoming or fitoughtdĕcetoportet

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To be becoming or fit, to behove; decere, convĕnīre : chiefly used impersonally, it behoves, it is becoming or fit, ought; dĕcet, oportet Ic axige hwæðer hit mihte gedafnian Abrahame I will ask whether it was becoming to Abraham, Boutr.

ge-sceáwian

(v.)
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Add: to see, behold, perceive Þte hérnise clǽnum gesceáwiga wé ymbseáne ut misterium puro cernamus intuitu, Rtl. 35, 37. Þ hire hálga symbelcen[nisse] gisceáwia ué (conspiciamus) ðá éce, 80, 26.

DOLH

(n.)
Grammar
DOLH, dolg,es ; n.

A wound, scar of a wound, cut, gash, sore vulnus, cicatrix, ulcus

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Ðám biþ grorne dolg sceáwian it shall be sad to them to behold the scars. Exon. 25 b; Th. 74, 16; Cri. 1207: 24 a; Th. 68, 24; Cri. 1108. Blód-dolh a blood-letting wound, L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 148, 12, 15

Linked entry: dolg

leód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
leód-scipe, es; m.

A peoplenation

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Eallurn his leódscipe tó þearfe for the behoof of all his people, L. Edg. pref; Th. i. 262, 4: L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 10. Woruldrihta ic wille ðæt standan on ǽlcum leódscipe [English and Danish and British, see the rest of the section], L. Edg.