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ge-grápian

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

To gropetouchpalpāre

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To grope, touch; palpāre Sió gefrédnes hine mæg gegrápian the feeling may touch it, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 10 : Ps. Th. 113, 15 : 134, 18. Hand habbaþ and híg ne gegrápíaþ mănus hăbent et non palpābunt, Ps. Lamb. second 113, 7.

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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Ðonne se scrift ongit ðæs costunga ðe hé him ondetteþ when the confessor hears the temptations of the man who confesses to him, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 20. Ðære fǽmnan tíd þe hire ( whose ) noma wæs Sc̃ca Anatolia, Shrn. 102, 34.

Linked entry: þý

ge-ándagian

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

To appoint a day or termdiem dīcĕre

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To appoint a day or term; diem dīcĕre Ðæt he him geándagode of ðam folclande that he should give him a term respecting the folk-land, L. Ed. 2; Th. i. 160, 12

ge-sprec

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sprec, es; n.

The power of speech

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The power of speech He him sealde monnes gesprec he should give him human speech, Shrn. 76, 23. Sealde he dumbum gesprec he gave speech to the dumb, Andr. Kmbl. 1153; An. 577

Linked entry: -sprec

ge-teolod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teolod, part.

Gained;lucrĭfactus

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Gained; lucrĭfactus Ðonne sceal gehwá him æteówian hwæt he mid ðam punde geteolod hæfþ then shall every one show to him what he has gained with the pound, Homl. Th. ii. 558, 10

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.

ge-lóm

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lóm, adj.
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Frequent worhton áne cyrcan þám hálgan, for þan þe gelóme ( or adv. ?) wundra wurdon set his byrgene. Hml. S. 32, 172. Þá wunda þe þá hǽþenan mid gelómum scotungum on his lîce macodon, 182. Hé mid gelómum siccetungum mǽnde, 31, 1019

Linked entry: -lóm

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counselill-advised coursebad planfollydisadvantageprejudicehurt

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Absalon férde forð mid his unrǽde, and wolde his ágenum fæder feores benǽman, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 215. Ðæra hálgena líc woldon besencan on flóde, ac se ælmihtiga Scyppend wiðslóh ðam unrǽde. Sum wíf wæs ðe wiste heora unrǽd, ii. 29, 324.

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to dress.
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, quae necessitas poscebat itineris, largiter subministratis); and hine hét, þonne hé eft tó his éðle hweorfan wolde, ꝥ hé tó him cóme, ꝥ hé hine wel hám gescyrpte, Bd. 5, 19 ; Sch. 659, 20-25

seóslig

(adj.)
Grammar
seóslig, adj.
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Afflicted, troubled, vexed Se hálga wer ælda gehwylces ðe hine seóslige sóhtun hǽlde líc and sáwle the holy man healed body and soul of all that in affliction sought him , Exon. Th. 157, 29; Gú. 899. Cf. súsl

land-stycce

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hine sylfne beeóde swá him þearf wæs bútan racenteáge in swá mycclum landsticce ungebunden swá hé ǽr gebunden on wunode in tanto se spatio sine catena coercuit, in quanto antea ligatus mansit Gr. D. 214, 16. Add

ge-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hálgung, e; f.

A consecrationsanctificationsanctuaryconsecrātiosanctĭfĭcātiosanctuārium

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A consecration, sanctification, sanctuary; consecrātio, sanctĭfĭcātio, sanctuārium He ingelǽdde hie in munt gehálgunge his induxit eos in montem sanctĭfĭcātiōnis suæ, Ps. Surt. 77, 54 : 131, 8. On gehálgunge hys in sanctĭfĭcātiōne ejus, Ps. Spl. C.

of-licgan

(v.)

to oppress, to hurt by lying upon

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to oppress, to hurt by lying upon Gif hwá on slǽpe his bearn oflicge ðæt hit deád wurðe si quis in somno infantem suum oppres-serit, et mortuus sit L. M. I. P. 41; Th. ii. 276, 10

Linked entry: licgan

for-specan

(v.)
Grammar
for-specan, for-sprecan; p. -sp[r]æc, pl. -sp[r]ǽcon; pp. -sp[r]ecen.
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to speak against, speak ill of, denounce Forsprecað foran tó ðisum folce, þæt 'swá hraðe swá becumað tó ðyssere byrig, gehseftað ,' Hml. Th. ii. 494, 10.

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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Ðæs abbudes tácen is ðæt mon his twégen fingras tó his heáfde ásette and his feax mid genime, Techm. ii. 118, 1-5, and often. Treófugla tuddor tácnum cýðdon eádges eftcyme, Exon.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
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Add: to try, test gelýfdon him be eallum þám geþeódum, þeáh hyra gecunnian ne mihton crediderunt de omnibus linguis quas probare minime ualebant, Gr. D. 301, 1.

wergild-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
wergild-þeóf, es; m.
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Gif mon wergildþeóf geféhð, and hé losige ðý dæge ðám monnum ðe hine gefóð, þeáh hine mon gefó ymb niht, náh him mon máre æt ðonne ful wíte, L. In. 72; Th. i. 148, 5-8.

on-clifiende

(adj.)
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him mid heora móde oncleofiað and onclifigende . . . ongytað mente ei inhaerent, atque inhaerendo . . . agnoscunt, Gr. D. 138, 34. Onclifende (inhaerendo) þam gáste se líchama byþ gehealden in écnesse, 264, 1

á-breótan

(v.)
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Hé ábreótte (exterminavít) hié. Ps. Srt. 77, 45 : 79, 14. Hié his heáfdes segl ábreóton mid billes ecge, An. 51. Biáð ábreótte exterminabuntur, Ps. Srt. 36, 9. Wǽran sweordum ábrotene in gladio ceclderunt, Ps. Th. 77, 64

íþelíce

(adv.)
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Swá micle swá hió éstelícor ofdúne ástígeð, swá hió iéðelícor úp ástígeð, 103, 19. Micle iéðelícor, 107, 2. Ðý iéðelícor, 304, 5. Micle ðý iéðelícor, 80, 8. Add

Linked entry: eáþelíce