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GRÉNE

(adj.)
Grammar
GRÉNE, adj.
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Genim ðære ylcan wyrte leáf ðonne heó grénost beó take the leaves of the same plant when it is greenest, Herb. 1, 4; Lchdm. i. 72, 7

Linked entry: groene

éhtend

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Add: a pursuer, assailant (cf. éhtan, <b>I, III</b>) Scipia sǽde þæt hé þára ǽlces éhtend wolde beón, swá swá his feóndes, þe þæs wordes wǽre þæt from þóhte Scipio said he would pursue with relentless hostility every one who voted for leaving

ginne

(adj.)
Grammar
ginne, adj.
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Under gynne grund under the broad earth, B. 1551. ample, of great amount Hé him grundwelan ginne sealde, hét þám sinhíwum sǽs and eorðan túddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan, Gen. 457

Linked entries: gin gin

irþling

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S. 5, 225. a bird (some of the same Latin words are used for the wren. v. wrenna) Irðling cucuzata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 21. Eorþlinc birbiacaliolus, Hpt. 33, 241, 56

ǽfen-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereord, e; f. es; n. Substitute: add: Used in pl. for a single meal
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sæt mid him æt ðǽm ǽfengereordum, Bl. H. 73, 5: 143, 6. Martha gearwode ðám Hǽlende ǽfengereordu, 67, 26. Heora underngereordu and ǽfengereordu hié mengdon tógædere, 99, 23

symbel-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
symbel-dæg, es; m.

a feast-day,a festival, day of a religious feast

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Se biscop sæt sume symbeldæge on ðære cierecan, Shrn. 78, 26. Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstiges, Blickl. Homl. 131, 10. On symmeldæge (symbel-, MS. A.) per diem festum, Mk. Skt. 15, 6. His symbeldæg (natalitia) wé mérsiaþ, Rtl. 44, 28.

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting sempĭternus, æternus

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On ðone écan eard ussa sáwla to the eternal region of our souls, Bt. Met. Fox 23, 21; Met. 23, 11. He him éce meaht geceás he chose to himself eternal power, Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 34; Gú. 852.

Linked entry: ǽce

ge-win

(n.)
Grammar
ge-win, -winn, es; n. [winnan to fight] .

a battlecontestwarstrifequarrelhostilitytumultcertāmenpugnabellumtŭmultuslabourtoilsorrowagonylăbortrībŭlātioăgōniafruit of laborersgainprofitfructus lăbōrumlucrumquæstus

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Gewinn and sár lăbor et dŏlor, Ps. Th. 89, 11: 72, 13. Wæs gewinnes endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day of his labour was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 6; Gú. 904: Ps. Th. 127, 2.

Linked entry: winn

sceþþan

(v.)
Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
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Th. 273, 33; Sat. 146. Scyþþan, Andr. Kmbl. 2096; An. 1049. Ðæt Scottas him nóht sceþþende ne áfuhton, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 25. with acc. Se lég ða stuþo sceþþan ne meahte flamma destinam laedere nullatenus sinebatur, 3, 17; S. 544, 33.

Linked entry: sceaþan

un-sib

(n.)
Grammar
un-sib, un-sibb, e; f.

unfriendlinessunkindlinessenmitystrifehostilitieswardivisionvariancedisagreementdisunion

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Th. 281, 13; Sat. 271. Ic andette mínes módes morðor and unsibbe and ofermódignesse, L. de Cf. 8; Th. ii. 262, 32. Oferfyll ne murneþ ne for fæder ne for méder, ne for nánum gesibban men.

an-sín

(n.)
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Gedyde ic þæt þú onsýn hæfdest mǽgwlite mé gelícne, Cri. 1383. of things Seó þe ǽr gladu onsiéne wæs, Met. 5, 11. Seó cyrice is on onsýne útan yfeles heówes, Bl. H. 197, 11.

Linked entry: an-sýn

for-fleón

(v.)

to avoidto avoidabstain from

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Mid þám þe ic ꝥ forfleáh, þá wearð ic on forliden, Ap. Th. 24, 16. to get free from unfavourable conditions, escape from difficulty Forflióh[ð] effugiet (justus de angustia), Kent.

ge-tenge

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Nis þé nán unáberendlic broc getenge nec tibi nimium tempestas incubuit, 10; F. 30, 5. þ ám werigan wearð wiacu getenge vengeance came upon him, Sat. 711.

ge-bróþor

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Ic eóde to cyrcean and sang mid gebróþrum, Coll. M. 33, 25: 35, 25. as a courteous form of address Andreas cwæð: 'Bróðor (the person addressed is the captain of the boat), onfóh ús on ꝥ scip'. . .

ge-dwild

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ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Add: in a physical sense, wandering Ilias ꝥ beóð gewyn, and Odissia beóð gedwyld (cf. the opening of the Odyssey, 'Sing of the man who wandered much . . . and saw the cities of many men'), swá Omérus on þǽre béc recð, Angl. viii. 330, 46. error, a being

grípan

(v.)
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Sat. 269

grǽdig

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His gingran, gífre and grǽdige (cf. ágan ús þis wuldres leóht eall tó ǽhte, 253), Sat. 192. Grédige, 32. Grǽdige cupidas, Wülck. Gl. 253, 28. Gítsung ontent ðæs mannes mód tó máran ǽhte, and swá hé máre hæfð swá hé grǽdigra bið, Hml.

wín

(n.)
Grammar
wín, es; n.

Wine

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Wer sæt æt wíne, Exon. Th. 431, 25; Rä. 47, 1. Win nectar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 31. Hé bróhte hláf and wín. 14, 18. Hwilc þinc gelǽdst ðú (the merchant) ús? Wín and ele, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9. Hwæt drincst ðú (boy)?

rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
rihte, adv.

right, due, directly, straight directly, straightway rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, dulycorrectly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly

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Ryhtor cweþan to say with greater accuracy, 5, 1; Swt. 214, 9

ofer-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread

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Seó ealle his crætu and riddan mid ýðan oferwreáh, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 28. Þicce genip oferwréh ðone munt, Ex. 19, 16. Oferwreogan contexerunt mé þýstru, Ps. Lamb. 54, 6. Ne ne beóþ gecyrred oferwreón (tó oferwreónne, Ps. Lamb.: oferwreán, Ps.