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ge-dihtan

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Add: (i) to direct, order, give direction to a person (dat.) Wíse menn hit áfunden þurh þone hálgan wísdóm, swá heom God gedihte, Lch. iii. 154, 7. Án scyp þe Godd sylf gedihte Nóe to wyrcaune, Wlfst. 10, 10. (l a) with acc. of direction, to give a direction

hálig-dóm

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Add: holiness, sanctity. of human beings. Cf. hálig; <b>A. III, V</b> Háligdóm is fullneáh ásprungen and sóðfæstnes swýðe gelytlod defecit sanctum, diminutae sunt veritates, Ps. Th. II, l. Háligdómes sanctimonie (Christus, zelotypus sanctimoniae

óleccan

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óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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dele last passage, for which see ólehtan, and add Martianus cwæð ꝥ hé geare wiste his æðelborennysse, 'and ic þé for ðí tihte ꝥ ðú-þám godum geoffrige'. Iulianus him sǽde, 'Þu eart áblend for þínre yfelnysse, and for þí mé þus ólǽcst', Hml. S. 4, 133

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, a mark, <b>mearc</b> a limit. [These may be taken under one head, see N. E. D. mark.]
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Add: a weak form mearce occurs Angl. viii. 326, 11, and a neuter mearc Gr. D. 197, 4. a boundary of land Istis terminibus terra circumgyrata esse videtur. . Ǽrest Ælfgýðe mearc .. . oþ Eádgife mearce, þonae þonan tó þæs biscopes mearce, Cht. E. 176,

ge-macian

(v.)
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Substitute: to make, fashion, construct a material object Hé be þám gemǽron castelas lét gemakian, Chr. 1097 ; P. 233, 25. Gé ne sceolon beón rance mid hringgum' geglengede, ne eówer reáf ne beó tó ranclíce gemacod, ne eft tó wáclíce, Ll. Th. ii. 358

gíme-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
gíme-leás, adj.
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that does not take care or trouble, careless, negligent Wé wénað ꝥ mænige gímeleúse menn ne réccean hú heora yrfe fare, Ll. Th. i. 238, 5. Útádrǽfdum gýmeleásra preósta fýlþum ejectis negle-gentium clericorum spurcitiis, Angl. xiii. 366, 16. <b>

hírsumian

(v.)

to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ a feeling ⬩ desire ⬩ an impulse ⬩ to serve ⬩ to serve God

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Take here hýrsumian in Dict., and add Hýrsumian obtemperare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 8. Hírsumiendum parentibus, 67, 28. to obey a person Hérsumað obedit (malus linguae iniquae), Kent. Gl. 589. Hérsumað optemperat (fallax labiis mendacibus), 590. Be ðám ðæt

hwearfian

(v.)
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Add: to turn on a hinge, pivot, axle, &amp;c. (lit. or fig.) Seó hior ðe ealle gód on hwearfaþ, Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 35. Eall ðiós hwearfiende gesceaft hwearfaþ on ðám stillan Gode, 39, 6; F. 220, 24. Sió sául sceolde hwearfian on hire selfre, swá

hand

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For B. 2137 see hand-gemǽne, dele the passage from Ll. Th. i. 18, 1. and add: a hand: — Gif hé heáhre handa dyntes onféhð if he receives a blow from an uplifted hand, i. e. a violent blow. (For the force of heáh cf. (?) its metaphorical use in: Úre hand

ge-mǽre

(n.; v.)
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Add: <b>ge-mǽru, ge-mǽro</b>, e (or indecl. ?); f. A border, margin, coast Tó ðǽm gemǽrum ad oras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 52. in the case of a country or district. frontier, border, (by the sea) coast -Þá brycge þe æt þǽm gemǽre wæs, Ors. 2,

ród

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Add: róde, an (? v. C. D. B. iii. 660, 31). Add Ðone Iácobum Iúdǽa leorneras ofslógan mid webwyrhtan róde (cf. heora án hine ( James ) slóh mid ormǽtum stencge, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24), Shrn. 93, 13. add: a cross on which a person is executed Petrus cwæþ

fylgean

to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time

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Add: of movement, marking relative position Ꝥ ǽrre folc and ꝥ æfterre . . . wé synt þe þǽr æfter fylgeaþ, Bl. H. 81, 33. Seó menigo þe þǽr beforan férde and seó þe þǽr æfter fylgde, 71, 10. marking accompaniment Him fylgede mycel manigo þæs folces,

þing-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
þing-rǽden, þing-rǽdenn, e; f.
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Intercession, advocacy, pleading, intervention, mediation, in a general sense Ða apostoli hí ástrehton æt ðæs ealdormannes fótum, biddende ðæt ða hǽðengildan nǽron for heora intingan ácwealde ... Ðá cwæð se ealdorman: 'Wundor mé ðincþ eówer ðingrǽden

and-wyrdan

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Add: (-weard-, -ward-, -word- in North Gospels) Ne andwyrtst (-wyrdest, R. ) þu nán þing ongén þá nihil respondes ad ea f , Mt. 26, 62. Ondueardest (-wordes, R. ), Mk. L. 14, 60. Se smiþ andwyrt (respondit), Coll. M. 31, 15. Ðonne andwyrt se cyning

á-sceádan

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Add Áweg álúcan oððe ásceádan discludere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 51. Sý fram ásceádan excipiatur, i. segregatur, 145, 11. to separate, dissociate, literal Þém áscádendum, quia carbones inseparunt scoria de ferro [marginal gloss on cum carbonibus], Bl.

Linked entry: sceádan

be-scúfan

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be-scúfan, -sceófan.

to thrust

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Add: to thrust, cast into a place Seó gýtsung manega bescýfð (precipitat) on fýr, Prud. 60. þeacute; se Ælmihtiga [on] heolstor besceáf, An. 1193. Hí hine on cwearterne bescufon, Hml. i. 18, 440. Hét ontendan fýr, and hí tómiddes besceófan, 7, 219. Hét

clyne

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>clyne,</b> es; n. A mass, lump, ball Clyne massa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 66. Clyne globus (astrorum ), An. Ox. 23, 40. Clynes globi (lunaris ), 492. Trendles, clynes spere (clynes, trendies sphaerae, trendel, clyne sphaera, Hpt

clýsing

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Add: closing, stopping; a bar Higlísta écer[e] clýsunga (cf. écum loce, R. Ben. 22, 5) wé fordémað scurilitates aeterna clausura dampnamus, R. Ben. I. 26, 14. an enclosed place, cloister, closet Út ágán mǽdenes módor clýsinga egressus virginis matris

drencan

(v.)
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Add: to give drink to Swá hwá swá óðerne drencð (ðrencð, v. l.), hé wirð self oferdruncen qui inebriat, ipse quoque inebriabitur (Prov. 11, 25), Past. 381, 4. God ús drencte mid teárum potum dedit nobis in lacrymis, 413, 11. Drynctun mec mid ecede potaverunt

fægen

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fægen, fagen

glad

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Add: glad. absolute Faegen conpos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 73. Fægen voti compos, 124, 11. with cause of gladness given, in genitive Hilarius nine underféng, fagen his cymes, Hml. Th. ii. 504, 19. Fægen (fagen, v. l.) his gecyrrednysse, Hml. S. 26, 133.