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ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra þǽra ǽhta; þonne seó notu on gebróðra gewrixle bið, þæt gewis á mid þám abbode, þæt hé wite hwæt betǽht and hwæt underfangen ex quibus abbas brevem teneat, ut dum sibi in ipsa assignata fratres vicissim succedunt

un-ácumendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ácumendlíc, adj.

Unbearableintolerableimpossible to be borneexcessive

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Gif hwylcum bréþer hwæt hefelíces and unacumenlíces beboden si fratri impossibilia jubentur. Si cui fratri aliqua gravia aut impossibilia (unácumendalíce, R. Ben. Interl. 114, 5) injunguntur, R. Ben. 128, 9-11.

hú-meta

(adv.)
Grammar
hú-meta, adv.

Howquomodo

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Skt. 4, 9. Húmeta bodaþ hé [Paul] Cristes geleáfan? Homl. Th. i. 388, 2. Nú is tó besceáwigenne húmeta se ælmihtiga God geþafaþ ðæt ... now it is to be considered how it is that the almighty God permits that ..., 486, 17.

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máge

(n.)
Grammar
máge, an; f.

A kinswoman

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Skt. 1, 36. Seó cwén his máge regina propinqua illius, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 24. Ða landes ðe hire máge hire geúþe, Chart. Th. 338, 14: 337, 27. From bearme ánre mágan, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 25; Rä. 44, 14. Grendles mágan (mother ) gang, Beo.

Linked entry: mǽge

ræps

(n.)
Grammar
ræps, reps, es; m.
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án rǽding gerǽd, and án swýðe scort ræps æfterfylige, R. Ben. 34, 53. Án rǽding, æfter ðam reps (ræps, MSS. O. F. : ryps, MS. T.), ymen, fers and lofsang, 36, 21. Æfter ðæm glorian ðæs feórþan repses (ræpses, MS. O.), 35, 18.

Linked entry: reps

un-sýferness

(n.)
Grammar
un-sýferness, e; f.

Impurityuncleanness

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On unsýfernyssum betwih deófolgyldum in sordibus inter idola, 3, 30; S. 562, 18: 3, 1; S. 523, 23: 5, 19: S. 639, 23. Ða unséfernessa ðe ðǽr beóþ sió lifer áwyrpþ út and ðæt clǽne blód gesomnaþ, Lchdm. ii. 198, 5

Linked entry: sýferness

ge-brýsed

(v.)
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His preósta ǽnne of horse feallende and gebrýsedne (tóbrýsendne, v. l.) clericum suum cadendo contritum, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 573, 7. fig. Þeáh se rihtwísa áfealle, ne wyrð hé gebrýsed, ne his nán bán tóbrocen cum ceciderit justus, non conturbabitur, Ps.

full-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
full-boren, adj.
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Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. (1 a) figuratively Ðonne

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.
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Ósfriþ his sunu ... se hwatesta fyrdesne filius eius Osfrid, iuuenis bellicosus, Bd. 2, 20; Sch. 184, 11

inn

(adv.)
Grammar
inn, adv.
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See also verbs where in has been taken as a prefix

staþol

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Heó cwæð ꝥ þæs gyfe genihtsumode þe þǽre sáwle stadol unwemme geheóld she said that his grace sufficed who kept the state of the soul stainless, Hml. S. 23 b, 717. <b>III a.

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitivetransitorynot to be retainedpassing out of one's possession

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Ðæs éðel wǽre éce tó gelýfanne on heofonum, nalæs on eorþlícre frætwædnysse, on gewítendre and on úþgengre cujus sedes aeterna non in vili et caduco metallo, sed in coelis esset credenda, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 20.

wending

(n.)
Grammar
wending, e; f.

Turninga turning roundrevolutionchangingmutation

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Hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge mutabilitate se varium exhibet Past. 42; Swt. 306, 17. Orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse búton wendinge (cf. unonwendendlíce, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 24) Met. 7, 41

solor

(n.)
Grammar
solor, soler[e?], es; m.

An upper chamber, a solerflat roof of a house an upper room solarium, coenaculum

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An upper chamber, a soler Ic wilnige ðætte ðeós sprǽc stigge on ðæt ingeþonc ðæs leorneres suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre óððæt hió fæstlíce gestonde on ðæm solore ðæs módes until it stand firmly in the upper chamber of the mind Past. proem.; Swt. 23, 18.

Linked entry: solere

ge-þofta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þofta, an; m.

A companioncomradesŏdāliscontŭbernālis

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Gr. 49; Som. 65, 80; Wrt. Voc. 34, 12. Ðæt ðú gemyndig ðínes getreówan geþoftan tui mĕmor sis fīdissimi sŏdālis, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 25. Gemétte he ðone his geþoftan slǽpendne invēnit sŏdālem dormientem, 3, 27; S. 559, 14.

Linked entry: þyften

ge-þýwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þýwan, -þýan, -þíwan, -þéwan, -þeón, -þeówan; p. -þýwde, -þýde; pp. -þýd

To pressimpelurgeforceimpressrebukeoppressprĕmĕretrūdĕreurgērecompellĕreimprĭmĕreincrĕpāreopprĭmĕre

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To press, impel, urge, force, impress, rebuke, oppress; prĕmĕre, trūdĕre, urgēre, compellĕre, imprĭmĕre, incrĕpāre, opprĭmĕre Se snáw geþýþ hý and geþreátaþ the snow presses and afflicts them, Salm. Kmbl. 607; Sal. 303.

tó-brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brýsan, and -brýsian; p. de

To crush,break in pieces

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Gif hwá tóbrýsed if any one be crushed (convulsus), Lchdm. i. 122, 1. Tóbrysede tigelan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 169. ȝiff he wolide læpenn dun he munnde tobrisenn all himm sellfenn, Orm. 12032. Al tobrised bac and þe, Havel. 1950.

ge-métan

(v.)
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, Ors. 5, 6 ; S. 228, 2.

faru

goingpassingsailinga journeyvoyagean expeditionproceedingscoursepathprocedurethe trainthe troopsthe followersthe attendantscarriage

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S. 23, 83. Seó scamu hyre forbeád þá fare (processionem) tó þǽre cyrichálgunge, Gr.

ge-myndig

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Cf. ge-mynd; IV :-- Se gemyndiga pápa papa memoratus, Bd. 5, 7; Sch. 584, 9. III. deserving of commemoration.