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ge-méðgian

(v.)
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ge-méðgian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [méðig wearied]

To weary, fatigue, impair ⬩ fătīgāre

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To weary, fatigue, impair; fătīgāre Wæs Gúþláce mægen geméðgad Guthlac's strength was impaired, Exon. 47 a; Th. 160, 27; Gú. 950

ge-nyman

(v.)

to take ⬩ assūmĕre

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to take; assūmĕre Ðú genymest gecýðnysse míne þurh múþ ðínne tu assŭmis testāmentum meum per os tuum, Ps. Spl. 49, 17

cneówlian

(v.)
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to kneel Sylf hé on díglum stówum gecneówige (cneówlie, v. l. v. N. E. D. kneel), Ll. Th. ii. 282, 30

costere

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Þá ðá hé ána wæs, þá com him tó se costere, Hml. Th. ii. 156, 22: Gr. D. 100, 18. Add

mægden-mann

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Críst mǽdenmann him tó méder geceás, 14, 15 : Hml. Th. i. 308, 28. Add

CRACIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CRACIAN, part. craciende,; p. ode; pp. od

To CRACK ⬩ quake ⬩ crepare

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To CRACK, quake; crepare Craciendum crepante Mone B. 123. Sió eorþe eall cracode the whole earth quaked Ps. Th. 45, 3

on-hátan

(v.)

to promise

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to promise Hyre nales frætwe onhéht, Exon. Th. 249, 28; Jul. 118. Ðæt ic deófolgieldum gaful onháte, 251, 27; Jul. 151

ge-þéwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þéwan, p. -þéwde; pp. -þéwed, -þéwd

To oppress; ⬩ opprĭmĕre

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To oppress; opprĭmĕre He sárig folc, geþéwde þurste, blissade he gladdened the sorrowful people, oppressed with thirst, Ps. Th. 106, 32

scyldan

(v.)
Grammar
scyldan, scyldian

to charge ⬩ accuse

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to charge, accuse Hý gán xii. sume and gescyldigen (gescylden, other MS.) hine, L. Ath. i. 11; Th. i. 206, 3

þegen-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-weorod, es; n.

A host of thanes

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A host of thanes Ðæt wé tó ðam hýhstan hróf gestígan, dǽr is geþungen þegnweorud, Exon. Th. 47, 6; Cri. 751

ge-feormian

(v.)

to cleanse

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to cleanse. Sácerd sé þe þurh unsýfre sprǽce hine besmíteð, and ne gefeormige ( mundet ) hine, Ll. Th. ii. 138, 5. Add

ge-cuman

to move to an object, to reach by moving ⬩ to agree upon ⬩ convenire

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Add: to move to an object, to reach by moving His cræft . gecymð on ǽlcere ǽdre, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 1. Ðæt heáfod gecymð on ðǽre eorðan caput sese ad terram declinat, Past. 133, 2.

on-fón

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Þú mé onféncge, Ps. Th. 118, 147. Hé heora mid bismere onféng, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 146, 33. Sé þe hine tó men onfó, Ll. Th. i. 86, 9. Ðá fǽmnan þe gewuniað onfón gealdorcræftigan, 52, 9. Gif hí sumne freónd onfón willað tó him, Hml, Th. ii. 316, 8.

díc

(n.)
Grammar
díc, es; m.

DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ⬩ vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est

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Ondlong riðiges on ðone díc along the ridge to the dike, 620; A. D. 978; Kmbl. iii. 169, 2; iii. 168, 35. On ánne micelne díc to a great dike, iii. 169, 7. Of ðæm díce from the dike, iii. 169, 2. To ðæm ealdan díc to the old dike, Th. Diplm. A.

Linked entry: fæsten-díc

godspellian

(v.)
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Rdr. 67, 12. of the good tidings of the gospel, intrans. To preach the gospel to a person Ongan hé þám foresprecenan bréþer godspellian praefato Fratri Verbum Dei evangelizare coepit, Guth. Gr. 163, 45. trans.

husc-lic

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Þaelig;t nán cyning. . . ne sceolde þincan tó huxlic þæt hé gebúge tó Crístes fulluhte, Hml. Th. ii. 40, 24. Ne ðúhte him tó huxlic þæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, Næs on þǽre þeóde nán deáþ swá huxlic swá swa on ródehengenne, Hml.

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ge-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen.

to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ move ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ vehere ⬩ ire ⬩ procedere ⬩ to weigh ⬩ measure

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To ðǽm readorlícum blíðe ic sý gewegen ríces coelnesse ad ethera letus vehar regni refrigeria, Wanl. Catal. 304, 49. He wið ðam wyrme gewegan sceolde he must proceed against the worm [dragon], Beo. Th. 4792; B. 2400. [Cf.

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be-cnyttan

to tie up in a bundle ⬩ to tie round ⬩ surround with a bond ⬩ to tie ⬩ attach with a string, ⬩ to tie a rope,

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S. 15, 53. to tie, attach with a string, Gif hwá ðá wyrta on him becnitte, Hml. Th. i. 476, 5.

ge-singan

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L. 14, 72. to sing praise, glory, &c. to a person, repeat words which express Ðǽm wé gesinga wuldur ipsi cantantes gloriam, Rtl. 163, 15. to recite, repeat forms used in religious services (prayer, psalm, mass) Sé þe Pater noster inweardlíce

hopian

(v.)
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Add: to look (mentally) with expectation to (tô), hope for Án is þæt ðú hefst and brícst and lufast þæt ðæt þú ǽr tó hopedest. Eálá hweðer ic ǽfre cume tó ðám ðe ic tó hopie, Solil. H. 27, 15.