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ge-man

(v.)
Grammar
ge-man, ic, he

I remember, he remembers,

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I remember, he remembers, Beo. Th. 5259; B. 2633 : Jn. Bos. 16, 21; pres. of ge-munan

ge-mon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mon, ic, he

I remember, he remembers

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I remember, he remembers, Exon. 74 b; Th. 280, 5; Jul. 624: Beo. Th. 3407; B. 1701

ufera

Grammar
ufera, uferra. II.
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Þá þá seó lættre tíd cóm, and seó ufere þæs dæges weóx and ágán wæs cum jam hora tardior excrevisset, Gr. D. 128, 13. Seð ufere (lætre, v.l.) tíd hora tardior, 129, 2. Add

ge-þearf

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þearf, ic, he;

I have ⬩ or he has need or necessity

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I have, or he has need or necessity

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Ic ne mæg cuman I cannot come, Lk. Bos. 14, 20. cwóme

filmen

(n.)
Grammar
filmen, The gender varies, with meaning foreskin it is masc. or neut., otherwise fem.

skin ⬩ membrane ⬩ scale ⬩ skin ⬩ shell ⬩ husk ⬩ a crack

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Voc. ii. 92, 5

Linked entries: film fylmen

ge-stice

Grammar
ge-stice, v. stice ; II.
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in Dict

innihte

Grammar
innihte, l. in rihte,
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and see riht; II

þeór

(n.)
Grammar
þeór, es(?), e(?), gender is uncertain: in the following passages, which might be decisive, the forms are doubtful
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It seems to denote an inflamed swelling or ulcer; it is mentioned in connection with wens (Lchdm. ii.

Linked entries: þeór-ádl þeór-gerid

feferig

(adj.)
Grammar
feferig, febrig (q. v. in Dict.) ; adj.

Feverish

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Feverish Gif hé feforig sý, Lch. i. 334, 21

Linked entry: febrig

smoh

Grammar
smoh, v. ǽ-, in-smoh

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mann-cynn

Grammar
mann-cynn, II. add: (i)
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Th. i. 588, 18

brád-hláf

Grammar
brád-hláf, v. brad, II. 4.

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middan-sumor

(n.)
Grammar
middan-sumor, v. under midd, II, where perhaps in the instances in which middan occurs that word is to be taken as the first part of a compound.

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týdran

(v.)
Grammar
týdran, týdrian; p. ede

To propagate ⬩ To bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ to propagate ⬩ nourish ⬩ foster ⬩ To be prolific

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Voc. ii. 36, 32. Grammar týdran, with dat. (inst.) of that in which anything is prolific Wæstmum týdreþ, Exon. Th. 493, 18; Rä. 81, 32. Wudubearwas tánum týdraþ, 191, 6; Az. 84. Wæstme týdraþ cederbeámas, Ps. Th. 103, 16. Tyddraþ, 64, 11.

Linked entries: a-tydran tídran tyddrian týdred týdrian

rocc

(n.)
Grammar
rocc, what is chewed (?),
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Voc. ii. 97, 18

ofer-méttu (o)

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.

Pride, arrogance, haughtiness

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Voc. ii. 33, 62. Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worulde: ǽrest is ofermétta arrogantia L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 32. Ne gerísaþ heom príta, ne micele ofermétta, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 32.

þenedness

(n.)
Grammar
þenedness, þeneness, þénest, þénestre, þeng. v. tó-þenedness, á-þeneness (ðenenis is given in Ps. Surt. ii. p. 194, 15, but áðenenes in Txts. 411, 48), þegnest, þegnestre, þegen.)

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síþ-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
síþ-fæt, es; in sing. generally masc., in pl. neut.

a journey ⬩ expedition ⬩ a path ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ road ⬩ a way ⬩ path ⬩ course ⬩ course of time

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Ðá wæs æfter síþfate ðæt mægen on him weóx in course of time it came to pass that strength grew in him, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 25

Linked entry: fæt

can

Grammar
can, ic he

I know, he knows

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I know, he knows Ic oððe he can, Elen. Kmbl. 1363; El. 683: Ps. Th. 88, 13. He can he can, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 10

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