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tór-begete

(adj.)
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tór-begete, adj.

Hard to get

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Hard to get Gif hé beget and yt rinde, sió ðe cymþ of neorxnawonge, ne dereþ him nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc wrát ðæt hió wǽre tórbegete, Lchdm. ii. 114, 3-6

gise

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Take here <b>gyse</b> in Dict., and add Wéne gé ðæt ǽgðer sié mid mé ge gise ge nese? ( ut sit apud me est et non ), Past. 308, 9. 'Ne sǽde ic ꝥ . . .?' 'Gyse,' cwæþ ic, 'þú ꝥ sǽdest,' Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 5. Hwí wolde God swá lytles þinges

hungor-geár

(n.)
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hungor-geár, es; n.

A year of famine

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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20

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scip-líðend

(n.)
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scip-líðend, es; m.
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One who goes in a ship Hé cwæð tó ðǽm sciplíðendum . . . ða sciplíðende ðæt gehérende mearcedon ðone dæg, Shrn. 85, 30-86, 2. Ealla ða þing ða ðe scyplíðendum ( navigantibus ) nydþearflícu gesewen wǽron, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 26. v. next word

ge-lácian

(v.)
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ge-lácian, ic, he -lácige; p. ode; pp. od [lác a gift]

To givebestowpresent one with a thingmuneraremunerare aliquem aliqua re

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To give, bestow, present one with a thing; munerare, munerare aliquem aliqua re Gelácige mid eádigum gifum donis beatis munerabit. Mid écum dó, mid hálgum ðínum, wuldre beón gelácod eternâ fac, cum sanctis this, gloriâ munerari, Te Deum, 21; Lamb. 195

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geond-sceáwian

(v.)
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geond-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od [sceáwian to look]

To look at, surveyperlustrāre ocŭlis

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To look at, survey; perlustrāre ocŭlis Georne geondsceáwaþ earnestly surveys, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 23; Wand. 52. Geondsceáwode he ða þing ðe to ðære stówe belumpon he looked about at the things which appertained to the place, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 22, 17

ge-metfæstlíce

(adv.)
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Add: gently, meekly Drihten ꝥ ongeat, ꝥ se deófol þone Iudas lǽrde ꝥ hé hine belǽwde. Ac ꝥ hé þeahhwæþere geðyldelíce ábær and gemetfæstlíce scírde, Hml. A. 154, 68. Críst ealle þás þing for mancynnes lufan mildheortlíce ábær and gemetfæstlíce áræfnede

ge-þeahting

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Add Conlatio, i. conductio, comparatio, conciliatio, i. datio, contentio geþeahtung, gesceád vel racu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 43. Þá þing þe beóð on Godes geþeahtunge (design, cf. ge-þeaht; ) (þá þe beóð Godes geþeahtunge, v. l.) quae Dei sunt, Gr. D. 137

maþelian

(v.)
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Rǽdaþ, maþeliaþ contionantur, i. sermocinantur (loquuntur, Hpt. Gl. 461, 2), An. Ox. 2323. Wígláf maðelode, wordrihta fela sægde gesíðum, B. 2631. Fela wé mihton ymbe þissum þingum maðelian, Angl. viii. 332, 34. Þás þing þe wé ymbe sýn maðeligende, 307

dwol-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dwol-líc, def. se -líca, seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

Foolish, erring, heretical stultus, hærĕtĭcus

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Foolish, erring, heretical; stultus, hærĕtĭcus Nis ðis nán dwollíc sagu this is not a foolish saying, Jud. 15, 19. Hý adwæsedon ða dwollícan lára they extinguished the heretical doctrines, L. Ælf. C. 33; Th. ii. 356, 11

un-þrowiendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-þrowiendlíc, un-þrowigendlíc; adj.

Incapable of sufferingimpassible

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Incapable of suffering, impassible Se ðe is unðrowigendlíc on his godcundnysse, Homl. Th. i. 116, 27: 120, 25. Seó Godcundnys ne mihte nán ðing þrowian, for ðan ðe heó is unðrowigendlíc, ii. 6, 30. Unðrowiendlíc, 270, 32

and-wyrde

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Wæs Hannibale ꝥ andwyrde láð. Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 6: 5, 3; S. 222, 20. For ðǽm andwyrde geegsade, 21. ꝥ hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, gif mon ácsaþ, Bt. 35, l; F. 156, 8. Add:

hwílwend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hwílwend-líc, adj.

Temporary

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Temporary, lasting only for a time, not eternal Hit is hwílwendlíc est temporalis, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 21. Þreó þing synd on middanearde án is hwílwendlíc ... óðer þing is éce ... þridde þing is éce, Homl. Swt. 1, 25. Manna freóndscipe biþ swiðe hwílwendlíc

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hwílwend-lic

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Take here the passages under hwílend-lic, and add: of duration, temporary, not of long duration, not eternal Ðreó þing synd on middanearde, án is hwílwendlic, þe hæfð ǽgðer ge ordfruman ge ende. . . Óðer þing is éce, swá ꝥ hit hæfð ordfruman and næfð

ge-mǽn-sumian

(v.)
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ge-mǽn-sumian, -mǽn-suman; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-mǽne communis]

To do or have anything in common with another, to communicate to or share with another, to marrycommunicare, nuberecommunicare, participare

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To do or have anything in common with another, to communicate to or share with another, to marry; communicare, nubere Wylladon us ða þing gemǽnsuman [MS. gemǽnsumian] ea nobis communicare desiderastis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 14. Gemǽnsumad nuptus, Mk. Skt

for-sweltan

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Add: of persons, to die, perish. [He shal þe makie to forswelten, Jul. 19, 7.] of a (visible) thing, to die away, fade away, disappear Forswealt disparuit (omnis praestigiarum scaena ... ut fumus evanescens disparuit, Ald. 57, 13), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84,

hlosnere

a disciple

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a disciple Gerysenlíce þás þing byð þám láreów ꝥ hé ná forhele his hlosnere ꝥ riht þe on þám cræfte can, Angl. viii. 304, 22. Áblicgedum hlystendum and nitendum hlosnerum bemíþende attonitis auditoribus et ignavis auscultatoribus (arcana mentis ipsorum

un-wreón

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Þeáh wé wáce sýn and þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged, Angl. viii. 304, 2. Wé nú magon behýdan and behelian úra dǽda, ac hié bióð þonne opena and unwrigena, Verc. Först. 101, 7. Add

wel-hwá

(pronoun.)
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wel-hwá, pron.

Every oneevery thing

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Every one, every thing Mé ðás woruldsǽlða welhwæs blindne (altogether blind) on ðis dimme hol forlǽddon Met. 2, 10. Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse welhwam þince eal unforcúþ Exon. Th. 315, 13; Mód. 30 Weódmónað on tún welhwæt bringeþ Menol. Fox 274; Men. 138

mennisc

(adj.)
Grammar
mennisc, adj.

Human

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Human Nán mennisc man no human being, Bt. 33, 2; Fox 122, 15. Ne gegrípe eów nǽfre nán costung búton menniscu tentatio vos non apprehendat, nisi humana, Past. 11, 5; Swt. 71, 12. Ðus mǽrsode se mennisca Crist his heofenlícan Fæder, Homl. Th. ii. 362,

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