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ge-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-twǽman, -twéman; p. de; pp. ed [twǽman]

to separateTo cut offseparatedividesepărāresejungĕredīvĭdĕre

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to separate To cut off; separate, divide; sepărāre, sejungĕre, dīvĭdĕre Ic hine ne mihte ganges getwǽman I could not cut him off from his course, Beo. Th. 1940; B. 968: L. N. P. L. 65; Th. ii. 300, 28.

glóf

(n.)
Grammar
glóf, e; a weak pl. glófan occurs; f. A

GLOVEchirothēcaχειρoθήκη

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He mid gyrde of ðam húses hrófe ða glófe gerǽhte he reached the glove from the house-roof with a stick, 22: 56, 4. Earnian mid ðam glófa him sylfum deserviat, per id cirotecas sibi, L. R. S; Th. i. 438, 15. Foxes glófa buglosse, Wrt.

segl-gird

(n.)
Grammar
segl-gird, es ; m.
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Segelgyrdas antemnas, 97, 29. the cross rod from which a banner hangs (? v. segel, ) Segelgyrd labara, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 24. [ Prompt. Parv. seyl-ȝerd antenna. Cf. O. H. Ger. segal-poum antenna ; also malus : Icel. segl-viðr a yard.] Cf. segl-ród

Linked entry: segl

bisceop-setl

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-setl, biscop-setl, biscep-setl, es; n.

a bishop's seat or residencesedes episcopalis a bishopricepiscopatus

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Se eádiga Petrus se apostol gesæt biscepsetl on Róme the blessed Peter the apostle occupied the episcopal residence in Rome, Chr. 45; Erl. 6, 19. a bishopric; episcopatus Wine wæs adrifen of his bisceopsetle Wine was driven from his bishopric; pulsus

Linked entries: biscep-setl biscop-setl

ge-læccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-læccan, -læccean; he -læcþ; p. he -læhte, pl. -læhton; pp. -læht

To takecatchseizeapprehendcomprehendcaperearriperecomprehendere

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Germanus gelæhte ðone pistol æt Gregories ǽrendracan and hine totær Germanus took the letter from Gregory's messenger and tore it to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 29. Hét sóna gelæccan Stranguilionem he bade seize Stranguilio at once, Th. Apol. 25, 25.

Linked entries: læccan ge-læht

steám

(n.)
Grammar
steám, stém, stiém, es; m.
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Man píntreów bærne tó glédum ... wende his neb tó and onfó ðam stéme ( the heat proceeding from the embers ), Lchdm. ii. 284, 16. Of hómena æþme and stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26.

Linked entries: stém stiém

stofn

(n.)
Grammar
stofn, e ; f.
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</b> fig. offspring, progeny :-- Mid gestrénendlícere stofne progenie propaganda, 445, 64. [ Stoven a sapling shoot from the stump of a fallen tree, E. D. S. Pub.

strínd

(n.)
Grammar
strínd, strýnd, e; f.
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His cynnes látwua from ðon ðæt fore biþ his strýnde tribunus, ab eo quod praessit tribui Rtl. 193, 15. In strýnd twoelfa in tribus duodecim 78, 26. Doemende twoelf strýnda, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 28. Strýndum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 30

Linked entry: strýnd

þri-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þri-feald, adj.

Threefoldtriple

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From ðæm þriefealdan ( triplici ) brægene, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 57. On þreofealdum húse in triclinio, 45, 80. Þreofealdum fæce terna intercapedine, Hpt. Gl. 462, 76. Mid þreofealdre lencge terna proceritate, 445, 7.

wiþer-coren

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-coren, adj. (ptcpl. ).

reprobatewickedrejectedreprobate

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Ðæt yfel wræc cóme ofer ða wiþércorenan (improbos ), Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 41 note. rejected from heaven, reprobate as opposed to elect Ðæt ða gecorenan ðý geleáffulran wǽron; and ða wiðercorenan náne beládunge nabbaþ, Homl.

Linked entry: wiþ-coren

æt-fleón

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Th. 7, 5. to escape from (dat. ) Him nán þing ætfleón ne mæg, Hml. S. I. 44. Wé rǽdaþ be þǽre león, ꝥ ðá óðre deór þe mihton hire ætfleón þurh heora fóta swiftnysse, ꝥ hí beóð swá áfyrhte ꝥ hí fleón ne durron, Hml.

æt-gædere

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In passage from Met. 20, 160 insert mǽst after biþ, and add: marking association Him leófre wǽre þæt hié mid þǽre byrig ætgædere forwurdon þonne hié mon bútan him tówurpe, Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 23. Hié ætgædere wǽron on heora gebedstówe, Bl.

fæder-lic

ancestrallineal

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Add: of a father Hé ðeign from faederlica forbeád byrgen discipulum a paterna vetuit sepultura, Mt. p. 15, 17. referring to the Deity. Similar entries v. fæder, II Birhtu federlices (paternae) wuldres, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 200, 31.

geofon

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Geofon ( the water that had poured from the pillar ) swaðrode, An. 1587: 1626. Duguð wearð áfyrhted þurh þæs flódes fǽr . . . geonge on geofene gúðrǽs fornam, 1533

ge-broc

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., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12

spanan

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Add Monige from him cirdon and Seleucus spónan ꝥ hé Lisimachus beswice, Ors. 3, 11; S. 152, 13

sweltan

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D. 264, 9. to die from something (gen.), be no longer conscious or under the action of something Hí beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes and ne magon sweltan þæs écan wítes deáðes, Gr. D. 264, 11

wífung

(n.)
Grammar
wífung, e; f.

taking a wifemarriagewivesmatrimonia

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P. 32; Th. ii. 376, 28. v. frum-, unriht-wífung

oflǽte

(n.)
Grammar
oflǽte, -láte, -léte, an;

an oblation, offeringa sacramental wafera wafer like the sacramental wafera sacramental waferwafer

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From Mid. Lat. oblāta.]

Linked entry: ofláte

hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
hliþ, es; n.

A slope, declivity. hill-side, hill

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A slope, declivity. hill-side, hill Of hliþes nósan from the promontory, Beo. Th. 3789; B. 1892: Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 28; Bo. 22. Beneoþan ðæm hliþe under the hill, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. Swá tó ðám westhliþe, 123, 5.

Linked entry: hleoðo