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ge-gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-gearwian, -gearwigean; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ad

To preparemake readyprovide withendue

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To prepare, make ready, provide with, endue Ða láreowas sceolan Drihtnes weg gegearwian to heora módum the teachers ought to prepare the Lord's way for their minds, Blickl. Homl. 81, 7. Gegearwigean, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 30; Gen. 458.

Linked entries: ge-earwian earu

geornful-nes

(n.)
Grammar
geornful-nes, giornful-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotionsollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio

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Ðone pipor ða næddran healdaþ on heora geornfulnysse piper quod serpentes servant sua industria, Nar. 34, 22

Linked entry: eornfullnes

slæcness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcness, e; f.
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Th. ii. 282, 3. mental inertness Nú wolde ic ðæt ða æðela [n] clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orþance alce sieacnysse, Anglia viii. 301, 4. remissness, slowness in performance of duty Oft eác sió gódnes ðære monþwǽrnesse biþ diégellíce gemenged

þǽr-on

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-on, adv.
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Skt. ii. 30, 422. thereof And hé ne cúðe nán þing þáron (cf. næs heora nán ðe þár ǽnig þing on cúðe, 41, 24), Gen. 39, 23

Linked entry: on

þryccan

(v.)
Grammar
þryccan, p. þrycte, þryhte; pp. þrycced, þryht.

To presscrushoppressrepresstrampleTo pressforce a way

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To press, crush, oppress, repress, trample Sittaþ mánfulle on heáhsetlum and hálige under heora fótum þryccaþ perversi resident celso mores solio, sanctaque calcant colla, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 14: Met. 4, 38.

wreþian

(v.)
Grammar
wreþian, p.ede; pp. ed

To propstaysupportsustain

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Heora ǽlc winð wiþ óþer, and þeáh wræþeþ óþer, ðæt hié ne móton tóslúpan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 11. Hiora ǽghwilc wið óþer winð, and þeáh winnende wreþiaþ fæste ǽghwilc óþer, Met. ll, 34.

Linked entry: wræpian

ymb-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-hygdig, adj.
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Ða sýn emhýdige and cariende embe heora ealdorscipas on eallum þingum sollicitudinem gerant super decanias suas in omnibus R. Ben. 46, 10. Ymbhédigra sollicitorum Kent. Gl. 352.

Linked entries: ymb-hédig -hygdig

á-lǽtan

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Th. 540, 22. of grant, delivery Heofonan ríce wæs álǽten þisnm gebróðrum for heora nette, Hml. Th. i. 580, 22. <b>IV a.

bold

a dwellinga town

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, Wlfst. 261, 8. ꝥ hé heora bold gedréfe, Angl. x. 146, 187. a town. Similar entries Cf. tún: In þám bolde þe is háten Eoferwícceaster, Angl. x. 141, 13. (The last two passages are from a 12th-century MS.) ¶ in place-names, e. g. Wíc-bold, C.

ele

(n.)
Grammar
ele, es; m.
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Hí ðicgeð on dám earde ele on heora bigleofum swá swá wé dóð buteran, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 16. Ne genómun oele, Mt. L. R. 25, 3. v. fulluht-, smirwung-ele

feng

a takingembracegamecaptureseizure

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In feng ðǽra fiscana in captura piscium, Jn. p. 8, 9. capture, seizure of a person: Sé þe ne sealde ús on gehæfte ł tó fæncge (in captionem) tóðum heora, Ps.

ge-hremmed

(v.)
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S. 23, 207. ꝥ heora mód fram Drihtne ne sý gehremmed mens impediri non possit R. Ben. 137, 14

ge-ner

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Gehwá sóhte gener (or ) ðǽr hé ǽnig findan mihte, 231. a place of safety, a refuge, an asylum Hiera wíf ácsedon . . . hwider hié fleón woldon ; þæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton uxores quaerentes num in uteros uxorum vellent

gímeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
gímeleáslíce, adv.
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., and add: carelessly, without taking pains, negligently Gif heora hwylc fúllíce oðþe gýmeleáslíce mynstres þing behwyrfe si quis sordide aut neglegenter res monasterii tractaverit R. Ben. 56, 11.

rówan

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Hí eódon tó scipe and heora segel árǽrdon, 61), Hml. S. 36, 29: Ap. Th. 5, 11. Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon and mid him reówan ( they went on board and sailed in it ), Hml. S. 30, 165.

wæterian

(v.)
Grammar
wæterian, p. ode

To water, supply with water,give drink to living creaturesto water plantsto irrigate

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heora orf wæterodon refectis gregibus, 29, 3. Orf wæterian, Ex. 2, 16. Oxan wæterian, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 1. Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno, Nar. 12, 12. Tó wætranne, Lk. Skt. Lind.

Linked entry: wætrian

oroþ

(n.)
Grammar
oroþ, orþ, es; n.

Breath, breathing

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Heora oruþ biþ swylce líg ignem et flammam flantes, Nar. 34, 32; Beo. Th. 5107; B. 2557. Orþ spiraculum (cf. lífes orþung spiraculum vitae, Gen. 2, 7), Kent. Gl. 757. Orþas ł hfæstes ( = orþes ł fnæstes) spiritus, Hpt. Gl. 464, 24: 454, 66.

Linked entries: oruþ oreþ orþ

Beó-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Beó-wulf, es; m. [ = Beado-wulf a war-wolf, = Icel. Böðúlfr a warwulf]

BEOWULF

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Brægd ðá beadwe heard, Then the fierce warrior dragged feorhgeníðlan, the mortal foe, ðæt heó on flet gebeáh : so that she bowed on the place : Beo. Th. 3078-3085; B. 1537-1540.

Linked entry: Beado-wulf

beón

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Beó hé be þǽre ánre þá hwíle þe heó lybbe, Wlfst. 271, 15. Hé móste beón mǽrlíce mid him, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 19. An his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C. D. i. 311, 22.

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Onwreón ða duru ðæs geteldes, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 14. figurative, to make known, shew forth, reveal, discover Heó onwríhþ hire ǽwelm, donne heó geopenaþ hiore þeáwas, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 25. Hé his miltse onwreáh, Blickl. Homl. 107, 20.