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for-gyldan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gyldan, ic -gylde, ðú -gylst; subj. pres. -gylde, pl. -gylden; the other inflections as in for-gildan

To pay for ⬩ repay ⬩ requite ⬩ recompense ⬩ reward

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Ath. v. § 8, 8; Th. i. 238, 10. Héht t

ge-mǽn-sumian

(v.)
Grammar
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 marry ⬩ communicare, nubere ⬩ communicare, 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

ge-mengness

Grammar
ge-mengness, Take here the instances given under ge-mengednys, and add: sexual intercourse, copulation, v. ge-mengan ; IV a
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Hié gewemmað ðone áliéfedan gesinscipe mid ðǽre unliéfedan gemengnesse in ipso conjugio jura transcendunt, Past. 397, 14. Gif bróðor mid bréðer hǽme þurh his líchaman gemengnysse ( per copulationem corporis ), Ll. Th. ii. 230, 10

Linked entry: -mengness

cyning

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S. 25, 729. v. æfter-, eást-, under-cyning, and cyneg in Dict

wyrgan

(v.)
Grammar
wyrgan, p. de

To worry ⬩ strangle ⬩ throttle

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To worry (as an animal does), strangle, throttle Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ st[r]angulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32

ryþþa

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Hetelum ryþþan rabidis molosi, i. canis (rictibus), An. Ox. 3641. Ryþþan moloossi (velut molossi ad vomitum relapsis), 4745. Add

æt-hrínan

(v.)
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with gen, and acc. Ꝥ fýr heora ne æthrán ne furþum án hǽr heora heáfdes, Hml. S. 30, 454

ge-dropa

(n.)

a kind of date (cf. drop as the name of a kind of plum)

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a kind of date (cf. drop as the name of a kind of plum) Gedropa nicolaum, An. Ox. 474

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Th. i. 180, 2. (2 c) an age :-- Þreó tída sind on ðysre worulde; án is seó ðe wæs bútan ǽ, óðer is seó ðe wæs under ǽ, seó ðridde is nú æfter Cristes tócyme, Homl.

Linked entry: týd

be-wǽpnian

(v.)
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Ðú bewǽpnast exarmaueris, An. Ox. 34, 6. Hét se cásere hine ungyrdan and bewǽpnian, Hml. S. 30, 409. Add

heáhmæsse-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
heáhmæsse-dæg, es; m.
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A day on which high mass is celebrated An heáhmæssedagum, ꝥ is Sancte Stephanes and Sancte Ióhannes . . ., Nap. 36

ǽfen-collatio

(n.)
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an evening reading Gif hwylc bróðor . . . tó heora ǽfencollationem ( ad collationem, v. . -ǽfen-rǽding) ne cymð, Chrd. 60, 35

Linked entry: collatio

fore-settan

prefer

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Take here fór-settan (l. for-), and add Foreset praepositus, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 19. of order in time or place, to put before Foresettaþ praeferant, i. anteponant, An. Ox. 2001.

Linked entry: fór-settan

fore-wítegung

(n.)
Grammar
fore-wítegung, e; f.

Foretelling ⬩ prophesying

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S. 29, 97: Angl. iii. 110, 104, 115. Forewítegunga praesagiorum, An. Ox. 431

Linked entry: wítegung

ge-þæslǽcan

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Geþæslǽcaþ congruant, 40: congruunt, An. Ox. 5175. Hine sylfne on eallon þingan hé gehíwige and hé geþæslǽce se omnibus conformet et aptet, R. Ben. 1. 16, 6. Geþæslǽcan congruere, An. Ox. 4263. Add: —

á-stihting

(n.)
Grammar
á-stihting, e; f.

Instigation

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Instigation Of ástihtinge instinctu, i. doctrina, An. Ox. 2707. [So also Hpt. Gl. 469, 65.Napier (v. note) takes the word as an error for átihtinge, but cf. Paulus for his líchaman stihtunga bæd, (de carnis suae stimulo) Gr. D. 166, 25.]

blíce

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
blíce, es; m.

An exposure ⬩ denudatio

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[blícan II. to shine by exposure, as the bones] An exposure; denudatio Gif bánes blíce weorþeþ, þrím scillingum gebéte if there be an exposure of the bone [by wounding], let amends be made with three shillings, L. Ethb. 34; Th. i. 12, 4

ge-byre

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byre, es; m.

The time at which anything happens ⬩ a favourable time ⬩ an opportunity ⬩ occasio ⬩ opportunitas

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The time at which anything happens, a favourable time, an opportunity; occasio, opportunitas Hwonne him eft gebyre weorþe, hám cymeþ when there shall again be an opportunity to him he will come home, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 3; Gn. Ex. 105

hemeþe

(n.)
Grammar
hemeþe, es; n.

a shirt

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An undergarment with short sleeves, a shirt Loþa, serc, smocc, hemeþe colobium, An. Ox. 3725. Gescrýdd mid hemeþe (interula), Augl. xiii. 443, 1114. Gif þú hemeþe habban wille, þonne nim þú slýfan þé on hand and wege hí. Tech. ii. 127, 6

siru

(n.)
Grammar
siru, gen. sirwe; f.

An artifice ⬩ a snare ⬩ wile ⬩ crafty device ⬩ an ambush

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An artifice, a snare, wile, crafty device; as a military term, an ambush Gif hwá gewealdes ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh syrwa (with guile, Exod. 21, 14), L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 48, 1, note. Sette syrwa pone insidias, Jos. 8, 2

Linked entries: syrwa siru-tún sirwe

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