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ge-frignan

(v.)
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L. 7, 17. (4 b) to ask of a person :-- Gefrægn ðá tíd from ðǽm, Jn. 4, 53. to learn by inquiry, (i) with acc. Ic þæt wundor gefrægn, Rä. 48, 2. Hié wuldor gesáwon, swá hæleð gefrúnon, Exod. 388.

ge-nemnan

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Hé wæs syððan eall genemned tó Sunnandæge oð ðæs Mónandæges lihtincge, Wlfst. 210, 3. to mention by name (person or thing) Æðelwald . . . and Óscytel, and swíðe monige eác him þe wé nú genemnan ne magon. Chr. 905; P. 94, 15. Háligne Gást . . .

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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Wé on bence . . . hæleð on healle, By. 214: Dan. 729. as a sleeping-place for the retinue, the lord having his separate appartment (Cf. Hróðgár gewát tó hofe sínum rice tó ræste, 1236.

hyldu

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Gehýrde hé hú þá menn him betwýnan sprǽcon and oft and gelóme Crístes helda swóron ( swore by Christ ? ), Hml. S. 23, 529

mid

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Ána mid him sylfum alone by himself, Gr. D. 105, 29 : 32 : 106. 24. <b>II a.

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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Æt holme by the sea, 3832; B. 1914. Sealt wæter hreóh mé holme besencte tempestas demersit me, Ps. Th. 68, 2. Ðá wæs heofonweardes gást ofer holm boren the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, Cd. 6; Th. 8, 7; Gen. 121.

DǼD

(n.)
Grammar
DǼD, gen. dat.dǽde ; acc. dǽde, dǽd; pl. nom. acc. dǽda, dǽde; f. A

DEED, action actio, actus, factum

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Gódum dǽdum by good deeds, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 5; Gen. 1507: 91; Th. 116, 14; Gen. 1936: Exon. 53 a; Tb. 185, 5; Az. 3: Ps. Th. 104, 7: 124, 1: 135, 3

Linked entry: dyd

líc

(n.)
Grammar
líc, es; n.

A body

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Næs úre gemǽled ne líc ne leoþu neither body nor limbs were marked by the fire, 74 a; Th. 278, 3; Jul. 592. Líc sáre gebrocen, bánhús blódfág, Andr. Kmbl. 2808; An. 1406. Ðé is gedál witod líces and sáwle, Cd. 43; Th. 57, 20; Gen. 931.

ge-medemian

(v.)
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III. in the following the construction seems determined by a misunderstanding of the Latin dignari, which is taken to be passive, with infin. Úsig eft giboeta gimeadumad arð nos instaurare dignatus es. Rtl. 23, 9. Gimoedumad, 36, 37.

ge-flít

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ge-flít, l. ge-flit,
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Voc. ii. 81, 25: 18, 27. in a legal sense, a dispute that is to be settled by a judge, a contested case Higa eóde of ðám geflite (cf. Higa wolde him oðflítan ðæt lond, 169, 23), Cht. Th. 174, 2.

ge-weorc

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</b> what is wrought, material prepared by labour :-- Templ of ísernum geweorcum and of ǽrenum geworht templum aereo et ferreo opere constructum, Nar. 37, 23

of-sleán

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Bið se deáðbǽra wǽta on ðǽm menn ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence humor mortiferus per amaritudinem vacuatur, 303, 16. to strike and injure, to produce an injury by striking, strike with blindness Tó þǽm þe þǽr ofslegene syndon mid blindnesse, Bl.

wægn

(n.)
Grammar
wægn, wægen, wǽn, es; m.

A waggonwaincarriagevehicleCharles' wain

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On wǽnes eaxe hwearfaþ ða hweól, and sió eax byrþ eallne ðone wǽn, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 27: 39, 8; Fox 224, 6. Wǽne carruca, Hpt. Gl. 438, 67. Mid ðý ðe hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige, Lchdm. ii. 30, 29. Stígan on wægn, Exon.

ge-sécan

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L. 11, 8. to try to learn by asking, to question Ðá uuðuuto gefrugnun ł gesóhton mið him scribas conquirentes cum illis, Mk. L. 9, 14. with idea of movement to go or come to Ðú gesécst adibis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 33. Gesécan adire, 2, 55.

losian

(v.)
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Ðá bytto losas, Mt. L. 9, 17. Se wela and se anweald losiaþ swá swá sceadu oþþe sméc, Bt. 27, 3; F. 98. 31. Hú ne forealldodon ðá gewritu and losodon ?

tácn

(n.)
Grammar
tácn, ,es; n.

A token, signa sign, significant forman ensigna token, a credentiala sign, monumenta sign of the Zodiaca sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.)a sign to attract attention, a signala sign of anything future, a prognostica sign, an action that conveys a meaninga sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state</b> as a medical term, a symptoma sign, symbol, emblema sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidencea supernatural sign, miracle, prodigya signal event, remarkable circumstance

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Cómon þrý men tó ðære hýðe and ðær tácn slógon ( gave a signal by striking ), Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 24. Tácen, 12; Gdwin. 58, 23.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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H. 23, 13. of the movements of troops by land or sea: Hié on ðǽm sǽ tógædere fóran, and gefuhton they joined battle and fought, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 31.

Linked entry: farnian

sóþ

(n.)
Grammar
sóþ, es; n.

Soothtruth in a general senseconformity with an absolute standard truththat which conforms to an absolute standardtruthwhat is true in generaltruth in regard to a particular circumstanceexact conformity with the facts of a case truthfidelity to a promisetruthrealitycertaintyreal condition of thingswhat really isaffirmation of truthasseverationtruthconformity with rightrighteousnessequityjustice

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Sooth. truth in a general sense, conformity with an absolute standard Ðæt is fruma worda ðínra ðæt ðǽr byþ sóð symble méted principium verborum tuorum veritas, Ps. Th. 118, 160. Ðæt his sóð fore ús genge weorðe, Exon. 147, 33; Gú. 736.

Linked entry: sóþ-cwide

ge-dón

(v.)
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In v. 7 tollite is translated by un-déd. fig. to put from (fram), put out of one's power Ðá mé fram fleám gedydan periit fuga a me, Ps.

searu

(n.)
Grammar
searu, searo, [w]e; f. : [w]es; n.
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Swilt þurh searwe death by treachery, Andr. Kmbl. 2695; An. 1350. Searwa molimina (magorum), Hpt. Gl. 502, 53. Sarwa mendacia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 41. Full fácnes and searuwa plenum dolo, Ps. Th. 9, 27 : Met. 9, 27. In searwum in insidiis. Ps.

Linked entries: searo siru