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ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Ꝥ hé his líf gelengde, Hml. S. 3, 599. Swylce hí magon heora líf gelengan, Hml. Th. i. 100, 21. Gelenced proteletur (disputatio nequaquam ulterius ), An. Ox. 5355. Elðeódignys mín gelængd is incolalus meus prolongatus est, Ps. L. 119, 5.

GANOT

(n.)
Grammar
GANOT, ganet, es; m.

A gannetsea-fowlwater-fowlfen-duckăvis mărinafŭlixfŭlĭca

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Ác fereþ gelóme ofer ganotes bæþ a ship [lit. oak] often saileth over the gannet's bath [the sea], Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 19; Hick. Thes. i. 135. 49

Linked entries: ganet ganet

ge-yflian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yflian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.

to injureto become ill

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Lind. 22, 6. to become ill Hine geyflade he fell sick, Th. Chart. 272, 29. Him geyfelade and ðæt him stranglíce eglade he fell sick and it afflicted him severely, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 33. Lazarus wæs geyfled Lazarus infirmabatur, Jn. Skt. 11, 2

Linked entry: yfelian

ge-edcucian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edcucian, -cwician; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To requickenreviverevīviscĕre

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Geedcwycode brought to life again, Nicod. Thw. p. 18, 15

Linked entry: ge-eþcucigan

ge-scerpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scerpan, -scirpan, -scyrpan; p. te

To clothe, furnish, adorn, deckvestire, ornare

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Lind. 11, 8

ge-miclian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-miclian, -myclian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
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Lind. 1, 58. Gemycla míne sáuwle magnify my soul, Blickl. Homl. 159, 2. Gemycclige mín sául Drihten my soul magnify the Lord, 13, 5. Gemicliaþ hine glorificate eum, Ps. Spl. 21, 22. Ðú gemiclast me honorificabis me, 49, 16

Linked entry: micelian

un-clǽnness

(n.)
Grammar
un-clǽnness, e; f.

uncleannessimpurityfoulnesssqualoruncleannessimpurityobscenity

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Hwá unclǽnnisse líf álifde, Exon. Th. 448, 31; Dóm. 62. Unclǽnnysse spurcitia, Hpt. Gl. 439, 8

Linked entry: un-clǽne

un-wæstm

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstm, es, e; m. f. n.

an evil growtha bad planta tareweedbad growthfailure of crops

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Lind. 13, 38. Huona hafes unwæstm (ðæt weód, Rush.) unde habet zizania? 13, 27. Gié geadrias ðæt unwæstm, 13, 28. Ða unwæstma zizania, 13, 30, 40.

weorold-wíte

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-wíte, es; n.
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A punishment suffered in this world, a unishment on earth Forgield me ðín líf, ðæs ðe ic ðe mín þurh woruld- wíte weorð gesealde, Exon.

wítegung

(n.)
Grammar
wítegung, e; f.

prophecydivination

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Esaias wítegung (wítgiung prophetia,Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 14. Wítgiung, p. 16, 15. In stefne wítgeonges in uoce prophetiae, Mk. Skt. p. 1, 8. Swá swá Isaias se wítega hit on béc sette on his wítegunge, Ælfc. T.

wóhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wóhlíce, adv.

Wronglyunjustlyperverselywickedly

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Wrongly, unjustly, perversely, wickedly Gif hié on ǽnigum ðǽle wólíce libban heora líf. Blickl. Homl. 109, 19. Ða ðe ǽwbryce ne wyrceaþ wólíce (wóhlice, v. l.) and sceamlíce, Homl. Ass. 19, 140: 29, 127.

wituma

(n.)
Grammar
wituma, an; m.

A dowry

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Weotoma dote (the line is: Ne metuas juvenis sortiri dote puellam, Ald. 170), Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 28: 27, 18. Lócige hé ðæt hió hæbbe ðæt weorð sié hire mægðhádes, ðæt is se weotuma (wituma, v. l.) pretium pudicitiae non negabit (Ex. 21, 10), L.

Linked entry: weotuma

wiþ-metenness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþ-metenness, e; f.

Comparison

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Ðyslíc mé is gesewen ðis andwarde líf tó wiþmetenysse ðære tíde ðe ús uncúþ is talis mihi videtur vita praesens ad comparationem ejus quod nobis incertum est temporis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 14. Wiðmetennysse, Homl. Th. ii. 430, 18.

Linked entry: wiþ-gemetness

yfel-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
yfel-wyrcende, adj. (ptcpl. )
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Lind. 6, 23: 13, 38. Mið yfelwyrcendum and synfullum cum publicanis et peccatoribus, 9, 11. Hé hataþ ða yfelwyrcendan and ða unrihtwísan, Homl.

ést-mete

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Add of food (lit. or fig.) Éstmet[tas] grata fercula, An. Ox. 56, 77. Éstmetta ferculorum, 3169. Hire þénian of his ágenum þénungum and his éstmetum dare illi de convivio suo, Hml. A. 110, 269.

ge-geótan

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Add: to pour a liquid Yfel wǽte bið gegoten on ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 284, 28. to pour molten metal, found, cast Þú gegute fundasti, Ps. Spl. T. 88, 12. Hig habbað him gegoten án gylden cealf fecerunt sibi vitulum conflatilem, Ex. 32, 8.

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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., and add: to make more active, strengthen. of sight (lit. or fig. ) Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices, búton hit gescyrpe ( acueret ) þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse, Gr. D. 269, 21.

ge-wídmǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wídmǽran, ge-wídmǽrian; p. de, ode ; pp. ed. od.
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Voc. ii. 72, 41)) to spread the knowledge of a circumstance, report widely Wæs gewídmǽred (-mǽrsod, v. l.) ꝥ hé betwih gebedes word his líf geendade uulgatum est quod inter uerba orationis uitam finierit, Bd. 3, 12 ; Sch. 245, 11

lippa

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Add: [Weler is generally used where modern English would have lip, e. g. in Ps. 51, 15 (quoted at R. Ben. 69, 9) labia is rendered by weleras in R. Ben. 62, 10, and in all the versions of the Psalter.]

oft

(adv.)
Grammar
oft, adv.

Oft, often

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Lind. Rush. ) sepe, Mk. Skt. 5, 4: interdum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 38. Hú oft quotiens, Lk. Skt. 13, 34. Swá oft swá ða óðre hergas út fóron, ðonne fóron hié, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 5. Hí beóþ ðæs ðe lator ðe hí oftor ymbþeahtiaþ, Past. 56; Swt. 435, 2.