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geréfscipe

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Under Maximien hehest i Rome, Ꝥ is heh reue . . . ant se riche refschipe to rihten Jul. 9, ll.] stewardship, office of bailiff, v. ge-réfa ; III Ne mot mid rihte nán preóst beón worldstrútere on gerefscipe (cf. 198, 21), Ll.

hefigian

(v.)

to weary

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To mate heavy or dull, to weary: Þý lǽs ic lengc þone þane hefige þára leornendra mid gesegenum þára fremdra tǽlnysse ne sensus legentium prolixae sententiae molesta defensio obnubilet, Guth. Gr. 102, 31

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
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Gif ðú ne wilt ús geðafian in swá ýðelicum (ǽðelicum, v. l.) þinge (in tam facili causa ), Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 3. of a material object, inconsiderable, slight, of moderate size Man swá mearcað mid éþelicum (medmicelum, v. l. ) treówe þeorfe hláfas ꝥ

Linked entry: eáþe-lic

mægþ-hád

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Heó cwæð ꝥ heó hine ne nánne habban wolde, gyf hire seó úplice árfæstnys geunnan wolde ꝥ heó on mægðháde Drihtne on clǽnre forhafednysse cwéman mihte, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 16

Linked entry: mægden-hád

meaht-leás

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S. 37, 54. non-physical Hé bið him swá mihtleás on his módes strece ꝥ hé his underþeóddan egesian ne dear, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 6

wilsumlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wilsumlíce, adv.

willinglyvoluntarilyspontaneouslydevoutlydevotedly

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Se ðe ne wyle cyricean duru wilsumlíce (sponte) geeádmóded in*-*gangan, se sceal nýde on helle duru unwilsumlíce geniþerad gelǽded beón, 5, 14; S. 634, 19. Wilsumlíce (voluntarie) ic onsecg[e] ðé, Ps.

BRYCG

(n.)
Grammar
BRYCG, bricg, e; f.

A BRIDGEpons

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Ðæt he ne myhte to ðære brycge cuman that he could not come to the bridge, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14.

Linked entries: bricg bryc brygc

COS

(n.)
Grammar
COS, coss, es; m.

A Kiss osculum

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Coss ðú me ne sealdest osculum mihi nan dedisti Lk. Bos. 7, 45. Mannes sunu ðú mid cosse sylst osculo filium hominis tradis 22, 48. Betwux ðám cossum between the kisses Homl. Th. i. 566, 19.

ge-sóm

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sóm, adj.

Unanimousunitedpeaceableconcorspācĭfĭcus

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Gesóme and to ðam geþwǽre ðæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid æalle fordón in union and in such accord that none can entirely destroy another, Shrn. 165, 33

BERIE

(n.)
Grammar
BERIE, berge, berige, berigie, an; f.

a BERRYbaccaa grapeuva

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Though wín-berie, q. v. a wine-berry, is generally used in Anglo-Saxon for a grape, yet berge, berige are sometimes found, as, - Gif ðú gange binnan ðínes freóndes wíneard, et ðæra bergena swá fela, swá ðú wylle, and ne ber ðú má út mid ðé if thou

for-hogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hogian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed. od [hogian to be anxious]

To neglectdespiseaccuseneglĭgĕrespernĕre

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Driht forhogode and ne forseah béne þearfena Dŏmĭnus non sprēvit neque despexit deprecātiōnem paupĕris, Ps. Spl. C. 21, 23. Forhogedun Drihtnes bebod contempsistis impĕrium Dŏmĭni, Deut. 9, 23.

Linked entry: for-hycgan

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, 3rd sing. pres. -ríseþ, -ríst , pl. -rísaþ; p. -rás, pl. -rison; pp. -risen

To behove, become, befit, suitdĕcēre, convĕnīre

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Ðæt ðæm weorce nánum men ne geríse bét to fandienne, ðonne ðam wyrhtan ðe hit worhte that it became no man better to prove the work than the workman who made it, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 37

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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Ne sceal hé ðæt án dón ðæt hé ána wacie, ac hé sceal eác his friénd wreccan non solum ut ipse vigilel, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet, admonetur, Past. 28; Swt. 193, 21. Héht hé mid ǽrdæge wígend wreccan, Elen. Kmbl. 211; El. 106

forþ-gang

Grammar
forþ-gang, (-geong).
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D. 72, 16. a going on, course, progress Forðganges nép, Exod. 469.

freólíce

(adv.)
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Ic gife þás landes ... freólíce, swá ðet nán man have þǽr nán onsting búton seó abbot, Chr. 656; P. 30, 26: 963; P. 116, 18. nobly, splendidly Forð becóm freólíce in geatwum (cf. Laym. freoliche iwapned) kyningc, Chr. 1065; P. 194, 10

ge-gremian

(v.)
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Se wísa ne wilnað tó hrædlíce ðǽre wræce, ðeáh hé gegremed sié sapiens laesus in praesens se ulcisci non desiderat, Past. 220, 15. Hé geseah þæt hé wæs bepǽht, and wearð þearle gegremod, Hml.

ge-hírsumian

(v.)
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Ús ne hét se Hǽlend him gehýrsumian ús tó forwyrde, Hml. A. j, 124. Þá; búrþénas ábudon þǽre cwéne þæs cyninges hǽse, ac heó hit forsóc and nolde gehýrsumian him to his willan, 93, 43: Ll. Th. i. 194, 19. a command, law, &c.

ge-bregdan

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Th. i. 440, 19. to knot, bind Hé ne geliéfð ðæs grínes ðe hé mid gebrogden (-bróden) wyrð quo stranguletur laqueo non agnoscit, Past. 331, 20. to bring a charge against a person, braid (in upbraid) Se deófol wyle wið þínre sáwle campian and þé úp gebrédan

hédan

to have a care fortake notice of to care fortake notice ofto take care thatto observetake note of

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Næs him þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, ne mihte hé þǽr nǽnne geseón þe hé gecnáwan cúþe, Hml. S. 23, 638. Gelamp hit ꝥ sume hlosniende menn ðǽr betweónan eódon and þisra seofona georne héddon, 137

on-styrian

(v.)

to move, stir (of physical motion)to move, stir up, exciteto move, disturb, agitate (a person)

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to move, stir (of physical motion) Se líchoma ne onstyreþ siððan seó sáwl him of biþ, Blickl. Homl. 21, 27. Onstyredan, drifan agitabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 39. Heó nǽnig lim onstyrian mihte, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 4.

Linked entry: in-styrian