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GEONG

(adj.)
Grammar
GEONG, giong, geng, ging, giung, iung, gung; def. se geonga, seó, ðæt geonge; comp. geongra, gingra, gyngra; superl. gingest, gingst; adj.

YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, freshjŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcensyoung

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Fram ðam yldestan óþ ðone gingestan a mājōre usque ad mĭnĭmum, 42, 12

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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Hwǽr is seó eorðe ðe nǽ fre sunne on ne sceán? In ðære reádan sǽ, Salm. Kmbl. 198, 14. Wígbord scinon, Cd. Th. 207, 14; Exod. 466. Eoforlíc scionon, Beo. Th. 612; B. 303.

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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Agustinus wæs fram him eallum bodad and hered ab omnibus praedicatur Augustinus, Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 115, 14. intrans. To boastabout: Ic mid getote be mé bodude, R.

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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Fram éhtiendum mé, 30, 16. Oehtigendum, 141, 7. Éhtendum (oehtendum, L.), Mt. R. 5, 44. Oehtendum adversantibus, Rtl. 176, 33

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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Scolastica wæs fram cildháde Gode gehálgod, Hml. Th. ii. 182, 23. Binnan gehálgodum líctúne licgan, Ll. Th. i. 212, 20. Gehálgodne initiatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 70. <b>II a.

ge-rihtlǽcan

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S. 2, 61. to direct. to cause to move in a certain direction (lit. or fig. ), to an end or purpose Is óðer wiðerwinna ðe ús wyle gerihtlǽcan fram úrum unðeáwum . . . Þát is Godes word þe ús gewissian sceal, Hml. A. 5, 125.

Linked entry: rihtlǽcan

ge-sleán

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Þára folca ǽgðer on ððerum micel wæl geslógan, Ors. 3, I; S. 98, 6. of an adder, to sting Fram nǽdran geslegene a serpente percussi, Bd. I. l; Sch. 13, 7. to drive, fix a peg, stake, &amp;c., pitch a tent Gif hé hæbbe geteld geslagen. Ll.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Heó fram frymðe gewislíce þurh þone Hálgan Gást ealle þing ymbe Crístes menniscnysse geleornode, Hml.

ge-wyrht

(n.)
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Deág þín gewyrhtu ; God þé bið symle góda gehwylces freá and fultum feónd þám óðrum wyrsan gewyrhta do ever what may profit.

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Þá gemétte heó hire hwǽte ealne beón neáh (pene) gedǽledne fram hire ágenum suna, Gr. D. 68, 23. Add Ealle ðá clifu þe neáh þǽm sǽ wǽron, Ors. 5, 4 ; S. 226, 4. Ðǽm ǽrestan godwebbe ðióstro na magon cxxtigum míla neáh gehleonian, Sal. K. 152, 20.

æsc-þrote

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-þrote, an; f: -þrotu, e; f. [æsc ash, þrote a throat]

ASH-THROATvervainverbenacaverbena officinalis

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ASH-THROAT, vervain; verbenaca, verbena officinalis, Prior, p. 242: vocabularies give the Lat. feiula the fennel-giant, but verbenaca vervain seems more probable from the following quotations, — Herba uermenaca [ = verbenaca.

Linked entries: asc-þrotu berbéna

Francan

(n.)
Grammar
Francan, gen. Francena, Francna; dat. Francum; pl. m: France; gen. Franca; pl. m.

The FranksFranci

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Ymb ii geár ðæs ðe he of Francum com, he gefór two years after he came from the Franks, he died, Chr. 855; Th. 126, 2, col. 2, 3: 890; Erl. 86, 32. Franca cyng king of the Franks, Chr. 1070; Th. 347, 7: 1077; Th. 351, 14. v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. cap. xx

leód-fruma

(n.)
Grammar
leód-fruma, an; m.

a patriarcha princechieftainking

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Of ðam leódfruman brád folc cumaþ from that patriarch [Isaac] shall come nations wide-spreading, 106; Th. 140, 24; Gen. 2332. Gif hí leódfruman lǽstan dorsten if they durst follow their chief, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 53; Met. 1, 27.

Gewis

(n.)
Grammar
Gewis, Giwis, es; m.

Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic

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According to Asset it was from this name that the term Gevissæ, applied by Bede to the West Saxons, was derived. 'Gewis, a quo Britone totam illam gentem Gegwis nominant,' see Grmm. Gesch. D. S. 458.

be-stéman

(v.)
Grammar
be-stéman, -stýman; p. de; pp. ed

To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wethumectare, madefacere, circumfundere

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Ic wæs mid blóde bestémed begoten of ðæs guman sídan I was wet with blood poured from the man's side, 96; Kr. 48. Hú ðú wǽgflotan wǽre bestémdan sund wisige how thou directest the sailing of the wave-floater [ship] wetted with the sea, Andr.

Linked entries: stíman be-stýman

ge-fadian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fadian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To set in orderdisposearrangeregulateordĭnāredispōnĕre

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To set in order, dispose, arrange, regulate; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre Se ðe awent of Ledene on Englisc sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ǽgene wísan he that translates from Latin into English must arrange it so that the English have its own

ge-sceot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceot, -scot, es; n.

the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dartjaculuman advance [of money], a contribution, tributea part of a building shut off from the rest

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Ger. vorschiessen] Similar entries v. corn-, Róm-gesceot. a part of a building shut off from the rest Similar entries [v. Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict. skot, III ; and cf.

Linked entries: scot ge-sceót ge-scot

slǽwþ

(n.)
Grammar
slǽwþ, e; f.
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From ðære slǽwþe his synna a peccati torpore, 28, 4; Swt. 193, 23. Slǽwþe inertia. Engl. Stud. ix. 40, col. 1. Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gimeléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda, Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 33.

ge-dreósan

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I. 4. of material, to fall from decay Þes wág . . . gedreás, Ruin. 11.

á-biddan

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R. 7. 22. where the person from whom is given Heó ábæd án hridder hire tó lǽne æt óðrum wífe praestari sibi capisterium petiit Gr. D. 96. 33. Hí ábǽdon (petierunt ) æt ðám Egiptiscon hira fatu, Ex. 12, 35.