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ge-blówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blówan, p. -bleów , pl. -bleówon; pp. -blówen [ge-, blówan to blow]

To blowflourishbloomblossomflōrēreefflōrēre

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To blow, flourish, bloom, blossom; flōrēre, efflōrēre Wyrt geblóweþ herba flōreat, Ps. Th. 89, 6. Ðæt gé on his wícum wel geblówan in atriis dŏmus Dei nostri flōrēbunt, 91, 12. Se æðela feld wrídaþ underwolcnum, wynnum geblówen the noble field flourishes

betera

(adj.)
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Add Hé conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hine ná bettran (betran, v. l.) ne déð. Past. 113, 23. Ic me bættran hám ne wéne, Sat. 49. Weorc micle beteran (beteran, v. l.), Past. 75, 4. ꝥ beo beaduweorca beteran wurdun, Chr. 937,P. 109, 6. ꝥ ám lárum

wígbed-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
wígbed-sceát, es; m.

An altar-cloth

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An altar-cloth Bewindan ða mágas ðæs cildes hand on ðæs altares weófodsceáte ( in palla altaris ), R. Ben. 103, 14. Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels,

(int.)

LoOhAh

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Grammar lá, interj. Lo! Oh! Ah! Lá næddrena cyn Oh! generation of vipers, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7: 12, 34. Lá ðú líccetere, 7, 5. Lá freónd amice, 22, 12. Lá Drihten Domine, Ps. Th. 21, 17: 118, 176. Lá hú oft hí gremedon hine quotiens exacerbaverunt eum! Ps.

DRAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRAGAN, ic drage, ðú drægest, drægst, dræhst, he drægeþ, drægþ, dræhþ, pl. dragaþ; p. dróg, dróh, pl.drógon ; pp. dragen.

DRAG, drawtrahĕreTo draw oneself, to draw, gose conferre, ire

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v. a. To DRAG, draw; trahĕre Eall ðæt ða beón dragen toward ða dráne dragaþ fraward all that the bees draw towards them the drones draw from them, Chr. 1127; Th. 378, 24, 25. Simon Petrus dróg ðæt nett on eorþe Simon Petrus traxit rete in terram, Jn.

líf-lic

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Add: having life, living, animate God gesceóp .iii. líflice gástas tres vitales spiritus creavit Deus, Gr. D. 263, 11. Ic com se líflica hláf, Hml. Th. i. 34, 16. long-lived Sé þe acenned bid, líflic (vitalis) hé bið, Archiv cxxix. 18, 11. On ánre nihte

mynegian

(v.)
Grammar
mynegian, <b>. I.</b>
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add: with reflex pron. Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes foregehátes. Hml. S. 23 b, 542. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Wel þú mé mynegast (your reminder is opportune); ic ðé gelǽste þæt ic þé gehét, Solil. H. 31, 4. <b>IIb.</b> add :-- Ic mynegige

on-innan

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Add: as adv. Þonne hit hát wǽre, and mon þá earman men oninnan dón wolde, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 54, 25. Þonne þǽr micel stán . . . oninnan fealþ, Bt. 6; F. 14, 29 : B. 71 : 2089. as prep. preceding the governed word Gefealden oninnan ðæs synfullan monnes

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitivetransitorynot to be retainedpassing out of one's possession

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Fugitive, transitory, not to be retained, passing out of one's possession Se éþel úðgenge wearð Adame and Euan, eardríca cyst beorht óðbróden that country could no more be held by Adam and Eve, the choicest realm was taken away from them, Exon. Th. 153

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Add: annunciation, declaration, making known (cf. bodian, I), announcement by a messenger (cf. bodung-dæg) Hé (Antecrist) sent his bodan geond ealne middaneard, and his hlisa and bodung bið fram sǽ tó sǽ, Wlfst. 195, 20. declaration by a witness, testimony

fóre-seón

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-seón, to -seónne; p. ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, pl. -sáwon; pp. -sewen

To see beforeFORESEEprovideprævĭdēreprovĭdēre

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To see before, FORESEE, provide; prævĭdēre, provĭdēre Swylce eác be heora andlyfene is to þenceanne and to fóreseónne de eōrum quŏque stĭpendio cŏgĭtandum atque provĭdendum est, Bd. 1. 27; S. 489, 21. Ðú ealle míne wegas wel fóresáwe omnes vias meas

ge-feallan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feallan, p. -feól, -feóll, pl. -feóllon; pp. feallen

To fallcaderedecidere

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To fall; cadere, decidere Ic gefealle be gewyrhtum fram feóndum mínum decidam merito ab inimicis meis, Ps. Spl. 7, 4. Ðǽr Pharaon gefeól, on ðam Reádan Sǽ et excussit Pharaonem in Mari Rubro, Ps. Th. 135, 15. He eorþan gefeóll he fell to earth, Beo.

be-wreón

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Hí mon mid wrigelse bewríhþ, Bl. H. 61, 16. Biwráh revelabit, Ps. Srt. 28, 9. Bewreogon contexerunt. Ps. Spl. 54, 5. Bewreóh ðé wearme wrap yourself up warmly, Lch. ii. 116, 19: 118, 9. Bewreóh ꝥ wíf wel, 330, 21. Bewreów, 338, 17. Feallaþ ofor ús, and

fandung

trialtestingtrialexperiment

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Add: trial, testing Óðer is costnung, óðer is fandung. God ne costnað nǽnne mannan; ac hwæðere nán man ne cymð to Godes ríce, búton hé sý áfandod; for ðí ne sceole wé ná biddan þæt God úre ne áfandige, ac wé sceolon biddan þæt God ús gescylde, þæt wé

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.
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Add: I. skilled, instructed, advised Be gerǽdre consulta An. Ox. 8, 130. Tó þig ꝥ ðá óþre ðe gerǽdran beón and ðe beteran (gelǽrede sýn and gebeterade, v. l.) ðurh his gódan gebysnunga ut eius exemplo alii erudiantur, R. Ben. 108, 24. arranged, disposed

ge-etan

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Swá hwá swá of ðám hláfe geett ( manducat ), Hml. Th. ii. 202, 6. Heó genam of ðæs treówes wæstme and geæt, and sealde hire were and hé geæt, i. 18, 9. Hé geæt þone forbodenan æppel, ii. 240, 21. Hwí eódest þú tó þám hǽðenum and on heora húse geǽte?,

galdor

(n.)
Grammar
galdor, gealdor, es; pl. nom. acc. galdor, galdru; gen. galdra; dat. galdrum; n. [galan to sing, enchant, q. v.]

An incantationdivinationenchantmenta charmmagicsorceryincantātiocantiocarmenfascĭnātio

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An incantation, divination, enchantment, a charm, magic, sorcery; incantātio, cantio, carmen, fascĭnātio Þurh heora galdor per incantātiōnes, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 9. Sing ðæt galdor sing the charm, Lchdm. iii. 38, 3. Galdre bewunden encircled by enchantment

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tam

(adj.)
Grammar
tam, adj.

Tame, the opposite of wild

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Tame, the opposite of wild Tam subjugalis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 6. Wilde bár aper, tam bár verres, i. 22, 70-71. Seó leó, ðeáh hió wel tam sé, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 9. Tiles and tomes meares, Exon. Th. 342, 13; Gn. Ex. 142. Hé rít uppan tamre assene and byre

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fadian

(v.)
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Add Fadode digessit, An. Ox. 56, 326. absolute Seofon þing gedafenað rihtwísum cyninge . . . seofoðe, ꝥ hé be freóndan and be fremdan fadige gelíce on rihtlican dóme (that in the matter of just judgement his ordering be the same for friends and for

ge-rýnelic

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Add: secret Ball swá seó gerýnlice sððfæstnys cwyð sicut arcana justitia dicet, Ll. Th. ii. 168, 5. Ǽr þon þe hé þǽre gerýnelican gegaderunge menniscre gebyrde onfénge before he was formed in the secrecy of his mother's womb, Bl. H. 165, 35. mystic,