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ge-swincan

(v.)
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to labour, toil Ic wundrige hwí swá mænige wíse men swá swíþe geswuncen mid ðǽre sprǽce and swá litel gewis funden, Bt. 41, 4; F. 250, 20. to labour under, be afflicted with þonne se ufera dǽl þæs líchoman on ǽnigum sáre oððe on earfeþum geswince, Lch

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gedwǽs-mann

(n.)
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gedwǽs-mann, es; m.
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Ús sceamað tó secgenne ealle ðá sceandlican wiglunga þe gedwæsmenn (sotmen, v.l.) gedrífað . . . þonne hí hwæt onginnað, Hml. S. 17, 101

ge-cwémnes

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Þonne hé sceáwaþ þus eádmódlice geþingunge and gecwémnesse úres módes wið úre þá néhstan dum tale placitum nostrae mentis aspexerit. Gr. D. 349, 34. On gecwémnessum heora in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Rdr. 140, 5. Add

ge-wealcan

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Add: to roll together, press together Heorotes horn gebærned tó ahsan, gegniden on mortere, and þonne ásift and mid hunige gewealcen tó snǽdum, Lch. ii. 238, 2. [O. H.

un-gemæc

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un-gemæc, un-gemæcc.
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Syndon full manega þá þe nǽnegu wundra wyrcað and þonne hweþre nǽron ná ungemæcce (-an, v.l.) þám þe þá foretácnu dóð sunt plerique qui etsi signa non facinnt, signa tamen facientibus dispares nan sunt, Gr. D. 90, 31.

cwacian

(v.)
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Ðonne þú pipor habban wille, þonne cwoca þú mid þínum scytefinger ofer óþerne, Tech. ii. 123, 14. Gif sino clæppette and cwacige, Lch. ii. 6, 15. Eal hit bið bifiende and cwaeiende, Wlfst. 26, 1. Cwacende (cuaciende, L.) tremens, Lk. R. 8, 47.

dyderung

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Manega drýmen maciað menigfealde dydrunga þurh deófles cræft, and bedydriað menn, swylce hí soðlice swylc þincg dón; ac hit is dydrung mid deófles cræfte, and gif hwá hit bletsað, þonne áblynð seó dydrung, Hml. S. 21, 464-9.

ecglinga

(adv.)
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ecglinga, eclinga; adv.
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.), on the edge Ðonne þú handlín habban wille, þonne stríc þú mid þínre swýþran hand eclinga ofer þíne wynstran, Tech. ii. 120, 2. Ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí[þ]ran, 23.

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freót-man

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Sceóte man æmessan be þám þe man þonne tóþearfe gerǽde . . . hwílum be teóþunge, hwílum be mannes efenwihte, hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healffreón, Wlfst. 171, 4.

ge-bryttan

(v.)
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ge-bryttan, p. te
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Heorotes lungena ... þonne hié ful wel ádrúgode synd, gebryte and gegníd, and gesomna mid hunige, 216, 9

Linked entries: bryttan ge-brittan

gecoren-ness

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Sé wæs tó cynincge áhafen swýðor for folces gecorennysse þonne ðurh Godes rǽd, Hml. S. 18, 2. Þǽr wǽron bisceopas of gehwilcum burgum tó þǽre gecorennysse, 31, 268

Linked entry: ge-corenes

ge-cwide

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Ne hé má eft tó him hwearf æfter heora gecwide (-cwyde, v.l.) neque ultra ad eum juxta suum condictum rediit, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 10. a will Ðis is Wulfgates gecwide ... ꝥ is þonne ꝥ hé geann ǽrest Gode his sáwelscattas ..., C.D.B. iii. 652, 16

græf

(n.)
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græf, a writing-style.
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Ðonne þú græf habban wille, þonne sete þú þíne þrí fingras tósomne swilce þú græf hæbbe, and styra þíne fingras swilce þú wríte, Tech. ii. 128, 6. [From Latin graphium.] Add

hláfording

(n.)
Grammar
hláfording, es; m.

a princesovereigna princenoble

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a prince, sovereign Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol, Wlfst. 298, 7. a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and

ufan

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ufan, <b>. II.</b> ¶
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Th. i. 206, 21. figurative Þ hine man forgulde mid healfan punde; gif wé þonne gyld árǽrdon, ꝥ him man ýhte ufon on ꝥ be his wlites weorðe, Ll. Th. i. 234, 6. v. ofer-, wiþ-ufan

hlifian

(v.)
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Add: of position Þæt treów þe wexeð on þám wudu-bearwe þæt hit hlifað úp ofer eall þá óðre treówu . . . bið hit swíðlícor geweged þonne se óðer wudu. Swá be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 5-11.

ólehtung

(n.)
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ólehtung, e; f.
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Gif þú þá ilcan ólectonge þám líchoman [dó, hit ná] híwfægere bið, þonne hit ǽr wæs, 166

ge-belgan

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Hé wearð yrre gebolgen, Jul. 58. þonne hí weorþaþ gebolgen (gebolgene, Met. 25, 45),, of animals Eofore cénra, þonne hé gebolgen bídsteal giefeð, Rá. 41, 19. Wæs gebolgen beorges hyrde ( the firedrake ), B. 2304.

ange

(adv.)
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Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, Ps. Th. 136, 8

fold-ræst

(n.)
Grammar
fold-ræst, fold-rest, e; f.

a grave

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A resting-place in the earth, a grave; or rest in the earth (of the buried dead) Þonne eall Adames cynn onfehð flǽsce, weorðed foldræste, eardes æt ende then (at the resurrection) all the race of Adam shall receive flesh, it will be at end with the grave