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un-geweald

(n.)

impotenceinability to controlunintentionallynot wilfullyinvoluntarily

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Gif man unwilles oþþe ungewealdes ǽnig þing misdéð, L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 21.

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bláwan

(v.)

to blowbreathesnortpantto blowto flameblazeinflate

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Seofon sácerdas bláwon mid býmon (clangent buccinos), 6, 4. of things, to emit air Bláwendra byliga flantium follium, Coll. M. 31, 7. to blow, sound (of a trumpet) Seó býme blǽwð, Hml. Th. ii. 568, 24.

fóda

victualsprovisionssustenancesupport

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Th. i. 184, 10. food for a thing, material that increases or strengthens Fóda fýres holt, and fóda wambe mete micel incrementum ignis silua, et incremmlum uentris esca multa, Scint. 56, 17.

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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D. 192, 4. to destroy a thing, lay waste: Se wíngeard wæs forslagen (-sleg-, v. l.) and forhergod mid hægle vinea grandine vastata est, Gr. D. 57, 5. to put an end to, finish (?): Forslægenum expletis (cf. expuncta, expleta, Corp. Gl.

ge-mǽnsumian

(v.)
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Gé wilniað ús þá þing gemǽnsumian (-suman, v.l.) (communicare), I. 25 ; Sch. 55, 7.

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ge-mang

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., somnung, L.) et actibus eorum, Lk. 23, 51), Nic. 6, 8. of things Þǽr þá wæterburnan swégdon and urnon onmiddan gehæge . . . eác þǽr wynwyrta weóxon and bleówon innon þám gemonge (among the streams) on ǽnlicum wonge (the passage seems to be based on

ge-þungen

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Ꝥ hí beón þe geþungenran on þǽre fandunge, Angl. vii. 52, 502. (2 a) of things :-- Ic hæbbe þé oferþogen on geþungenre láre, Hml.

gold

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Wénst þú þæt wé þínes hláfordes gold oþþe his seolfor stǽlon?, Gen. 44, 8. gold used as an ornament. for personal ornament (dress, jewellery, &c.) Cume manna gehwilc tó circan búton golde and glæncgum, Wlfst. 181, 2.

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Ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon, Angl. viii. 304, 24: 298, 19. Hé wæs á mid Langbeardum oð nú .IV. geár (until four years from now), Gr.

racu

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Þǽs þing wé cweðað ymbe þǽre eásterlican tíde þe wé þencað mid sóeth;re race geglengan, Angl. viii. 324, 12. Race ordinem, Germ. 395, 34. Þá wísan þe hé þǽr spræc þurh his race and sócne quot sententias quasi per inquisitionem movet, Gr. D. 265, 8.

riht-wís

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Ðá unrihtwísan tǽlað þá rihtwísan justus lulit crimen iniqui, 4; F. 8, 16. of things Rihtwísum dóme justo judicio, An. Ox. 2718. Mid rihtwísere tódáles heolere justa discretionis lance, 1755.

sagu

(n.)
Grammar
sagu, e; and indecl.? f.

a saw, say (to say one's say), saying, statement, story, talesaying, narration, telling, reportstatement of a witness, testimonya saying beforehand, foretelling

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Gehýr ðú ðás race ná swilce leáse sagu ac geworden þing audi fabulam, non fabulam sed rem gestam, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 12. Geendebrednege ða sago þinga ordinary narrationem rerum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 2, 9.

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

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Gif hǽr tó þicce síe if the hair be too thick, L. M. i. 87, 3; Lchdm. ii. 156, 8. Ne sceal eów beón forloren án hǽr of eówrum heáfde there shall not a hair of your head be lost, Homl. Th. i. 236, 22.

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dón

(v.)
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Þone ðryddan dǽl hé dyde onsundor the third part he put aside, 3, 125. Dó appresenta, An. Ox. 56, 73: applica, 135. Mon hæfde anfiteatrum geworhte, þæt hé mehte Godes þeówas on dón ( objiceret ), Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 12.

metan

(v.)
Grammar
metan, p. mæt, pl. mǽton; pp. meten.

to metemeasureto measure outmark offassign the bounds of a placeto measure by pacesto traversepass overto measure one thing by or with anotherto compare

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metan, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104. to measure one thing by or with another, to compare Se swég wæs be winde meten the sound was compared to the wind, Blickl. Homl. 133, 31.

ge-unnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen

To givegrantallowconcedeconcedereindulgerepermitterelargiri

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Ðæra þinga wurðe ðe se cyng him geunnen hæfde worthy of those things that the king had granted him, 1046; Erl. 173, 3

ge-mǽne

(adj.)
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ge-mǽne, adj.

Common, general, mutual, in commoncommuniscommunis, generalis, solituscommunis

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Ne beó ðé nán þing gemǽne ongén ðisne rihtwísan ne quid tibi sit commune adversus hunc justum, 27, 19 : Nicod. 6; Thw. 3, 11.

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swán-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
swán-geréfa, an; m.
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The bishop and the counsellors of the brethren said, that they would never make further admission to them than was contained in the terms settled in Ethelbald's time :-- mast for three hundred swine, and the bishop and brethren should have two-thirds

wrǽt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wrǽt-líc, adj.

wondrouscurious of wondrous excellencebeautifulnobleexcellentelegant

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Ðæt is wrǽtlíc þing tó gesecganne, 421, 27; Rä. 40, 24. Wrǽtlícne wyrm, Beo. Th. 1786; B. 891. Wrǽtlíce gecynd wildra, Exon. Th. 356, 9; Pa. 9. Ða wrǽtlícan wiht, Salm. Kmbl. 505 ; Sal. 253. Se mé on flíteþ wordum wrǽtlícum, Andr.

and-efn

(n.)
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Ðonne sió úpáhæfenes bið átyht ofer hire andefnu (-efenu, v. l.) dum elatio supra se tenditur, 301, 19. of things, quantity, amount, nature, extent Tódǽlað hí his feoh on fíf oððe syx, hwýlum on má, swá swá þæs feós andefn bið, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 29.