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ge-earfoþ

(n.)
Grammar
ge-earfoþ, es; n.

Troubletrĭbŭlatio

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Trouble; trĭbŭlatio He sceal géþolian manige ge-earfoðu [MS. gearfoðu] he shall suffer many troubles, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 26

ge-setenes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-setenes, -ness, e; f.

A constitution, an appointmentconstĭtūtio

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A constitution, an appointment; constĭtūtio Ða gesetenes he lǽt standan he allows this appointment to stand, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 30

Linked entry: -setenness

ge-máglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máglíce, adv.

Urgently, importunately

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Urgently, importunately He tiht ǽlcne swíðe gemáglíce to gebedum he exhorts everybody very urgently to prayers, Homl. Th. i. 158, 13

Linked entry: ge-máhlíce

wuldorfæste

(adv.)
Grammar
wuldorfæste, adv.

Gloriously

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Gloriously Hió Gode þancode ðæs geleáfan ðe hió swá leóhte oncneów, wuldorfæste, in ðæs weres breóstum, Elen. Kmbl. 1930; El. 967

wæcc

(n.)
Grammar
wæcc, e; f.
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Watch, vigil Mid þý behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes gefealh his wæcce (instans vigiliis), Gr. D. 170, 30

á-rásian

(v.)
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Add: to suspect, conjecture árásade (suspicabatur) ꝥ hæfde ǽrendo tó Breotone cyningum, Bd. 4, I; Sch. 342, 2: 8

hamacgaþ

(v.)
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Se ðe gelíþ raðe hamacgaþ he who takes to his bed will quickly be up again, Lchm. iii. 184, 21. [?]

ge-stala

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stala, an; m.

A thief;fur

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A thief; fur Ðæt he ne gestala nǽre that he was not a thief, L. In. 25; Th. i. 118, 15

Linked entry: stala

ge-déman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-déman, p. de; pp. ed

To deemjudgedetermineordaindecreedoomcondemnjūdĭcāredecernĕresancīrecondenmāre

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Ðæt he ǽghwelcne on riht gedémeþ that he judge every one righteously, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 30 : Ps. Th. 57, 10. He gedémde úrne Drihten to deáþe he condemned our Lord to death, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 42.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.

the first creationthe creationbeginningoriginoriginal state or conditionprīma creātioŏrīgoprīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtioa created beingcreaturecreātūra

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He forlǽt ǽrest lífes frumsceaft he first forsakes his original state of life, Bt. Met.

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Longingdesireweariness

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Homl. 113, 10-14. Ðá wæs him micel langung and sorh on heora heortan ðá hié ðæt ongeáton ðæt leng mid him líchomlíce wunian nolde, 135, 21.

mann-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
mann-cynn, es; n.

mankindmenthe human racea race of mena peoplemen

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wolde mancyn lýsan, Rood Kmbl. 82; Kr. 41: Blickl. Homl. 71, 26.

weorold-líf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-líf, es; n.
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self lifde on gneáðum worold-life he (bishop Lupus) lived a very frugal life on earth. Shrn. 110, 5. Ðæt hió ne wunian on worldlífe ita ut non sint, Ps. Th. 103, 33 : 61, 12: Exon.

frum-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
frum-sceaft, e; f.
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Þá þe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon ǽnne ofer ýðe umbor wesende, B. 45. (1 a) the first shaping of the world, the creation :-- Tunglu him healdad betwuh sibbe . . . swá gewenede wuldres ealdor æt frumsceafte (cf. þá ealdan sibbe ðe on gesceapne

ge-lytlian

(v.)
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Th. ll, l. to belittle, depreciate, make out a person to be inferior to the character claimed for him wolde gelitlian þone lifigendan Drihten, and sǽde ꝥ nǽre on sóðre godcundnesse his fæder gelíca, ac wǽre lǽsse on mihte, Ll.

ge-cennan

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Ic þéo écne God ǽnne gecenne, Hy. 10, 4. to declare a course of action Gif teám gecenne, and sý on óðre scíre sé þe tó týmð, Ll.

sceadu

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geseah þǽr standan áne atelice sceade, Hml. S. 31, 357. v. sunu-, swín-sceadu

be-metan

(v.)
Grammar
be-metan, p. -mæt, pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans. [be, metan to measure]

To measure bycompareestimateconsidermetiricommetiricomparareæstimare

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Ðæt ná siððan nánes anwealdes ne bemǽtan, ne nánes freódómes that afterwards they did not consider themselves [possessed] of any power, nor of any freedom 3, 7; Bos. 62, 11.

sundor-setl

(n.)
Grammar
sundor-setl, es; n.
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- ongan wilnian wéstenes and sundersetle[s?]. . . leornode be ðám ancerum ðe on wéstene and on sundorsettlum heora líf leofodon, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 20-24. his fultum tó ðam sundorsetle sóhte, 3; Gdwin. 24, 2

æt-limpan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-limpan, p. -lamp, pl. -lumpon
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To fall away, 4e lost ðára sáwla bemǽndon þe tó heofona ríce faran sceoldon, ꝥ Gode swá earm-líce ætlumpon, Hml. S. 30, 67. Mycel is mé unbliss mínra dýrlinga miss, ꝥ ús swá fǽrlíce mid ealle sýn ætlumpene, 272