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gegn-cwide

(n.)
Grammar
gegn-cwide, es; m.

A reply ⬩ answering again ⬩ responsum

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-cwiða] of thy replies, Beo. Th. 739; B. 367

Linked entry: geagn-cwide

ge-man

(v.)
Grammar
ge-man, ic, he

I remember, he remembers,

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I remember, he remembers, Beo. Th. 5259; B. 2633 : Jn. Bos. 16, 21; pres. of ge-munan

ge-mon

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mon, ic, he

I remember, he remembers

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I remember, he remembers, Exon. 74 b; Th. 280, 5; Jul. 624: Beo. Th. 3407; B. 1701

swíþ-hycgende

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-hycgende, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Of strong purpose Scealc monig swiðhicgende, Beo. Th. 1842; B. 919. Mágas ðara swíðhicgendra, 2036; B. 1016

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19

þurh-fón

(v.)

to get through ⬩ penetrate

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to get through, penetrate Heó ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte láþan fingrum, Beo. Th. 3013; B. 1504

un-álífedlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-álífedlíce, adv.

Unlawfully

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Ben. 16, 19. Unálýfedlíce illicite, Dial. 2, 2

un-swíðe

(adv.)
Grammar
un-swíðe, adv.

Not strongly ⬩ weakly

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Not strongly, weakly Sió ecg bát unswíðor ðonne his ðiódcyning þearfe hæfde, Beo. Th. 5150; B. 2578

druncen-scipe

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Ben. Lye' Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncenscipes geswícan nellað, Hml. A. 145, 34

feþer-cræft

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Ben. Lye' substitute

hand-cræft

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Ben. 95, 16. Add

on-tíned

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Add: An earlier MS. has: Sǽ and ealle eá beóð mid fixum áfylde, Archiv cxxviii. 66, 7

píe

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Hundes peó (beó, MS.) cinomia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 73. Handes pé, Ps. Vos. 104, 31. Add

twelf

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Þriwa feówer beóð twelf, 328, 21

un-gedríme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedríme, adj.
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Dissonant, discordant, inharmonious Hí gemaciað ꝥ þá óðre beóð ungedrýme aliorum uoces dissonare compellunt, Chrd. '57, 12

for-lǽtan

Grammar
for-lǽtan, <b>; II.</b>
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Ben. 4, 18. Add

wæl-fǽhþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-fǽhþ, e; f.

Deadly feud ⬩ hostility that leads to slaying

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Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028

wæter-ýþ

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ýþ, e; f.

A wave of water, a wave

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A wave of water, a wave Beorh wunode on wonge wæterýðum neáh, Beo. Th. 4477;B. 2242

gúþ-fremmende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gúþ-fremmende, part. pres.

One doing battle ⬩ fighting

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One doing battle or fighting, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 14; Exod. 231; Beo. Th. 497; B. 246

hǽl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽl, es; n.

Omen, auspice ⬩ omen, auspice ⬩ omen, auspicium

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Omen, auspice Hǽl sceáwedon they observed the favourable omen (for Beowulf's undertaking), Beo. Th. 414; B. 204

Linked entry: hǽlu

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