ge-séman
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Substitute: the object a person. to reconcile adversaries Lǽt inc geséman ǽr ðú ðín lác bringe vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, Past. 349, 12. Hié bǽdan Philippus þæt hé heora ládteów wǽre wið Focenses, and . . . þæt hé . . . oþþe hié gesémde, oþþe
ge-sweotulian
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Add: to shew a material object to a person Ic ne mæg mé þé geswutelian . . . for þon ic eom wífhádes mann and wǽfelsum bereáfod, Hml. S. 23 b, 205. to manifest, make known, reveal. the object a person Ic geswutelige (manifestabo) him mé sylfne . . .
hátan
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Háat meh gecuma tó ðé, Mt. L. 14, 28. <b>I b.</b> where there is no subject to the verb in the infinitive :-- Ðæt ðú dóa hátes ł héhtes quod tu fieri jubes, Mt. p. 1. 11. For þǽm gylte hiene eft hétt his fæder ofsleán, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 12
á-springan
to be emitted ⬩ to arise ⬩ to rush up ⬩ burst forth ⬩ to spring, ⬩ to spring up ⬩ come into existence ⬩ to spread (intrans. ) out ⬩ to run out ⬩ cease ⬩ fail
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Add: of motion, of water Seó eá up áspryngð néh þǽm clife, Ors. 1, 1;S. 12, 29. of a spark, to be emitted ꝥ ásprunge sum spearca forsitan scintilla dissiliit, Bt. 35, 5;F. 164, 2. of the heavenly bodies, to arise Hwǽr þæs mónan níwnys beó on Martio
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ge-tæl
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Add: the precise sum of any collection of individual objects Wæs gemenigfylld þæt getel cristenra manna, Hml. Th. i. 44, 21. Symle bið háligra manna getel geeácnod . . . Nis þæt getel Godes gecorenra lytel, 536, 24-26. JJæt getel ðǽra fixa laef máran
lífan
allow ⬩ permit
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To give leave, allow, permit Ða feówer ic eów lýfe tó sǽde and tó mete quatuor reliquas permitto vobis in sementem et in cibum, Gen. 47, 24. Ic ðé selfes dóm lífe I allow you to decide, Cd. 91; Th. 115, 7; Gen. 1916. Moyses lýfde eów eówer wíf tó forlǽtenne
be-þencan
consider
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Add: to think about, consider, with acc. Sé þe sóð on his heortan beðencð, R. Ben. 3, 19. Beþencað domes dæg, Wlfst. 228, 31. ꝥ þú beþence ðone rǽdels, Ap. Th. 5, 7. Beþænce hé (cogitet) Godes edleán, R. Ben. 92, 12. Beþænce se fæder þone sunu and se
clǽne
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Add: physical. of metal, free from dross or alloy Fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós, Cht. Th. 168, 16. Mid claene feó, ðæt wæs mid clǽne golde, Txts. 175, 5. of land, free from hurtful growth, clear Ðone æcer ðe wæs mid ðornum áswógen . . . ðone æcer
drý-cræft
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Add: sorcery, magic Syxte mægen is ꝥ drýcræft þám men ne dereþ þe hine ( agate ) mid him hæfð, Lch. ii. 298, 10. Ðín drýcræft ðe tó nánre freme ne becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 14. Ágróf se mon on ǽrenum brede drýcræftæs word, Shrn. 141, 16. ' Miht þú ádwǽscan
dúru
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Duru hostium, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 11: valva, 290, 12: limen (olympi ), ii. 93, 36: 52, 5. Þǽre forscytlican dura vectiferae valvae, 90, 56. From ðǽre dura selfre ðisse béc in ipsa locutionis nostrae janua, Past. 25, 11. Beforan ðǽre ciricean dura (duru,
ge-sceótan
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Add: trans, to shoot an arrow, hurl a spear, &c. Ǽr þǽr wǽre ǽnig spere gescoten, Chr. 1055 ; P. 186, 5. Arewan, gauelucas wǽron gescotene catapultae diriguntur, i. misse sunt, An. Ox. 4240. to assign to a position, allot to a place Þás Godes
ge-sciftan
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Take here <b>ge-scyftan</b> in Dict. to assign, appoint, ordain Is lencten ús eallum tó dǽdbóte gescyft, þæt wé on þám fæce . . . wið God gebétan . . . Wlfst. 102, 17. Stów gecwéme gebróþrum sí ámearcud (designetur) . . . þæt hús ealswá wé
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ge-singan
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Add: to make a sound. of persons, to play an instrument Wé gesungun iúh mið hwistlum cantauimus nobis tibiis, Lk. L. 7, 32. of a bird (cock), to crow Gisingeð ðe hona cantabit gallus, Jn. R. L. 13, 38. Ðe hona gisang, 18, 27 : Mk. R. L. 14, 68 : Lk.
ge-tynge
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Take here ge-tinge in Dict., and add: I. in a good sense Getinge dissertas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 24. of persons, skilful with the tongue, elegant in speech, eloquent, witty Getincge facetus i. facundus (poeta ), An. Ox. 13. Dumbra manna tungan beóð swíðe
ge-uferian
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Add: to elevate, exalt. of local relations Heálicum bígelsum geufered celsis fornicibus sublimatus, An. Ox. 513. of sound, to raise the voice Se stunta on hlehtre his stefne geuferað stultus in risu exaltat vocem suam, R. Ben. 30, 10. of rank, position
heáh-fæder
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Add: the first person of the Trinity, God the Father Be þám áncennedan suna þæs heáhfæder (heán fæder, v. l.) de Unigenito summi Patris, Gr. D. 240, 25: Wlfst. 230, 29. Martiras herigað héhfæder, Sat. 656. a patriarch of the Old Testament Iacób se heáhfæder
hlihhan
to laugh ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ to laugh at ⬩ to laugh ⬩ to scorn ⬩ To laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ scorn
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Take here hlehhan in Dict., and add: to laugh Ic hlihe ridebo, Kent. Gl. II. Hlihcaþ rident Germ. 391, 17. Wearð micel gehlýd hlihhendra deófla, Hml. S. 31, 810. to have an emotion which may be expressed by laughing, to rejoice: Hió hlihð ridebit (mulier
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ídel
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Add: that which is useless, vain, or frivolous Swá hwylc ídel swá him tó geþance yrnð and him gecoren bið, þæt hié taliað hálig, R. Ben. 9, 18. Ðá ðe willað tó fela ídles and unnyttes gespræcan verbosi. Past. 271, 7. Ídle casso, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 37
lencten
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Add: lenten. spring. The season according to the poetical calendar began on Feb. 7 and ended on May 8 Æfter seofentýnum þrowade nihtgerímes Mathias ( his day was Feb. 24) þæs þe lencten on tún geliden hæfde, Menol. 28. Hér wæs mycel gefeoht on Norðhymbra
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Add: to ask, make a request Hit bið swá þú bidest. Shrn. 89, 1. Biddað, and gé underfóð, Jn. 16, 24. Nele se sláwa erian on wintra, ac hé wile biddan on sumera, Past. 285, 6. þ hé þon bid*-*dendan líf forgeáfe, Bl. H. 19, 35. to ask, make request to