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ge-ceorlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ceorlian, p. ode
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To take a husband, marry Wíf ðe tuwa geceorlige mulier quae bis viro nupserit, Ll. Th. ii. 232, 1

Linked entry: ceorlian

ofer-wríþan

(v.)
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to wrap round, cover up with a wrapper Mid hnesce wulle oferwríðe ealle þá scearpan, Lch. ii. 130, 10

sealm-wyrhta

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Swá swá se sealmwyrhta cwæð, 'Hé hit gecwæð, and þá gesceafta wǽron geworhte,' Hml. Th. i. 122, 13. Add

un-gefóglic

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Add Gif þá synna ne beóþ ungefóhlice and unonlýsendlice si insolubiles culpae non fuerint, Gr. D. 348, 3

Linked entry: ge-fóglic

á-windan

Grammar
á-windan, <b>. II</b> 2.
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add as alternative meaning: to become curved. Cf. ge-windan, ge-wind Þá handa áwindaþ the hands get cramped

Linked entry: windan

cuppe

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Áne cuppan seolfrene ... twá cuppan seolfrene, Cht. Th. 501, 21-32: 36. (Cups are often mentioned in wills.) Add

réstan

(v.)

to exult

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; to exult; Hæfdon beorgas blíðe sǽle and rammum ðá réstan gelíce ;montes exultaverunt ut arietes,; Ps. Th. 113, 4. (?)

ofer-brycgian

(v.)

to overbridge, make a bridge over

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to overbridge, make a bridge over Ðá hét Maxentius oferbrycgian ða eá mid scipum, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 22

ge-þoftrǽden

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þoftrǽden, e; f.

Companionshipfellowshipconverseconsortium

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Companionship, fellowship, converse; consortium God to him genam geþoftrǽdene God held converse with him, Homl. Th. i. 90, 20

Linked entry: þoft-rǽden

be-cídan

(v.)
Grammar
be-cídan, p. de

To complain of

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To complain of Ðá bóceras becíddon þæt Críst mid þám synfullum mannum hine gereordode, Hml. Th. ii. 470, 6

cyne-gód

(adj.)
Grammar
cyne-gód, adj.

Excellent, noble præstans, nobilis

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Him ðá cynegóde on Carran æðelinga bearn eard genámon then the noble children of men took them a dwelling in Harran, 83; Th. 104, 16; Gen. 1736: 182; Th. 228, 2; Dan. 196: 195; Th. 243, 8; Dan. 433: Exon. 85b; Th. 321, 34; Wíd. 56

ge-cwémednes

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. ¶ ánum gecwemednesse to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :-- Heó plegode him eallum gecwémednysse (cf. cum saltasset et placuisset Herodi simulque recumbentibus, Mk. 6, 22), Hml. Th. i. 480, 31.

be-hófian

(v.)
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Th. i. 156, 14. with gen. Ic myltse behófige, Hml. S. 3, 558. Gé mín behófiað, 376. Gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ (-igen, v. l. ), Bt. 17; F. 60, 5. Hé metes behófode, Hml. Th. i. 178, 10. Þá þe þæs behófodon,Hml. S. 30, 10.

freónd-rǽden

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Þeáh þe hé séce godum freóndrǽdenne, Jul. 220. cf. freónd, Freóndréddene healdan wið þone ꝥ ('b-bar' for 'bishop'?) to keep on good terms with the bishop, Cht. Th. 141, 6, 9.

full-fremedlíce

(adv.)
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Add: completely, entirely, to the full extent Heó him ne geþafode fulfremodlíce on þá eorðan ástreccan, Hml. S. 23 b, 606.

ge-feá

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ge-feá, d. gefeán, gefeáne; d. pl. gefeán, gefeánum.
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Ðám unblíðum sint cýðanne ðá gefeán (laeta) ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 187, 16. Þéh þe hé úte wǽre belocen fram neorcxnawanges gefeán (gaudiis), hé gemunde þá ylcan gefeán, for þon þe hé ǽr heora breác, Gr. D. 261, 3-6.

gyrdel

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Ðonne þú gyrdel (-er, MS. ) habban wylle, þonne sete þú þíne handa forewearde wiðneoþan þínne nafolan and stríc þenum twám hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 21. Hí cuwon heora girdlas, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 9. Add

lustfullung

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Deófol tiht ús yfele, ac wé sceolon . . . geniman náne lustfullunge ðǽre tihtinge . . . Se Hǽlend mihte beón gecostnod þurh tihtinge, ac nán lustfullung ne hrepede his mód, Hml. Th. i. 174, 30-176, 7.

ǽrend-spræc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽrend-spræc, e; f.

A verbal messagenuntiatio

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A verbal message; nuntiatio Ǽrendspræce abeódan to announce a verbal message, Exon. 123a; Th. 472, 13; Rä. 61, 15

a-spirian

(v.)
Grammar
a-spirian, -spirigan ; p. ede ; pp. ed

To searchtrace

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To search, trace Aspirige hit út let him trace it out, L. Ath. iv. 2 ; Th. i. 222, 14