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be-sceótan

(v.)

to dashflingto shut upto dashto happenoccur

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Add: trans, to dash, fling Ðá deóflu bescuton hí ánum dracan innan þone múð, Wlfst. 141, 23. to shut up Hé þá cyrican beleác, and mid scyttelum besceát and gefaestnode, Gr.

in-cund

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Add: physical, of the inner part of the body Búton þæt incunde blód ðe anbútan þǽre heortan is út yrne, E.S. viii. 62, 40. Tó incundum ad intima (ventris ), Kent. Gl. 999. Incundum imis (ilibus ), An.

lah-slit

(n.)
Grammar
lah-slit, n[?]; -sliht, -slite, es; m; -slitt, e: f.
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Gylde lahslitte inne on Deone lage and wíte mid Englum, 7; Th. i. 172, 3. Lahslite, 8; Th. i. 172, 7. Lahslit, 9; Th. i. 172, 11. Ðonne gilde hé lahsliht, L. N. P. L. 51: 52: 53; Th. ii. 298, 9: 12: 15.

Linked entries: slite -slitt

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, p. ode; pp. od

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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He begeat má castelas and ðǽr inne his ríderas gelogode he got more castles and lodged his knights therein, 1090; Erl. 226, 30. Geloga híg on ðære sélostan stówe in the best of the land make them to dwell, Gen. 47, 6.

Linked entry: lógian

CUMAN

(v.)
Grammar
CUMAN, part. cumende; ic cume, ðú cymst, cymest, he cumeþ, cymþ, cymeþ, cimþ, pl. cumaþ; p. ic, he com, cwom, ðú cóme, pl. cómon, cwómon; imp. s. cum, cym, pl. cumaþ; subj. indef. ic cume, cyme, pl. cumon, cumen, cymen; p. cóme, pl. cómen; pp. cumen, cymen.

COME go, happen venire, ire, accidere, evenire

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to COME go, happen ; venire, ire, accidere, evenire Sceal se gást cuman the spirit shall come, Soul Kmbl. 17 ; Seel. 9 . Cuman ongunnan they attempted to come, Beo. Th. 494 ; B. 244 . Cum to ðam lande, ðe ic ðé geswutelige come to the land, which I will

Linked entry: aweg-cuman

tunne

(n.)
Grammar
tunne, an; f.
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Nim fela tunnan, and dó hí ðǽr on innan . . . Hí wurdon ðá gebrohte ealle tó ðám tunnum, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 259-307

midde-winter

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Maria onféng God on hyre innoð, and hine bær oð middewintres mæssedæg and hine þá ácende, Hml. Th. i. 200, 28. On myddewintres mæssenyht, Lk. 2, I. rbc. In þǽre middewintres tíde, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 14: 1016; P. 146, 22.

ge-swiðrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swiðrian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To weakendestroyimminueredebilitareconficere

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Ne mót innan geondscínan sunne for ðǽm sweartum mistum ǽr ðæm hí geswiðrad weorþen the sun cannot shine through from within for the black mists before they are dissipated, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 90; Met. 5, 45.

gist-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gist-hús, (<b>gæst-hús,</b> q. v. in Dict.), es; n.
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A place of entertainment for strangers, a guest-chamber, hostel, hospice, an inn Gisthús ælðeódigra manna zenodochium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 51. Gysthúses méd hospitii merces, Nap. 57, 10. Mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf, Ll.

geaflas

(n.)
Grammar
geaflas, pl. m.

The jawsfauces

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Ðæt nebb lixeþ swá glæs oððe gim, geaflas scýne innan and útan the beak [of the Phoenix] glitters like glass or gem, the jaws comely within and without, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 1; Ph. 300.

ge-eácnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-eácnian, ic -eácnige, ðú -eácnigast, he -eácnaþ, pl. -eácniaþ; p. ode; pp. od

To increaseconceivebecome pregnantaugēriconcipĕreaugēre

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Ðú on innoðe geeácnast thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 1, 31. In synnum geeácnod wæs he was conceived in sins, Ps. C. 50, 61; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 61

Linked entry: ge-écnian

þurh-gán

(v.)

to go over or throughto pass throughpierceto penetratepermeatepervade

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Th. ii. 502, 11. of a weapon, to pass through, pierce Hé sette his swurdes ord tógeánes his innoðe, and feól him on uppon, ðæt him ðurheode (or him ðurh eode, under þurh, B. I 1. ), Homl. Th. ii. 480, 15.

frécne

(adj.)
Grammar
frécne, adj.
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Gif sié þǽra ádle bryne innan ... sió biþ ðý frécenre, Lch. ii. 46, 20. Ðonne hit ðé frǽcnost þynce, wén ðé ðonne frófre, Prov. K. 75. Add

hlýde

(n.)
Grammar
hlýde, an; f,

torrent

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Andlang cumbes innan hlýdan ǽwylmas; swá andlang hlýdan, C. D. v. 107, 13. In ðá hlýdan; of ðǽre hlýdan, iii. 80, 10: 37. On þá hlýdan; of ðǽr hlýdan on þá stánbricge, 436, 26. Cf. (?) Andlang bróces on lýdeburnan, 396, 24.

Sæfern

(n.)
Grammar
Sæfern, e; also indecl. f.

The river Severn

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The river Severn Hié gedydon innan Sæferne múþan, Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 24. On Sæferne staþe, 894; Erl. 92, 23. Hié gedydon æt Sæferne, ðá fóron be Sæferne . . . be westan Sæfern, 92, 14-20. Be Sæfern, 896; Erl. 94, 15.

heolstor

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heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Helostr, heolstr secessus, Txts. 94, 901. Heolstre latebra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 18. Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan

ge-þolian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þolian, to -þolianne, -þolienne, -þoligenne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [þolienne to bear, suffer] .

to bearsufferenduresustainsufferrepătisustĭnēreto have patienceendurewaitremainperdūrāremănērewith the gen. To suffer loss offorfeitlosecărēre

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Gif he inne geþolian wille if he will remain within, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 6: Beo. Th. 6210; B. 3109. Se ðe geþolias on ende qui sustinuerit in finem; Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 13: 14, 34. with the gen.

lícettung

(n.)
Grammar
lícettung, e; f.

Feigningpretencesimulationhypocrisy

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Innan gé synt fulle líccettunge [MSS. A. B. lícetunge] intus pleni estis hypocrisi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28. Bútan lícetunge sine hypocrisi, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 7.

hwer

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Hét hé feccan ǽnne ǽrene hwer, and hine ealne áfyllan mid weallendum leáde and lecgan Georium innon ðone hwer, Hml. 8. 14, 104-107: 25, 117. Hwerum caccabis Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 62 : 19, 71. Hweras lebetes . An. Ox. 4670: Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 60. Add

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, <b>II a.</b>
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Ðá wǽtan weorþaþ gegaderode on þone magan, and þǽr ríxiaþ mid scearfunga innan, Lch. ii. 176, 7. Hér ásette se apostol niht for þǽre ealdan nytennysse ðe ríxode ær Crístes tócyme, Hml. Th. i. 602, 34.