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líc

(adj.)
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Add: the living body of a man or animal Hí wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 23: Hml. S. 31, 333. Hí mid hǽran hí gescryddon tó líce, 12, 36. Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden, Past. 365, 11. Hine lyst bet þaccian

on-hagian

(v.)
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Add: absolute Beód mé þæt þæt þú wylle, ic hyt ongynne, gyf mé onhagað impera quaevis dura, quae tamen in mea potestate sint, per quae me quo desidero perventurum esse non dubitem, Solil. H. 46, 5. Dó gehwá georne on Godes ést, be þám þe hine fyrmest

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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add: (l a) with elliptical construction ' Ne sint þá eágan þínes módes swá hále swá þú wénst' . . . 'Ic ongyte nú þæt ic ne æom swylc swilce ic wénde, Solil. H. 48, 5-10. add Hwæt wénst þú be Gode, Solil. H. 24, 18. (20) with complement :-- Hé wæs

gást-lic

Grammar
gást-lic, Add:

pertaining to the spirit, ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spiritual ⬩ spiritual ⬩ divine, heavenly, holy, sacred

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pertaining to the spirit, v. gást; III Gást-licre úphefnesse extaseos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 68. On módes heánnesse, on gástlicre gesihðe in extasi 47, 21. Dæg mið glædnise gǽstlicum (spiritali) ué worðia. Rtl. 89, 26. Ealle þás þæs monnes good ge gást-lice

þorp

(n.)
Grammar
þorp, þrop, es; m.

an assemblage ⬩ the assemblage of workers on an estate ⬩ the estate on which they worked ⬩ hamlet ⬩ village

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Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping a crowd: later the word may have been used of the assemblage

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ge-wyrcan

(v.)
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Add Geworhte effecit, i. perfecit, fecit Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 49. Gewyrce and tó getió contrahat 21, 42. Tó gewyrcenne ad conficiendos 6, 31. Gewarht conderetur 105, 13. Geworht, 15, 17. Bið geworht confici, 23, 17, Geworht weorc instructum 49, 23. Gewroht

brúcan

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Add: dat., acc. to use, with concrete object Hí welan habbaþ . . . and his ungemetlíce brúcað ( indigne acta felicitas ), Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 23. Þú heora bruce, 7, 1; F. 16, 21. Hé his ágenes ungemetlíce breác, Past. 339, 2. Brúc ðínra ǽhta, ðá hwíle

flǽsc

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flǽsc, pl. flǽscu: flǽsce (?), an; /.

flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings

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Take here flǽc in Dict., and add: (v. C. D. v. 164, 32 below) the soft material of an animal body, often in connexion or contrast with skin or bone Tóeth;a flǽsc gingiuae, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 33. Bán of mínum báne and flǽsc of mínum flǽsce, Gen. 2, 23.

ge-munan

(v.)
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Take here ge-monan, ge-mynan in Dict. and add Þú ge-manst, ge-munst, hé ge-manþ, -muneþ, -myneþ, pl. ge-munon (-an) ; p. ge-mýste (cf. O. Sax. far-munsta) :-- Ne sint gemunene non recordentur (either the verb is taken to be passive or gemunende should

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species

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shape. and add: of material things. form, shape, figure Manig wyht is mistlíce férende geond eorþan, and sint swíþe ungelíces híwes quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 24. Þá feówer gesceafta hé ... on óþrum híwe gebrengþ

be-fón

to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action

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Add: to seize, catch, take, of persons Ýþelíce þú his hond beféhst, Nar. 31, 24. Hé (þone méce) mid handa beféng, Exod. 415. to seize, take forcible possession of:-- Laumeneda beféng ealle Asirie, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 28. implying restraint :-- Se anwealda

ge-hwilc

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Add: each, every; in pl. all. as noun, alone Gif man in mannes tún ǽrest geirneð, .vi. scillingum gebéte ; sé þe æfter irneð .iiii. scillingas; sibban gehwylc scilling. Ll. Th. i. 6, 17. Gehwilc, 16, 4. Æt þám feówer tóðum fyrestum, æt gehwylcum .vi.

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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Add: , ǽgen. as adj. Þæt is ágen cræft ( a property ) wætres and eorðan. Met. 20, 122. Ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Þæs wæteres ágnu cýþ is on eorþan, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 14. Þis is mín ágen cýð, Met. 24, 49

beódan

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Add: to command, with dat. of person Æðelstán beót his biscopum, ꝥ gé þone frið healdan, Ll. Th. i. 240, 12. Mín fæder mé býd, Gen. 50, 5. Ne budþú mé ná ælmessan tó syllanne, Ps. Th. 39, 7. Man beád him út binnan .v. nihlan he was ordered to leave the

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Take here <b>ge-ortréwan</b> in Dict., and add: to despair of. with gen. Cf. <b>I a</b> Ne þú tó wáclíce geortreówe ǽniges gódes spemque fugato nes dolor adsit, Met. 5, 35. with prep. Hé nǽfre ne geortreówe be Godes mildse de

ge-férrǽden

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Add: abstract, of persons Socius geféra, societas geférrǽden, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 17, 13. Geþeódlicre geférrǽdenne contubernali sodalitate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 22 : An. Ox. 2532. Gefér-rǽddene consortio, contubernio, 2148. Gefǽrrédena, Hml. S. 3, 395. Ðæt hé

ge-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cynde, adj.
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Add: natural, native, that is in accordance with nature or the usual course of things Gecynde riht jus naturale, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 6. Þone deáþ þe eallum monnum gecynde is, Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 9. Sé ús gesette ... sibbe gecynde (cf. se ilca gesette .

bæþ

a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--

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Dele II, and add: a bath for washing Bæþ (balnearum usus, baða brice, R. Ben. I. 68, 1) þám untrumum swá oft swá hit framige; hálum and húru þám geongum sý seldor and lator getíðod, R. Ben. 60, 22. v. pænningas tó beðe (= bæðe?) five pence for the expenses

ge-býrian

(v.)
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ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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in Dict., and add: to happen. where the subject is a noun (or pronoun) Gif him forðsíð gebyrige, Ll. Th. i. 236, 35: 434, 27. Ǽlc þing cymþ of sumum ðingum, for ðý hit ne biþ weás gebyred; ac þǽr hit of náuhte ne cóme, þonne wǽre hit weás gebyred, Bt

fær

(n.)

going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings

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Dele 'fær ; gen. dat. acc. fære . . . f.?' and add: of movement, going, passing Faru ł færr transitus, Ps. L. 143, 14. Hí bǽdon ꝥ hí móston faran þurh ðá burh, ac ðá burhware noldon þæs færes him getýðian, Hml. S. 25, 445. Þá þá hé gehýrde þæs folces

Linked entry: færbu