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ge-nerian

(v.)
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Sax. gi-nerian : O.H.Ger. ge-nerien liberare, reparare, servare, salvum, facore.)

ge-feallan

(v.)
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Leáf féalewiað, feallað on eorðan, ... swá gefeallað þá þe firena lǽstað, Sal. 315. of things, to decline, decay, fail Mycel yfel weaxeþ on þínum ríce, gif þú lǽtest leng þysne drý ríxian, ... and þín ríce for his lárum gefealleþ, Bl. H. 181, 34.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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thing personified: Hió (day) sceal wreccan láste hámleás hweorfan, nó þý heánre bið, Rä. 40, 9. reduced to a low position or condition, brought low, rendered abject, humbled Ic sceal heán and earm wadan wræclástas wuldre benémed, duguðum bedéled, Sat

innan

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Of ðǽre cymþ ꝥ wæter innon þá eorþan, Bt. 34, 6 ; F. 140, 18. Gif heó ꝥ heáfod innan þone man bestincð, Angl. vii. 28, 259

níd

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S. 23, 706. v. ciric-, folc-, ofer-, sǽr- (?), weorold-níd ; níde, nídes

slítan

(v.)
Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten

To slit, tear, rendto tear a garment rendto tear, split, rend, cleave, divideto tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, to tear, bite irritateto tear to destroy, waste, consumeto carp at, back-biteto tear attero to tear, split to tear, break scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere to slit, tear, break

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Skt. 14, 63. to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide Hé slát interrupit mare Ps. Spl. 77, 16. Hé slát stán interrupit petram 77, 18. to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, etc.

ge-weorþan

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Th. 72, 15. of intransitive verbs, to be, have Þanon ǽtorcyn ǽrest gewurdon onwæcned, Sal. 219

Cynewulf

(n.)
Grammar
Cynewulf, es; m.
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Rector of Swanswick, with some pertinent remarks, supposes Cynewulf to be the same person as Cyneweard. v. Chr. Erl. Introduction, pp. xx-xxii.

scrífan

(v.; prep.)
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scrífan, p. scráf, pl. scrifon; pp. scrifen
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Sax. bi-skríban (with gen. or prep.) to care about] , with gen. Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ (cf. se deáþ swelces ne récþ mors spernit altam gloriam, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 32), Met. 10, 29. Rihtes ne scrífeþ, 25, 53.

Linked entry: be-scrifen

swéte

(adj.)
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swéte, adj.
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Hit gemanigfealdaþ mannes freóndscipe and stilleþ mannes feónd (cf. a soft answer turneth away wrath), Salm. Kmbl. 204, 45. Geocc mín suoet ł éðe (wynsum, Rush., W. S.) is jugum meum suave est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 30.

Linked entries: swerum swót

wundrian

(v.)
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wundrian, p. ode.

to wonder atto regard with surpriseadmirationto make wonderfulmagnify

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Gif hwá wundrie, hú hit gewurðan mihte, Jud. 15, 19. with gen. and clause Hwá ne wundraþ ðæs, ðæt sume steorran gewítaþ under ða ? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 26.

Linked entry: wyndrian

cuman

(v.)
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cuman, p. cóm, coom.
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Gif seó lád forð cume . . . gif heó forð ne cume, 394, 22, 23. to happen to Hit cymð him sáre, Ps. Th. 7, 14. Cymen mé mildse ðíne veniant mihi miserationes tuae, Ps.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Þú him weg gerýmdest on þǽre reádan , Hml. S. ll, 184. Hie' gerýmdon þone úpgang and geworhtan, Bl. H. 201, 17. Hé hæfð us gerymed rihtne weg tó écan life. Wlfst. 18, 6. Hé hæfð gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infser tó his rice. Hml. Th. i. 28, 12.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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P. p. 4, 25. to get as result of action what is not desired Hete hæfde hé æt his hearran gewunnen, Gen. 301: Sat. 719. to perform with effort, undergo labour. Cf. winnan; <b>B.

hund

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like the nominative, also has both e and um as inflection. as abstract numeral Twéntig síðon seofon beóð án hund and feówertig, Angl. viii. 303, 6. as substantive. without lesser numerals Þæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Sat

hring

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Cf. hringe Mé habbað hringa gespong, slíðhearda sál, síðes ámyrred . . . fét synt gebundene, handa gehæfte, Gen. 377. Ic sceal þegne mínum hringum hæfted hýran georne, Rä. 5, 2: 87, 4.

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Th. 631, 25. add: ꝥ hé sceolde on his mynstre þone sang lǽran tó twelf mónþum quatenus in monasterio suo cursum canendi annuum edoceret, Bd. 4, 18; Sch. 437, 4. Þeáh ðe gýt wǽre óðer þúsend geára tó ðám dæge. Hml.

ÁN

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)

ONEunusunaunumaloneonlysoleanothersolusaliussolealone of its kindsingularuniquewithout an equalunicuseximiusa certain onesome onequidamaanaaneachevery oneallunus-quisqueuna-quæqueunum-quodqueOneother

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Bos. 8, 9: Salm. Kmbl. 771; Sal. 385. To ánum to ánum from one to the other, only; duntaxat. Ðæt án, or for án this one thing, for one thing, only; tantum-modo, Mk. Bos. 5, 36.

reccan

(v.)
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reccan, p. reahte, rehte.
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[Swa sone swa heo mihten ut of scipe heo rehten, Laym. 25646.] to unfold a tale, to narrate, recite, tell, say Recceo alligeo (allego), Txts. 39, 139. Ic recce ( narrabo ) ealle wundra ðíne, Ps. Spl. 9, 1.

lác

(n.)
Grammar
lác, generally neuter, but occasionally feminine
  • [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
or masculine, as in the compound lyb-lác q. v.

battlestrugglean offeringsacrificeoblationa giftpresentgracefavourservicea presentoffering of wordsa messagemedicine

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Dict. p. 382, col. 2), and in English lác could be applied in the same way.

Linked entries: freó-lác lácan lǽc