ge-neah
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Ger. ganah inan abundabit (Mt. 13, 12, ] with subject. to suffice, have sufficient power to do something Nǽnig mennisc tunge ne geneah þæs ácendan engles godcund mægen tó gesecgenne, Bl. H. 165, 5. to have abundance of (?)
ge-smirian
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Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita, 51, 49. to smear with grease Mycgerne gesmired seuo madefactus (fomes), An. Ox. 2764. to anoint as part of the ritual of consecration to an office Ic ðé tó cynincge gesmyrode, Hml. S. 18, 321.
hyge-leás
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Higeleáse might be taken to correspond with unróte, or it might be an error for híwleáse), Lch. ii. 166, 12. <b>la.</b> of a person's actions, conduct, &c. :-- Higelǽs effrenatus (cachinnus ), Hpt.
nídþearf-ness
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Ox. 1987. add: where there is idea of want Hí wǽron gefédde mid þaes gecyndes neádþearfnysse (with what is needed by nature) . . . ꝥ is mid þám wyrtum þe on þám wéstene weóxon, Hml. S. 23 b, 130: 153.
tellan
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In l. 4, col. 2, after hwíle insert: wiþ tén þúsend wintra, and add Tell þú swá fela daga, Angl. viii. 325, 8: 327, 9. <b>III a.
sceard
notched, hacked ⬩ gashed, mutilated ⬩ deprived
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Icel. með skarða skjöldu with hacked shields), Chart. Th. 561, 1, 23. Tó ðam sceardan beorge (cf. ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe is tóclofen, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 5), of ðam sceardan beorge tó ðam rúgan hlǽwe . Cod.Dip. B. iii. 170, 2.
Linked entry: scirdan
ge-andswarian
to answer ⬩ to respond
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D. 210, 9. to respond with action Ðonne ðæt mennisce mód Godes glædmódnesse mid gódum weorcum ne geandsworað cum largientem Deum humana mens boni operis responsione non sequitur Past. 391, 6
HNECCA
A NECK, ⬩ nape of the neck, ⬩ back of the head
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Gníd ðone hneccan mid ðý rub the back of the neck with it, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 20, 25. Ðæt ðú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan sanari non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum, Deut. 28, 35
Linked entry: snecca
tó-hweorfan
To go in different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to disperse
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Ecgbryht lǽdde fierd wiþ Norþanhymbre, and hié him eáþmēdo budon, and hié on ðam tóhwurfon, 827; Erl. 64, 9. Siendon wé tówrecene geond wídne-grund, heápum tóhworfene (-hworfne, Exon.
tweóne
two ⬩ double ⬩ not simple
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two; only in combination with the preposition be, either immediately following it (v. be-tweónum) or being separated from it by the governed noun, the two words together in either case having the force of between Be sǽm tweónum, ofer eormengrund, Beo
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sín
power of seeing ⬩ sight ⬩ vision ⬩ the instrument of sight ⬩ the eye
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Se hwæl se ðe gársecges grund bihealdeþ sweartan sýne the whale that beholds the depths of ocean with darkened sight, Exon. Th. 427, 20; Rä. 41, 94. Ne wyrt ðæt ða seón it does not injure the sight, Lchdm. ii. 26, 14.
gítsian
To covet ⬩ desire
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Mid gítsigendum eágum with covetous eyes, Homl. Th. i. 68, 26. Gýtsian concupiscere, Ps. Spl. 61, 10
griðian
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to make peace Lundene waru griðede wið ðone here the people of London made peace with the army, Chr. 1016; Erl. 559, 9. Griðode, 1046; Erl. 172, 6: 1070; Erl. 207, 19. Griðedon, 1068; Erl. 207, 2.
á-þolian
To hold out under trial, ⬩ To put up with ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer
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To put up with, endure, suffer Ic wundrige hú seó sǽ áðolode míne lustas, Hml. S. 23 b, 385. Þám ylcum gemete wuniaþ and gyt áþolede synt munecena mynstru, R. Ben. 139, 3
Linked entry: þolian
ge-síþ
A companion ⬩ fellow ⬩ companion or follower of a chief or king ⬩ socius ⬩ comes
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Þeóda þrymfæste þegnum and gesíþþum famous nations with vassals and allies, Cd. 91; Th. 114, 23; Gen. 1908
searu
Device ⬩ design ⬩ contrivance ⬩ art ⬩ craft ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ deceit ⬩ stratagem ⬩ ambush ⬩ treachery ⬩ plot ⬩ in a good sense ⬩ art ⬩ skill ⬩ contrivance ⬩ skilfully ⬩ ingeniously ⬩ with art ⬩ that which is contrived with art ⬩ a machine ⬩ engine ⬩ fabric ⬩ armour ⬩ equipment ⬩ arms
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Device, design, contrivance, art. in the following glosses it is uncertain whether the word is used with a good or with a bad meaning Sarwo adventio. Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 38. Searo molimen, 54, 29. Searwe molimine, 89, 64. Searwe argumenta, 84, 69.
Linked entries: searo searu-níþ searu-wundor siru
ge-niman
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L. 2, 6. friþ (wǽre) geniman wiþ (acc. or dat.) to make peace (a treaty) with Hé frið genam wið hié Lusitanos in deditionem recepit, Ors. 4, 12; S. 210, 9. Wǽre genóman foedus fecerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 25.
neáh-sibb
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[Iosæþ wass nehsibb wiþþ Sannte Marȝe, Orm. 13537. Add: nearly related
lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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On ðæt gerád ðe ðæt stande ðe wit beforan ðam ealdormen lucan on the condition that that arrangement stand which we concluded before the alderman, 597, 32. Hrím and forst lucon leóda gesetu rime and frost shut up men's dwellings, Andr.
Linked entry: lýcþ
ge-bétan
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Gebéte mid were ge mid wíte, Ll. Th. i. 62, 4. Gebéte mid fulre bóte, 330, 26. (β 3) by adverb or phrase :-- . ii. bóte gebéte, Ll. Th. i. 4, 2. Gebéte hé ꝥ be þǽm þe seó dǽd sý, swá be were, swá be wíte, 168, 5.