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fægnian

(v.)

to rejoice ⬩ exult ⬩ welcome

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Add: to rejoice, exult. absolute Ic fægnige and þé herige exaltabo te, Ps. Th. 29, 1. Fægnian ealle on écnesse omnes in aeternum exultabunt, 5, 12. Cómon ealle . . . swíðe fægengende, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 17. with cause of joy, in gen. Hé fægnode (fægenode

ge-rihtlǽcan

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Add: pp. -laced. to make straight (lit. or fig. ) Hé (John) Crístes wegas gerihtlǽhte mid wordum, Hml. S. 16, 96. Sceal gehwá gerihtlǽcan þæt þæt hé ǽr tó woge gebígde, Hml. Th. i. 8, 14. via iustorum recta facto est, þæt is þǽra rihtwísra wæg is gerihtlǽced

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ge-síne

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Take here <b>ge-sýne</b> in Dict., and add: of material objects, visible, to be seen Þ mon þǽre cyrcean flór emlíce gewyrce, ꝥ þǽr nán byrgen gesýne ne sý, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 13. Geséne wére hine cuæð uidendum se dicit, Jn. p. 7, 14. Ceastra

ge-sleán

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Add: to strike with a material object 'Gif woe geslás ł huoeðer móto wé geslaa in suorde (gislá mid sworde, R.).' And geslóg án of ðǽm esne aldormonnes ' si percutimus in gladio.' Et percussit unus ex illis seruum principis, Lk. L. 22, 49, 50. Hé geslóg

ge-wemman

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Add Gewemmed infractus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 80. Gewemde infecta, 47, 60. physical, to disfigure, mar, blemish Gelícost ðǽm ðe hé gewemme ealne ðone líchoman quasi totum corpus exasperat, Past. 73, 1. Næs hyra wlite gewemmed, Dan. 437. <b>I a.<

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Add: where there is certainty as to a fact, certainly, without doubt, unquestionably Hé swór ꝥ þá wǽpnu wǽron gewyslíce þǽr on ǽfen, Hml. S. 3, 259. Ꝥ án ús is gewislíce andweard ꝥte þonne biþ, Bt. 42; F. 256, 26. 'Ic wolde witan . . . hwæþer þú wisse

hǽlan

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Add: to heal a person sick in body or mind Sé haeleð ( sanat) geðréste in heortan, Ps. Srt. 146, 3. ꝥ wíf of herning blódes hǽleit (sanat ), Mt p. 16, 3: 15, 15. Monige lécneð ł hǽles multos curat, 16, 15. Hǽled, 18, l. Ꝥ wíf of iorning blódes hǽled

hearde

firmly ⬩ tightly

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Add: of falling or striking (lit. or fig. ) Hé sume ác ástáh, . . . and hé hearde feóll (cf. in arborem ascendens deciderat deorsum, et contrito corpore spiritum exhalavit, Vit. Cuth. c. 34), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 32. Ic wæs hearde cnyssed impulsus. Ps.

híwung

shaping ⬩ shape ⬩ frame ⬩ make ⬩ constitution ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ kind ⬩ transformation ⬩ an illusory shape ⬩ deceptive appearance ⬩ a pretence ⬩ trick ⬩ simulation ⬩ hypocrisy ⬩ fiction ⬩ irony

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Add Figmenta, i. plasmatio, mendacia híwunga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 78. shaping, forming of material Adam lifde æfter þǽre menniscan híwunge .dcccc. wintra and þrittig wintra; and þé sexteoþegan geáre fram his híwunge hé gegylte, Angl. xi. 1, 13-16. shape

lim

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Add: any organ or part of the body Behófað þæt heáfod þǽra óðera lima, swá swá ðá lima behó;fiað þæs heáfdes. Gif án lim bið untrum, ealle ðá óðre þrowiað mid þám ánum. Hml. Th. i. 274, 7-9. Leoma lífgedál, Gú. 1019. Hé ( the Phenix) of æscan onwæcneð

pening

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[In l. 4 hymenis is a corruption of nummi s(ervire), as the gloss at Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 71 belongs to Ald. 207, 5: Semper avaritiae nummi servire volentem.] Add Smeágað sume men hwæt se pening (pænig, penig, v. ll.) getácnige, Hml, A. 44, 505. Hig of

fremede

ultra ⬩ aliena ⬩ alia ⬩ plus ⬩ praeter ⬩ of another family ⬩ stranger ⬩ of another race or country ⬩ not natural or native ⬩ foreign ⬩ external ⬩ unknown ⬩ not friendly ⬩ estranged ⬩ not in the society of ⬩ free from ⬩ not participating in ⬩ deprived of

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Add Extra vel ultra, aliena, alia, plus, praeter vel fremde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 32, Fremde exter, alienus, 61. Fremdra externorum, 30, 44. of another family, stranger Ne bearh nú gesib gesibban þe má þe fremdan. Wlfst. 159, 16. Ðú hit becweðe swá gesibre

ceáp

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Add: trading, bargaining, bargain, sale, purchase Ceáp distractio, sala venditio, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 54. Hé sealde his sweostor án marc goldes ... on geceápodne ceáp ... þes ceáp wæs geceápod ætforan ealra scýre he was to give his sister a mark of gold

ge-myndig

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Add: I. having remembrance of. without construction Hé gecostad wearð in gemyndigra monna tídum (in the times of men who can remember the events; cf. míne dihteras . . . mihton gemunan . . . þá wundru þisses eádigan weres (Guthlac), Guth. Gr. 103, 48

hǽlu

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Add: sound physical condition Sió hǽlo ðæs líchoman (salus corporis) . . ðonne hé ðǽre hǽlo benumen wierð, Past. 251, 9-10. Ðæt góde mód de sió hǽlo (hǽlu, v. l. ) fut oft áweg ádriéfð, 255, 16. Sine tó manianneðá hálan ðæt hié ne forhycgen ðæt hié hér

á-firran

(v.)
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Add: trans. To remove, &amp;c. , place whence not given Se deáþ hit áfirreþ (-ferreð, v. l.) . . . hé cymð . . . ꝥ hé ꝥ líf áfyrre (-ferre, v. l. ), Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 4-7. Heó hyt áfyrreð, Lch. i. 280, 2 : 284, 8. Dióblas hé áfirde ( eiciebat ), Mk

ge-beran

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Add: I. to bear, bring ꝥ cild Críst wearð geboren ágeán of Egiptan, Chr. 3; P. 5, 22. Sió gifu þæs hálegan gerýnes. . . bútan ǽnigre yldinge is tó berenne (gebeorenne, -anne, v. ll.) sancti mysterii gratia . . . sine ulla dilatione offerenda est, Bd.

ge-beódan

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Add to order a person (dat.) to do something Héht hire þá áras gebeódan Constantínus, þæt hió cirican . . . getim*-*brede, El. 1007. Gif him þæt fæsten swá geboden nǽre, Wlfst. 181, 13. to order to come, summon Ic gefrægn folctogan fyrd gebeódan, Gen

ge-wǽcan

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Add: pp. ge-wǽced Gehuaeh (-wǽhþ?) adfligit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 36. Gewǽce fatigat, 147, 27. Gewǽcte infecta, 47, 70. Gewéhtum fessis, Wülck. Gl. 254, 16. of the effects on living creatures, physical, to weary, exhaust with labour, travel, &amp;c.

god-webb

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Add: fine woven material, material woven from silk or cotton, fine linen Twihíwe godweb caecum bis tinctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 44. Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461. Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind

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