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fóre-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-sceáwian, fóre-sceáwigan, fór-sceáwian; p. ode; pp. od

To foreshew ⬩ foresee ⬩ provide ⬩ præ-ostendĕre ⬩ pōnĕre in conspectu ⬩ prævĭdēre ⬩ provĭdēre

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P. cont. i. 1; Th. ii. 170, 3

geare

(adv.)
Grammar
geare, gearwe, gearuwe, gearewe, gere; adv. [gearo? ready]

Entirely ⬩ clearly ⬩ certainly ⬩ well ⬩ very well ⬩ enough ⬩ pĕnĭtus ⬩ prorsus ⬩ plāne ⬩ certe ⬩ bĕne ⬩ valde ⬩ optĭme ⬩ sătis

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Gearor, comp. Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 11

mangian

(v.)
Grammar
mangian, p. ode

To trade ⬩ traffic ⬩ act as a monger

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Hwæt forstent ǽnigum menn ðæt ðeáh hé mangige ðæt hé ealne ðisne middangeard áge gif hé his sáule forspildt what does it benefit any man, though he come to own all this world by his trading, if he destroys his soul, Past. 44, 10; Swt. 333, 9

Linked entry: ge-mang

mis-micel

(adj.)
Grammar
mis-micel, adj.

Wanting in greatness or quantity(?) ⬩ few

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ðonne men cunnon to preserve the life of all that lives on earth Noah had an everlasting remnant (one from which an endless line of descendants would come), an original pair, father and mother, of every one of the offspring-producers, few in number, (

bléd

(n.)
Grammar
bléd, e; f.

A shoot, branch, flower, fruit ⬩ germen, ramus, frons, flos, fructus

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A shoot, branch, flower, fruit; germen, ramus, frons, flos, fructus Ðæt cymen [MS. cyme] gréne bléda that green shoots come, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 24; Dan. 518. On ðæs beámes blédum on the branches of the tree, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 5; Dan. 508.

ge-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríp, es; n. [ríp harvest]

A reaping, harvest ⬩ messis

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Hwá gemenigfylt ðæt geríp of feáwum cornum who multiplies the harvest from a few grains of corn, i. 184, 31

ge-nípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nípan, p. -náp, pl. -nipon; pp. -nipen.

to darken, become dark ⬩ cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri ⬩ to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one ⬩ obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui

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become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come

Linked entry: nípan

cille

(n.)
Grammar
cille, an; f.
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A vessel for use with fire, a pan; a lamp Cellae lancola, Corp. Gl. H. 6, 197. Citel cacabum, hwer lebes, cille lancona, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 35-37. Cylle lancona, ii. 52, 3. Cylle, brond calbrum, 127, 70.

ge-horwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horwian, ge-horgian, ge-horian; p. ode.
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Gif gé mid synnum gehorgode beóð, Nap. 30. to disgrace, treat shamefully Ðene hiá mið sceofmum (scomum, R.) miclum gehoruadon (Skeat prints gehornadon, but Cook in his Glossary to the Durham Book gives gehoruadon) illum contumeliis affecerunt Mk.

Linked entries: ge-horian -horwian

hnecca

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Voc. i. 282, 41: occiput, ii. 63, 22: cervix, posteriora colli, Txts. 110, 1165. Hnecca (snecca, MS.) occipitium, 82, 720.

hylc

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Substitute: a bend, winding, tortuous way; anfractus (cf. anfractum, iter tortuosum vel difficile, Corp. Gl. H. 18, 657) Stíge mistlicum hylcum dweliende (a recto) tramite errabundis anfractibus exorbitant. An. Ox. 3696 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 54.

up-heofon

(n.)
Grammar
up-heofon, es; m.

The heavens ⬩ the sky

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Ðú geworhtest eorþan frætwe and upheofen; ðæt is heáh geweorc handa ðínra terram tu fundasti; et opera manuum tuarum sunt coeli, Ps. Th. 101, 22. Eorðan ic bidde and upheofon, Lchdm. i. 400, 3: Exon. Th. 60, 12; Cri. 968: Andr. Kmbl. 1596; An. 799.

Linked entry: up-rodor

a-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceótan, he -scýt, -scýtt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten [a, sceótan to shoot]

To shoot forth ⬩ shoot ⬩ shoot out ⬩ fall ⬩ jaculari ⬩ cum impetu erumpere

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To shoot forth, shoot, shoot out, fall; jaculari, cum impetu erumpere Hie ne mehton from him nǽnne flán asceótan they could not shoot an arrow from them, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 132, 8.

Linked entries: a-scuton sceótan

murcian

(v.)
Grammar
murcian, p. ode

To grieve ⬩ complain ⬩ repine

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Sóna swá ic ðé on ðisse unrótnesse geseah ðus murciende (Cott. MS. murcniende) cum te moestum lacrymantemque vidissem Bt. 5, l; Fox 8, 27

Linked entries: murcen be-murcian

brún-basu

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Balla loca prasinum (cf. calcido ut ignis lucet haec est prasinum, Corp. Gl. H. C. 77) brún-basu, 125, 16. Bánwyrt ys brúnbasuw, Lch. i. 294, 10. Brúnbasewum purpureo , An. Ox. 1269. Brúnbasum, 5139. Brúnbaswere, 5072. Brúnbasne coccineum , 5125.

stræclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
stræclíce, adv.

strictly, sternly, vehemently ⬩ violently, forcibly

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strictly, sternly, vehemently Gif him God ryhtlíce and stræclíce (streclíce, Cott. MSS.) déman wile si districte judicentur, Past. 5, 3; Swt. 45, 20.

be-féran

(v.)

to go about ⬩ from place to place, ⬩ to come upon ⬩ overtake ⬩ catch ⬩ To get ⬩ fall among ⬩ to pass by

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Substitute: to go about, from place to place, Mk. 6, 6 (in Dict.). to come upon, overtake, catch (of a pursuing force) Hé beférde þæt folc þǽr hig gewícode wǽron cum persequerentur Aegyptii vestigia praecedentium, repererunt eos in castris, Ex. 14, 9

swilc

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swilc, swelc; pron. (the word can take the weak declension).

where the word points to what has been already described ⬩ such ⬩ the like, the same ⬩ such . . . as ⬩ such as ⬩ so (as) much, so (as) many

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Swelce, Met. 8, 42. as an antecedent Swælc monn se ðe tó mínum ærfe fóe gedéle hé ǽlcum messepreóste binnan Cent mancus goldes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 351, 4. Ðá com leóht swilc swá hí ǽr ne gesáwon, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 263.

Linked entries: swá-lic swelc swylc

mearc

(n.)
Grammar
mearc, e; f.

a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines

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Swá ðæt heora nán óðres mearce ne ofereode, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 32. a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate Ðis is eástmærc tó stánmere ... swá tó Rithmærce, Cod. Dip. B. 280, 18, 12. Swá be mearce ... ðonon súð andlang mearce, 148, 31-37.

C

Grammar
C, In Gothic and Icelandic C is entirely wanting, being always represented by k. It is remarkable that the Anglo-Saxons have seldom made use of k; but, following the Latin, have preferred the use of c.
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Sax. corn corn, Goth. karn, Icel. korn; A. Sax. ceósan to choose, Goth. kiusan, Icel. kjósa. As a medial and final letter c corresponds to the Gothic and Icelandic k, — thus A. Sax. æcer a field", Goth. akrs, Icel. akr; A.