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ge-bregdan

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19. to knot, bind Hé ne geliéfð ðæs grínes ðe hé mid gebrogden (-bróden) wyrð quo stranguletur laqueo non agnoscit, Past. 331, 20. to bring a charge against a person, braid (in upbraid) Se deófol wyle wið þínre sáwle campian and þé úp gebrédan ǽlc þǽra

hátian

(v.)
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Hé wæs byrnende and hátiende for þám heáfe þǽre ásteópnesse orbitatis luctu aestuans, 165, 12. Hátigendre synne aestuante culpa, Germ. 391, 23. of that which causes pain, to be fierce, intense, raging.

leáf

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Feówer leáfum oþþe fífum of þǽre bóce gerǽddum, R. Ben. 67, 7. v. cawel-leáf, fíc-leáf, hoc-leáf, holen-leáf, ítig-leáf, wín-leáf

nyten-ness

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</b> a condition of not being known by others, a state of incognito :-- Þá gefylde Smaragdus on þǽre netennysse eahta and þryttig wintra Smaragdus (who was Euphrosyne in man's clothes) maintained her incognito for thirty-eight years, Hml.

á-weallan

to well outto springproceed from a sourceto swarm,to exist in large numbersto swarm with to be hotto burnrage

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Voc. ii. 29, 56: 146, 36. to spring, proceed from a source Ealle únðeáwas áweallað of deófle, Wlfst. 40, 22. to swarm, to exist in large numbers Swá þicce hié in þǽre eá áweóllon swá ǽmettan veluti formice efferbuere, Nar. 11, 13. of production in large

beald

(adj.)

boldconfidentboldimpudent

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Wæs hé bealdra (baldra, v. l.) geworden on þǽre frignesse constantior interrogando factus, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 157, 15. Ꝥ hí þý baldran and þý unforhtran wǽron, 3, 18; Sch. 274, 21.

á-lísan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
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Þæt hine God álýsde ǽgðer ge æt his mettrumnesse ge æt his feóndum, Ps. Th. 27, arg. God hine álýsde æt his feóndum . . . hé sceolde álýsed beón ǽgðer ge fram Iudéum ge of ðý deáðe, 29, arg.

Linked entry: á-lýsan

be-tweoh

Grammar
be-tweoh, (i, y, u), -tuh.

betweenamongbetweenamong

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Betuh þǽm clife ond ðǽm wætre wǽron swylce twelf míla, Bl. H. 211, 2.

cídan

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Þæt gé cíddon wið Moises detrahere Moysi, 8. to dispute, complain about Ne cíden ( causentur ) nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge oþþe greátnesse hyra reáfa, R. Ben. 89, 14. to quarrel Cídde altercaretur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 62: 5, 61.

ge-méde

(n.)
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That which is agreeable to one (gen.) or in conformity with one's will, pleasure Bútan sum heora freónda þá land furþor, on þæs arcebisceopes geméde ( as may be agreeable to the archbishop), ofgán mage, Cht. Th. 355, 23.

ge-méting

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Hé hié mid þǽm ilcan wrence beswác þe hé æt heora ærran gemétingge dyde, 4, 9; S. 188, 33. an assembly, a body of persons who have come together Ælc gemétinc omnis conventus (plebis), Bl. Gl. Háligra heáh gemétincg consilium sanctorum, Ps.

grymetan

Grammar
grymetan, l. grymettan, grymetian.
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Þæt hors ongan bláwan and grymetigean (gremetian, v. l.) coepit flatu et fremitu, 183, 11. Leó grymetigende ( rugiens ), Scint. 207, 12. Grymetiende rugientes, Ps. Vos. 103, 21. Urnon þá beran grymetende, Hml. S. 24, 53.

hwý

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hú ne móton wé sprecan þæt wé willað ? hwæt ! ondrǽde wé hwylc hláford mæg ús forbeóden firne willan ?, Ps.

tó-brítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brítan, p. te.

to break in pieces,crush,bruise (lit. and fig.)to crush with feelings of sorrow,to make contrite

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Ic bebeóde mínum þeówum þæt hí hí (the idols) ealle tóbrýton, i. 5, 236. Tóbrýtendes confringentis, Ps. Lamb. 28, 5. Tóbrýtendne (conterentem) deóful, Hymn. Surt. 115, 15. Boga heora biþ tóbrýt arcus eorum confringatur. Ps. Spl. 36, 16.

Linked entry: tó-brýtan

geóguþ

Grammar
geóguþ, l. geoguþ,
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Sécan hwilc þǽre geogoðe gleáwost wǽre, Dan. 81. Wé lǽrað ꝥ preóstas geoguðe geornlíce lǽran, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 25.

Linked entry: giógoð

ge-frignan

(v.)
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Ic þæt wundor gefrægn, Rä. 48, 2. Hié wuldor gesáwon, swá hæleð gefrúnon, Exod. 388. Medoærn micel gewyrcean, þonne yldo bearn ǽfre gefrúnon, B. 70. with acc. and infin. Ic þæt wíf gefrægn cýðan módes sorge, Gen. 2242: Sal. 179.

furþor

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Th. 104, 29. of time, later Gé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde, Dan. 140. Hé furðor cymeð ufor ánre niht ús tó túne, Men. 33. Ofer midne winter furðor fíf nihtum, 125

godcundnys

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Omnis igitur beatus, Deus, Bt. 34, 5; S. 85, 27-86, 1. of the persons of the Trinity His godcundnyss wæs on þǽre menniscnysse tó ánum sóðan Críste ... ǽfre unbegunnen on ðǽre godcundnysse, Hml. A. 25, 23.

ge-þingian

(v.)
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Þæt heó ús geðingige tó hyre ágenum suna, i. 204, 29. Geþingie, Wlfst. 299, 24. to intercede for something from a person Hys frýnd bǽdon Onian ꝥ hé his lífe geðingode æt Gode, Hml.

bregdan

(v.)

to pluckpulldrawdragto bindknotto changeto changeto movebe pulledto flash

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hleóðrum brægdan óðre fugelas they hear other birds varying their notes, Met. 13, 47. intrans. to move, be pulled Ne bregden nó ðá stengas of ðǽm hringum vectes a circuits numquam recedant, Past. 173, 10. of lightning, to flash Swilc leóht swilce þǽr