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be-gíman

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Gl. 495. ꝥ wín ge ꝥ wæter sýn mid ealre clǽnnysse begýmde, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 39. (l a) to tend the sick :-- Begýmed fotam, An. Ox. 4353. to attend to (in answer to appeal) To Drihtne ic cleopige and hé begýmð (intendit) mé, Ps. Spl. 76, l.

ende-néhst

lastlastlowestlastfinallatest

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Add: of place, most remote On eallum middangearde oð þæt endenéxte land, Hml. Th. i. 294, 28. of number, order, last Módignys is endenéxt gesett on getele ðǽra heáfodleahtra, Hml. Th. ii. 222, 3.

Linked entry: endemestness

ge-recedness

Grammar
ge-recedness, ge-reccedness.
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.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam . . . An.

ge-fillan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fillan, p. de.
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Ealle ic mihte feóndas gefyllan, hwæðre ic fæste stód, Kr. 38. Ne wearð wæl máre folces ge-fylled sweordes ecgum, Chr. 937 ; P. I 10, (I a) fig. :-- Hé úp áhóf hond his ofer hié ðæt hé gefælde hié (ut prosterneret eos), Ps.

ge-cunnian

(v.)
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Add: to try, test Hí gelýfdon him be eallum þám geþeódum, þeáh hí hyra gecunnian ne mihton crediderunt de omnibus linguis quas probare minime ualebant, Gr. D. 301, 1.

ídel-ness

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<b>II, II</b> a α Hí ealne dæg mid ídelnesse ( frustra ) wunnon, Gr. D. 250, 21. On ídelnesse mon ongit Godes ðæt hefonlice wuldor, gif. . . incassum gloria patriae coelestis agnoscitur, nisi . . . Past. 160, 17.

neáh-lǽcan

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Þá apostolas ealle neálǽhton tó Drihtne, Bl. H. 155, 14. Hé wearð áweht tó his neálǽcendan stefne, Gr. D. 85, 8. of movement in time. with a noun or pronoun as subject Se dóm neálǽceþ, Bl. H. 91, 19.

ofer-cuman

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Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13.

wæl-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-grim, wæl-grimm; adj.

Crueldestructivebloodthirstycruelcrueldiredestructive

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Wæs ðis gefeoht waelgrimre and strengre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum strages cunctis crudeliores prioribus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 24

Linked entry: wæl-hreów

wǽpned-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-mann, es; m.

a malea mana male

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Hiora wíf ofslógan ealle ða wǽpnedmen ðe him on neáweste wǽron, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 1, 6, 8. of plants, a male Gif man scyle mugcwyrt tó lǽcedóme habban, ðonne nime man ða reádan wǽpnedmen and ða grénan wífmen, Lchdm. iii. 72, 20.

wecgan

(v.)
Grammar
wecgan, p. wecgdewecgede

To wag (trans.),move, shake

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Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ (cf. fiscas and fuglas, ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas, Exon. Th. 194, 18; Az. 141), Cd. Th. 240, 19; Dan. 389.

Linked entries: a-wecgan wagian

ǽn-lic

(adj.)

only, singlealone, solitaryexcellent, peerless,

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ealle licgað on ǽnlicum wurðmynte, Hml. S. 29, 333. Tó Antiochia ðǽre ǽnlican byrig, 3, 298. On Eferwíc ðæt ǽnlice mynster, 26, 109. Tó ǽnlicum aurea (in astra), An. Ox. 1438. Hé oft dyde swýðe ǽnlice ðincg, Hml. S. 13, 270.

Linked entry: án-lic

ge-teorian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teorian, -teorigan, -teorigean; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud, ad; v. intrans.

To failfaintbe wearylanguishceaseperishdeficerefatigarilanguereexterminari

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Úre dagas ealle geteorudun omnes dies nostri defecerunt, Ps. Th. 89, 9. Ðé læs hig on wege geteorian ne deficiant in via, Mt. Bos. 15, 32. Me is heorte geteorad defecit cor meum, Ps. Th. 72, 21.

Linked entries: ge-tiorian ge-tyrian

á-wegan

to carry off to put awayrenounceto weigh.to put in a balanceto estimateconsiderto be equal in weight to

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Hé áwecþ ealle dúna mid ánre handa, Hml. Th. i. 8, 30. Hé áwæh ðín ríce on wǽgan, ii. 436, 12. Gelícere wáge áwæh aequa bilance trutinabat, An. Ox. 4603. Áwæg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 4, Áweh wiþ ǽnne pening, Lch. ii. 88, 5.

HEOFON

(n.)
Grammar
HEOFON, heofen, heofun, hefon, heben, hiofon, es; m.

HEAVENcælum

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HEAVEN; cælum Heofon and heofuna heofun and eorþe and ealle ða þing ðe sind on him sind Drihtnes the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's, the earth with all that therein is, Deut. 10, 14.

in-tó

(prep.)
Grammar
in-tó, prep.

Into

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Sume urnon intó cyrcean and belucan ða duran intó heom some ran into the church and shut the doors upon them, Chr. 1082 ; Erl. 217, 13. with acc Férde his hlísa intó ealle Syriam abiit opinio ejus in totam Syriam, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24.

líf-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
líf-dæg, es; m.
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Sumon dægbóte and sumon má daga and sumon ealle his lífdagas, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 14: Cd. 43; Th. 56, 10; Gen. 910.

manung

(n.)
Grammar
manung, e; f.

monitionadmonitionadvicea claiming or exaction of debt, tributethe place where toll is demandedthe district in which a power of summoning or exacting is exercisedthe people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons

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Ðæt wé rídan be eallum tó mid ðam geréfan ðe hit on hismonunge sý, v. 8, 2; Th. i. 236, 13. the people residing in such a district, and bound to answer his summons Fó se geréfa tó mid his monuuge, and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, v. 8, 4; Th. i.

bócere

(n.)
Grammar
bócere, es; m.

A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructorscriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus

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Ǽlc gelǽred bócere forlǽt ealde þing and niwe every learned writer brings out old things and new, 39, 5.

Linked entry: bécere

ge-hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽgan, -hnǽgean, -hnégan; p. -hnǽgde, -hnǽde; pp. -hnǽged, -hnǽgd; v. trans.

To bend downhumblecast downsubduedeclīnārehŭmĭliāredejĭcĕresubĭgĕre

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He fyrenfulle wið eorþan niðer ealle gehnégeþ hŭmĭliat peccātōres usque ad terram, 146, 6. Hie on wætere wicg gehnǽgaþ they cast down the horse in the water, Salm. Kmbl. 312; Sal. 155.