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ge-blódegian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blódegian, -blódgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blódegian to make bloody]

To make bloodycover with bloodcruentāre

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Swilce ðǽr lǽge on ðam disce ánes fingres liþ eal geblódgod as if there lay in the dish the joint of a finger all covered with blood, Homl. Th. ii. 272, 27; Wanl. Catal. 43, 16. Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe if the dwelling be covered with blood, L.

for-gangan

(v.)

to forgoabstain from

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Ic ðé secge, forgang þú ánes treówes wæstm, Hml. Th. i. 14, 8-10. Forgang hwít abstine te ab albo, Ll. Th. ii. 132, 5. Forgange ꝥ wíf hire wer abstineat se mulier a marito suo, 154, 2.

Linked entry: for-gán

swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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Ðonne áh se teónd áne swingellan (swingelan, MSS. B. H. ) æt him ( the wíteþeów), L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 9.

Linked entry: swincgel

seámestre

(n.)
Grammar
seámestre, an; f.
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Gr. 30, 2; Zup. 190, 6, Hió becweð Eádgyfe áne crencestræn and áne sémestran, óðer hátte Eádgyfu, óðer hátte Æðelyfu, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 131, 32. Fíf pund Ælffǽhe mín sǽmestres, Chart. Th. 568, 10

Linked entries: sémestre sǽmestre

eorþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-fæst, -fest; adj.

Earth-fast, fixed in the earthin terra firmus

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Earth-fast, fixed in the earth; in terra firmus To ánum [MS. ane] eorþfestum treówe to a tree firm in the earth. Th. Anlct. 122, 10

wit

(pronoun.)
Grammar
wit, pers. pron.

We two

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Grammar wit, with numeral forms Ic wæs gehloten mid ánum wífe in ánes ceorles þeówdóme. Ðá wǽron wit twégen on ánum olfende, Shrn. 38, 14. Ic gean intó Élíg, ðér mínes hláfordes líchoma rest, ðara þreó landa ðe wit bútá geheótan Gode, Chart.

Linked entries: unc witt

ge-dirfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dirfan, pp. ed.
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Betere ys þæt for manegra hǽlþe án beó genyþerud, þænne þurh ánes leáfe manega beóð gedyrfede ( periclitentur ), Scint. 115, 20. Scypu beóð gedyrfed (per[i] clitautur) on wídsǽ, Archiv cxx. 297, 19

mónaþ

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Ymb ánes geáres fyrst and eahta mónað, Nar. 31, 26. Ðeós tíd cymð ymbe twelf mónað (post annum), Ll. Th. ii. 224, 32. v. Midsumor-, Midwinter-mónaþ. ¶ for the name of the months see Chr. P. Appendix A. and the Martyrology given in the Shrine. Add

ge-sém

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sém, es; n.

Reconciliation, an agreement, a compromisereconcĭliātio, comprōmissum

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Reconciliation, an agreement, a compromise; reconcĭliātio, comprōmissum Siððan áne neaht ofer ðæt gesém bíe postquam ūna nox supra comprōmissum prætĕriit, L. H. E. 10; Wilk. 8, 49

ge-twin

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Add: -twinn Hý beóð þurh áne idese ácende twégen getwinnas, Sal. 364. In ðǽre cirican þe hý nemnað Scs geminos, æt ðám hálgum getwinnum, Shrn. 134, 23

beácniend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
beácniend-líc, býcniend-líc, býcnend-líc; adj.

Allegoricalallegoricus

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Allegorical; allegoricus Ic sette áne bóc beácniendlícre race be Cristes cyricean unum librum explanationis allegoriecæ de Christo et ecclesia composui, Bd. 5, 23; S. 648, 5

Linked entry: býcnend-líc

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, m.
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Add: [Whaðer unker þe geð abake and þis feoht wulle forsake, beo he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde, Laym. 23668]. v. sceand, f. ; swǽm

hearste-panne

Grammar
hearste-panne, hierste-panne, an; f.

A frying-pan

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A frying-pan Hé him tǽhte ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepanna tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 7 : 163, 22

samlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
samlíce, adv.
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In unison, all together Ðeáh ðe ealle eorðan wæter sýn gemenged wið ðám heofonlicum wætrum uppe on áne ǽdran, and hit samlíce rínan onginne, Sal. K. 148, 18

ge-merian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-merian, p. ed
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To purify Man nime áne cuppan gemeredes huniges and healfe cuppan clǽnes gemyltes spices, Lch. iii. 76, 4. Wring þurh cláð on gemered hunig, 12, 16. Cf. á-merian

Linked entry: merian

an-spilde

(adj.)
Grammar
an-spilde, adj. [an = and against, spild destruction]

Anti-destructivesalutarysalutaris

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Anti-destructive, salutary; salutaris Ðæt biþ anspilde lyb wið eágena dimnesse that is a salutary medicine for dimness of eyes, L. M. I, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 14

Linked entry: spilde

innan

(adv.)
Grammar
innan, adv. and prep. gen. dat. acc.

Inintowithinfrom within

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In, into, within, from within. Gé synt innan fulle reáfláces intus estis pleni rapina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25. Hig synt innan fulle deádra bána intus plena sunt ossibus mortuorum, 23, 27. Heorot innan wæs freóndum áfylled, Beo. Th. 2039; B. 1017. Breóst innan

grǽd

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
grǽd, es; pl. grǽdas and (?) grǽde; m.
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Grass; pl. greeds (v. N. E. D.) Swé swé scúr ofer gréd sicut imber super gramen, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 191, 28. Grǽdas gramina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 21. Grǽde (i-stem pl. ?, or ja-stem sing. ?, or wk. ? cf. ulua greðen, Lch. iii. 329, col. 1), ulva, ii. 31, 33

fylst

(n.)
Grammar
fylst, e; f.
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Substitute: fylst, Fylstes mínes auxilii mei, Ps. Rdr. 61, 8. Swegen bæd him fylstes ongéán Magnus, Chr. 1048; P. 167, 13. Gefultuma mé nú ánegra ǽlces óðres fylstes bedǽled, Hml. S. 23 b, 442. Bútan Godes fylste, 11, 314: 21, 345. Mid freónda fylste

hátan

(v.)
Grammar
hátan, pres. and p. hátte, pl. hátton

To be called or named, have for a nameI am called

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To be called or named, have for a name Cwæþ ðæt se héhsta hátan sceolde Satan siððan said that the highest should be called Satan afterwards, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 22; Gen. 344. Án eá of ðám hátte Fison one river of them is called Pison, Gen. 2, 11. Saga hwæt