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ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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Z. 241, 9. in a becoming manner Hí gelimplíce heora yldran wǽron gehýrsume. Hml.

ge-warenian

(v.)
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</b> to be on one's guard against something :-- Ǽlc gleáw mód hit gewarenaþ wiþ heora þreáunga, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 24. Hé on ðæt lond faran wolde.

hund-seofontig

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Hundseofuntig seofo síða, 18, 7. where a governed or qualified noun is not expressed Heora sprǽc is tódǽled on twá and hundseofontig, Bt. 18, 2; F. 62, 33

bredan

(v.)
Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.

to weave, BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck;plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere to change, vary, transform;vertere, variare, transformare

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Híg brudon up heora ancran they drew up their anchors, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 23. Sweord ǽr gemealt, forbarn broden mǽl, wæs ðæt blód to ðæs hát the sword had already melted, the drawn brand was burnt, so hot was the blood, Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616.

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

COSTIAN

(v.)
Grammar
COSTIAN, costigan, costnian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od , ad, ed

To tempt, try, prove probare, tentare.

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Hí on wéstenne heora Godes costedon [MS. costedan] tentaverunt Deum in inaquoso 105, 12, 31. Costa mín, God proba me, Deus 138, 20. with the accusative; cum accusativo He ðæt folc costian lét he let [them] try the people, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 118, 6.

Linked entries: costigan costnian

ge-þeóde

(n.)
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ge-þeóde, es; n.

Languagespeechidiomtranslationlingua

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Hát todǽlan heora geþeóde divide linguas eorum, Ps. Th. 54, 8. Ic ðá geþeóde to micclan gesceáde telede I reckoned then a translation to make much difference, Lchdm. iii. 442, 4

Linked entry: ge-þióde

be-cweþan

to sayto urgepressto speak forpray forto bequeathegrant by will

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D. 324, 16: Þá bróðra woldon hine scyldan mid heora gebedum and fore gebiddan (orando protegere)), Hml. Th. i. 534, 10. to bequeathe, grant by will (cwide) Hit becwæð sé ðe hit áhte, Ll. Th. i. 184, 1.

tellan

(v.; prep.)
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tellan, p. tealde; pp. teald: also forms as from telian occur: ic telge, hí teliaþ; p. telede; p. teled.
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Ne mæg heó ús leáse tellan mendacii arguere nos non potest, Gen. 38, 23.

ge-bétan

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Nymðe heó hit hér mid þingonge bóte gebéte, C. D. i. 114, 27. Á swá mon bið mihtigra . . . swá sceal hé deóppor synna gebétan, Ll.

wiht

(n.)
Grammar
wiht, e ; f. : es; n.

a wightcreaturebeingcreated thinga whitthingaughtanythingwithout a negativeaughtalonewith a genitive

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Sóð is ǽghwylc ðara ðe ymb ðás wiht wordum bécneþ; ne hafaþ heó ǽnig lim, leofaþ se þeáh. Exon. Th. 421, 30 ; Rä. 40, 26. Hí geségon syllicran wiht, wyrm on wonge, Beo. Th. 6069 ; B. 3038. Ic ða wihte geseah . . . heó wæs wundrum gegierwed. Exon.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
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twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd, Wulfst. 146, 10. Seóð ðú hit twá swá swíðe swá hit ǽr wæs, Lchdm. iii. 12, 21. [ Goth. twai; m. twós; f. twa; n.; gen. twaddjé; dat. twaim; acc. twans; m. twós; f. twa; n.: O.

Linked entries: tuu twá

on-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
on-gitan, -gietan, -giotan, -geotan ; p. -geat, -get; pl. -geáton, -géton ; pp. -giten, -gieten

To perceiveto perceive, seeto perceive by hearingto perceive, feel (pain, etc. )to feel, be of opinion, judgeto know, hear of, find outto perceive, understandto recognise, know,to take a person or thing to be what it really isto recognise a fact or circumstance,to know (of sexual intercourse)

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Heó ongieten hæfde, ðæt heó eácen wæs, Exon. Th. 378, 3 ; Deór. 10. the fact referred to by the pronoun etæt Fýren wolc[en] ástáh of heofonum, and hit ymbsealde ealle ða ceastre. Mid ðý ðæt ( the circumstance just related) ongeat Andreas, Blickl.

ge-weald

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Hí ( devils) habbaþ manega sáula on heora gewaldum, Bl.

losian

(v.)
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losian, p. ode

To perishbe loststrayescape

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Swá swá seó beó sceal losian, ðonne heó hwæt yrringa stingþ, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 112, 26. Ðætte nú foraldod is ðæt is forneáh losad quod enim antiquatur, prope interitum est, Past. 30; Swt. 205, 9.

Linked entry: lorian

gifu

(n.)
Grammar
gifu, gyfu, giefu, giofu, geofu, gif, e; pl. nom. acc. -a, -e; gen. -a, -ena; f.

a giftgracefavourdonummunasbeneficiumgratiavirtusfacultasthe Anglo-Saxon RuneRUNE = g, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is gifu a gift,-hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gifu as a gift,

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Heó gefylled wæs wísdómes gife she was filled with the gift of wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 2285; El. 1144.

siððan

(adv.; con.)
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siððan, siððon, syððan, seoððan. [From síþ ðam ; cf. Ger. seit*-*dem.]
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Ðeós syððan ic ineode ne geswác ðæt heó míne fét ne cyste, Lk. Skt. 7, 45. Manige geár syndon ágán nú seoððan úre bisceopas tó mé gewreoto sende, Blickl.

Linked entries: seoððan syððan

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Heó þyrstendon ðone þurst gelíþigaþ, Lchdm. i. 268, 11. Grammar þyrstan, with gen. (or acc.?) of object of thirst Flǽsc ðonne hit God þyrst caro tunc Deum sitit, Scint. 54, 6. Eádige ða ðe þyrstaþ rihtwísnysse ( institiam ), 49, 17.

wóp

(n.)
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wóp, es; m.

a whoopcrya cry of griefwailinglamentationweeping

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Ne réce ðú ná weámódes wífes worda, for ðam heó wile oft mid wópe geswigian (be silent and burst into tears), Prov. Kmbl. 48. Se wæs ðurh micelne wóp áblend, Homl. Th. i. 420, 31. Similar entries See wópes hring under hring

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Heó gearwe (but see gearo; ) funde mundbyrd æt ðám mǽran þeódne. Jud. 2

ge-feón

(v.)
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ge-feón, to rejoice.
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Heó wæs swíþe gefeónde and swíðe blissigende, Bl. H. 139, 7. Gefeánde, Gr. D. 69, 17. Gefeónde móde gaudente anima, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 489, 15. Gié biðon gifeád gauderetis, Jn. L. 14, 28. where the cause or occasion of rejoicing is given, in gen.