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ge-fædrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fædrian, p. ede; pp. ed

To FATHERto adoptto ascribe to any one as a son or daughteradoptarepatri filium vel filiam ascribere

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To FATHER, to adopt or to ascribe to any one as a son or daughter; adoptare, patri filium vel filiam ascribere Ða þrý gebróþra nǽron Philippuse gemédred, ac wǽron gefædred the three were not brothers of Philip by their mother [mothered], but they

geond-scínan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-scínan, -scán; pp. -scinen

To shine upon, illuminatecollustrare, illuminare

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To shine upon, illuminate; collustrare, illuminare Hit seó éce ne mót geondscínan sunne the eternal sun cannot shine on it, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 88; Met. 5, 44: Salm. Kmbl. 678; Sal. 339: Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 9.

ge-médrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-médrian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, yd

To MOTHER, to adopt or to have as a son or daughteradoptare, habere sibi filium vel filiam

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To MOTHER, to adopt or to have as a son or daughter; adoptare, habere sibi filium vel filiam Ða þrý gebróðra nǽron Philippuse gemédred the three were not brothers of Philip by their mother [mothered], Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19.

týtan

(v.)
Grammar
týtan, p. te
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Ne týtaþ hér tungul ac biþ týr scæcen stars shall not shine forth, but glory shall have departed, Exon. Th. 447, 26; Dóm. 45. [Cf. (?)

weorod-ness

(n.)
Grammar
weorod-ness, e; f.
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Werednesse dulcedinem, Anglia xiii. 369, 48, Him ne lícaþ on his gecorenum náne lustfullunga oððte werodnyssa ðyssere worulde, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 3

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, a hook.
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Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 75. Add

eorþ-scræf

a cavetombgrave

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Ðá fór Saul forð bí ðæm scræfe, Past. 197, 12. a cave for burial, tomb, grave Ne þearf þæs nán man wénan ꝥ his líchama mæge þá synbyrþenna on eorþscrafe gebétan, Bl. H. 109, 31. Ealle erðware úp árísað of ðǽm ealdum eorðscræfum, Nap. 20

ge-frínd

Grammar
ge-frínd, friends.
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Take here <b>ge-frýnd</b> in Dict. and add Ne furþon þætte þá wolden gefriénd beón þe wǽron gebróðor of fæder and of méder, Ors. 3, II ; S. 152, 34. Hí wurdon ðá gefrýnd for ðǽre dǽde, swá swá hí nǽron nǽfre ǽr on lífe, Hml.

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ge-mettan

(n.)
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One that eats with another, a guest, and add Maximus gelaðede for oft þone árwurðan wer . . . ꝥ hé wǽre his gemetta; þá forhæfde hé hine ǽfre fram his gebeórscipe, cwæð ꝥ hé ne mihte his gemetta beón þe ánne cásere ofslóh and óþerne áflýmde, Hml.

ge-sárgian

(v.)
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Wǽron hié ( the Danes ) tó þǽm gesárgode, þæt hié ne mehton Súð-Seaxna lond útan berówan, Chr. 897; P. 91, 14. of spiritual injury Synnum gesárgod. Seel. 67

hwítel

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ne mihton hine beran búton on ánum hwítle ( sago ), Gr. D. 125, 18. Rúhne hwítel (printed hwien,Lch. i. lxi, 3) amphiballum Hpt. 31, 8, 140. Hwítla stragularum, An. Ox. 1035. v. under-hwítel ( printed hwida, Hpt. Gl. 430, 67.) Add

mæsse-úhta

(n.)
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the hour of matins on a feast day, the matins themselves Habbon þonne interuallum . . . bútan sunnanúhtan and mæsse-úhtan (festiutatibus sanctorum), þonne ne þearf nán interuallum beón, Chrd. 24, 7.

níw-cumen

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Add: newly come, just arrived Swilce hí nícumene sýn and swilce hí ealles dæges ǽr náhtes ne onbirigdon, Hml. A. 146, 68. one newly come to a religious house, a novice S nícumena mearce dó ille novitius signum faciat, R. Ben. I. 97, 17.

on-uppan

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Ne cóm hé náuht onuppan ðǽm muntum, 399, 10. Þá sette Martinus his handa him onuppon, Hml. Th. ii. 510, 28. Add Ælfwold gesealde Eádwolde and his sunum .c. panæga anuppan eall ðis óðer, C. D. B. iii. 491, 16

sácerd-lic

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Næs íc gedyrstig ꝥ ic Gode sácerdlice onsægednysse bróhte, Hml. A. 123, 214. Add

wlencu

(n.)
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Add Hé an his ǽrend-gewryte wífum ne stýrde reáfa wlences ( a pretiosarum uestium apetitu), Chrd. 65, 6.

CNÆP

(n.)
Grammar
CNÆP, cnæpp, cnep, es; m.

A topcopknopvertexjugumsupercilium

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Híg astigon to ðæs muntes cnæppe ascenderunt in verticem montis Num. 14, 44. Ofer cneppas trans juga Glos. Prudent. Recd. 149, 55. Híg láeddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp duxerunt illum ad supercilium montis Lk. Bos. 4, 29

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slidorian

(v.)
Grammar
slidorian, slidrian; p. ede

To slitherto slide, slip labo labor

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Míne fét ne slideredon non sunt infirmata vestigia mea Ps. Th. 17, 35. Gif hy geseón ðæt míne fét slidrien dum commoverentur pedes mei 37, 16

scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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Ne gewanige se reccere ðone ymbhogan ðære inneran scíre for ðære ábisgunge ðære úterran sit rector internorum curam in exteriorum occupatione non minuens, Past. 18, l; Swt. 127, 13.

Linked entry: scýr

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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Wæs ðæt wæter biterre ðonne ic ǽfre ǽnig óðer bergde, Nar. 8, 30. Hé nǽigum óðrum ærne sceþþan ne mihte, Blickl. Homl. 221, 16. Ne bideþ hé æt ús n?-acute;nig óðor edleán búton . . . 103, 21. Nǽnige óðre búton ða ǽne, 185, 9.