ge-grétan
To approach ⬩ come to ⬩ address ⬩ greet ⬩ welcome ⬩ adire ⬩ alloqui ⬩ salutare
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Ðæt we mágon úre frýnd geseón and úre siblingas gegrétan that we may see our friends and greet our kinsmen, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 33. Man tǽleþ and mid yfle gegréteþ ða ðe riht lufiaþ men blame and insult those that love right, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 164
ge-hleótan
To share or appoint by lot ⬩ to get ⬩ receive ⬩ sortiri ⬩ nancisci
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Homl. 229, 6. Gehluton [MS. gehlutan] they obtained, Ps. Th. 113, 2. Gehloten, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 18; Reim. 79. Hit wæs gehloten to Iosepes bearna lande it was allotted to the land of the children of Joseph, Jos. 24, 32.
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ge-manian
To admonish, exhort, prompt, remind, remember ⬩ admonere, hortari, suggerere, in memoriam rei reducere, recordari
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To admonish, exhort, prompt, remind, remember; admonere, hortari, suggerere, in memoriam rei reducere, recordari Seó sáwl ðurh ðæt gemynd gemanþ the soul through the memory reminds, Homl. Th. i. 288, 28.
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ge-niwian
To renew, make new, change ⬩ renovare, innovare
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On sumum geáre byþ se móna twelf síðon geniwod fram ðære hálgan Eáster-tíde óþ eft Eástron; and on sumum geáre he biþ þreóttyne síðon geedniwad in some years the moon is twelve times changed [renewed] from the holy Easter time till Easter again ; and
stihtian
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Homl. 121, 16. Settaþ ða tó dómerum, ðæt hié stihtien ymb ða eorðlican ðing ( ut dispensationibus terrenis inserviant ), Past. 18, 2 ; Swt. 131, 8.
Linked entry: in-stihtian
stihtung
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Homl. 81, 28. Wæs ðæs deóplíc eall word and wísdóm and ðæs weres stihtung, Exon. Th. 169, 34 ; Gú. 1104.
steóp-cild
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Homl. 45, 1: Ps. Th. 108, 12. Ðæt hí widuwan and steópcild gladian, L. Eth. vi. 47; Th. i. 326, 25.
under-þeód
Subject ⬩ subordinate
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Se láreów sceal ǽrest on him sylfum ǽlcne leahter ádwæscan, and siððan on his underðeóddum, Homl. Th, i. 320, 30. Landfranc wæs geháded on his ágenum biscopsetle fram eahte biscopum his underðióddum, Chr. 1070; Erl. 206, 5
Linked entry: þeódan
un-forboden
Unforbidden ⬩ not prohibited ⬩ free from any moral or legal hindrance
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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91.
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un-gelǽred
Untaught ⬩ unlearned ⬩ ignorant ⬩ unskilled
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Homl. 179, 14. Ungelǽrede wé syndon idiotae sumus, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8. Forhwon beóð ǽfre suǽ ðríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ab imperitis pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur? Past. 1; Swt. 25, 16
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un-sméþe
Not smooth ⬩ rough ⬩ uneven
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Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24.
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un-staþolfæst
unsettled ⬩ not remaining in one place ⬩ not stationary ⬩ unsettled ⬩ desirous of change ⬩ not steadfast ⬩ unstable ⬩ not enduring ⬩ easily moved ⬩ unsettled in mind ⬩ wavering
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Ben. 9, 23. unsettled, desirous of change Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his mynstre, and gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 14. not steadfast, unstable, not enduring, easily moved Unstaðolfest weorc opus instabile, Kent.
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earfoþ-líce
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Ðone þurst wé earfoðlíce ( vix ) ábǽron, Nar. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 86, 8, 14.
sceát
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</b> add :-- Se munt tóbrǽddum his sceáte onféng and hæfde þis ilce cæster mons distenso sinu hoc idem castrum recepit, Gr. D. 121, 15. Add Áþenedum his sceáte extenso vestimento, Gr. D. 65, 9.
rétan
To cheer, gladden, comfort
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Homl. 41, 29. Ealle ða óðru gód óleccaþ ðam móde and hit rétaþ, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 24 note. Hú sewísdóm hine eft réte and rihte mid his andsworum, tit. 5; Fox x, 10. Ðæt dolh rét mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5.
sǽ-grund
The depth of the sea,
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Paulus áwrát be him sylfum, ðæt hé ǽnne dæg and áne niht on sǽgrunde ádruge, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 14. Sǽgrunde neáh (cf. ðis fis (the whale) wuneð wið ðe se grund,Misc. 16, 517), Beo. Th. 1133; B. 564.
sam
Whether, or
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Homl. ii. 107, 8.]
wǽfels
A covering ⬩ wrap ⬩ cloak ⬩ veil
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Hí wǽdligende on ánum wáclícum wǽfelse férdon, Homl. Th. i. 62, 29. On wǽfelse (tegmine) fyþera ðínra, Ps. Spl. 35, 8. Oferbrǽdels ł wǽfels opertorium, Ps. Lamb. 101, 27. Ðam ðe wylle niman ðíne tunecan, lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels (pallium), Mt.
wearmian
To get warm
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Hí (the clothes which he wore while standing in the river ) on his líchaman wearmodon, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 20. Se ðe nyle ðæt wlæce oferwinnan and wearmian óð hé wealle quisquis nequaquam tepore superato excrescit, ut ferveat, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 7.