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ge-lómlic

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Voc. ii. 23, 34. that is done or happens often, frequent, constant Gelómlic ꝥ wæs . . . ꝥ . . . it often happened . . . that . . ., Bi. H. 223, 17. Gelómlic gibed continua oratio, Rtl. 74, 22. Folces men wið-hæfton þǽre gelómlican mynegunge, Ll.

Linked entry: lóm-lic

geoguþ-hád

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wæs þá gyt on his geogoðháde ( in annis juvenilibus ), 298, 25. Blíðsa, cniht on ðínum gioguðháde laetare, juvenis, in adolescentia tua, Past. 385, 34. On giohðháde, Kent. Gl. 1096. Fram geoguðháde a pueritia, Scint. 189, 17.

middel

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wæs lytel in ðám midle Crístes þegna ( in medio discipulorum), Gr. D. 218, 1. Ne wyrð seó nǽfre onwend þá hwíle þe God byð on hire midle, Ps. Th. 45, 4. the middle of the body Oð middil pube ( puue, MS. ) tenus, Hpt. 33, 251, 25

ofer-stǽlan

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Add: to overcome in a dispute, overthrow the case of a person by proofs Þá fuhton þá englas and þá deóflu ymbe þá earman sáwle ; and þá deóflu hý ( the soul) genáman æt þám englum, and oferstǽldon hý mid hire yfelan weorcum þe heó wyrcende wæs (confuted

on-gildan

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Wearð Godes wracu on Róme . . . him wæs ungemetlic moncwealn getenge, þæt nán hús næs binnan þǽre byrig þæt hit næfde þǽre wrace angolden exoritur ultio . . . incredibilium morborum pestis extenditur: nulla domus fuit, quae non illa pestilentia correpta

sígan

(v.)
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Add Se beám wæs áhyld on áne healfe ꝥ man eáðe mihte witan hwider hé sígan wolde, Hml. S. 31, 409. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Seó sunne sáh tó setle, Hml. S. 23, 246.

sirwan

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sirwan, <b>. II.</b>
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Heó serewede moliretur (evertere), 3446. (3 b) add :-- Hé wæs mid hlóþum on hí hergende, and onbútan sierwende, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 19. (3 c) add :-- Þá Iúdéiscan þe syrwdon be Críste, Hml.

stæpe

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.); vestigium :-- Ðonne beóð ðá fét gesewene, ðonne mon ongiet mid hwelcum stæpum ðæt náwht wæs ðurhtogen, ac ðeáh ðæt unclǽne mód féhð on ðá ládunga, and mid ðǽre beheleð his fét and ðá stæpas his unnyttan weorces pedes conspiciuntur, quia quibus vestigiis

ǽg-hwá

in every respect, quite, altogether

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Hé him ǽghwæt sealtes beorge, Lch. ii. 130, 8. ǽghwæs in every respect, quite, altogether :-- Ǽghwæs hé wæs ansund incolumis inventus est, Gr. D. 213, 7.

ofer-brǽdan

(v.)

to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering overto overspread, put a covering over

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Apollonius mid rósan rude wæs eal oferbrǽded, Ap. Th. 22, 4. to overspread, put a covering over God oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon nette, Cd. Th. 182, 9; Exod. 73. [Laym. mid palle overbræd.]

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ge-grípan

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Mið ðý gegripen (-grippen, L.) wæs hond his praehensa manu ejus, Mk. R. 1, 31. Gegripen adprehensum, Kent.

ge-dál

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Críst leng mid him líchomlice wunian nolde . . . him ne wæs nǽnig earfoþe þæt líchomlíce gedál ( that bodily parting), 135, 31. Earmlic gedál líces and sáwle, Wlfst. 187, 15.

þanne

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þanne, <b>A. IV.</b>
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Þæt hié triumphan héton, ꝥ wæs þonne hié hwelc folc mid gefeohte ofercumen hæfdon, þonne wæs heora þeáw þæt ..., Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 22. <b>D. I.

ealdor-dóm

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Add: greatness, power, authority Ðá wurdon æteówode fela ðúsend engla, ðý lǽs ðe wǽre geþúht ánes engles ealdordóm tó hwónlic tó swá micelre bodunge, Hml Th. i. 38, 5. Ealdordóme auctoritate, An. Ox. 2598.

(num.; pronoun.)
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bá,

both

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Wæter and eorþe, sint on gecynde cealda bá twá water and earth, both the two are by nature cold, Fox 20, 152 ; Met. 20, 76. Bysmeredon uncit [Inscription Bismærede ungket] men, bá ætgædre they [men] reviled us two, both together, Runic Inscrip.

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ge-bæc

(n.)
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ge-bæc, es; n. [bacan to bake]

Anything bakedquod est tostum

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Anything baked; quod est tostum Ic geseah swefen, ðæt ic hæfde þrí windlas mid meluwe ofer mín heáfod, and on ðam ufemystan windle wǽre manegra cynna gebæc ego vīdi somnium, quod trio canistra fārīnæ habērem sŭper căput meum, et in ŭno canistro, quod

Linked entry: -bæc

ge-hwǽde

(adj.)
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ge-hwǽde, adj.

Littlemoderatescanty

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Úre gehwǽda wæstm our little fruit, Homl. Th. 526, 22. Seó gehwǽde oferflówendnys the slight superfluity, i. 332, 14 : Mt. Bos. 6, 30 : Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 1, 1; Lchdm. iii. 232, 1

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twi-dǽl

(n.)
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Genim heorotcrop and saluian, bewyl twydǽl on wætre boil away two parts out of three 50, 12. Cf. twǽde

un-treówfæst

(adj.)
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un-treówfæst, adj.

Unfaithfuluntrustworthy

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Hí cwǽdon tó ðam Hǽlende: 'Wé wyton ðæt ðú of forlygere wǽre ácenned; and óðer ys, ðæt ðýn cynn ys on Bethleem swýþe untreówfæst; and þrydde ðæt ðýn fæder and ðýn módor flugon of Egiptan lande for ðam ðe hig nefdon nánne trúwan tó nánum folce;' Nicod.

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dǽl-mǽlum

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Of wæterum úpásprungen cynn dǽlmǽlum ( partim ) þú ongeánsændst wǽle, dǽlmǽlum þú úp áhefst on lyftum, Hy. S. 25, 6. Genim þás wyrte, syle hý dǽlmélum etan oððe on drince þicgean, Lch. i. 198, 24. Add