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ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.
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Add Sume adverbia syndon frumcennede . . . prope gehende is frumcenned, and propius gehendor cymð of ðám, Ælfc. Gr.

ge-lífed

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., and add: endowed with belief, believing Se gelýfeda ætwint ðám frecednyssum ðǽra deóflicra costnunga, Hml. Th. i. 368, 32.

ofer-féran

(v.)

to pass over or through, to cross, traverseto come upon or across, meet with

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Mid ðý wit oferférdon transissemus ðás wununesse ðara eádigra gásta, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 31. Ðet hí ne oferférdan ne transirent, Kent. Gl. 275.

folgoþ

(n.)
Grammar
folgoþ, folgaþ, es; m. [folgoþ = folgaþ; 3rd sing. pres. of folgian to follow.]

that which followsA trainretinueid quod sĕquĭturcŏmĭtātusservice of a followerA serviceofficeofficial dignitycŏmĭtis servĭtusministĕriumoffĭciumpræpŏsĭtūracondition of lifecondĭtio vltæ

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Ualentinianus wæs Iulianuses cempena ealdorman: he him bebeád ðæt he forléte ðone his cristendóm oððe his folgoþ; ðá wæs him leófre ðæt he forléte his folgoþ ðonne ðone cristendóm Valentinian was chief of Julian's soldiers: he [Julian] commanded him to

Linked entry: folgaþ

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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Hé hine ácsade hwæðer hé ða lýsendlícanrúne cúþe and ða stafas mid hine áwritene hæfde be swylcum menn leásspell secgaþ ðæt hine mon forðon gebindan ne mihte interrogare coepit, an forte literas solutorias de qualibus fabulae ferunt, apud se haberet,

Linked entry: rún-stæf

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorantunskilled

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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

Linked entry: un-lǽred

be-cuman

(v.)
Grammar
be-cuman, he -cymþ; p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen; v. intrans.

to BECOMEhappenbefallmeet withfall in withcontingereeveniresupervenireincidereto comeentercome or attain tocome togethervenireingredipervenireattingereconcurrere

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Ðǽm gódum becymþ ánfeald ýfel to the good happens unmixed evil, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 224, 29. Him ðæs grim leán becom this grim retribution happened to them, Cd. 2 ; Th. 3, 36; Gen. 46. Him becómon fela yrmþa much misery befell them, Ælfc. T. 41, 21.

Linked entries: be-com be-cwom be-cymþ

wígend

(n.)
Grammar
wígend, wíggend, es; m.

a fighting mana warriorsoldiera noblestrenuous man

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ðǽt word ácwæþ tó ðám wíggendum, Judth. Thw. 25, 29; Jud. 283. Wígend weccean, Beo. Th. 6040; B. 3024: Elen. Kmbl. 211; El. 106. a noble, strenuous man Se wígend, Nergendes þegen, Mathias, Menol. Fox 49; Men. 24. Ða wígend, cempan coste ( St.

ge-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þringan, p. -þrang, -þringde [North. Gospels], pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen

To pressoppresscomprimerecontendereopprimere

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Wæs ðá ende-dógor neáh geþrungen the final day had come near, Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 10; Gú. 906. Ðære tíde ys neáh geþrungen it is close upon the time, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 31; Jud. 287: Cd 116; Th. 151, 15; Gen. 2509.

Linked entry: folc-geþrang

streónan

(v.)
Grammar
streónan, (but more often with umlaut) striénan, strénan, strínan, strýnan; p. de (
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Ic wille ðæt hit gange on ða nýhstan hand mé, bútan hyra hwylc bearn hæbbe; ðonne is mé leófast ðæt hit gange on ðæt strýned on ða wǽpned-healfe ( to the child born on the male side ). Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 116, 15

BEORMA

(n.)
Grammar
BEORMA, an; m : bearm, es; m.

Barmleavenyeastfrothfermentum

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Barm, leaven, yeast, froth; fermentum Se beorma awent ða gesceafta of heora gecynde barm changes creatures from their nature Homl. Th. ii. 278, 21. Wistfullian on yfelnysse beorman to feast on the barm of evil ii. 278, 25.

Linked entries: and-beorma ge-byrman

gearwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearwe, gearuwe, gearewe, gæruwe, garuwe, an; f.

YARROWmillefŏliumachillæa millefŏlium

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Wyl onmeolcum ða reádan gearwan boil in milk the red yarrow, L. M. 3, 65; Lchm. ii. 354, 9

ge-hende

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
ge-hende, adv.

Nearat handprope

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Ða mynstra gehendor ðam wæterscipe timbrian to build the monasteries nearer to the water, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 32 : i. 106, 19

un-ceás

(n.)
Grammar
un-ceás, -ceást, es (but ceás and ceást are both fem.)

Absence of quarrelinhostility

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Absence of quarrel, inhostility Se ðe þeóf slihð hé mót áðe gecýðan ðæt hé hine fleóndne for þeóf slóge, and ðæs deádan mǽgas him swerian unceáses (-ceástes, MS.

hreófla

(n.)
Grammar
hreófla, leprosy.
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Dele passage from Bede, and add Ðá geslóh hine sóna se snáwhwíta hreófla ( statim orta est lepra in fronte ejus, 2 Chr. 26, 19), Hml. A. 58, 186. Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, ꝥ hys lýchama wæs clǽne, 192, 319.

ofer-hleóðrian

(v.)

to outsound, exceed in soundto exceed

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to outsound, exceed in sound Ðeáh ánra gehwylc hæbbe gyldene býman, and ealra býmena gehwylc hæbbe .xii. hleóðor, and hleóðra gehwylc sý heofone heárre and helle deópre, ðonne ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ hé hý ealle oferhleóðraþ, and ealle ða

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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Se bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár he plucked the bloody dart from the chief, Byrht.

Linked entries: a-bredan bret brit

ge-bæc

(n.)
Grammar
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

heorþ-bacen

(adj.)
Grammar
heorþ-bacen, adj.

Baked on the hearth

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Abraham nam ðæt flǽsc mid ðám heorþbacenum hláfum, Gen. 18, 8. Hí worhton þeorfe heorþbacene hláfas they baked unleavened cakes, Ex. 12, 39

botl-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
botl-gestreón, es; n. [gestreón riches, wealth]

Household property, goods, or treasuredomesticæ opes

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Lameh onféng æfter fæder dæge botlgestreónum Lamech succeeded to the household goods after his father's day, 52; Th. 65, 32; Gen. 1075: 91; Th. 116, 3; Gen. 1930