ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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Habbaþ we geascad ðæt se Ælmihtiga worhte wer and wíf we have heard that the Almighty created man and woman, 61 b; Th. 225, 22; Ph. 393
lofung
Praising ⬩ appraising
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The kingdom of heaven was allowed to these brothers for their net and ship, and to the rich Zacheus for half his possessions, and to a certain widow for a farthing, and to a certain man for a drink of water, Homl. Th. i. 580, 21-26.
pleó-líc
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Dangerous, perilous, hurtful, hazardous Hit swýðe pleólíc is, ðæt man on ðám hálgum stówum áðer oððe ðæt dó oððe ðæt sprece ðæt ðǽm stówum ne gedafenaþ, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 27.
ge-wesan
to be together ⬩ converse ⬩ discuss
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The Durham Ritual glosses 'conversatio' by 'giwosa,' and this may throw light on the meaning of 'gewesan.' Both Goth. and O. H.
gréting
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Sendaþ mín heáfod án to grétinge and bringaþ mínre méder ðæt heó ðæt cysse send my head only in greeting and bring it to my mother that she may kiss it, Shrn. 139, 28.
blód-gýte
a flowing or running of blood ⬩ sanguinis profluvium ⬩ a blood-shedding, bloodshed ⬩ sanguinis effusio
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a flowing or running of blood; sanguinis profluvium Gif men blód út of nósum yrne tó swíðe, syle him drincan fífleáfan on wíne, and smyre ðæt heáfod mid ðam; ðonne óþstandeþ se blódgýte sóna if blood run from a man out of his nostrils too much, give
Linked entry: blód-geóte
ge-dihtan
to put in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ compose ⬩ arrange ⬩ conspire ⬩ disponere ⬩ componere ⬩ conspirare ⬩ to order ⬩ direct ⬩ appoint ⬩ dirigere ⬩ dictare
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Ðis gewrit wæs to ánum menn gediht this writing was directed to a particular man, Ælfc. T; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 56, 1
ge-sǽlan
To happen, come to pass, befall ⬩ accĭdĕre, evĕnīre
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Uncúþ hú him æt ǽhtum gesǽle it is unknown how it may befall him in the matter of property, Prov. Kmbl. 20
stǽnan
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Stǽne hine man mid stánum, Lev. 20, 2. Ðá hét se déma hine stǽnan, Shrn. 48, 28. Tó stǽnenna, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 8. Hí hine gelǽddon tó stǽnenne, Homl. Th. i. 46, 35. Hé for ðǽm stǽnendum gebæd, 52, 19.
steám
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Man píntreów bærne tó glédum ... wende his neb tó and onfó ðam stéme ( the heat proceeding from the embers ), Lchdm. ii. 284, 16. Of hómena æþme and stiéme cymþ eágna mist, 26, 26.
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Hine man þreáge mid teartran steóre, R. Ben. 52, 6. Hé stíðran and teartran steóre underló majori uindicte subjaceat, 71, 8
under-delfan
to dig under ⬩ undermine ⬩ dig out ⬩ suffocare
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Hé nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe non sineret perfodi domum suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43: Lk. 12, 39. Hé nolde geþafian ðam þeófe náteshwón ðæt hé underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Homl. Ass. 50, 13.
yrfe
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Ðá ðæt land ǽrest mín láford mǽ tó lǽt, ðá wæs hit ierfelæás ( omni peccunia caruit) . . . . And ic sælf ðæt ierfæ (peccuniam) tó gestríndæ . . . .
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be-tweohnum
between ⬩ among
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. : — Man sealde gíslas betweónan, Chr. 1052 ; P. 175, 27. Betwínum in invicem, Ps. Srt. 33, 4
cræftig
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Ben. 95, 3. skilful, cunning Man on ǽnigum þingum cræftig oþþe on máran wísdóme oþþe on lǽssan, Bl. H. 49, 28. Hé wæs cræftig lǽce, Shrn. 138, 27. Wæs sum mǽden wundorlíce cræftig . . . on úðwítegunge snoter, Hml. S. 35, 80.
cnucian
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Cnocie man þá bán mid æxse ýre, 14, 11
earfoþnes
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For þissum earfoðnessum þe wé þissum mannan dydon for the hardships we have inflicted on the man, 247, 18. Be þisse worlde earfoþnessum about the troubles of this world, 109, 6.
ge-horsod
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S. 25, 557. ꝥ ǽlc man hæbbe æt þǽre syhl .II. wel gehorsede men omnis homo habeat duos homines cum bonis equis de omni caruca Ll. Th. i. 208, 13
ge-fandod
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Substitute: <b>ge-fandian;</b> p. ode To try. to examine, explore Hé þæt sóna onfand þæt hæfde gumena sum goldes gefandod, heáhgestreóna he soon found that some man had ransacked the treasure, B. 2301. to try whether.
grindan
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</b> of the action of the teeth :-- Molides ... wé hǽteð grindigtéþ, fore hý grindeþ æl ꝥ man byg leofaþ, Lch. iii. 104, 3. to grind, crush, oppress Eliquat, ... minuit, depremit vel grint, Wrt.