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ge-hnesctun

(v.)
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Past. 403, 34-405, 2. to alleviate, relieve pain Oft hearda wunda beóð mid líðum beðengum gehnescode and gehǽlede plerumque dura vulnera per lenia fomenta mollescunt Past. 183, 21. to make gentle or tender. of persons Genehxa þá heardheortnysse mínre þǽre

ge-hwǽde

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Hæbben hý scapulare, þæt is gehwǽde cugelan and slýfleáse, 89, 13. Mid hangiendre hande dó hé swilce hé gehwǽde bellan cnyllan wille, Tech. ii. 118, 7. Fulle of gehwǽdum leáfum and langum and scearpum and fǽttum. Lch. i. 258, 2.

geond-geótan

(v.)
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Hé wæs geondgoten mid þæs swátes dropum he was bathed in perspiration, Hml. S. 23 b, 233. Þá wearð heó eall mid teárum geondgoten she was bathed in tears, 33, 234. <b>I a.

hege

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Hé hét faran tó wegum and hegum getácnigende þæt wilde folc þe hé gegaderode of eallum middanearde, 376, 13-19. Ðeós wyrt byþ cenned wið hegas, Lch. i. 226, 2. Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . hegas gódian, Angl. ix. 262, 20.

hycgan

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Fylian fótswaþu . . . mid mycelre hygdan geblissunge sequi uertigia . . . cum magna studuerint hilaritate, Angl. xiii. 367, 28. with clause Uton hycgan þæt wé Hǽlende héran georne, Sat. 594. with prep.

of-þyncan

(v.)

to cause regret or sorrowto cause displeasure or offence

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Ðá sceolde ðám gigantum ofþincan þæt hé hæfde hiera ríce it is said that the giants were displeased at his having their kingdom, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, II. Mæg ðæs ofþyncan þegna gehwam, Beo. Th. 4070; B. 2032.

ge-eáþmédan

(v.)
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A. 190, 265. with the idea of condescension, of human beings Tó ðon þaeti for mínum synnum hí ( the clergy of Worcester ) heó geeáðmédden þaette heó wáeren þingeras wið Drihten, C.

lóc

(v.; con.; int.)
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lóc, lóca

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Hig cwǽdon Lóca nú hú hrædlíce þæt fictreów forscranc dicentes : quomodo continuo aruit ficulnea, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 20. Lóca nú hú hé hyne lufode ecce quomodo amabat eum, Jn. Skt. 11, 36.

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á-beódan

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(l a) where the message is given by a clause Hé ábeád þæt ǽgðer ðára folca óþrum ágeáfe ealle ðá men ðe hié gehergead hæfden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 12. to announce what is coming Heáhengel hǽlo ábeád Marian, ðæt heó Meotod sceolde cennan, Men. 50: An. 96

Linked entry: eoton-weard

dígol-líce

(adv.)
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dígol-líce, díglíce.
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He diégellíce for þǽm gewinne V geár scipa worhte, 2, 5; S. 78, 32. Hé nolde geþafian þám þeófe ꝥ hé underdulfe dígellíce his hús, Hml. A. 50, 13. Dígollíce, 54, 64.

eallunga

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Swá emnes módes þæt ic eallunga wǽre orsorg, ꝥ ic swá orsorg wǽre ꝥ ic náne gedréfednesse næfde, Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 26: 10; F. 28, 8. Hé þá bernesse eallinga ( funditus ) ádwǽscte, Bd. 4, 21; Sch. 453, 19.

ge-hreósan

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</b> to fall in battle :-- ꝥ míne fýnd on mínre gesihþe feallan and gereósan (corruant) swá swá gereás (corruit) Golias ætforan Dauides ansýne, and swá swá gereás and wearþ besenct Faraones folc on þǽre reádan sǽ. . . and swá swá geriás Amaleh ætforan

ge-treów

(adj.)
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ge-treów, ; adj. [Besides this unmutated a-stem, a mutated ja-stem (ió, ié, í, ý) and a mixed form ge-treówe occur: the eó-forms are taken here, the mutated forms under ge-tríwe.]
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Syndon feáwa þe þǽm deádan getreówe weorþon, Bl. H. 53, 2. Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 17. [O. H. Ger. ge-triu.]

gléd

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In þæs wylmes grund, . . . in gléda gripe, El. 1302: Jul. 391: Sal. 48. fire, flame Fretan sceal frécne líg fǽgne monnan, . . . reád réðe gléd, Vy. 46. Nú sceal gléd fretan wigena strengel, B. 3114

hreówsian

(v.)
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Add: to grieve, lament for Ongan se wísdóm hreówsian for þæs módes týdernesse, and ongan giddian his versibus de nostrae mentis perturbatione conquesta est, Bt. 3, 2; F. 6, 6. to grieve for sin, repent of evil. absolute 'Hreówsiað . . .'

orf

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Add: [orf and yrfe seem interchangeable in Ll. i. 352, 3-13: 254, 15] Æt ánum hrýðere, oþþe æt þám orfe þe þæs weorð sý, Ll. i. 160, 2. On mínum cucum orfe, 276, 24. Gif bǽd genumen sý on monnes orfe for óðres monnes þingum, 354, 6.

brycg-geweorc

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B. iii. 657-9 are given Latin and Anglo-Saxon versions of the regulations for the repair (þǽre bricce geweorc) of Rochester bridge, which shew the character of the demands made by brycg-geweorc. ¶ In Latin charters which state the terms of the trinoda

ge-lustfullian

(v.)
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.), ac on (mid, v.l.) þæs bisceopes tǽlinge hunc virum non pietatis opere delectatum aestimo, sed episcopi derogatione, Gr. D. 76, 16. construction uncertain Gelusfullað delectat (animam), Kent.

ge-sceádwís

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. ¶ applied to superhuman beings :-- Ðonne se gesceádwísa God hwæt wyrcþ þæs ðe wé ne wénaþ cum ab sciente geritur, quod stupeant ignorantes, Bt. 39, 10; F. 226, 24. Se gesceádwísa engel, Hml.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
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Lbmn. 30, 6 note, with a clause Mé gedafenaþ þæt ic nú tódæg þé gecyrre, Hml. Th. i. 580, 33 : Bl. H. 227, 13 : 55, 4: 149, 11. Ús gedafanað ꝥ . . . Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 362, 15. with infin.