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cwic

(adj.)
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Take here the (accusative) forms given under cwicen and those under cwicu, and add Nát nǽnig man hwæþer se Jóhannes þe cwicu þe deád, Shrn. 32, 30. Cwucu vivus, Scint. 37, 16.

feórþa

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Huic quartae si . . . subtraxeris, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 8-12

for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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Herelof bócfellum ne forlǽten ł forgǽged ł forgýmeleásod nequaquam rumusculus [a nostris] pitaciolis excipiatur, An. Ox. 4571. Án strica oððe án stæf ðǽre ealdan ǽ ne bið forgǽged (iota ununt aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege, Mt. 5, 18), Hml.

ge-beorglic

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Man dóm æfter dǽde medemige be mǽðe swá for Gode si gebeorhlic, 318, 6. Ne tǽce wé ná mid swá gerádum bysenum and gebeorhlicum lárum, þæt hé leahtras fyrðrige, ac þæt hé snotorlíce hý wanige, R. Ben. 121, 7

Linked entries: -beorglic ge-beorhlic

ge-gearcian

(v.)
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Eallum þæslic wurðmenð gegearcod omnibus congruus honor exibeatur, R. Ben. I. 87, 15. Þá cyrican þe hí him gegearcod hæfdon, hé hét hálgian, Chr. 995; P. 128, 37

sǽd

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Gif man on ciricean slǽpende his sǽd ágeóte, 138, 11. progeny Nim of eallum clǽnum nítenum seofen and seofen ǽgðres gecyndes. . . þæt sǽd gehealden ofer ealre eorðan brádnisse, Gen. 7, 3. Séd árleásra forweorðeð, Ps. Srt. 36, 28.

æcer

field, land of arable landthe crop raised on the landa definite quantity of land, an acre

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Si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere, Ll. Th. i. 301, 23. Similar entries (v. un-gilde.) of arable land :-- Gesáwen æcer vel land seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 55. Se æker, Past. 411, 18.

wæccan

(v.)
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wæccan, p. wæhte

To watchwake

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Suá huoeðer wé woæca ł wé slépa sive vigilemus sive dormiamus, Rtl. 28, 37. Wæcca hé walde (hé wæcende beón walde, Rush.) vigilaret, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 43. Walde wæcce (wæca, Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 39.

geong

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Swá swá beardleás, swylce geongum hægstealde ut effebo hircitallo, i. sine barba, 3476. Iunge (beardleás) heápas inuestes (i. sine barba) cateruas, 2876. applied to personal attributes, youthful Iunges cildhádes rudis infantine, An. Ox. 2275.

be-lúcan

(v.)
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Sind wé úte belocene fram ðám leóhte, Hml.

ge-scippan

(v.)
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</b> to shape after or according to (to) a pattern :-- Wé sint gesceapene æfter ðǽre biesene úres Scippendes. . . sé ðe tó Godes bisene gesceapen is ( ad Dei imaginem conditus), Past. 249, 22.

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Gif híg on grénum treówe ðás þing dóþ, hwæt dóþ híg on ðam drigum si in virĭdi ligno hæc faciunt, in arĭdo quid fiet? Lk. Bos,. 23, 31: Ps. Th. 105, 9. Drihten gewende ða sǽ to dríum mare Domĭnus vertit in siccum, Ex. 14, 21.

(adv.)
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má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Ðæt ðú má ne síe mínra gylta gemyndig, Elen. Kmbl. 1630; El. 817. Má of heora múþe hit ne eode it (water) no longer came out of its mouth, Blickl. Homl. 247, 9.

EAL

(n.; adj.)
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EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indeclwithout substantive, and sometimes governing the genitiveare sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Sió his rices wæs ealles éðel-stól it was the metropolis of his whole empire. Bt. Met. Fox 9, 21; Met. 9, 11. Hie ðá ánmóde ealle cwǽdon they all said then unanimously, Andr. Kmbl. 3201; An. 1603.

Linked entries: al all eall

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Þincð sió sóðe gesǽlð þý wynsumre þe hé má heardra hénða ádreógeð, Met. 12, 21: B. 166. Heardra hearma, An. 1447. Þeán ðe þæt wíte hwéne heardre and strengre gedón sié cum paulo districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 66, 16.

under-fón

(v.)
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under-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen.

to receiveto have givento getto receivesubmit toa riteto receive a personto receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouringto receive for safe conduct, custodyto receive as a servant or dependentto receive, admit into a societyto receive as a masterto submit toto receiveadmit the claims ofto receive, admit the force of a person's wordsaccept testimonyto receive what is offeredto acceptto receiveserve as a receptacle forto receive or accept an office, a duty, etc.to take upon one's selfto undertake a labour, task, etc.to receive what is burdensomeundergobearto take surreptitiouslyto steal

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Th. i. 204, 13. to receive, admit into a society Hé underfangen on gegæderunge suscipiatur in congregatione, R. Ben.

Linked entry: under-niman

gild

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H. 223, 18, l. a guild, v. ge-gild Hér is on þís gewrite siú geswitelung þǽre gerǽd-nisse þe þiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ on þegna gilde on Grantebrycge, Cht. Th. 610, 29. Se gylda þe óðerne misgrét innan gylde, 606, 23

ge-habban

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 21, 74. to have, possess (of relative position) Gif hié (þíne menn) yfele sint, ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran gehæfd þonne genæfd, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 22. to retain, detain, keep a person in a place Hé hí hwylcehwugu dagas mid him gehæfde eos

á-mirran

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D. 324, 23. to injure, mar Gif oxa wiel oððe wylne ámyrð si servum ancillamque invaserit, Ex. 21, 32.

be-gitan

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Add: to get for one's self, of acquisition, posses-sion Ic begeat æt Denulfe þá windcirican, Cht. Th. 156, 21. Bigaet obtenuit, Txts. 81, 1409. Se bisceop wæs Scyttisc and Sce~ Oswald hine begeat on ðás ðeóde the bishop was Scottish and St.