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ge-gerela

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gerela, -gyrela, -girla, an; m.

Clothingapparelhabitgarmentrobeamiculumstola

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Clothing, apparel, habit, garment, robe; amiculum, stola Hwǽr agylte he ǽfre on his gegerelan where trespassed he ever in his clothing? Blickl. Homl. 169, 1. His gegirla hine geswutelaþ his garment betrays him, Th. Ap. 14, 3 : 12, 8.

Linked entries: ge-gyrela gerela

ge-swencednes

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Add: - — Þá wearð hé geneádod ꝥ hé on his ágenre geswencednysse (-swænced-, -swencend-, v. ll. ) oncneówe hwæt hé sylf wæs compulsus est cognoscere in sua vexatione quid esset, Gr.

tǽl-wirþe

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Gif hié on ðǽm cúðan gewislíce ongietað hwæt ðǽron tǽlwyrðes bið si de expertis, quidquid disputationis audiunt, veraciter cognoscunt. Past. 441, 16. Hé lýfeð sumum mannum sume tǽlwyrðe wísan quaedam reprehensibila relinquit, Gr. D. 204, 15. Add

wæter-scipe

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Hwæt þá se bisceop . . . ábaed æt Gode ꝥ hé worhte þone wæterscipe tó wynsumum ytþlande . . . and wæs se mere áwend tó wídgyllum felda, Nap. 22, 21-28. Add

wíc-stów

Grammar
wíc-stów, <b>. I.</b>
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Hwylc man is . . . þe nát hwæt se man sý þe seó wícstów (mansio) getimbrod is, Gr. D. 321, 14. Manige wícstówe ( mansiones ) syndon in mínes fæder húse, 315, 17: 319, 5. Hí onfóð ánre méde, and beóð tódǽlede in manige wícstówa, 315, 23. Add

ærning

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'Hwæt ðú mé mycel yfel dést mid ðínre ærninge.' And ic nóht ðon ǽr ðǽre ærninge blon 'quam magnum vae facis mihi sic equitando.' Et ego nihilominus coeptis institi vetitis, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 19.

gás-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
gás-ríc, es; m.

An impetuous creature, a furious animal

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An impetuous creature, a furious animal (used of the whale ; cf. the description in Wal. 5 : Se micla hwæl biþ unwillum oft geméted frécne and ferðgrim fareðlácendum) Fisc (a whale) flódu áhóf on fergenberig; warþ gásríc grorn þǽr hé on greút giswom

á-healdan

(v.)
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to hold Hál from suǽ hwælc unhǽlo uére áhaldan sanus a quocumque languore tenebatur , Ju. L. 5, 4

Linked entry: healdan

ge-wurþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wurþan, he -wurþ; subj. pres. -wurþe, pl. -wurþon.

to bebecomefiĕriTo happencome to passcome togetheragreeevĕnīreconvĕnīre

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Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde óþ-ðæt ic wite hwæt God wylle, hwæt be me gewurþe quam te silentio tĕgĕre vŏlo, donec sciam quid de me fiĕri velit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 38.

untrymness

(n.)
Grammar
untrymness, e; f.

Weaknesssicknessillnessinfirmity

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Weakness, sickness, illness, infirmity Hwaet is sáwla hǽlo, búte rihtwísnes? oððe hwæt is hiora untrymnes búte unþeáwas? quid vero aliud animorum salus videtur esse, quam probitas? quid aegritudo, quam vitia? Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 18.

ymb-þanc

(n.)
Grammar
ymb-þanc, es; m. n. : -þanca, an; m.
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Hwæt sceolan ús, oþþe hwæt dóþ ús ðara worda ymb*-*þonc ? Tó morgenne wé beóþ gesémde of what use are considerations of the words, or what will they do for us? To-morrow we shall be at one on the matter, Blickl. Homl. 183, 12

fulwian

(v.)
Grammar
fulwian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To baptizebaptīzāre

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Hwæt fulwastu quid baptizas, Jn. Sk. Rush. 1, 25. Fulwande, fulwende baptizans, Lind. and Rush. 3, 23. Fulwad beón baptīzāri, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 28. Fulwod beón, 1, 27; S. 493, 2, note

Linked entries: fulgian fullian

pliht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
pliht-líc, adj.
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Dangerous Plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 21.

ge-hlæstan

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Hé hét his scip mid hwǽte gehlæstan, and mid micclum gewihte goldes and seolfes, and mid reáfum, Ap. Th. 6, 3. Add

un-tela

(adv.)
Grammar
un-tela, adv. (but in some cases it seems a noun?)

Not wellillbadly

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Hwætd tó untala dyde hé (hwæt dyde untale, Rush.) quid mali fecit? Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 23

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra þǽra ǽhta; þonne seó notu on gebróðra gewrixle bið, sý þæt gewis á mid þám abbode, þæt hé wite hwæt betǽht sý and hwæt underfangen ex quibus abbas brevem teneat, ut dum sibi in ipsa assignata fratres vicissim succedunt

be-murnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-murnan, bi-murnan; p. -murnde; pp. -murned [be, murnan to mourn]

To bemoanbewailmournto care forlugerecuraresollicitum esse de re

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To bemoan, bewail, mourn, to care for; lugere, curare, sollicitum esse de re Hwæt bemurnest ðú why bemoanest thou? Exon. 10 b; Th. 11, 26; Cri. 176. Síþ ne bemurneþ he bewails not his lot 117 a; Th. 449, 31; Dóm. 79.

Linked entries: murnan bi-murnan

be-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fyllan, p. -fylde, -fealde; pp. -fylled; v. trans. [be, fyllan, fellan to fell]

to fellstrike downcædere, prosternereprojicereto deprive by fellingbereavecædendo orbare

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to fell, strike down; cædere, prosternere, projicere Hwæt befealdest ðú wærfæstne rinc why didst thou fell the upright man? Cd. 48; Th. 62, 6; Gen. 1010.

freó-man

(n.)
Grammar
freó-man, frí-man, frig-man, -mann, es; m.

A freemanfree-born manlībĕræ conditiōnis hŏmovir ingĕnuus

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Hwæt gifest ðú me freómanna to frófre what givest thou me for men's comfort? Cd. 99; Th. 131, 12; Gen. 2175

ac

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Hwæt gelamp ðé nú ðá? ac ðé on ðysse nihte sum untrymnys gelamp?, 80, 16. Add