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ge-nerian

(v.)
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Wearð mycel wæ1 geslegen, and se dǽl þe þǽr áweg cóm wurdon on fleáme generede, Chr. 894 ; P. 88, <b>VI a.

ge-streón

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Ðá ðe hira ágen nyllað sellan. . . geðencen ðæt ðiós eorðe, ðe him ðæt gestreón of cóm . . . Past. 335, 10. Monegum men genihtsumað þisse worlde gestreón æt his ende, Bl. H. 97, 25. Gestreónes, yrfes patrimonii, An. Ox. 3151.

ge-ceósan

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Th. i. 274, 9. to elect to an office Þá sylfan him práfostscíre betǽhtan þe þæne abbod tó abbodháde gecuran (-cor-, v.l.) (ab eis qui abbatem ordinant ), R.

ge-dréfan

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Ger. ge-truoben con-, per-turbare, confundere, terrere.)

níd

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Arrianus þe þider cóm ꝥ nýd tó wyrcanne Arrianus, qui vim facturus advenerat, 23572. for, of níde of necessity, unavoidably Gif ðú for neóde áxsast æfter mínum naman if you must ask for my name, Ap. Th. 15, 21.

swá

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Swá þonne hé tó ðǽm stáne cóm, þonne hét hé hiene mid fýre onhǽtan, 4, 8; S. 186, 18. Swá þis gedón byþ, gá ic æfter þe opere expleto te subseyuor, Gr. D. 36, 31 : Bt. 31, 4; F. 252, 12.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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Ðæt is ... teóðung of ǽlcere híde eahta penegas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 233, 8. v. æcer-, corn-teóðung. a tithing, an association of ten men (ten such associations formed a hynden, q.v.).

Linked entry: tegðung

in-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
in-gehygd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtmindintentsenseknowledgeunderstandingconscienceintentionpurpose

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Sumum men hé forgifþ wísdom sumum gód ingehýd to one man he gives wisdom, to another good knowledge [cf. 1 Cor. xii. 8], 322, 26. Wæter getácnaþ on ðyssere stówe mennisc ingehýd, ii. 280, 2.

síd

(adj.)
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síd, adj.
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Con hé sídne ræced fæste gefégan, Exon. Th. 296, 7 ; Crä,. 47. <b>II a.</b> </b> Þurh sídne sefan, Beo. Th. 3456 ; B. 1726. Sefan sídne geþanc and snytro cræft, Cd.

Linked entry: síd-folc

swingan

(v.)
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swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.
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Homl. 193, 4. metaphorical, to chastise, afflict, plague Ic ðreáge and suinge (swinge, Cote. MSS. ) ða ðe ic lufige . . God suingeþ (swingeþ, Cole. MSS. ) ǽlc bearn ðe hé underfón wile, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 1-4. Ðone heó ǽr mid wítum swong. Exon.

wépan

(v.)
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wépan, p. weóp, wép (wǽpde, Lind.), pl. weópon, wépon ; pp. wópen
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Hé gemétte swíþe manige wépende, and wǽron cweþende : " Wá ús lá. . . " And ðá him swá wépendum, ðá com ðara sacerda ealdorman, Blickl. Homl.153, 25-33.

Linked entries: wópen wǽpan

wíd

(adj.)
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wíd, adj.
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Óþ ða wýde strǽte, súð andlang strǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 265, 32. of great surface, wide, vast, spacious, broad, ample Ðes wída grund, Cd. Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104. Ýða gelaac, wíd gang wætera, Ps. Th. 118, 136.

eáster

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On þisan Eástron cóm se kyng tó Wincestre, and þá wǽron Eástra on .x. kł. Apr̃l., 1067; P. 202, 28. Eástron, Angl. viii. 330, 14, 15, 16.

fundian

(v.)
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Tó áwirigenne þæt folc þe fundode wið his maledic populo huic sedenti contra me, Num. 22, 6. of things, to move so as to reach a point Ðæt wæter, ðonne hit bið gepynd, hit uppað and fundað wið ðæs ðe hit ǽr from cóm illud repetit, unde descendit, Past

ge-irnan

(v.)
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Cf. gegangeð, 10, 3. to run and do something Giarn (geharn, L.) án and gefylde copp mið æcede, Mk. R. 15, 36. to run together, coagulate Ne lǽt geyrnan ꝥ ǽg . . . dó of ꝥ mon gegnídan ne mæge, ꝥ bið geurnen, Lch. ii. 272, 16-22.

Linked entries: ge-urnen ge-yrnan

gilp

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Ic com on móde from, þæt ic wið þone gúðflogan gylp ofersitte, B. 2528. (3 a) a par-ticular instance of boasting, a boast, vaunt, promise to do great things :-- Ic wát hwæt se Rómána gelp swíþost is, for þon þe hió monega folc oferwunnan, and monege cyningas

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Hér cóm Willelm and gewann Ænglaland, Chr. 1066; P. 196, 1. Gewin ł oferwin ( expugna ) þá onwinnende mé, Ps. L. 34, 1. Folc þe ǽr nán folc ne mehte mid gefeohte gewinnan, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 31.

hyht

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</b> where object of trust is given :-- Byð his heorte gearo hyhte tó Drihtne paratum cor ejus sperare in Domino, Ps. Th. 111, 7. Good is þæt ic on God mínne hiht sette bonum est ponere in Deo spem meant, 72, 23: Gú. 406 : Hy. 4, 36.

irþling

(n.)
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irþling, es; m.

a husbandmanfarmerploughman a cuckoo

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Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 11. Hwilce ðé geþuht betwux woroldcræftas heoldan ealdordóm? Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum? Agricultura, quia arator nos omnes pascit, 30, 23-8.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

ge-glengan

(v.)
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ge-glengan, -glencan, -glæncan, -glencgan, -glengcan; p. -glengde, -glencde; pp. -glenged, -glencged, -glengd, -glend

To adornembellishset in ordercomposeornārecōmĕrecompōnĕre

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Ic geglenge cōmo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 13. Ic smicere geglengce orno, Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 116; Wrt. Voc. 54, 58. Nerón hine mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum geglengde Nero adorned himself with gems of every kind, Bt. 28; Fox 100, 27 : Bt. Met.

Linked entry: glengan