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ele-fæt

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Gé sceolan habban þreó ampullan gearuwe tó þám þrým elum, for ðan ðe ne durran dón hí tógædere on ánum elefate, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 8. Ampellan oððe elefæt legithum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 76.

ge-nǽgan

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þec níða genǽgað, Gú. 201. Hearde genearwod, níða genǽged, B. 1439. (b α) of the attacks of illness, trouble, &c. :-- Hú gewearð þé þus, fæder, ferð gebysgod, nearwe genǽged ?, Gú. 986

ge-nesan

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Þú ðysne níð genesan móte, Lch. iii. 52, 17. to avoid an evil in which one might become involved Þ þurh þá ælmessan þá écan tintrega magon genesan, Ll. Th. ii. 394, 22. Cf. ge-nerian

ge-fadung

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gelýfaþ þæt mid þisse gefaduncge ǽgðres weorces tíma mæge beón geendebyrd hac dispositione credimus utraque tempora ordinari, R. Ben. 73, 7. Æfter þǽra hundseofontigra gefadunge according to the Septuagint, Angl. viii. 336, 10.

gúþ-fana

(n.)
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Gúðfanan gelea[fa]n beorað vexillum fidei ferimus, Ps Srt. ii. p. 203, 23. Beran þá gfiðfanan (vexilla) in on ðá ceastre, Prud. 74. ¶ in the following instances the form gúþ-fan ; n. seems to be used :-- Gúþfan labarum, An. Ox. 2130.

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to lament. I.
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Mǽnende (dolentes) sóhton ðec, Lk. L. 2, 48. Woepende and mǽnende (-iende, L. ) flentes et heiulantes, Mk. R. 5, 38. Mǽnendeand woepende lugentes et flentes, 16, 10.

namian

(v.)
Grammar
namian, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Swá swá Abraham dyde . . . and ꝥ wíf Anna . . . and fela óðre men ðe ne magan namian, Hml. A. 34, 261. substitute: to call by some title or epithet Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ?

on-settan

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L. 9, 18. to oppress, impede Gemêtton ûs æ̂ghwanon gelîcne storm foran onsettende inuenimus nos undique-uersum pari tempestate praeclusos, Bd. 5, 1 ; Sch. 552, 10. Cf. â-settan, of-settan

(n.)
Grammar
sá, sán; m.

A tub, pail, vessel

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Lincolnshire. ' In Bedfordshire, what we call a coal and a coal-staff, they call a sow and a sow-staff,' Kennett

heáp-mælum

(adv.)
Grammar
heáp-mælum, adv.

In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flockscatervatim

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Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum, cóman máran weorod of ðám þeódum ðe ǽr gemynegodon non mora ergo confluentibus certatim in insulam gentium memoratarum catervis, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483. 31.

hnesc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hnesc-ness, e; f.

Softness, delicacy, gentleness, weakness

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Ðære hnescnesse úres flǽsces beóþ underþiédde corruptionis nostræ infirmitatibus subjacemus, Past. 21, 4; Swt. 159, 5. Genim ðyses wæstmes hnescnysse innewearde take the inward soft part of this fruit, Herb. 185, 2; Lchdm. i. 324, 9.

á-tyhtan

to stretchtendereattendereextenderein-tendereto persuadeincite

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L. 69. to persuade, incite átihtaþ suademus, R. Ben. I. 84, 10

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á-wunian

(v.)
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geáxiaþ nǽnig gód áwunigende, Bl. H. 109, 2. Add

be-dydrian

(v.)

to deludeto conceal from (wið)

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God sylf forbeád ꝥ swefnum ne folgion, þe lǽs ðe se deófol ús bedydrian (bedrian, Glostr.

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DÓN

(v.)
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DÓN, to dónne; part. dóende, dónde; ic dó, ðú dést, he déþ, pl. dóþ; p. ic, he dyde, ðú dydest, pl.dydon ; impert., pl. dóþ; subj. , pl. dón, dó; p. dyde, pl. dyden; pp. dón, dén

To DO, make, cause agĕre, facĕre

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Hwæt dó we ðæt we wyrceon Godes weorc quid faciēmus ut operēmur opĕra Dei? Jn. Bos. 6, 28: Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 28; Seel. 99. Hwæt dó ge máre quid amplius facĭtis? Mt. Bos. 5, 47.

féðe-gest

(n.)
Grammar
féðe-gest, es; m.

A pedestrian guestpĕdester advĕna

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A pedestrian guest; pĕdester advĕna Féðegestas eódon in on ða ceastre the pedestrian guests went into the city, Elen. Kmbl. 1687; El. 845. Wæs gerýmed féðegestum flet the hall was cleared for the pedestrian guests, Beo. Th. 3956; B. 1976

helm-berend

(n.)
Grammar
helm-berend, es; m.

One who wears a helmet

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One who wears a helmet Ne róhte hé helm-berendra he recked not of helmeted warriors, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 18; Hö. 37. Gegrétte hwate helmberend he greeted the bold warriors, Beo. Th. 5027; B. 2517: 5277; B. 2642

gleáwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gleáwe, adv.

Wiselyprudentlywell

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Wisely, prudently, well Efne me God gleáwe fultumeþ ecce Deus adjuvat me, Ps. Th. 53, 4. Ðæt byþ secga gehwam snytru on frymðe, ðæt he Godes egesan gleáwe healde initium sapientiæ timor Domini, 110, 7: 142, 11. Gleáwast, 118, 99

ge-læccan

Grammar
ge-læccan, <b>; II 4.</b>
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</b> add :-- Hé wearð gelæht tó þám láðum gecampe (cf. betǽht tó þám gewinne, Hml. S. 31, 36), Hml. Th. ii. 500, 7. Add

un-weód

(n.)
Grammar
un-weód, es; n.

A noxious weed

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A noxious weed (lit. or metaph.) Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal ǽlc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sǽd árǽran, 73, 2

Linked entry: weód