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be-hogian

(v.)
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Substitute: to take care of, attend to, be solicitous about behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes, Gr. D. 170, 28. Ðá ðe his líc behogodon qui funus ejus curaverant, 297, 17. Ealdor þe georne behogige (curiose intendat) hwæþer God geséce, R.

dréfan

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sceal dréfan dimne and deópne hellewítes grund he shall be plunged into hell's dim and deep abyss, Wlfst. 48, 2: Ll. Th. ii. 320, 5. Dréfende turbulentus, R. Ben. I. 61, 6: R. Ben. 120, 12. Dréfende turbida (aequora turgida, Ald.), Wrt.

fǽr-haga

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Calamity that compasses about Wæs se báncofa ádle onǽled . . . leomu hefegedon sárum gesóhte . . . his módsefan wið þám fǽrhagan fæste trymede the body was inflamed with disease . . . the limbs grew heavy attacked by pains . . . he fortified his mind

ge-rípian

(v.)
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Add: of vegetables, to get ripe: — him bringan bere tó sǽde . . . Hit weóx . . . and wel gerípode, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 13. of non-material objects to get mature Se mynstres hordere si . . . wis, on gerípedum þeáwum (maturis moribus), R.

heonane

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Ne mót hionane lǽdan of þisse worulde wuhte þon máre hordgestreóna þonne hider bróhte, Met. 1. 4, 9. from existence Gedwínað heonone þysse worulde gefeán (hujus cessabunt gaudia saecli) . . . wrǽnnes eác gewíteð heonone, Dom. L. 231-235

lencten-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-tíma, an ; m.
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Ox. 3837. the season of Lent Lǽsse pleoh bið þám Crístenan men þæt flǽsces brúce on Lenctentíman, þonne wífes brúce, Hml, Th. ii. 608, 18

mis-tucian

(v.)
Grammar
mis-tucian, l. mis-túcian,
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and add beót Liberlinum on ꝥ heáfod and on þá ansýne, oð ꝥ eall his andwlita wearð tóswollen and áwannod. Ðá þá swá swíðe mid geþersce mistúcod wæs (vehementer caesus), Gr. D. 20, 33.

stæþ-hlípe

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Sóhte ðone Godes wer geond ealle þá stæþhlýpan (abrupta) þára munta, 99, 22

wæter-þísa

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-þísa, (?),an; m.

A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale

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(the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7;Wal. 50

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULLfilledcompleteentireplēnussătiātusconfertusintĕger

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He geseah unrihte eorþan fulle he saw the earth filled with unrighteousness, Cd. 64; Th. 78, 13; Gen. 1292.

Linked entries: ful ful- fol

gearwian

(v.)
Grammar
gearwian, gerwian, gerwan, girwan, gierwan, gyrwan, gyrian, girian, gierian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed

To make readyprepareprocuresupplyput onclothepărārepræpărārepræstāreinduĕrevestīre

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gé eówic gearwige quid induamini, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 25 : 27, 29. Ðæt selfe wæter ðegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum the very water did reverence before his feet, St. And. 22, 19. v. Grm. D. M. 984

un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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nam of hire eall ðæt heó áhte on golde and on seolfre and on unásecgendlícum þingum ( things innumerable ), Chr. 1042; Erl. 169, 21.

grasian

(v.)
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to graze Oxan grasiende gesihþ if he sees oxen grazing, Lchdm. iii. 200, 9

sceþness

(n.)
Grammar
sceþness, e; f.
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Hurt, harm eft férde bútan sceþnysse ǽniges sáres, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 27

ge-mǽre

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ge-mǽre, <b>; I 1.</b>
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æt Somnite gemǽre and Rómáne gesæt, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 7. Add

twéntig-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
twéntig-wintre, adj.
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Twenty years old Óð sý twéntigwintre oð;ðe gyt yldra, Wulfst. 3, 1

þri-geáre

(adj.)
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þri-geáre, adj.

Three years old

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Three years old Se onféng fulwihte ðá wæs þrigeáre cniht, Shrn. 119, 19

Linked entry: ofer-geáre

þrinna

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrinna, This seems a Scandinavian form
[cf.
Icel. þrennar tylftir three twelves; e.g. þrennar tylftir eigu at dæma málit, Njála c. 144
]
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Ládige hine mid þrinna .xii., L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 296, 29

un-earhlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-earhlíc, adj.

Intrepiddauntless

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Intrepid, dauntless cwæð tó ðam cásere unearhlícere stemme, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 164

un-beboht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-beboht, adj.

Unsold

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Unsold hæfde tamra deóra unbebohtra syx hund, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10

Linked entry: be-bycgan