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geolo

(adj.)
Grammar
geolo, adj.
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Geola swylce twymylte wex fex flaua cesaries, An. Ox. 4462: Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 19. Geolwum croceo, An. Ox. 50, 10. Gioluwre crocea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 14. Genim geoluwne stán, Lch. i. 374, 14. Goelu godueb, Txts. 151, 10.

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.
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S. 31, 1382. in a general sense, friendly, well-disposed Boetius. . . wæs on Greácas hold was friendly towards the Greeks Met. l, 56. Micel heáp holdra freónda úre andbidað þǽr ( in heaven ), Hml. Th. ii. 526, 31.

settan

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Þá sette Boia þás spéce wið Ælfríce; ꝥ wes ꝥ Putrael sealde Ælfríce viii oxa, Cht. E. 274, 4. Hé sætte mycel deórfrið . . .

smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
smiþ, es; m.

A smith, a worker in metals or in wood faber faber, cudo

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Wæs sum bróðor syndrilíce on smiþcræfte well gelǽred; þeówode hé swýðe druncennesse and monigum óðrum unálýfednessum ðæs sleacran lífes, and hé má gewunode on his smiþþan dæges and nihtes sittan and licgean, ðonne hé wolde on cyricean singan and gebiddan

Linked entry: helle-smiþ

bed-reda

(n.)
Grammar
bed-reda, -rids, an; m. [bed a bed, reda = rida from riden ridden, pp. of rídan to ride, hence the def. adj. bedreda bedridden, and the noun bedreda, bedrida one bedridden]

One BEDRIDDENclinicus

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One BEDRIDDEN; clinicus Ðǽr læg be ðam wege án bedreda there lay by the way one bedridden, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 4. Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9.

BÝME

(n.)
Grammar
BÝME, béme, an; f. A trumpet; tuba, salpinx = σάλπιγξ
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Ðære býman swég weóx sonitus buccinæ crescebat, Ex. 19, 19: 20, 18: Ps. Spl. 46, 5; Exon. 23b; Th. 65, 29; Cri. 1062. Býmiaþ oððe hlyriaþ on niwum mónþe mid býman buccinate in neomenia tuba, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4.

Linked entry: béme

clipur

(n.)
Grammar
clipur, es; m.

A CLAPPER of a belltintinnabuli vel campanæ malleus

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Sóþlíce mid ðæs rápes æt-hríne se bend styraþ ðone [MS. ðæne] clipur the band with which the clapper is tied, is as it were a method for moving the clapper of the tongue, and beating more or less the lips.

cwician

(v.)
Grammar
cwician, cwycian, cucian; p.ode, ade; pp. od , ad [cwic alive, quick] .

To come to life, QUICKEN vīvĕre et spīrāre To make alive, OUICKENvivificare

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To come to life, QUICKEN ; vīvĕre et spīrāre Wǽron ða leoma cwiciende the limbs were quickening, Greg. Dial. 4, 36. Smire mid ða sáran limu, hie cwiciaþ sóna smear the sore limbs therewith, they will soon quicken, L. M. 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 25.

Linked entries: cwycian cucian

hund-teóntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-teóntig, num.

A hundred

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Fæder Abrahames wintra hæfde twá hundteóntig and fífe eác and the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, Cd. 83; Th. 104, 26; Gen. 1741

Linked entry: teóntig

ge-wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wítnian, p. ode; pp. od

To punishchastise

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On Noes dagum gewítnode God manna gálnysse mid wætere ... why were the sinful punished with water? In Noah's days God punished men's wantonness with water..., Boutr. Scrd. 22, 30: Gen. 20, 18.

ge-un-rétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-un-rétan, p. -rétte; pp. -réted, -rét

To make sorrowfulsaddentroublecontristare

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Hý wurdon geunrétt mid manncwealme they were troubled with pestilence, Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 70, 27.

ge-wadan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wadan, p. -wód; pp. -waden.

To wadegovadereireTo pervadego through

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To wade, go; vadere, ire Sár gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst pain went around the man's breast, Andr. Kmbl. 2494; An. 1248. Ord in gewód the point entered, Byrht. Th. 136, 26; By. 157: Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 29; Gú. 1001.

ge-endebyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, p. -byrde; pp. byrded, -byrd

To set in orderarrangedisposeordĭnāredispōnĕre

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Gif heora mód wǽre geendebyrd if their minds were ordered, Bt. 21; Fox 76, 1 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 199; Met, 11, 100

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To holdbe [ill]haberetenere

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Ðǽr ðǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baþu where hot baths were kept, i. 86, 21. Mín cneów is yfele gehæfd my knee is diseased, 134, 33 : 150, 7

Linked entry: ge-hafa

geond-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-hweorfan, p. -hwearf; pp. -hworfen

To turn or pass through, go about, traversepertransire, peragrare, perlustrare

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Hwílum cwén flet eall geondhwearf at times the queen went about all the hall, Beo. Th. 4039; B. 2017. Ðonan ic ealne geondhwearf éðel Gotena thence I traversed all the country of the Goths, Exon. 86 b; Th. 325, 9; Wíd. 109.

ge-nihtsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumian, -nyhtsumian; part. -nihtsumigende; p. ode; pp. od

To abound, sufficeabundāre, suffĭcĕre

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To abound, suffice; abundāre, suffĭcĕre Hí synfulle and genihtsumigende on worulde, hí begeáton welan ipsi peccātōres et abundantes in sæcŭlo, obtĭnuērunt dīvĭtias, Ps. Spl. 72, 12: 127, 3. Ic genihtsumige abundo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 10.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsumian

Scyttisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Scyttisc, adj.
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Gif hé hæfþ Scyttisc weax, Lchdm. ii. 114, 11: iii. 46, 17. Scittisc, ii. 156, 26. ¶ Of speech :-- Sind on ðís íglande fíf geþeóde . . . Scyttisc, Chr. Erl. 3, 3. Se cyning Scyttysc ( linguam Scottorum ) geleornad hæfde, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39.

Linked entry: Scittisc

swengan

(v.)
Grammar
swengan, p. de
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Then our lord himself went into the cave; then the lion dashed out at once and swallowed him up, Shrn. 43, 9-18. Swengende discutiens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 43

ymbeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ymbeaht, es; m.
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as if the form had been connected with eahtian to consider, and the word were regarded as a compound, ymb-eaht. See Engl. Stud. xi. 492

for-seárian

(v.)
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Hé ðá forseáredon bán wecð of deáðe, Hml. S. 23, 431. of persons Hí forseáriað swá fileðe, Ps. Th. 36, 2. Menn forseáriað for ógan (v. Lk. 21, 26), Hml. Th. i. 610, 19. trans.