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ge-médryd

(v.)
Grammar
ge-médryd, def. se ge-médryda; part. p.
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Mothered, of the same mother, Gen. 43, 29 : 44, 20

ge-þreágean

Grammar
ge-þreágean, ge-þreán, and (?) <b>ge-þreawian</b> (v. ge-þréwud [é = eá. Cf. bréd = breád, 72] incita ( =incitata (?)), Germ. 390, 82 (but with the remark 'b aus þ').
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Synt geþreáde ( wearied ) þegnas míne ... duguð is geswenced, módigra mægen miclum gebysgod, An. 391. in mind Forht ... egesan geþreád, Gen. 2668.

Linked entry: ge-þréwud

ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.

Base ⬩ wanton ⬩ lewd

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Base, wanton, lewd He wæs gegaf spræce he was wanton in talk, Homl. Th. i. 534, 2

ge-géman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-géman, p. de; pp. ed

To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ amend ⬩ treat [as a patient]

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To heal, cure, amend, treat [as a patient] Ðæt hea gegéme all unhǽlo ut curarent omnem languorem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 1 : Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 2. Gegémde ł gehǽlde curavit, 6, 5. Gegéma corrigere, Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 9. Gegémed, L. Æðelb. 62; Th. i. 18, 8

ge-géman

Similar entry: ge-gíman

ge-gán

Grammar
ge-gán, <b>; A.
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III 2.</b> add Hwæðer se geþóht geeóde þe mid scylde þe mid lustfullnesse utrum cogitatio suggestione an delectatione acciderit, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 17. <b>B. II 4.</b> add :-- Eall ꝥ manncynne tó ðám mǽstan góde geeóde, Hml. A. 154

ge-hádod

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hádod, -háded; def. se ge-hádoda; part.

In holy orders ⬩ ordĭnātus

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In holy orders; ordĭnātus Nú, gé habbaþ gehíred be gehádodum mannum now ye have heard concerning men in orders, L. Ælf. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 16; Wilk. 169, 23. Se gehádoda one in holy orders; ordĭnātus, 42; Th. ii. 382, 23; Wilk. 169, 34.

Linked entry: hádod

ge-regne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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Take here ge-rén in Dict. and add: a structure, building Gesih ðás miclo gehríno ł glencas (getim­brunga, W. S. ) uide has magnas aedificationes, Mk. L. 13, 2.

Linked entries: -regne ge-réne

ge-mang

(prep.)
Grammar
ge-mang, prep. [ge-mang a mixture]
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Gemang ðám interim, Gen. 43, 1. Gemang ðám arás micel murcnung interea ortum est murmur, Num. 11, 1. acc Ic eów sende swá sceáp gemang wulfas ego mitto vos sicut oves in medio luporum, Mt. Bos. 10, 16

ge-gaf

(n.)
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buffoonery, scurrility Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig . . . ne cildsung on spǽce, ne ídel gegaf on ǽnig wísan, ne æt hám, ne on síðe, ne on ǽnigre stówe, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 32

ge-hwítan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hwítan, p. te; pp. [ge-hwítt], ge-hwíted: ge-hwítian; p. ode; pp. od
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To whiten Gihúidadon hiá dealbaverunt eas Rtl. 48, 1. Ic beo gehwítad dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83. Gehwíted (-hwítad. Srt.), Ps. L. 50, 9. Hig beóð gehwítode (-hwítte, Srt.) dealbabuntur 67, 15

ge-hrepod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hrepod, [pp. of ge-hrepian to touch]

touched ⬩ tactus

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touched; tactus He wæs gehrepod mid heortan sárnisse wiðinnan tactus dolore cordis intrinsecus, Gen. 6, 6. Gehrepod tactus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 56

Linked entry: hrepian

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu,
v. ge-þyncþu: <b>ge-þingþu;</b>
v. ge-þingþ;
III.

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þeód-here

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-here, gen. -her(i)ges; m.
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Th. 130, 15; Gen. 2160

ge-máhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máhlíce, <b>ge-máglíce, ge-málíce</b>
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I. 18, 2. importunately, pertinaciously Gemáh[líce] pertinaciter (perseverare in precibus), An Ox. 3391; perseveranter, Hpt. Gl. 486, 4. Hé bæd gemáhlíce Paulum ꝥ hé hine gehǽlde, Hml. S. 29, 53.

ge-hýran

Grammar
ge-hýran, Add: , <b>ge-hýrian
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</b>Gehýrud conducus, Germ. 394, 193

GE-RÉFA

(n.)
Grammar
GE-RÉFA, ge-reáfa, groefa, an; m.
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Eádwerd cyning být ðám geréfum eallum, ðæt ge déman swá rihte dómas swá ge rihtoste cunnon, and hit on ðære dómbéc stande King Edward commands all the reeves, that ye pass the most righteous sentences you can, and as it stands in the doom book, L.

Linked entries: ge-reáfa réfa geréfscipe

ge-þoht

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þoht, es; m. n. [ge-þoht, pp. of ge-þencan to think]
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Gé sind earmra geþohta ye are of poor thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 1488; An. 745: Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 31. On geþohtum in cōgĭtātiōnĭbus, Ps. Th. 138, 17.

ge-bigeþ

Grammar
ge-bigeþ, -bigþ

buys

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buys,L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 1: Mt. Bos. 13, 44

ge-wef

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wef, ge-wefe, -wife, es; n.

A web ⬩ textura

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The word gets the meaning fate, fortune, from the spinning, which is the occupation of the Fates. Cf. Wyrd gewæf, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 1; Reim. 70. See Grmm. D. M. 387 Gewife fatum, fortuna, Cot. 88; Lye.

Linked entries: ge-wife ge-wifsǽlig

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