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geoc

(n.)
Grammar
geoc, gioc, geoht, góc, ioc, es; n: pl. geocu.

a YOKEjuguma yoke of oxenboum jugum, boves jugo juncticonjux

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Lind. 1, 20

Linked entries: iuc geocboga geoht

á-bídan

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Nú wolde ic gebétan, gif ic ábídan móste ( if I might continue to live ) . . . ac ic wát ðæt ic ne eom wyrðe ðæs fyrstes, Hml. S. 26, 251. with gen. Hwæs ábítst ðú?, Hml. S. 24, 23. Hé wederes ábád. Chr. 1094; P. 229, 2.

be-sencan

Grammar
be-sencan, pp. -senct

To plungesubmergedrown

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biterum lígum earme on ende tunc caecis merget flammis sine fine misellos, Dóm. L. 241. Weleras unwíses besenceað (praecipitabunt) hyne, Scint. 96, 3. Hé xiii scipa on sǽbesencte, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 172, 10. God besencte Pharao, Hml. Th. i. 312, 5.

first

(n.)
Grammar
first, first, e; f.

a raftera ceiling

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Hróf camara, first paratica, i. 290, 3 (in a list ' de domibus'). Fyrst on húse hoc tignum uel tigillum, An. Ox. 183, 92. Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð . . . and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað, Angl. viii. 324, 9

Linked entry: fierst

fracoþ

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., þeáh hé ǽlc unriht dreóge on his lífe, Wlfst. 34, 6. Gif preóst mid fúlum dǽdum hine fracodne gedéð, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 22. ꝥ fracode wíf ( Jezebel ), Hml. S. 18, 160.

ge-sibbian

(v.)
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On ðisum wræcfullum lífe wé sceolon ðá ungeðwǽran gesibbian, Hml.

hǽmed-þing

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Add: with no sense of criminality Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204.

hin-síþ

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Perhaps the glosses took the word to be plural and used in the sense 'end of life', and intended to express the idea by hinsíðas. Cf. insíðgryre for hinsíðgryre, Sae. 456), Txts. 181, 39. Add:

heonu

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heonu, eonu, enu, ouu
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(In the last three instances the h is written above the line.) Eonu porro (gewisslíce, W. S. s=odlíce l uutedlíce, L. Mt. 8, 27), Wrt, Voc. ii. 72, 32. Eno nú hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste elles?, Bl. H. n, 19. Eno ic þé gecýþe, Andreas, 237, 4.

ild

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Hé hit eác gefremode, git hé þá ylde hæfde he would have done it too, if he had had the requisite age, 31, 27. of a particular time of life. old age Ábogenre, hnípendre ylde cernua, curua uelustate, An. Ox. 1280.

tó-brítan

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Húmeta God geðafað ꝥ his gecorenan mid swá micclum wítum beón fornumene and tóbrýtte on ðisum andweardan lífe, i. 486, 20

Sætern-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sætern-dæg, Sæternes-, Sæter-,Sæteres-dæg, es ; m.

Saturday dies Saturni

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Lind. 12,8 . Sætresdæg (Sæternes-,MS. T. ), R. Ben. 37, 23: 38, 8. On ðæm Sæteresdæge, Blickl. Homl. 71, 30. Saturnus heo (the forefathers of the English) ȝiven Sætterdæi (Sateresdai, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 13933

úþ-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
úþ-genge, adj.

Fugitivetransitorynot to be retainedpassing out of one's possession

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Ðǽr wæs Æschere feorh úðgenge there life fled from Aschere, Beo.Th. 4253; B. 2123.

ge-téman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-téman, -týman; p. de; pp. ed

To vouch to warrantyvocare ad warrantum

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A process by which a person, in whose possession lost or stolen property was found, was compelled to show from whom he bought or had it, which latter was, in like manner, obliged to declare how it came into his hands, and so on to a third holder, beyond

Linked entry: tíman

wrecan

(v.)
Grammar
wrecan, p. wræc, pl.wrǽcon; pp.wrecen

To drivepressto driveforce to moveto drive outexpelto drive outto expressutterreciteto drive inimpressinlayto drivepractisecarry outonto drivepress onto wreakto punishto punishto punishto punishto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto avengeto take vengeance (on)

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Wrecendum lígum flammis ullricibus, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 27. to avenge a person Ic wrece (wræco, Lind.) hig vindicabo illam, Lk. Skt. 18, 5. Nú hine man wricð en sanguis ejus exquiritur, Gen. 42, 22. Hé wræc ðone aldormon, Chr. 755 ; Erl. 48, 24.

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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Se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt on gefeán [cf. orsorg líf lǽdaþ woruldmen wíse, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 80; Met. 7, 40] duces serenus ævum, Bt. 12; Fox. 36, 24, Se blinda gyf hé blindne lǽt cæcus si cæco ducatum præstet, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 14. Lét, Dóm. L. 18, 294.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

wís

(adj.)
Grammar
wís, adj.

wisediscreetjudiciouscunningwiselearnedskilledexpertknown

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Mid his ealdormannum, ða ðe hé wíseste and snotereste wiste, hé gelóm*-*líce ðeahtade, Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 10. Grammar wís, of animals Sió wilde beó ðeáh wís sié, Met. 18, 5. Wísran sapientiora, Prov. 30, 24; Kent. Gl. 1101.

full

(adv.)
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Quo fit, ut si in quolibet genere imperfectum quid esse videatur, in eo perfectum quoque aliquid esse necesse sit, Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 18-24. of material things Ꝥ ilce þú miht geþencan be ðám líchoman and be his limum.

fæste

shakenfirmlyfasturgentlystrictlysolemnlysecurelyfastfastspeedily at once

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L. 15, 44. with firm grasp or attachment, fast (in to bind, hold fast) (lit. and fig.) Dó on ꝥ dolg and bind fæste, Lch. ii. 132, 18: Sat. 324. Oft þrǽl þegen cnyt swýðe fæste, Wlfst. 163, 2: Gen. 374.

Linked entry: fæstlíce

ge-wis

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Gif hí nyston heom tóweard ꝥ gewisse lif þára sáwla ( certiorem animarum vitam ), Gr.