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ge-háthirtan

(v.)
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ge-háthirtan, ge-heortan; pp. ge-háthirt (ge-hyrt, ge-heort).
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Th. i. 450, 9. to be angry Ðá ðe on cildum mid ungesceáde gehátheortað ( exarserint ), R. Ben. 130, 7

ge-reordness

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Genihtsumlic wæstm ðá willnodon gereordnesse (refectionem) gegearowode, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 521, 23. a refection, food Hé mé gereordode mid níwre gereordnysse, Gr. D. 86, 24. the condition of having been fed Gereordnisse saturitatem, Ps. Srt. 105, 15

Linked entry: -reordness

ge-feormian

(v.)
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Hé ǽlce dæge symblede and mid micelre wiste wæs gefeormod epulabatur quotidie splendide, Past. 337, 25

ge-fadung

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Wé 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.

ge-wefan

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Mid gewefenum wǽfelsa consuta plecta, 2391. Gewefene contexta (serta ), 3935. figurative Ic ( the creation ) eall ymbwinde gewefen wundorcræfte, Rä. 41, 85.

glíwian

(v.)
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, to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf.

godspellian

(v.)
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Godspelliendum mid micelre mihte euangelizantibus uirtute multa, Ps. L. 67, 12. Þám godspelgendum mægenu manega euangelizantibus uirtutes multas, Ps. Rdr. 67, 12. of the good tidings of the gospel, intrans.

husc-lic

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Ne ðúhte him tó huxlic þæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, Næs on þǽre þeóde nán deáþ swá huxlic swá swa on ródehengenne, Hml. A. 76, 81

Linked entry: hux-lic

mæsse-sang

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His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum on eallum ciricum, Shrn. 84, 3. the service held on a saint's day, a (person's) mass. v. mæsse; <b>I b</b> Sci Agapites mæssesang mæg gemétan sé þe sécð on þám níwran sacra-mentorum, Shrn. 119,

mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
mǽnan, to lament. I.
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Hé wæs mænende þá dǽd mid micle wópe flevit, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 19

mete

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Hú sió womb weorðe mid swótlecustum mettum gefylled, Past. 311, 9. a meal, meat as in at meat Þonne hí hira hláf brǽcon æt mete, Shrn. 30, 8. Ǽlce dæge ǽr mete þrié cucler fulle geþicge, Lch. ii. 152, 7

miþian

(v.)
Grammar
miþian, p. ode
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feónd ne mihte ádreógan þás wísan swígiende ne deógollíce þurh swefn miðgian (the old enemy could not suffer these things in silence nor keep them from being generally known by entrusting them to the secrecy of a dream), swá swá is ǽfre his gewunan, ac mid

nebb

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Add Mid nebbe pluc[ciað] rostra (apes) decerpunt. An. Ox. 100. Add Nebb uultus, An. Ox. 2931. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155. Ðá hé fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré(m)ber ofer ðæt nebb.

stów

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material things Momentum ys gewyss stów þǽre sunnan on heofenum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. with reference to non-material things Sume úre déningbéc onginnað on Adventum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres ord; ne eác on ðisum dæge (the Circumcision) nis mid

web

(n.)
Grammar
web, webb, es; n.

A web, woven stuff

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Webb byþ gefylled mid þrǽdum tela consummatur filis, Scint.216, 2. Webbes pepli, Hpt. Gl. 459, 26. Goldfág scinon web æfter wágum shot with gold shone the work of the loom along the walls, Beo. Th. 1994; B. 995. Webbum peplis, Hpt. Gl. 507, 12.

Linked entry: wæbb

gaderung

Grammar
gaderung, gæderung.

a joining, unionan assemblygatheringgatheringa gathering of words, text

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Ox. 1753. gathering of herbs Wyrta gaderunge mid galdre begán herbarum collectionem cum incantatione facere, Ll.

ge-ánlǽcan

(v.)

to uniteuniteTo join togetherto get together, collect, assemble

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Hé wearð geánlǽht mid geleáfan tó ðám hálgan were, 19, 103. Geán-lǽht ascissitur (militonum catenis), An. Ox. 4178. Wǽron þá fyrmestan heáfodmenn Hinguar and Hubba, geánlǽhte, þurh deófol, Hml. S. 32, 30. intrans.

hæftan

(v.)
Grammar
hæftan, p. hæfte; pp. hæfted, hæft

To seize, bind, arrest, make captive, imprisonto bind, fetter

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Hæft mid hringa gesponne bound with the clasp of rings, Cd. 25; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762. Hringan hæfted confined with rings, Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 8; Rä. 5, 2. Tó bodanne hæftedum prædicare captivis, Lk. Skt. Rush. 4, 18

hord-cófa

(n.)
Grammar
hord-cófa, an; m.

A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart

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Hine mid ealle innancundum heortum hordcófan helpe biddaþ in toto corde exquirunt eum, Ps. Th. 118, 2

on-drysne

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drysne, adj.

terrible, dreadful, awfulawful, exciting awereverence, venerable

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Ðæt hý messan singan and ða andrysnan þénunge mid árwyrþnesse gefyllen, R. Ben. 140, 5. See other examples under Similar entries an-drysne