ge-cynd
nature ⬩ kind ⬩ manner ⬩ condition ⬩ gender ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium ⬩ proprietas ⬩ modus ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ genus ⬩ generation ⬩ nakedness ⬩ generatio ⬩ natales ⬩ partes ⬩ genitales ⬩ verenda ⬩ offspring ⬩ proles
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nature, kind, manner, condition, gender; natura, indoles, ingenium, proprietas, modus, qualitas, conditio, genus For his ágenre gecynde from its own nature, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 7.
un-lybba
poison ⬩ poison used for purposes of witchcraft ⬩ witchcraft ⬩ sorcery
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Ðínre módor fela unlybban matris tuae veneficia multa(2 Kings 9, 22), 18, 333
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andeta
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Ðonne cuæð se biscop and ðára hína wiotan þet hió him néren máran ondeta ( that they did not admit to him liability for more ) þonne hit árǽded wæs on Æðelbaldes dæge, Cht.
ge-manian
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Þú Ælfwine hafast ealle gemanode þegenas tó þearfe,' By. 231. to advise, instruct Hiú gemonade from móder hire cweð illa, praemonita a matre sua, inquit, Mt. R. 14, 8. to demand of a person (acc.) what is due (gen.)
ge-cunnian
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Gecunned tentatus, 7. ꝥte hé é to try to know; to inquire Gecunnia and ásca ... huulíc monn sé, Mt.
of-gifan
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Mec ( the cuckoo in the egg ) deádne ofgeáfan fæder and móder, Rä. 10, 1. to give up a place, quit a position Se fugel ofgiefeð eard and éðel, Ph. 426. Abraham nihtreste ofgeaf, Gen. 2863. Næs ofgeáfon hwate Scyldingas, B. 1600.
sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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Ic lǽre ðæt hé gýme ǽðter ge ðæs sélran ge ðæs sǽmran I advise him to take care both of the more and of the less important matters, Anglia ix.260, 10. Hnáhran rince, sǽmran æt sæcce, Beo. Th. 1910; B. 953. Gif ðú sóðne God lufast. . .
hættian
To take the hair and skin from a person's head
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It was giving the victim the appearance of wearing a hat of a most ghastly kind
ge-teorian
To fail ⬩ faint ⬩ be weary ⬩ languish ⬩ cease ⬩ perish ⬩ deficere ⬩ fatigari ⬩ languere ⬩ exterminari
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He sent on eów geteorigende eágan and módes gnornunge he shall send on you failing eyes and sorrow of mind, Deut. 28, 65. Geteorigende ateoraþ deficientes deficient, Ps. Spl. 36, 21. Be wege hí geteorigeaþ deficient in via, Mk. Bos. 8, 3.
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hwilc
which ⬩ who ⬩ any one ⬩ any ⬩ some
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Swelc ic wǽre hwelc folclíc mon and mé wǽre mete and wínes þearf ut vini et carnis quidam emptor, Nar. 18, 4. Wén is ðæt hwilc wundor ineode on ðaet carcern, St. And. 14, 28.
CLÁÞ
CLOTH, ⬩ pannus ⬩ vestirnenta
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Heó ða moldan oncláðe bewand she wound the mould in a cloth, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 8. Dó on cláþ put on a cloth, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 180, 5, 10, 28: 2, 47; Lchdm. ii. 262, 2. Awring þurh cláþ wring through a cloth, 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 7.
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FORHT
fearful ⬩ timid ⬩ affrighted ⬩ tĭmĭdus ⬩ păvĭdus ⬩ terrĭtus ⬩ trĕpĭdus ⬩ terrible ⬩ dreadful ⬩ formidable ⬩ terrĭbilis ⬩ formīdŏlōsus
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Nó ðý forhtra wæs Gúþláces gǽst the soul of Guthlac was not the more fearful, Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 14; Gú. 172. terrible, dreadful, formidable; terrĭbilis, formīdŏlōsus Ne wile forht wesan bróðor oðrum a brother will not be formidable to another, Exon
meolc
Milk
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Hé ( the Pater Noster ) biþ sáwle hunig and módes meolc, Salm. Kmbl. 135; Sal. 67. Meoluc, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 9: Ps. Th. 118, 70. Of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie ... ðe fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies, Num. 16, 13-14.
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ge-wislíce
Certainly ⬩ exactly ⬩ truly ⬩ especially ⬩ besides ⬩ videlicet ⬩ scilicet ⬩ sane ⬩ utique ⬩ porro
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Ic cweðe nú gewislícor I say now more exactly, 8, 23; Lchdm. iii. 250, 4: Th. Ap. 15, 24. Ðæs ðe hie gewislícost gewitan meahton to the best of their knowledge. Beo. Th. 2704; B. 1350
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geornlíce
Earnestly, diligently, zealously, strenuously, carefully, willingly ⬩ dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, obnixe, sollĭcĭte, lĭbenter
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Ðæt he geornlícost God weorþige that he most zealously worship God, Exon. 14 a; Th. 27, 19; Cri. 433
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swétness
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Ða woruldsǽlþa mid swíþe manigre swétnesse óleccaþ ðǽm módum, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 10. Beswícan þurh ða swétnesse ðara worda . . . þurh ða swétnesse ðara synna, Blickl. Homl. 55, 22, 24. Mid ða mǽstan swétnesse maxima suavitate, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 34
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tyht
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Elche untuhtle heo talden unwurðe, 24655.] motion, move, march, v. teón, IV, tohte, and see passages from Layamon under tyhtan, I Werod wæs on tyhte the army was on the march, Elen. Kmbl. 106; El. 53. Líg scríþeþ ... brond biþ on tyhte, Exon.
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á-sceacan
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Gif ðæs módes forhæfdnes mid ungeðylðe ne ascóke ( excuteret ) ðá sibbe of ðǽm sceáte ðǽre smyltnesse, Past. 311, 15. Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram, Hml. Th. i. 602, 15. His geoc of heora swuran ásceacan, 212, 10: R. Ben. 98, 14.
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be-settan
to set ⬩ place ⬩ to apply ⬩ to surround ⬩ to besiege
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Ealne módes hiht on God sylfne besette man, Wlfst. 75, 5. On besettan inpingere. An. Ox. 4229. withtó, to apply Nylle gé heortan tó besettan (apponere), Ps. L. 61, 11. to surround: þ ǽt. líc læg mid mannum besett. Hml. Th. ii. 346, 5.
feorran
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., fearra, L. a longe) geseah án fíctreów, 11, 13: Lk. 16, 23. of time. of a distant past Frumsceaft fira feorran reccan to tell the origin of men from the most remote past, B. 91: 2106. of a distant future Hé wolde feorran and lange ǽr cýðan his ðrowunge