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METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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Ðæt hig beón eów tó mete ut sint vobis in escam, Gen. 1, 29: Cd. 38; Th. 50, 25; Gen. 814. Gá hyt eft in tó ðam hálegan mynstre mid mete and mid mannum let it revert to the holy monastery with meat and with men, Chart. Th. 379, 21.

ge-logian

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

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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Ðá ðwóh man ða hálgan bán and gelogodon hí up then the holy bones were washed and laid up, Swt. Rdr. 100, 158. Hí gelogodon sce Ælfeáges hálgan líchaman on norþhealfe weofodes they placed S.

Linked entry: lógian

ge-wis

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Þæt gé beón gewisse ðonne úre týddernys his worda getácnunga eów geopenað, Hml.

tíman

(v.)
Grammar
tíman, p. de.

to teem,be productive.to be with child,bear,bring forth youngto beget, have intercourse with (wið) a womanto have offspring,bring forthto vouch to warranty to refer property (acc.) to (tó) the person from whom it was obtained in support of the right of possessionto refer an opinion to the source from which it is derived in its supportto betake one's self to a place,go to to resort toappeal to in reverence or for help to lead to

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Al hit trukeð us an hond þat we to temden, 16800. Gif þu temese (appealest) þan rihten, and þu wult of Rome þolien æi dome, 24816. He temed him to þe king, Trist. 431. To witnesse temen,P. L. S. viii. 54.

ge-hwilc

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Sceal úre ánra gehwylc beran his dǽda, 63, 29 : Sal. 355. Ánra gehwilcum ymbstandendra folces Sodoma, Gen. 2488.

ge-scendan

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Ne ús ne gedafenað þæt wé úrne líchaman, ðe Gode is gehálgod . . . mid unþæslicum plegan and higeleáste gescyndan, Hml. Th. i. 482, 10.

heofon-lic

chaste

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Úre fæderas ǽton heofonlicne mete (heofunlica, R. heofunlic, L.) manducaneurunt patres nostri manna, Jn. 6, 58. having relation to heaven and divine things Þætte eal . . . sié ymb ðá heofonlican lufan . . . ðý lǽs him losige ðæt hefenlice ondgit ut per

ge-niman

(v.)
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Hié hine genámon and his eágan út ástungan, Bl. H. 229, 15. Þý lǽs hí ús eft genimon and on tintregu ús on gebringan, 239, 10. Hié sóhton hine þæt hié hine genámon, 241, 12. Ꝥte hine genómo (ginóme, R.) ut raperent eum, Jn. L. 6, 15.

and-leofen

(n.)
Grammar
and-leofen, -lifen, -lyfen, es; n.

livingfoodsustenancenourishmentpottagevictusalimentapulmentumthat by which food is procuredmoneywagesalmsstipendiumstips

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Bos. 12, 44. that by which food is procured, money, wages, alms; stipendium, stips Ðæt he mihte dæghwámlíce. andleofene onfón ut quotidianam ab eis stipem acciperet, Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 3.

écan

(v.)
Grammar
écan, ǽcan, ícan, iécan, ýcan, ýcean, ic éce, ðú écest, he écþ, pl. écaþ; p. écte, pl. écton, éhton; pp. éced [eáca an addition]

EKE, increase, prolong, addaugēre, appōnĕre

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Ðæt se awyrgeda ne éce, ðæt he hine leng myclie ofer eorþan ut non appōnat ultra magnifĭcāre se hŏmo sŭper terram, 9, 38.

Linked entries: ǽcan ge-ícan

for-déman

(v.)
Grammar
for-déman, to for-démanne; p. de: pp. ed

To condemndamndijudĭcāredamnārecondemnāre

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To condemn, damn; dijudĭcāre, damnāre, condemnāre Ðæt hig hine gesealdon ðam ealdron to dóme, and to ðæs déman ánwalde to fordémanne ut tradĕrent illum princĭpātui, et potestāti præsĭdis, Lk. Bos. 20, 20.

Linked entry: for-déming

nyllan

(v.)
Grammar
nyllan, = ne willan
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Nylle ic út wítan, Met. 24, 52. Ic nelle nolo, ðú nelt non vis, hé nele non vult, wé nellaþ nolumus ... nelle ðu noli, nelle gé nolite, . . . nellan nolle, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 16-19. Ðú nelt, Exon. Th. 250, 12; Jul. 126. Nyle hé, Ps. Th. 74, 8.

Linked entries: willan nillan

ge-hladan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hladan, p. -hlód, -hleód, pl. -hlódon; pp. -hladen, -hlæden.

to loadburdenfreightheap uponĕrāreimpōnĕrecongĕrĕrecŭmŭlāreto draw [water]haurire

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to load, burden, freight, heap up; onĕrāre, impōnĕre, congĕrĕre, cŭmŭlāre Ðe he on foldan on his gǽste gehlód which he on earth loaded on his soul, Exon. 23 a; Th. 64, 10; Cri. 1035. He sǽbát gehleód he loaded the sea-boat, Beo.

Linked entries: ge-hleód ge-hlód

scypen

(n.)
Grammar
scypen, e; f.
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Út wæs gongende tó neáta scypene ( ad stabula jumentorum ), Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9. Nǽnig mann scypene his neátum ne timbreþ, l, l; S. 474, 32. Andlang díces on ðæs cinges scypena; of ðan scypenum on ðæt riscbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 62, 27.

Linked entries: scepen scipen scoppa

styreness

(n.)
Grammar
styreness, e; f.
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Swá monigum and swá myclum styrenesse (-um?) wiþerweardra ðinga tot ac tantis rerum adversantium motibus, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 4. Styrenissum perturbationibus, Rtl. 59, 5. v. eorþ-, ge-, on-styreness

Swǽfas

(n.)
Grammar
Swǽfas, Swǽfe; pl.
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A Germanic people, the Suevi or Alamanni ('um diese zeit (4th cent.) pflegt an die stelle des alten Suevennamens die benennung Alamannen einzutreten,' Grmm. D.

wiþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd,-brǽd,pl. -brugdon, -brúdon

To withholdrestraincheckhold back

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Hit is micel ðearf, ðæt mon hire suíðe hrædlíce wiðbregde festinare necesse est, ut repugnatione vincantur, Past. 13; Swt. 79, 21

wóþ

(n.)
Grammar
wóþ, e ; f.

a soundcrynoisevoicesongspeech

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a sound, cry, noise Wearð breahtm hæfen, wóð up áslág, cearfulra cirm, cleopedon monige, Exon. Th. 118, 4; Gú. 234: 125, 31; Gú. 362.

Linked entries: þoot þoot

drohtian

(v.)
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Add: to live a life Ic drohtige conversor, i. locum uto, utor, habito, maneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 50. Git hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past. 133, 4.

for-wered

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., and add: Used-up Foruerit abusus, Txts. 109, 1135. of material, worn out In wéde ald ł foruered in vestimentum vetus, Mt. L. 9, 16. of persons, decrepit Forwered decrepita (anicula ), An. Ox. 2109.

Linked entry: for-werod