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geonga

(n.)
Grammar
geonga, an; m.
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A young man Eálá geonga ( adolescens ), ðé ic secge árís, Lk. 7, 14. Geongan effebi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 55. Iunglingas ł iungan and fǽmnan iuuenes et virgines, Ps. L. 148, 12

módor-lufu

(n.)
Grammar
módor-lufu, an; f.
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Love for a mother, filial affection 'Þis is þín módor, and þú hié þé for módor hafa. 'And hé þá, Jóhannes, swá dyde, and hé hié þá in módorlufan hæfde, Nap. 45

wǽl-ben

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-ben, wǽl-benn, e; f.

A wound inflicted by the sea,

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(the reference is to the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491

ge-sylt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sylt, pp. of ge-syltan.

salted; ⬩ sale conditus

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salted; sale conditus Gyf ðæt sealt awyrþ, on ðam ðe hit gesylt biþ if the salt be insipid, with what shall it be salted? Mt. Bos. 5, 13: Mk. Bos, 9, 49

hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
hnǽgan, p. de

To cause to bow, ⬩ bring low, ⬩ humble, ⬩ humiliate

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To cause to bow, bring low, humble, humiliate Ic bebeóde bearnum mínum ðæt hie ðé hnǽgon æt gúþe I command my sons to humble thee in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 2660; An. 1331

BÉTE

(n.)
Grammar
BÉTE, an; f : béte, an; n ?

BEET ⬩ bēta = σεύτλoν

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M. 2, 33; Lchdm. ii. 238, 3: iii. 22, 12. Nim béte [acc. n.] ðe biþ ánsteallet take beet, which is one-stalked, iii. 70, 2

biblio-þéce

(n.)
Grammar
biblio-þéce, an; f. [βιβλιοθήκη = βιβλίον a book, θήκη repository, a library].

a library ⬩ bibliotheca ⬩ The Bible ⬩ biblia

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Se saltere ys án bóc on ðære Biblioþécan the psalter is one book in the Bible, Ælfc. T. 14, 25.

un-gedered

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedered, (-od); adj.

Unhurt ⬩ uninjured

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Voc. ii. 44, 16. Seó leó heóld ðæt cild ungederod, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 183

Linked entry: ge-derian

wer-genga

(n.)
Grammar
wer-genga, an; m.
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Nú ic ðis lond gestág . . . mé friðe healdeþ . . . se ðe mægna gehwæs wealdeþ, 120, 28-121, 3; Gú. 278-283) in ðone láðan lég lǽdan móste, Exon. Th. 137, 29; Gú. 536 : 144, 28; Gú. 685

Linked entry: wær-genga

ge-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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To cook in a liquid, seethe, boil. [Take here <b>ge-soden</b> in Dict.] Gedó on ceác fulne wínes and geseóþ . . . þonne hió gesoden sié, Lch. ii. 30, 23. Gáð and geseóðað (coquite) úra wyrhtena sufl, Gr. D. 201, 24.

Linked entries: seóþan ge-soden

ge-téman

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

To vouch to warranty ⬩ vocare ad warrantum

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E. 7; Th. i. 30, 8: L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 10

Linked entry: tíman

EALU

(n.)
Grammar
EALU, ealo, es;

ALE ⬩ cervĭsia, sīcĕra

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Th. ii. 38, 7: Bt. 17; Fox 60, 5, MS. Cot: L. M. 1. 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, 15: Beo. Th. 1542; B. 769. [Chauc. Laym. ale: O. Sax. alo in alo-fat, n. an ale-cup: Dan. Swed. Icel. öl, n.]

Linked entries: eala ealaþ ealo ealu-geweorc ealu-malt ealoþ

wíd-land

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-land, es ; n. I.
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II. a broad, spacious land :-- Geaf ic welan ofer wídlonda gehwylc, Exon. Th. 85, 2 ; Cri. 1385. [Cf. Icel. víð-lendr having broad lanids.] Cf. síd-land

Linked entry: síd-land

ge-wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wirdan, to injure, spoil.
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Take here <b>ge-wyrdan</b> in Dict., and add Eác hylpð gif mon mid eástánum onbærnedum þá meoluc gewyrð ( turns the milk ), Lch. ii. 218, 24.

Linked entries: ge-werdan ge-wyrdan

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
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[The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20. Adiectis denberis in commune saltu . . .

cyn-ren

(n.)
Grammar
cyn-ren, cyn-ryn,es; n. [cyn a kindred, race, nation, family, generation; ren, ryn a course]

A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posterity ⬩ generatio, genus, natio, progenies, propago

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Ðis ys Thares cynryn this is the generation of Terah, Gen. 11, 27. On cynrynum cynrena [MS. kynrynum kynrena] in generationes generationum, Ps. Lamb. 71, 5.

Linked entries: cyne-ren cyn-ryn cæn-ryn

ge-liger

Grammar
ge-liger, l. ge-ligere (ge-ligre),
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Voc. ii. 7, 76. Ic eom ondetta sodomiscre synne þe hié on gegyltan, þæt is geligre, Angl. xi. 98, 21. Geligeres prostibuli (v. forlig-gang), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 77. Þurh ꝥ grimme bismergleów þæs mánfullan geligeres, Hml. S. 23 b, 451.

brice

(n.)
Grammar
brice, bryce, es; m. [from briceþ, brycþ, pres. of brecan to break ]

A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach ⬩ fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio

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Th. i. 62, 7, 9. Hí gegaderodon ða bricas they gathered the fragments, i. 182, 22. Wǽron seofan spyrtan afyllede mid ðám bricum seven baskets were filled with the fragments, ii. 396, 9: i. 190, 4. II.

Linked entry: bryce

grin

(n.)
Grammar
grin, gryn, e; f: es; n.
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On grine in laqueum, 68, 23. Gryne, 65, 10. Ic fó mid grine laqueo, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 17. Iudas férde and mid gryne hyne sylfne ahéng Iudas wente awey and goyinge awey he hangide hym with a grane, Wyc; laqueo se suspendit, Mt. Bos. 27, 5: Homl.

Linked entries: ge-grin giren

á-blendar

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Alf. 46; Th. i. 54, 18. Hé bið áblend mid unwísdóme, Past. 69, 16. Áblendad, ðæt is, beswicen, Rtl. 197, 23. Se áblenda Datianus, Hml. S. 14, 128. as a medical term Cancer áblendan to prevent suppuration in a cancer, Lch. i. 6, 24: 88, 20

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