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be-wendan

(v.)

round

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S. 37, 180. to turn the face to or from an object, reflexive þ á bewende Nero hine tó Paulum, Hml. Th. i. 378, 8. intrans.

dreósan

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Add: to fall, not remain suspended Hé meledeáwes dǽl gebyrgeþ, sé dreóseð oft æt middre nihte ambrosios libat coelesti nectare rores, stellifero teneri qui cecidere polo, Ph. 261. to fall, not remain standing (lit. or fig.), fall down, fall to pieces

ened

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æned (perhaps from a misreading of this or a similar gloss comes the larax in the following: Anatis ened, aneta ened, larax ened, 280, 7—9. Ened larax, ii. 51, 58), Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 8, 9.

ge-mirran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mirran, p. de.
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to hinder, obstruct the proper action or operation of. the object personal Synt gemyrde múðas ealle þá unriht sprecað obstructum est os loquentium iniqua, Ps.

Linked entry: ge-myrran

ge-þringan

(v.)
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R. 8, 45. to use violence with a person, oppress, conquer a people or country Gotan þreáte geþrungon þeódlond monig, Met. 1, 3. (2 a) to force, gain by force from (on ) a person :-- Mæg ic þis setl on eów butan earfeðum ána geþringan (-dringan, MS.),

ge-wæterian

(v.)
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M. 20, 31 (in Dict.). to water plants (lit. or fig.) Ðonne gréwð ðætsǽd ðára worda ðonne sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geðwǽnð ðá breóst ðæs hiérendes.

hring

Grammar
hring, in wópes hring.
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, where words denoting a stream or torrent are connected with words denoting sound (see next word)

Wealh-geféra

(n.)
Grammar
Wealh-geféra, -geréfa, an; m.

A count of the Welsh Marches(?) the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)

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se wæs eác Wealhgeféra ( other MSS. have -geréfa.Kemble, taking the latter reading, says: 'I am disposed to believe that he was a royal reeve to whose care Alfred's Welsh serfs were committed, and who exercised a superintendence over them in some one or

Linked entry: Wealh-færeld

smeoru-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
smeoru-wyrt, e; f.

Smer-wort. Aristolochia rotunda

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Halliwell gives 'smereworth the round birthwort, or the herb mercury'. It is found in the following glosses: Smeoruwyrt veneria Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 33. Smerowyrt nom (nap?) silvatica 62, 39.

á-teorigendlic

getting exhaustedweariedfailingtransitoryperishabledefective

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Add: getting exhausted or wearied, failing Áteoriendlicum (-ter-,Hpt. Gl. 493, 63) lassabundis (viribus). An. Ox, 3718. transitory as opposed to eternal,perishable For áteorigendlicere edwiste, Hml. Th. i. 56, 16.

weóce

(n.)
Grammar
weóce, an ; f.

The wick of a lampcandle

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The wick of a lamp or candle Weóce licinius Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 19. Leóhtfætlucernarium, candelsnytelsemunctorium, weócepapirus, i. 26, 56 Weócan (papyrum) settan to put a wick to a lamp Lchdm. iii. 348, col. 1.

ge-cirran

(v.)
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L. 7, 13: 10, 33: 15, 20. to direct the course of action of a person to or from an object, induce to adopt or abandon Hé hí gecyrde tó Crístes geleáfan, Chr. 565; P. 19, 6.

Linked entries: ge-cerran ge-cyrran

hunta

(n.)
Grammar
hunta, an; m.

A hunter

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Eal wéste búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon oððe fisceras, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29. Wéste land bútan fiscerum and fugelerum and huntum, Swt. 17, 26. Bethsaida is gereht domus venatorum ðæt is huntena hús, Shrn. 78, 9.

huntaþ

(n.)
Grammar
huntaþ, huntoþ, es; m.

Huntinggamevenatio

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Hunting, game; venatio On feáwum stówum wíciaþ Finnas, on huntoþe on wintra and on sumera on fiscaþe be ðære sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 5. On huntoþe, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 22; Cri. 37. Tó huntaðe [a prayer] for hunting Rtl. 117, 1.

hyspan

(v.)
Grammar
hyspan, p. te

To mockscorntauntrevileinsultreproach

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Hié Cristes bebod hyspton and hit forsáwon they scorned Christ's commandment and despised it, Ors. 6, 3 ; Swt. 256, 25. Hysptun hearmcwidum mocked opprobriously, Exon. 24 a ; Th. 69, 15; Cri. 1121. Ðæt ná hyspen ut non insultent, Blickl. Gl.

Linked entries: hypsan hyspend hispan

GLÍDAN

(v.)
Grammar
GLÍDAN, he glídeþ, glít; p. glád, pl. glidon; pp. gliden

To GLIDEslipslidelabi

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Kmbl. 741; An. 371: Chr. 937; hrl. 112, 15; Æðelst. 15: Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 37. Ðá git glidon ofer gársecg >when ye glided over the ocean, Beo. Th. 1034; B. 515

Linked entry: ge-glídan

ge-risene

(n.)
Grammar
ge-risene, -risne, -rysne, es; [seems to occur only in pl.] n.

What is fitting, decent

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Ðæt heora gerisna nǽre ðæt hý swá heáne hý geþohtan ðæt hý heora gelícan wurdan that it was not fitting for them [the Romans] to think themselves so low as to be their [the Carthaginians'] equals, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 27: Cd. 93; Th. 242, 17; Dan. 420.

ge-nesan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nesan, p. -næs, pl. -nǽson; pp. -nesen

To be saved, preserved, escape fromto be savedto get well

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Homl. 203, 20: Ors. 4, 8; Bos. 90, 8: Fins. Th. 95; Fin. 47. Hý ðurh miltse meotudes genǽson they have been saved through the Lord's mercy, Exon. 26 a; Th. 77, 12; Cri. 1255. He níða gehwane genesen hæfde he had survived every struggle, Beo.

Linked entries: nesan ge-næs

un-wénlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wénlíc, adj.

Not giving grounds for hopeunpromising

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Hié oft gebidon on lytlum staþole and on unwénlícum ( a slight foundation and one that gave little hopes of success ), Ors. 4, 9; Swt, 192, 34.

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bred

a boardplanka tablet

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Sé þæt fácn tó his cýþþe gebodade, and hit on ánum brede awrát, and siþþan mid weaxe be-worhte quod per tabelias primum scriptas, deinde ceratas, suis prodidit, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 2. Ðá stǽnenan bredu ðe sió ǽ wæs on áwriten, Past. 125, 18.