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racente

(n.)
Grammar
racente, an; f.
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Homl. 43, 31. Ðonne hié mon on racentum beforan hiera triumphan drifon regibus catenatis ante currum actis, Ors. 5; 1 ; Swt. 214, 16. Restart on racentum, Cd. Th. 28, 11 ; Gen. 434

Linked entry: racete

ge-wícian

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

To dwelllodgeencamphospitarecastra metari

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Homl. 79, 14

GRÉNE

(adj.)
Grammar
GRÉNE, adj.
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Homl. 127, 7. On grénum treówe in viridi ligno, Lk. Skt. 23, 31. Gréne eorþan green earth, Cd. 91; Th. 115, 18; Gen. 1921. Gréne bearwas green groves, 72; Th. 89, 13; Gen. 1480.

Linked entry: groene

gorst

(n.)
Grammar
gorst, gost, es; m.
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Ðá hét ualerianus gebindan ðysne ypolitum on wildu hors ðæt hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas then bade Valerian to bind this Hypolitus on wild horses that they might drag him into the brambles and thorns, Shrn. 117, 13.

Linked entries: gost georst

ge-grétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grétan, he -grét, pl. -grétaþ; p. -grétte, pl. -grétton; pp. -gréted

To approachcome toaddressgreetwelcomeadirealloquisalutare

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Ðæt we mágon úre frýnd geseón and úre siblingas gegrétan that we may see our friends and greet our kinsmen, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 33. Man tǽleþ and mid yfle gegréteþ ða ðe riht lufiaþ men blame and insult those that love right, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 164

ge-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To share or appoint by lotto getreceivesortirinancisci

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Homl. 229, 6. Gehluton [MS. gehlutan] they obtained, Ps. Th. 113, 2. Gehloten, Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 18; Reim. 79. Hit wæs gehloten to Iosepes bearna lande it was allotted to the land of the children of Joseph, Jos. 24, 32.

Linked entry: ge-hloten

ge-manian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manian, -monian, -monigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To admonish, exhort, prompt, remind, rememberadmonere, hortari, suggerere, in memoriam rei reducere, recordari

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To admonish, exhort, prompt, remind, remember; admonere, hortari, suggerere, in memoriam rei reducere, recordari Seó sáwl ðurh ðæt gemynd gemanþ the soul through the memory reminds, Homl. Th. i. 288, 28.

Linked entry: ge-monian

ge-niwian

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

To renew, make new, changerenovare, innovare

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On sumum geáre byþ se móna twelf síðon geniwod fram ðære hálgan Eáster-tíde óþ eft Eástron; and on sumum geáre he biþ þreóttyne síðon geedniwad in some years the moon is twelve times changed [renewed] from the holy Easter time till Easter again ; and

stihtian

(v.)
Grammar
stihtian, p. ode
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Homl. 121, 16. Settaþ ða tó dómerum, ðæt hié stihtien ymb ða eorðlican ðing ( ut dispensationibus terrenis inserviant ), Past. 18, 2 ; Swt. 131, 8.

Linked entry: in-stihtian

stihtung

(n.)
Grammar
stihtung, e ; f.
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Homl. 81, 28. Wæs ðæs deóplíc eall word and wísdóm and ðæs weres stihtung, Exon. Th. 169, 34 ; Gú. 1104.

stóc-líf

(n.)
Grammar
stóc-líf, es ; n.
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Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé ús geháten hefþ he can make me dwell more at ease both in this transitory habitation, while I am in this world, and also in that eternal home

Linked entry: stóc

steóp-cild

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-cild, es; n.
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Homl. 45, 1: Ps. Th. 108, 12. Ðæt hí widuwan and steópcild gladian, L. Eth. vi. 47; Th. i. 326, 25.

truma

(n.)
Grammar
truma, an; m.
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Jos. 11. 10: Homl. Ass. 113, 356. Truman aciem, Hpt. Gl. 426, 69. Hé gesette ða menn on ǽnne truman, ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr on ðæm londe slóg, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 80, 19.

under-þeód

(adj.)
Grammar
under-þeód, adj. (ptcpl.) used substantively.

Subjectsubordinate

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Se láreów sceal ǽrest on him sylfum ǽlcne leahter ádwæscan, and siððan on his underðeóddum, Homl. Th, i. 320, 30. Landfranc wæs geháded on his ágenum biscopsetle fram eahte biscopum his underðióddum, Chr. 1070; Erl. 206, 5

Linked entry: þeódan

un-forboden

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forboden, adj.

Unforbiddennot prohibitedfree from any moral or legal hindrance

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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91.

Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan

un-gelǽred

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelǽred, adj.

Untaughtunlearnedignorantunskilled

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Homl. 179, 14. Ungelǽrede wé syndon idiotae sumus, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8. Forhwon beóð ǽfre suǽ ðríste ða ungelǽredan ðæt hí underfón ða heorde ðæs láriówdómes ab imperitis pastorale magisterium qua temeritate suscipitur? Past. 1; Swt. 25, 16

Linked entry: un-lǽred

un-sméþe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sméþe, adj.

Not smoothroughuneven

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Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan ( leprous ) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24.

Linked entry: sméðe

un-staþolfæst

(adj.)
Grammar
un-staþolfæst, adj.

unsettlednot remaining in one placenot stationaryunsettleddesirous of changenot steadfastunstablenot enduringeasily movedunsettled in mindwavering

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Ben. 9, 23. unsettled, desirous of change Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his mynstre, and gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 14. not steadfast, unstable, not enduring, easily moved Unstaðolfest weorc opus instabile, Kent.

Linked entry: under-staþolfæst

æt-gár

(n.)
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Ætgéro (ægt&e-hook;ro, MS.) falarica, 63, 839. Ategára falarica (v. 8, 312 above), An. Ox. 5023. Ategárum falarica (v. Angl. xiii. 29, 46 above), 786. Ategáras ansatas, 2, 502. Ætgáras, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 68

bíme

(n.)
Grammar
bíme, (ié, é, ý), an; f.: bíma; m.?

a trumpeta tabletbillet

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a trumpet (in the first place of wood v. beám: cf. horn) Hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme (biéme, v. l. tuba), Past. 91, 20. Béma, Rtl. 5, 14. Býma, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 58. Béme concha, Txts. 53, 571: barbita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 28. Býme salpix, 96, 22.

Linked entries: býme beám