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ge-anwyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-anwyrde, adj.

Knownmanifestconfessedprofessus

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He ðæs geanwyrde wæs ætfóran eallum ðám mannum he confessed it before all the men, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 5

Linked entry: ge-wyrde

metian

(v.)

to supply with food

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to supply with food Ðá beád ðæt man sceolde his here metian (MS. C. mettian) and horsian he ordered that his army should be supplied with food and with horses, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 3

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eánian

(v.)
Grammar
eánian, eánigan; part. eánigende; p. eánode; pp.eánod [eáw=eówu a female sheep, a ewe]

YEAN, bring forth as a eweenīti, parturīre

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To YEAN, bring forth as a ewe; enīti, parturīre He genam hine of eówedum sceápa, fram eánigendum he genam hine sustŭlit eum [Dāvĭdem] de grĕgĭbus ovium, de post fetantes [oves] accēpit eum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 70

Linked entry: eácnian

ge-dieglan

(v.)

To hidecovervelare

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To hide, cover; velare He wolde ðara scamfæstna giemelieste mid líðelícum wordum gedieglan he would cover [velare] the negligence of the modest with gentle words, Past. 31, 2; Swt. 207, 23; Hat. MS. 39 b, 23

ge-hror

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hror, es; n.

A fallruindeath

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A fall, ruin, death Ðonne ðæt gelumpe ðæt of middangearde genumene wǽron ðý ylcan gehrore ðe óðre gesáwon cum eas eodem quo cæteros exterminio raptari e mundo contingeret, Bd. 4. 7; S. 574, 38

Linked entries: ge-hrero ge-rora

sigefæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sigefæstness, e ; f.
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Victoriousness, triumph wítgode be Cristes sigefæstnesse, ðá ðá on heofonas ástáh, Ps. Th. 23, arg. Ðeáh ánra gehwylc wind hæbbe twelf sigefæstnissa, Salm. Kmbl. 152, 3. Sigefæst*-*nissum triumphis, Rtl. 93, 7 : 75, 19

Linked entry: sigorfæstness

un-gedæftlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedæftlíce, -gedæftelíce; adv.

Unseasonablyunsuitably

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Ðeáh cuǽde un[ge]dæftelíce, cuæð ðeáh ǽr gedæftelíce ' insta opportune, importune.' Dicturus importune praemisit opportune, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 16

Linked entry: un-dæftelíce

un-hádian

(v.)
Grammar
un-hádian, p. ode

To deprive of orders

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To deprive of orders Sý unhádod ordine suo privetur, L. Ecg. C. 6; Th. ii. 138, 22. Sume wyllaþ ðæt sig eft unhádod nonnulli volunt ut denuo ordine caveat, 3; Th. ii. 136, 36

Cent-land

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wið þá Brettas gefeaht, and gefliémed wearð on þǽm londe þe mon hǽt Centlond. Raþe þæs gefeaht wiþ þá Brettas on Centlonde, and hié wurdon gefliémede, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 19-21. Add

in-cofa

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Þá ætstód fǽrlíce ætforan þám þrexwolde, cwæð ꝥ egeslicne feónd on þám incofan gesáwe, Hml. S. 31, 530. [Tó] incofu[m] [ad cordis] penetralia, An. Ox. 5407. Add

lǽwa

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is mín lǽwa hic me tradet Hml. . Th. ii. 244, 5. Hwílon cweþað preóstas ꝥ Crístes lǽwa . . . mage wið Críst hine betellan, swilce neádunge gefremode ꝥ fácn wið hine, Hml. S. 27, 157. Add

un-fæstnian

(v.)
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to unfasten, detach Hæfð þæt dióful geworht bogan and strǽla . . . and ǽlce dæge þæs diófles willa bið ꝥ þissa strǽla nán ne sié geunfæstnod, gif findan mæg hwsér hié áfæstnian mæge, Verc. Först. 165.] [

un-sár

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Þá hét hió (Cleopatra) niman ipnalis þá nǽdran, and dón tó hiere earme, þæt hió hié ábite ; for þon þe hiere þúhte þæt hit on þǽm lime unsárast wǽre, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 26. Add

findan

Grammar
findan, <b>; II 7.</b>
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tó rǽde fundon, ꝥ ... decretum est, quia, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 9. (7a) to fix upon a person for an office :-- swá fúle men him fundon tó godum, Sal. K. 123, 108. Add

díglian

(v.)
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Add In þissum þe dígledon in isio quem occultauerunt, Ps. Rdr. 9, 16. <b>I a.</b> to hide something from a person :-- Of þysum þe dýgledon mé, 30, 5

on-blandan

(v.)

to intermingle, to infect (with moral evil)

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to intermingle, to infect (with moral evil) lungre áhóf wóðe wiðerhýdg weán onblonden he raised at once his voice, hostile and harmful (cf. the use of geblanden in similar phrases) Andr. Kmbl. 1350; An. 675

or-met

(adj.)
Grammar
or-met, or-mett, -mete; adj.

Excessive, without measure

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mid ormettum mynum mé gefretewode he decked me with priceless jewels, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 37

speówan

(v.)
Grammar
speówan, p. de

To spit

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To spit on his hleór hyra spátl speówdon, Exon. Th. 69, 17; Cri. 1122. Gé mid horu speówdon on ðæs andwlitan, Elen. Kmbl. 594; El. 297. áttre spiówdon, Exon. Th. 156, 34; Gú. 884

Linked entry: spiówan

hirde-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hirde-leás, adj.

Without a shepherd

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Without a shepherd Ne beóþ hyrdeleáse ðonne ðé habbaþ having thee they will not be without a shepherd, Homl. Th. i. 383, 23. Scép heordeleáse oves non habentes pastorem, Mt. Kmbl. Rush 9, 36

á-wenian

(v.)
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unwære men beswícaþ and ádwellaþ and áweniaþ from Godes gemynde, Bl. H. 61, 24. Áwenide suspenderat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 62. Áwæned cild ablactatus, Ps. L. 130, 2. Áwened, Ps. Srt. 130, 2. Add