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líget

(n.)
Grammar
líget, es; m. n.: lígetu, e; f.

Lightning

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Hys ansýn wæs swylce lígyt, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 3: 24, 27. Ðǽr begann tó brastligenne micel þunor and líget sceótan, Homl. Th. ii. 196, 23. Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget, Lchdm. iii. 280, 10.

Linked entry: légetu

ge-búgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-búgan, p. ic, he -beág, -beáh, ðú -buge, pl. -bugon; impert. -búh, pl. -búgaþ; pp. -bogen [ge-, búgan to bow] .

To bow ⬩ bow down oneself ⬩ bend ⬩ submit ⬩ turn ⬩ turn away ⬩ revolt ⬩ se flectĕre ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ curvāre ⬩ declĕnāre ⬩ transfŭgĕre ⬩ To bow to ⬩ turn towards ⬩ inclīnāre ad

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Eall folc him to gebogen wæs all people submitted to him, Chr. 1013; Erl. 148, 2, 21 : L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 250, 1. Ðe ǽr fram him gebogene wǽron who had formerly turned from them, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 45, 44. v. trans. acc.

ge-hálgian

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

To consecrate ⬩ dedicate ⬩ initiate ⬩ ordain ⬩ hallow ⬩ make holy ⬩ sanctify ⬩ consecrāre ⬩ dedĭcāre ⬩ sacrāre ⬩ inĭtĭāre ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ sanctĭfĭcāre

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He wæs gehálgod fram Scottum ordĭnātus a Scottis, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 22. On gehálgodre cirican in a consecrated church, L. Edg. C. 30; Th. ii. 250, 19

ge-reordan

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

To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feast ⬩ cibare, saturare, satiare, epulari

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Ðá wæs flet-sittendum fægere gereorded then were the sitters in the hall nobly feasted, Beo. Th. 3581; B. 1788. Húsle gereorded refreshed with the eucharist, Exon. 51 b; Th. 180, 4; Gú. 1274. Gereordod, Andr. Kmbl. 770; An. 385.

Linked entry: reordan

ge-rýne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rýne, -ríne, -réne, es; pl. nom. acc. -u, -o, -a; n.

A mystery, a sacrament ⬩ mysterium ⬩ counsel ⬩ mystery ⬩ mysterium, sacramentum

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A mystery, a sacrament; mysterium Ðæt dégol wæs Dryhtnes gerýne that was a secret mystery of the Lord, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 25; Cri. 41. Ðæt monnum nis cúþ gerýne that mystery is not known to men, 9 a; Th. 7, 2; Cri. 95.

weorold-þing

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þing, es; n.
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Hé wæs hwón giernende ðissa woroldþinga and micelra onwalda vir tranquillissimus, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 29. Hwæðer ðæt nú sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt, ðætte nytwyrþost is ealra woruldþinga, ðæt is anweald ?

wissung

(n.)
Grammar
wissung, e; f.

guidance ⬩ direction ⬩ direction ⬩ instruction ⬩ teaching ⬩ rule ⬩ government ⬩ direction

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Wæs wuniende Israél on friðe feówertig wintra be Gedeones wissunge quievit terra per quadraginta annos, quibus Gedeon praefuit, Jud. 8, 28. Under abbodes wissunge, Homl. Ass. 39, 382.

á-ídlan

Grammar
á-ídlan, á-íd(e)l(i)an.
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Wæs áídlad cassaretur, 20, 37. Hí rǽddon þæt ealle his gesetnyssa áýdlode wǽron they decided that all his decrees should be annulled, Hml. Th. i. 60, 5. Ðá ðe beóð áídlode on ofer*-*sprǽce multiloquio vacantes, Past. 271, 10.

be-þencan

consider

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A curious participial form, which seems related to beþencan, occurs with this sense in the following passage Seo heordelice gýming tó ðám beran wæs beþancenu injungebatur urso cura pastoralis, Gr. D. 206, 15

drý-cræft

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Hé wæs fyrmest on þám drýcræftum in magicis operibus primus fuit, Gr. D. 27, 20: Hml. Th. ii. 414, 4.

ge-hát

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Him þá wæs þæt heofenlice gehát, Bl. H. 135, 27. Eal þín gehát þe þú mé gehét, 143, 28. Ne hopa ðú tó swíðe tó ðám ðe ðé man geháte; ðǽr lyt geháta bið, ðǽr bið lyt lygena ( where there are few promises, there are few lies ), Prov. K. 7.

Linked entry: hát

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Remmingce wæs gelengced ( debita vicissitudo, quasi quodam dilationis) obstaculo, tricabatur (i. tardebatur ), An. Ox. 5451

gelimplic

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Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 162, 2. with a clause Þ gelimplic wæs, ꝥ hé his leornerum frófre sende, Bl. H. 131, 22: 133, 24. fitted for, adapted to Ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lifes tilunge, Hex. 16, 4.

ge-nyhtsum

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Wæs gold swá genihtsum and seolfor swá stánas ofer eorðan, Angl. xi. 8, 27. Syb genihtsum abundantia pacis, Ps. Th. 71, 7. [Genihtsum affatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 25. v. ge-nyhtsumlíce.] Genihsumre wennę opulenti luxus, An. Ox. 11, 44.

ge-rec

(n.)
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He seofontíne winter on bisceoplicum gerece fore wæs decem ac septem annos eidem prouinciae pontificali regimine praeesset, 2, 15; Sch. 177, 6. Heó onféng þám gerece þæs mynstres, 4, 6; Sch. 384, 2 : 5, 20; Sch. 673, 23.

ge-singan

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Þá seó cyrice gehálgad wæs and se bisceop mæssan gesungene hæfde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 21. to celebrate in words Sculan wé martira gemynd . . . wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, Men, 70. (O.H.Ger. ge-singan canere, psallere.)

ge-tynge

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Hé wæs se getingesta wer erat vir eloquentissimus. Gr. D. 180, 9. of speech Getinge lepida (sermonum series ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 84: 52, 40. Þǽre getyngan lepida (libelli textum lepida urbanitatis facundia digestum, Ald. 80, 32), 88, 38: 50, 43.

heáh-fæder

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Margaret's ) fæder wæs hǽþenra monna heáhfæder (of ꝥ heðene folc patriarke ant prince, Marh. 2, 14; patriarch he was wel hei, Marg. 4; erat gentilium patriarcha et idola adorabat, Hml. A. 209, 25), Shrn. 101, 11

hlihhan

(v.)

to laugh ⬩ to rejoice ⬩ to laugh at ⬩ to laugh ⬩ to scorn ⬩ To laugh at ⬩ deride ⬩ scorn

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Gl. 1150. used of the mind: Wæs him frófra mǽst geworden . . . hlihende hyge, El. 995. to laugh at (with gen.) Seó eáðmódnes hlóh þǽre ofer-módignesse fylles humilitas deridet superbiam iacentem, Prud. 34 a.

Linked entry: hlehhan

lencten

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Hér wæs mycel gefeoht on Norðhymbra lande on lengtene ( in spring or in Lent ? ) on .iiii. No. Apł Chr. 798; P. 57, 35. On længtene eregian and impian, beána sáwan . . . Angl. ix. 262, 6.