geard
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On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, 458, 25
ge-lícian
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to make like or to be like, to imitate. Cf. ge-líc; Tó gelícanne ad imitandum, Rtl. 22, 36. Haedno forebeádend gelícad gentiles prohibens imitandos, Mk. p. 4, 15. to liken, compare. Cf. ge-líc; Geefned bið ł gelíced bið assimilabitur, Mt.
seten
a set ⬩ shoot ⬩ branch ⬩ a nursery ⬩ plantation ⬩ what is planted or set ⬩ a cultivated place ⬩ planting ⬩ cultivation ⬩ a setting ⬩ putting ⬩ a stopping
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V. he was to be compensated for the cultivation of the land (?),) L. In. 68; Th. i. 146, 8. a cultivated place. Similar entries v. land-seten, I. and feldsætennum campo, Ps.
Linked entry: setin
ge-secgan
To say, tell, relate, declare, prove ⬩ dicere, narrare, indicere
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Kmbl. 768; An. 384: Beo. Th. 4321; B. 2157. He gesǽde swefen cyninge he said the dream to the king, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 2; Dan. 165: B. 4, 18; S. 587, 2. Ðágesægdon Rómáne Bryttum then the Romans said to the Britons, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 3.
Linked entries: ge-sǽccan ge-sagian ge-sæcgan ge-secggan
G
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WHEN g is the last radical letter of an Anglo-Saxon word, and follows a long vowel or an r, it is often changed into h, but then the g is resumed when followed by a vowel; as, - Beáh a ring; gen. es; m. beáges of a ring; pl. beágas rings; burh a town;
CREÓPAN
To CREEP ⬩ crawl ⬩ repere ⬩ serpere
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Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 44; Gen. 7, 21. Nán wilde deór, ne on fyðerfótum ne on creópendum, nis to wiðmetenne yfelum wífe no wild beast, neither among the four-footed nor the creeping, is to be compared with an evil woman Homl. Th. i. 486, 29.
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Wíscton and ne wéndon, ðæt hié heora winedrihten gesáwon Beo. Th. 3212; B. 1604. with infinitive Ic ǽnigra mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan 1870; B. 933
ÁDL
A disease ⬩ pain ⬩ a languishing sickness ⬩ consumption ⬩ morbus ⬩ languor
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Bos. 9, 1. Hú manega ádla how many diseases? Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 29: Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 6. Laman legeres ádl the palsy
in-segel
A seal ⬩ signet
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Swá hwæðer swá heó beó fúl swá clǽne binnan ðam insegle whether it [the hand] be foul or clean within the seal, L. Æðelst iv. 7 ; Th. i. 226, 32. Ðá sende se cyning his insegel tó ðam gemóte, Chart. Th. 288, 22
mann-þwǽre
Gentle ⬩ mild ⬩ meek ⬩ not harsh ⬩ courteous
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Manna mildust and monþwǽrost most gentle and courteous of men, Beo. Th. 6345; B. 3182
nón
the ninth hour ⬩ hora nona ⬩ the service held at the ninth hour ⬩ nones
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Ben. 40, 13. Ða nigoþan tíde ðe wé nón hátaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 35. Ðá com nón dæges, Beo. Th. 3204; B. 1600. Hí him tó gewunon náman ðæt hí fæston tó nónes ( ad horam nonam ), Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. Tó huíl nónes ad horam nonam, Mt. Kmbl.
norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Northward, north Norþeweard, ðǽr hit smalost wǽre, hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre the northern part of Norway, where it was narrowest, might be three miles broad to the mountains, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 31.
Linked entry: norþ-weard
un-getreów
Untrue ⬩ unfaithful ⬩ faithless
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Be ungetreówum mannum. Gyf hwylc man sý ðe eallum folce ungetrýwe sý, 33; Th. i. 396, 13. Ungetrýwan (-getreówan, MS. B.) men ceóse man ánfealdne áð, 22; Th. i. 388, 11.
bile-wit
plausible
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Hlútre móde and bylewite (-hwite, v. l.) simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 491, 9. Sume ðe wǽron bylewyte and góde, Nic. 3, 25. Ðá bilwitan (bili-, 6, bile-, 7) simplices, Past. 237, 4. Þá bilewittan mansueti, Bl. Gl.
ge-libban
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K. 16. to get by living, to live to do Hé cyng beón sceolde, gif hé hit gelifode he should have been king, if he had lived to do it, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 11. Fulne ende þínes lífes þú hæfst gelifd plenam etatis finem habes, Nar. 30, 11
Linked entries: ge-leofian ge-lifian
ge-lómlǽcan
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Substitute: to be or to become frequent, happen frequently Þonne middangeardes wíta gelómlǽcað, Hml. Th. i. 612, 7. Efne ðá fǽrlíce æteówdon gelómlǽcende lígas sweartes fýres ecce subito apparent crebri flammarum tetrarum globi (Bd.
ofer-fyll
Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking ⬩ crapula
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Ben. 63, 19-21. Seó oferfyll simle fét unþeáwas, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 27: Blickl. Homl. 37, 14. Wið manegum ádlum ða ðe cumaþ of oferfyllo, Lchdm. ii. 178, 10: 244, 4. Hit gelimpeþ of oferfylle ... for oferfyllo ex crapula Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 36-42.
freóndscipe
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Hé bæd hié eác ꝥ hié gemunden þæs unárímedlican freóndscipes þe hié hæfdon tó Athéniensum, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 19. 'Wes ús fǽle freónd' ... Abraham onféng freóndscipe be freán hǽse, Gen. 2735
tó-dǽlan
To divide, ⬩ separate, ⬩ distribute ⬩ to divide a whole into parts, ⬩ to destroy unity, ⬩ make dissension in ⬩ to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts ⬩ to divide one number by another ⬩ to divide one thing from another, ⬩ part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to distribute, ⬩ give away parts of a whole, ⬩ to divide into shares ⬩ to share ⬩ to divide, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ separate, ⬩ make a difference between ⬩ to be different, ⬩ be distinguished from. ⬩ to separate with the mind ⬩ discern, ⬩ discriminate, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ to give forth, ⬩ utter
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Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 22. to be different, be distinguished from. v. tó-dál, V. Sacerd náht tódǽlþ fram folce sacerdos nihil distat a populo, Scint. 123, 19.
of-teón
to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere
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Hond feorhsweng ne ofteáh the hand refused not to strike a fatal stroke, Beo. Th. 4972; B. 2489 : 3045; B. 1520.