ge-líðian
To soothe ⬩ soften ⬩ mitigate ⬩ relieve ⬩ appease ⬩ lēnīre ⬩ mītĭgāre ⬩ plācāre
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Forðæm is swíðe micel néddearf ðæt mon mid micelre gemetgunge swelcra scylda ðreáunga gelíðige therefore it is very necessary that the chiding of such sins be tempered with great moderation, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 3; Hat. MS
Linked entry: líðigian
ge-hérian
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Gehered . . . and weorþad, 33, 165, I. Seó wyrt is gehered (-od, v. l.) on þám muntlandum þe man Cilicia and Pisidia nemneþ (the kind that grows in Cilicia and Pisidia is spoken very highly of ), Lch. i. 160, 15.
ge-lást
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Ben. 5, 4. a performance, what is performed as an obligation, a vow. Cf. gelǽstan; 2 Þé bið ágolden gelást tibi reddetur uotum, Ps. Rdr. 64, 2: Bl. Gl. Ic ágylde þé gelást míne reddam tibi uota mea, Ps.
ge-cnyssan
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Voc. ii. 88, 21. Ic eom gecnyssed (-cnysed, v.l.) mid þám stormum þǽre strangan hreóhnesse in þám scipe mines módes in naui mentis tempestatis ualidae procellae illidor, Gr. D. 5, 19.
áþ
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D. iv. 235, II. the fine paid where the oath in a suit fails, [v. the grant in the following passage Ego Eadmundus rex . . . concedo . . . omnes forisfacturas . . . áthas et ordélas, C. D. ii. 252, 13. Cf.
ge-þýdan
To join ⬩ associate ⬩ sŏciāre
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Us is swíðe mycel nédþearf ðæt we us geþýdon to úrum hálgum gebedum there is very great need for us to betake ourselves to our holy prayers, Blickl. Homl. 133, 8. Wit sceoldan beón tosamne geþýdde we had to be joined together, Shrn. 39, 19.
Linked entry: ge-þeódan
ge-rýman
To extend, enlarge, make room, open, manifest, expand ⬩ dīlātāre, amplĭfĭcāre, lŏcum dāre, apĕrīre, expandĕre
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Ic him lífes weg gerýmde I opened the way of life to them, Rood Kmbl. 175; Kr. 89: Elen. Kmbl. 2496; El. 1249. Ðú me gerýmdes dīlātasti mihi, Ps. Th. 4, 1. Octauianus gerýmde Rómána ríce Octavianus extended the Roman empire, Homl. Th. i. 32, 18.
Linked entry: rýman
ge-mót
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III. of inanimate objects, meeting, junction, v. ge-mittung :-- On wega gemótum in competis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 12
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 16. to write to a person, write with the intention of sending what is written Mé geþúhte wrítan ðé, ðú se sélusta Theophilus, Lk.
húsel-þegn
An acolyte
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An acolyte Acolitus ðæt is húslþén, L. Ecg. C. 41; Th. i. 166, 20
sealt-hús
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A house where salt is prepared (?) or sold (?); salinarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 49
sculdor-wærc
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Pain in the shoulders Wið sculdorwærce and earma, Lchdm. ii. 340, 12 : 6, 2
sund-mere
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-On sund mere in natatario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 50
tǽlwirðlíce
In a way that deserves censure, reprehensibly
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In a way that deserves censure, reprehensibly Tǽlwyrðlíce notabiliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 16
þúfe
Tufted ⬩ having leaves in tufts(?) ⬩ bushy
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Tufted, having leaves in tufts(?), bushy Þúfe þistel sow thistle, Lchdm. ii, 312, 20
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un-efne
Unequally ⬩ diversely
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Unequally, diversely Swá unefne is eorþe þicce sicut crassitudo terrae, Ps. Th. 140, 9
Linked entry: efne
weorc-sige
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Success in work Sigegyrd ic mé wege, wordsige and worcsige, Lchdm. i. 388, 15
á-blícan
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Ic beó gehwítad vel áblicen dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83; Bl. Gl. Add
be-hogadnes
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For Cot. 114 read On behogadnesse in exercita-tione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 42
bere-tún
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Ic wille rýman mínne bertún, Hml. Th. ii. 104, 17 : Wlfst. 286, 16. Add