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GÉN

(adv.)
Grammar
GÉN, gién; adv.

Again, moreover, besides, at length, yet, hithertoiterum, denuo, adhuc, insuper, denique

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Ðá gién wæs yrre God God was yet angry, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 1; Gen. 2741. Wæs Iustus ðá gén lifigende Iustus adhuc superstes, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 10. Ðæs gén to tácne is of that further is as proof, 6; S. 508, 42.

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Se man wæs stranglíce gewítnad. Shrn. 73, 12. Se ðe swá stronglíce ða Iudéas þreáde, Blickl. Homl. 169, 7

twéntig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twéntig, twégentig; num.
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Seó menigu wæs án hund manna and twéntig, Homl. Th. i. 296, 18. Onbíd hér seofon and twéntig nihta, Blickl. Homl. 231, 5. distributively Týnum and twéntigum on ánum inne ætgædere restan, R. Ben. 47, 7. [Goth. twai-tigjus: O. Sax. twéntig: O.

frymþ

(n.)
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A. 152, 21. the beginning. referring to eternity On frymðe wæs word, Hml. Th. i. 40, 8. Tó ðám éðele becuman ðe him on frymðe se heofonlica Fæder gemynte, ii. 218, 18.

láf

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láf, <b>. I.</b>
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Wæs se mǽsta mancwealm . . . swá þæt heora feáwa tó láfe wurdon pestes pene usque ad desolationem exaestuaverunt Ors. 1, 6; S. 36, 16. Án of him tó láfe ne wunode unus ex eis non remansit Ps. Vos. 105, 11.

þes

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Add Ǽr hé on þǽs earfoðnesse cóm hé úre wæs wealdend, Bl.

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Nonotnon

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Nó ðý fægra wæs, Cd. Th. 203, 6; Exod. 399. Nó ðý sél dyde, 246, 35; Dan. 489. Ne sý ná tó ðæs hwón ( on no account ) geendod náðer ne dægrédsang ne ǽfensang bútan ðam drihtlícan gebede, R. Ben. 38, 14 : 84, 1, 10 : 95, 7.

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ge-sprecan

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L. 3, where the object is that which is spoken about, to speak about Þá wǽre and þá winetreówe þe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Bo. 52. the object a clause Wæs gesprecen ðurh Salomonn bi ðǽm Wísdóme ðæt se Wísdóm wille sóna fleón ðone ðe hine fliéhð

frignan

(v.)
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wæs fram him eallum frignende (frínende, v.l.) hwylc him þ úhte þeós níwe lár, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 7

Æðelbryht

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelbryht, -berht, -briht, es; m. [æðele, bryht bright, excellent. v. beorht] .

Ethelbert king of KentEthelbert the secondÆthelbryhtus

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Ðá wæs ymb syx hund wintra and syxtyne winter fram Drihtnes mennyscnesse, ðæt wæs ymb án and twentig wintra ðæs ðe Agustinus, mid his geferum, to lǽranne on Angel þeóde sended wæs, ðæt Æðelbryht Cantwara cyning æfter ðam hwílendlícan ríce ðæt he six and

Linked entry: Berhte

ge-biddan

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Swá swá hé gebeden wæs þurh þá geleáfullan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 35. to ask a person for something þæt þú ne þurfe mé týðian þæs þe þú gebeden eart, Gr. D. 28, 9. to ask for something for a person Gebide þé miltsunge, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 12.

secgan

(v.)
Grammar
secgan, secgean, secggan, secggean, sæcgan ; p. sægde, sǽde; pp. sægd, sǽd. [Forms as from an infin. sagian—sagast, sagaþ ; p. sagode; imp. saga, are given here.]
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Hér segþ, hú se æþela wæs sprecende, Blickl. Homl. 55, 3. Gehýraþ hwæt hér segþ on ðissum bócum be Sancta Marian, 137, 20. Segeþ ðǽron, ðæt sum ríce man wǽre on ðære burh, 197, 27. Sægþ on ðissum bócum, ðæt . . . , 41, 3.

manig-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
manig-feald, adj.

Manifoldmultifariousof many kindsvariousconsisting of many partscomplexManifoldnumerousabundantplural

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Wæs ðǽr seó monigfealdeste wól, mid moncwealme, ge eác ðætte ne wíf ne niéten ne mehton nánuht libbendes geberan, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 17. Manifold, numerous, abundant; as a grammatical term, plural Menifeld augmentatus, Hpt. Gl. 440, 51.

Gota

(n.)
Grammar
Gota, an; m.
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Seó hergung wæs þurh Alarícum [acc. Lat.] Gotena cyning geworden hæc inruptio per Alarīcum regem Gothorum facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon ; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen , -sceopen, -sceapen

To form, createformare, disponere, creare

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Ðá ðá híg wǽron gesceopene when they were created, Gen. 2, 4. Mon wæs to Godes anlícnesse ǽrest gesceapen man was to God's image first created, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 16; Gen. 1529. Gesceapene híg synt creata sunt, Ps. Lamb. 32, 9: Ps. Th. 148, 5.

Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan

geond-geótan

(v.)
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wæs geondgoten mid þæs swátes dropum he was bathed in perspiration, Hml. S. 23 b, 233. Þá wearð heó eall mid teárum geondgoten she was bathed in tears, 33, 234. <b>I a.

ge-þwǽre

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Add: in agreement. of living creatures or things personified, of many, in agreement, at peace with one another Ealle crístene men sceoldon beón swá geþwǽre swilce hit án man wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 272, 24.

ýþ-faru

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-faru, e; f.
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The wave-course, the waves, sea Swá ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte, ðá se aþela wong onsund wið ýðfare gehealden stód hreóra wǽga eádig unwemme cum diluvium mersisset fluctibus orbem, Deucalioneas exsuperavit aquas, Exon. Th. 200, 22; Ph. 44.

célan

(v.)
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Wæter célde þá ísena, Hml. S. 36, 392. Wolde ic mínne þurst célan, Nar. 8, 28. Seó ádl mid cealdum þingum biþ tó célanne ... scealt þú ǽrest þá hǽto célan midcellendre, Lch. ii. 82, 3-6

ge-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nǽman, p. de
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Þone mǽstan dǽl ðínra ǽhta þú onféhst þá ðe on þé genémde (genumene, v.l.) wǽron maximam possessionum tuarum, quae tibi ablatae sunt, portionem recipies, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 671, 6. Cf. ge-niman