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frécnian

(v.)
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frécnian, p. ode
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To endanger, imperil On his heortan unhǽlo cymð, and hé bið frǽcnoð, E.S. 39, 328. Moni wíf sweltað and scíp beóð frécnode and ciningas forwearðað, Lch. iii. 164, 1

ge-genge

(adj.)
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ge-genge, adj.
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Convenient, suitable, agreeable Unc wearð God yrre for þon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum . . .: ac unc gegenge ne wæs þæt wit him on þegnscipe þeówian wolden, Gen. 743

ge-smyltan

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Add: to calm Þeós wyrt áwendeþ hagoles hreóhnysse, and gyf þú hý on scyp áhéhst, tó þám wundorlic heó is, ꝥ heó ǽlce hreóhnysse gesmylteþ, Lch. i. 308, 17

ge-staþolung

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Add: placing, ordering Gestaþelung collocalio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 32. Ǽlc endebyrdnes on mynstre sceal been ge-healden . . . be þæs abbodes gestaþelunge (at abbas constituent), R. Ben. 113, 23

ge-drehtness

(n.)
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ge-drehtness, e; f.
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Affliction, contrition Hé on swá micelre þrǽstnesse (gedrehtnessum, v. l.) and forhæfednesse módes and líchaman áheardode in tanta mentis et corporis coniritione duravit, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 615, 3

Linked entry: -drehtness

ge-fleógan

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His gást sceolde gefleógan tó heofena heáhnysse, Shrn. 112, ii. Se earn on ðám ófre gesæt, mid fisce geflogen, þone hé ðǽrrihte geféng, Hml. Th. ii. 140, 3. Add

ge-witennes

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Add: departure from this life; death (v. ge-wítan; 2); the anniversary of a person's death On þone endlyftan dæg þæs mónþes byð Sc̃i. Martines gewytennys, Shrn. 146, 32

haswe

(adv.)
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haswe, adv.
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Greyly Ic eom wráþre þonne wermód sý [þe] hér on hyrstum heasewe (cf. wermód se hára, Lch. iii. 30, 14) stondeþ durior quam glauca absinthia campi, Rä. 41, 61

hæcce

(n.)
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hæcce, an ; f.
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A fence of rails (?) Andlang hæccan (heccan, v. l. ), 3. D. B. iii. 147, 25. [Cf. (?) On haccan bróc; andlang haccan bróces, 3. D. v. 298, 4. v. hæc.]

heort-scræf

(n.)
Grammar
heort-scræf, es; n.
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The heart-cavern, the heart with its dark recesses Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánna gylta nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, Dóm. L. 39

hrif-wund

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For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif hé ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23

hof

a temple

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a temple Hof sacellum, templum Germ. 391, 21. On háligum hofe þínum in sanctuario tuo Ang. .xi. 118, 50. Hofa edes, i. templum Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 32. Add:

in-bláwan

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Add: To inflate Mid oferhigde gáste inbláwen superbiae spiritu inflatus, Gr. D. 200, 10. Gif ǽnig sý inbláwen on þá oferhýda þǽre geǽttredan deófles láre, Cht. E. 242, 20

in-lic

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Inlices módes ecge internę mentis acie, Scint. 62, 15. Þá inlecan interna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 60. On inlicum inelfum in imis, i. intimis ilibus, An. Ox. 986. Add

manigteáw-ness

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Ðæt sunnan gér byð gesett on þrím hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum dagum and syx tídum þæs þe ásmeáde séo msenigtýwnes geþungenra wera, Angl. viii. 298, 5. Add

mis-limpan

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Ic swíðor ceorude þonne mín sáwul behófode þá ðá ic ǽhte forleás . . . oððe mé hwæt mislamp ( any misfortune befell me) on þises lîfes ryne, Angl. xi. 113, 41. Add

of-hyrian

(v.)
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to imitate Ic seó in þám forðgelǽddan wætere of þám stáne ꝥ hé ofhyrede (on-, v. l.) Móysen in aqua ex petra producta Moysen video, Gr. D. 120, 14

Linked entry: hyrian

scip-toll

(n.)
Grammar
scip-toll, n. (not m.).
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Cómon hí tó sǽ and þǽr gemétton scip standan, and hí on ꝥ eódon, and mid him reówan. Þæs scypes hláford . . . gyrnde þæs scyptolles, Hml. S. 30, 167. Add

stígend

(n.)
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Add: es; m. One who goes on board a ship, a sailor Sanctus Michael se æþela nówend and se gleáwa frumlida and se þancwirðesta stígend, An. Ox. 32 note

wáfung-stów

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Wáuungstówe wseuerséne circi spectaculo, An. Ox. 8, 188. On wáuungstówe in circi spectaculo, 4, 59. The Latin of Lch. iii. 206, 16 is; In theatum vel in amphitheatrum. Add