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ge-feccan

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Hé mæg þá sáwle of sinnihte gefeccan, Sal. 69. the object a thing Hát unmǽlne mon gefeccean healfne sester yrnendes wæteres, Lch. iii. 10, 31. to go and get what one seeks, obtain, get Hé woldegefeccan þá lytlan and gebringan úp his ríce, Hml.

gewrixlian

(v.)
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Substitute: to change.

ge-dafenian

(v.)
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Þá án þá þe ǽfæstnesse belumpon, and his þá ǽfestan tungan gedafenode (-deofanade, v.l.) singan ea tantummodo, quae ad religionem pertinent, religiosam ejus linguam decebant, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 482, 9. with gerundial infin.

a-firhtan

(v.)

to affrightexterrere

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to affright; exterrere Hí flugon afirhte to muntum they fled affrighted to the mountains, Gen. 14, 10

fyran

(v.)
Grammar
fyran, p. fyrde

To goīre

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To go; īre Ine fyrde to Sce. Petres Ine went to St. Peter's, Text Rof. 61, 15

firenlust-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
firenlust-georn, adj.

Luxuriousvoluptuouslascivious

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Luxurious, voluptuous, lascivious Ne sýn wée gífre ne firenlustgeorne ne ǽfestige. Wlfst. 253, 5

ge-fundian

(v.)
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to direct one's course to a place Se[ó] stów þǽr þú gefundest, Nar. 48, 6

Linked entry: fundian

ge-temprian

(v.)
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Add: to temper, prepare material On þá onlícnesse geworht þe senop bið getemprod inwísan, Lch. ii. 184, 22. fig. to prepare, adapt Ge gódum ge yfelum getempera heortan þíne et ad bona et ad mala tempera cor tuum, 172, 15

Burgendas

(n.)
Grammar
Burgendas, gen. a; pl. m: Burgendan; pl. m.
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The Burgundians; Burgundiones. These, in Alfred's time, dwelt to the north-west of the Osti. We find them at another period on the east bank of the Oder.

Linked entry: Burgendan

be-þurfan

(v.)
Grammar
be-þurfan, bi-þurfan, ic, he -þearf, ðú -þearft, pl. -þurfon; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorfton; subj. -þurfe, pl. -þurfen; p. -þorfte, pl. -þorften; gen. or acc. or v. n.

To need, have need, want, to be in want, to requireopus habere, egere, indigere

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To need, have need, want, to be in want, to require; opus habere, egere, indigere Wísdómes beþearf he requires wisdom, Elen. Kmbl. 1082; El. 543. Ic árna biþearf I need mercy, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 17; Jul. 715: Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 48.

tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
tǽsan, p. de

To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound

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To tear to pieces, pull to pieces, tease wool, tear a person's flesh with a weapon, wound Ic tótere oððe pluccige oððe tǽse (wulle added in MS. W.) carpo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Zup. 170, 13. Carpsit, discerpsit, trahit, evellit, vel tǽst, Wülck.

ge-gada

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Seó myltestre began faran hire gegadan, Hml. A. 195, 21. Hét se cásere his gegadan faran and beódon þám crístenum ꝥ hí cómon him , Hml. S. 28, 41

for-lǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-lǽdan, p. -lǽdde; pp. -lǽded, -lǽdd, -lǽd

To misleadlead astrayseducesedūcĕre

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To mislead, lead astray, seduce; sedūcĕre Forlǽdan and forlǽran to mislead and pervert, Cd. 23Th. 29, 18; Gen. 452: 32; Th. 43, 17; Gen. 692. Ic bepǽce oððe forlǽde sedūco, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 53.

hýðan

(v.)
Grammar
hýðan, p. de

To despoilplunderlay wastepillageravage

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To despoil, plunder, lay waste, pillage, ravage Híðeþ and hám týhþ it plunders and brings home, Exon. l09 a; Th. 416, 25; Rä. 35. 4. Hýðaþ wíde gífre gléde widely shall the greedy flames lay waste, 23 a ; Th. 64, 28; Cri. 1044.

Linked entry: hýð-scip

wífung

(n.)
Grammar
wífung, e; f.

taking a wifemarriagewivesmatrimonia

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P. iii. 1, tit. ; Th. ii. 194, 25 : Gen. 24, 9. Ús sceamaþ secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ on wífunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102.

for-gytan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gytan, ic -gyte, ðú -gytest, -gytst, he -gyteþ, -gyt, pl. -gytaþ; impert. -gyt, pl. -gytaþ; subj. -gyte, pl. -gytan; pp. -gyten

To forgetoblīvisci

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To forget; oblīvisci Nylle ðú forgytan ealle edleánunga oððe edleán his nōli oblīvisci omnes retrĭbūtiōnes ejus, Ps. Lamb. 102, 2: Ps. Th. 118, 93: Ps. Lamb. 118, 16, 83, 93: 136, 5: Ps. Th. 43, 25: Beo. Th. 3506; B. 1751: Ps.

æt-fiolan

(v.)

to stick tocontinueadhærere

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to stick to, continue; adhærere

fligan

(v.)
Grammar
fligan, p. de; pp. ed

To put to flightfŭgāre

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To put to flight; fŭgāre

GYNAN

(v.)

to gain lucrari

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to to gain lucrari, Lye

tremian

(v.)
Grammar
tremian, tremman

to confirmto step.

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to confirm, tremman to step