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geap-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
geap-neb, adj. [geap crooked; neb the head, face, beak, nib]

Crooked-nibbedwith a bent beakarchedcurvātus

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Crooked- nibbed, with a bent beak, arched; curvātus Standeþ me hér on eaxelum Ælfheres láf, gód and geapneb Ælfhere's legacy stands here on my shoulders, good and crooked-nibbed, Wald. 94; Vald. 2, 19

in-irfe

(n.)
Grammar
in-irfe, es ; n.
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Household stuff or goods Se ðe micel inerfa [MS.Cott. innierfe] and mislíc ágan wile hé beþearf eác micles fultumes pluribus adminiculis opus est ad tuendam pretiosæ supellectilis varietatem, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 10

Linked entries: in-erfe in-orf

líf-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
líf-gedál, es; n.

death

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Parting with life, separation from life, death, Beo. Th. 1687; B. 841: Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 2; Vy. 45: 48 a; Th. 164, 29; Gú. 1019: Cd. 119; Th. 154, 25; Gen. 2561

Linked entry: sáwel-gedál

lustful-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lustful-líce, adv.

joyfullygladly

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With joy or pleasure, joyfully, gladly Lustfullíce libenter, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 30. Se mildheorta Drihten onféhþ swíðe lustfullíce eallum ðǽm gódum ðe ǽnig man gedéþ his ðæm néhstan, Blickl. Homl. 37, 25

mǽl-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
mǽl-gesceaft, e; f.

That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate

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That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate Ic bád mǽlgesceafta I waited for that which in due time fate would assign me, Beo. Th. 5467; B. 2737

or-ceás

(adj.)
Grammar
or-ceás, adj.
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Free from complaint, not chargeable (with a fault) Orceás inmunis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 50; inmunes, 111, 14. Orcǽsne immunem, immaculatum, castum, Hpt. Gl. 474, 72. Orceáse ł unwemme immunes, incontaminati, inviolatas, 447, 43

ge-spring

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spring, es; n.
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A spring, fons, scaturigo Ðǽr wæs on blóde brim weallende, atol ýða gespring [geswing, Th.] eal gemenged there was the surge boiling with blood, the foul spring of waves all mingled, Beo. Kmbl. 1689

Linked entry: ge-spryng

ge-swicnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swicnan, p. ede; pp. ed
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To cleanse, clear; purgāre Geswicne se hine be cxx hída let him clear himself with cxx hides, L. In. 14; Th. i. 110, 16: 15; Th. i. 112, 3: 52; Th. i. 134, 12

Linked entry: -swicnan

getan

(v.)
Grammar
getan, p. de, te; pp. ed
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To GET, take, obtain; adipisci, capere, assequi Cwæþ he on mergenne méces ecgum getan wolde said he in the morning would take them with the edges of the sword, Beo. Th. 5872; B. 2940

glædscipe

(n.)
Grammar
glædscipe, es; m.

Gladnessjoy

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Gladness, joy Crist is mid ealles módes gledscype to herienne Christ is to be praised with joy of all the mind, Lchdm. iii. 436, 19. Glædscip mín gaudium meum, Jn. Skt. Rush. 3, 29

be-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
be-trymian, p. ede; pp. ed; [be, trymian to fortify]

To besiege, environcircumdare vallo

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Ge geseóþ Hierusalem mid here betrymede ye shall see Jerusalem besieged with an army, 21, 20

ge-monan

(v.)

to remember

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Seó leó gemonþ [ = geman] ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrena [MS. eldrana] the lioness remembers the wild manner of her parents, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 12

sigor-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
sigor-tiber, es ; n.
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A sacrifice for victory or deliverance Wes ðú on ófeste . . . ðæt ðú lác onsecge sigortifre hasten to offer with a sacrifice, that may deliver you from your peril, Exon. Th. 257, 30 ; Jul. 255

Linked entry: sige-tiber

tweón

(n.)
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doubt Nis nán twýn, ðæt eów ne beó forgolden there is no doubt, but that you will be requited, Homl. Th. ii. 444, 10. Búton tweónne without doubt, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 9

Linked entry: twýn

mígan

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Add: with dat. of matter discharged Se man mídð wormse. Lch. ii. 208, 5. Lendenseóce men mígað blóde and sande, 232, 10. Gif hé gemían ne mæge, and gif hé blóde míge, 8, 24

riht-tíd

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Þý lǽs ꝥ bearn of bearneácnum wífe sié ǽr rihttíde, Lch. ii. 330, 10. Ic ondette gífernesse metes and drinces ǽr tídum and in tíde, ge eác ofer rihttíde, Angl. xi. 98, 24. Add

un-wæstmbǽre

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Wíse láreówas sǽdon ꝥ seó eorþe wǽte micele unwsestmbǽrre æfter þám flóde þonne heó ǽr wǽre tradunt doctores terrae vigorem et fecunditatem longe inferiorem esse post diluvium quam ante, Angl. vii. 36, 348. Add

gafol-gildere

a debtor

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a debtor, v. gafol,(8),(7), Gif ðú wilt þæt þis feoh becume tó ðínre sáwle ðearfe, tódǽl hit ðearfum and wanhálum, wydewum and steópbearnum and hafenleásum gafegyldrum, Hml. Th. ii. 484, 33. Add:

Linked entries: gildere gafol-gilda

DRIGE

(adj.)
Grammar
DRIGE, dryge, dríe; def. se driga, dryga, dría; seó, ðæt drige, dryge, dríe; adj.

DRY siccus, arĭdus

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Fram ðære burnan ðe he drigum fótum ofereóde from the brook which he went over with dry feet, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 32. Mid dríum handum with dry hands, L. M. 2, 3; Lchdm. ii. 182, 8.

LÁR

(n.)
Grammar
LÁR, e; f.

LOREteachinginstructionlearningknowledgecunningsciencepreachingdoctrinedogmapreceptexhortationadmonitioncounselsuggestioninstigationpersuasion

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Ðín ríce for his lárum gefealleþ thy kingdom will fall because of his counsels, 181, 34

Linked entries: folc-lár lǽr