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ge-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-líc, comp. m. -lícra; f. n. -lícre; superl. -lícost, -lícast, -lícust; adj.

Likealikesimilarequalsĭmĭlisæquālis

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Se líchoma wæs slǽpendum men gelícra ðonne deádum the body was more like a sleeping than a dead man, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 16 : Ps. Th. 88, 5. Gelícre similior, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 5. Slǽp biþ deáþe gelícost sleep is most like death, Salm.

Linked entry: an-gelíc

sele

(n.)
Grammar
sele, es ; m.
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A hall, house, dwelling Cwom bytla ( Guthlac) tó ðam beorge . . . wæs sele (his hermitage ) níwe, Exon. Th. 146, 24 ; Gú. 714. Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian, 343, 16 ; Gn. Ex. 158.

síðian

(v.)
Grammar
síðian, p. ode
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Nǽnig wæs ðæt hé eft síðade hyhta leás, Exon. Th. 157, 24 ; Gú. 896. Þurh ðé Freá on ðás eorþan út síðade, 21, 4 ; Cri. 329. Hig intó helle cuce síðodon descenderunt vivi in infernum, Num. 16, 33. Hig síðodon ealle tó Egipta lande, Ælfc. T.

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Strǽt wæs stánfáh, stíg wísode gumum ætgædere, Beo. Th. 646; B. 320: 4433; B. 2213: Andr. Kmbl. 1970; An. 987. Eástewearde andlang weges on hemléclége; eástewearde andlang stíge on Ulfan treów, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 437, 4.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

bryne

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Add: burning, where there is destruction by, or exposure to, fire Wæs bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wlfst. 159, 8. Biornendo byrno légo aedaces incendii flammas, Rtl. 64, 16.

búgan

(v.)
Grammar
búgan, to bow.
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Heó nǽfre ne wolde on hús búgan, Lch, iii. 34, 29, Wæs him in bogen báncoða, Gú. 997. <b>III a.</b> of retirement, withdrawal :--- Hé forlét woruldþing and beáh tó ðám mynstre þe is Magilros geháten, Hml. Th. ii. 348, 29.

fóda

victualsprovisionssustenancesupport

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Man heom fódan geaf (hí man fǽdde, v.l.) of West-Seaxana ríce, Chr. 994; P. 128, 6. sustenance, support Æt him wæs gelang eall heora fóda; sé heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Hml. S. 23, 218.

for-habban

(v.)

To abstainrefrainabstinentcontinentto abstain fromto restrainkeep awayto keep backnot to mentionto restraincheckstop

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Grammar for-habban, for-hæbbende abstinent, continent: Hine þá bróðra hatedon, þý hé swá forhæbbende wæs, Guth. 16, 26. Forhæbbendra continentium, i. virginum, An. Ox. 1002.

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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D. 192, 4. to destroy a thing, lay waste: Se wíngeard wæs forslagen (-sleg-, v. l.) and forhergod mid hægle vinea grandine vastata est, Gr. D. 57, 5. to put an end to, finish (?): Forslægenum expletis (cf. expuncta, expleta, Corp. Gl.

for-licgan

(v.)

fornicari

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Wæs forlegen stupratur, An. Ox. 4307. Be twelfhyndes monnes wífe forlegenum. Gif mon hǽme mid twelfhyndes monnes wífe, Ll. Th. i. 68, 8. forlegen beón, wesan, weorþan fornicari: Thamar ys forlegen fornicata est Thamar, Gen. 38, 24.

ge-miclian

(v.)
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III. to magnify, glorify, extol. the object personal Hé lǽrde in somnungum hiora and gemiclad (gemǽrsod, W.S.) wæs (magnificabatur) from allum, Lk. L. 4, 15. (l a) the object the Deity :-- Ic gemiclie magnificabo (Deum in laude), Bl. Gl.

ge-reord

Grammar
ge-reord, speech.
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On þám dæge wurdon tðdǽlede manna gereordu; and ǽr wæs eall weoruld sprecende on án gereord, and nú synd gereord twá and hundseofontig, Wlfst. 211, 17-20. Swá micel ungewiss on þeóda gereordum, Ors. 3, 9 ; S. 136, 26.

ge-þafa

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Hé cwæð ðæs ðe hé gebruce, æfter his dæge hé nánum menn sél ne úðe ðonne mé: and ic ð æs ðá wæs wel geþafa, C. D. ii. 113, 15. Mid þý wit ðæt unéðelíce þurhtugon þæt hé ðæs geþafa beón wolde cum hoc difficulter inpetraremus, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 568, 19.

ge-treów

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-treów, ; adj. [Besides this unmutated a-stem, a mutated ja-stem (ió, ié, í, ý) and a mixed form ge-treówe occur: the eó-forms are taken here, the mutated forms under ge-tríwe.]
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Þá Dænescan þe wæs ǽrur geteald eallra folca getreowast, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 29. Tó ðǽm getreówestan mundboran, Bl. H. 201, 27. of things Mid fulre gewitnesse and getreówre, Ll. Th. i. 240, 9.

gid

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Leóð wæs ásungen, gleómannes gyd, B. 1160. Sé þe lufige þysses giddes ( the poem on the Apostles' ) begang, Ap. 89. Bidde ic monna gehwone þe þis gied ( the poem on St. Juliana, ) rǽde. Jul. 719. Hé gyd wreceð, sárigne sang, B. 2446.

gléd

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Se hláf wæs mid þám glédum ( prunis) bewrigen . . . þá worhte hé Crístes róde tácen ongén þám glédum (þá glédu, v. l., contra prunas ), Gr. D. 87, 9-16. Hé þone bisceop on ísenum bedde ástrehte and byrnenda gléda dyde under his nacode líc, Hml.

gylt

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Eówerne gylt þé gé worhtou, þæt wæs þæt cealf peccatum vestrum, quod feceratis, id est vitulum, Deut. 9, 21.

hrínan

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Ne wæs ǽnig þára þæt mé þus þríste swá þú nú þá mid hondum hrínan dorste, Jul. 512. the agent non-personal Hé on þá tíd ðe hé inne bið ne bið hrinen (hríned, v. l.) mid þí storme ðæs wintres (hiemis tempestate non tangitur ), Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 165, 25.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, a ship.
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Se nówent rihte ꝥ lytle ǽrene scip þe wiþhindan þám máran scipe gefæstnod wæs nauta post navem carabum regebat, Gr. D. 347, 2. Ongyn þé scip wyrcan, merehús micel, Gen. 1302. Hé sǽlde tó sande sídfæðme scip oncerbendum fæst, B. 1917.

BREÓST

(n.)
Grammar
BREÓST, es; n.

the breast of man or beast; pectusthe breasts;ubera The heart, mind, thought pectus, cor, mens

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underneoðan oðer breóst there Alexander was shot through with an arrow underneath one breast, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 27. the breast as the seat of the vital powers, of the feelings, and of the affections, The heart, mind, thought; pectus, cor, mens Drihtnes wæs