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ed-hwyrft

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Voc. ii. 148, 30. return, recovery from a condition Oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe . . . þæt him bið sár in his móde . . . ne wéneð þæt him þæs edhwyrft cyme ( he does not expect to recover from his blindness ), Gn.

ést-mete

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Éstmettas (delicias) mon ne sceal lufian, ac fæsten mon sceal lufian, R. Ben. 16, 23. Lazarus geseah ðone rícan brúcan his éstmettas (fare sumptuously), Hml. Th. i. 330, 15.

for-sittan

(v.)

to stop up

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Gif him se útgang forseten sié, oþþe gemígan ne mæge, 260, 10. Gehnescige mid þý ꝥ forsetene yfel, 212, 16

ge-geótan

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Ǽlc calic gegoten beó þe man húsl on hálgige, and on treówenum ne hálgige man ǽnig, Ll. Th. ii. 252, 21: Sal. 31

ge-máhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máhlíce, <b>ge-máglíce, ge-málíce</b>
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Ox. 2945. pertly, saucily: — Þæt hí ná gedyrstlǽcan gemáhlíce [procaciter) bewerian ꝥ heom gesawen bið, R. Ben. I. 18, 2. importunately, pertinaciously Gemáh[líce] pertinaciter (perseverare in precibus), An Ox. 3391; perseveranter, Hpt.

ge-midlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-midlian, l. ge-mídlian,
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Voc. ii. 150, 49. to muzzle a dog Canes muti non ualentes latrare; eal swilce hé cwǽde, þæt gemídlede hundas ne beorcað tó náhte. Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6

ge-risene

Grammar
ge-risene, [7a line 4 /. Bd. i. 26.]
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Ne wére girisen t reht tó unbindanne non oportuit solui, Lk. R. 13, 16. Æfter gerisenre (-rys-, v. /. ) are his llfes and háda iuxta honorem et vita et gradu eius condignum, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 508, 10.

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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., and add: to make more active, strengthen. of sight (lit. or fig. ) Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices, búton hit gescyrpe ( acueret ) þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse, Gr. D. 269, 21.

gist

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Ne aron gié gestas . . . ah gié aron burgwaro háligra non estis hospites . . . sed estis cives sanctorum, Rtl. 82, 30. a guest, one who is entertained at another's house Si tertia nocte hospitatus fuerit . . . habeat eum ad rectum tanquam de propria

grund-weall

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Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall on ðǽre hálgan gelaðunge búton ðone ðe ðǽr geléd is, ꝥ is Hǽlend Críst. Hé is se grundweall þǽre hálgan cyrcan, Hml.

hleótan

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Add: to cast lots Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge . . . for ðan sé ðe þys déð . . . bið þám hǽðenum gelíc, þe hleótað be him sylfum mid ðæs deófles cræfte . . .

horig

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Ne líchoma wunige horig ł fúl nec corpus adsit sordidum Hy. S. 26, 26. Hé bið áðwogen fram his synnum ðurh ðá untrumnysse, swá swá horig hrægl þurh sápan, Hml. Th. i. 472, 6. Tó horgan wege; ðonne of horgan wege, C. D. B. ii. 245, 25.

leornung

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Add: the action of learning Ðá ðe beóð gesette tó ðǽre ðénunga ðæs láreówdómes ðæt hí nǽfre ne gewíten from ðǽre geornfulnesse ðǽre rædinge and leornunge háligra gewrita ut qui ad officium praedicationis excubant, a sacrae lectionis studio non recedant

nágan

Grammar
nágan, I.
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Add Hé náh æfter forðsíðe crístenra manna gemánan. Ll. Th. i. 372, 34. add Náh man on ǽnigne tíman dæges ne nihtes æt Godes húse unnyt tó dónne, Wlfst. 278, 18: 39, 16.

rihtung

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Gif hí ne becumað hér tó rihtingce ( si ad correctionem non perveniunt), hí byrnað þǽr aa in écnesse, Gr. D. 335, 13. Add Midþrowung menn and rihtincg (rectitudo; cf. rigor, rectitudo, Corp. Gl. H. 103, 188) leahtrum scyl beón, Scint. 149, 6.

secgan

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Add Ic nǽfre gít ne gemétte goldhord swá swá gé mé on secgað, Hml. S. 23, 668. v. full-, wiþ-secgan; un-sægd

weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, p. ode.

to wander ⬩ roam ⬩ to go as a pilgrim

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to wander, roam Weallaþ swá niéten feldgangende, feoh bútan gewitte, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm.

ǽsce

question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle

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Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan, 232, 18: 234, 25. Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17

scypen

(n.)
Grammar
scypen, e; f.

A shippen ⬩ a cow-house ⬩ stall

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Nǽnig mann scypene his neátum ne timbreþ, l, l; S. 474, 32. Andlang díces on ðæs cinges scypena; of ðan scypenum on ðæt riscbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 62, 27. Scipena behweorfan, Anglia ix. 261, 18

Linked entries: scepen scipen scoppa

sigel-hweorfa

(n.)
Grammar
sigel-hweorfa, an ; m.

A plant-name ⬩ heliotrope

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In the following no foreign equivalent is given Sigelhweorfa, ii. 94, 25: iii. 24, 4. Nim nioþoweardne sigelhweorfan, 326, 17. See Lchdm. ii. 404, col. 2

Linked entry: -hweorfa