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ge-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceaft, -scæft, -sceft, e; f: es; n.

the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an elementcreātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentuma decree, destiny, fate, conditiondestĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtiocreation, creaturedecree of fatecreatura, elementum, habitus, fatum

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Ða gescæfta tácnedon ðæt he wæs sóþ god created things shewed that he was very God, Shrn. 67, 16. Bodigaþ élce gescæfte prædicate omni creaturæ, Mk. Skt. Rush. 16, 15: Rtl. 97, 12. Giscæf[t] sexus, 51, 7.

be-gitan

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Se bisceop wæs Scyttisc and Sce~ Oswald hine begeat on ðás ðeóde the bishop was Scottish and St. Oswald got him into this country, Shrn. 124, 10. Hé begeat Arues dohtor him tó wífe, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 9. Hé beget þá burg, Chr. 919; P. 100, II.

for-búgan

to avoidto pass bypass overshuneschewTo avoid

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Add Wæs forbúgende cedens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 3. with acc. or clause. to avoid, not to come in contact with, not meet with, get or keep out of the way of a material object Rae. mid emfare forbúgaþ balenam circito declinant. An. Ox. 670.

ge-hǽlan

(prep.)
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Ic wát míne sáule synnum forwundod, gehǽl þú hý, Hy. 1, 4. Þone blindan þe on líchoman wæs gehǽled ge eác on móde, Bl. H. 21, 10. Hé gehǽledum (gehǽlde, v. l.) gewitte (sanato sensu ) árás, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 366, 1.

ge-cnáwan

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S. 30, 377. to acknowledge, a person Hé wæs tó cinge ongyten and gehered, ge of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad. Bl. H. 71, 33.

hryre

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Winemǽga hryre, Wand. 7. destruction of a place Þý ilcan geáre þe Cartaina tóworpen wæs, æfter hiere hryre hí tówurpon Corinthum eodem anno quo Carthago deleta est, ruinam Carthaginis eversio Corinthi subsecutus est, Ors. 5, 2; S. 214, 27

sceadu

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu, sceaduwe, sceadwe, sceade ; f.

Shadow, shadeshadow (cast by an object) darknessshadow, protectiona shady place, shade, arbouran obscure image

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Sceadwe scenam, 80, 1. shadow as opposed to substance, an obscure image Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce sceadu, and seó níwe gecýðnys is sóðfæstnys, Homl. Th. i. 356, 1.

Linked entry: sceadu-genga

spyrian

(v.)
Grammar
spyrian, p. ede, ode

to trackgo in a trackfollowmake a journey in search of something to make a trackgoto enquireinvestigateexamineto enquire after or intoseek to know aboutto search afterseek to attainto askinvestigare, indagare, sciscitarito track; to investigate; to ask

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Syndan onhrérede anlícast hú druncen hwylc spyrige as any drunken man makes his way, Ps. Th. 106, 26. to enquire, investigate, examine Ðá cwæþ se wísdóm: 'Hwí . . . ?'

Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian

þing

(n.)
Grammar
þing, es; n.
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Mid wyrmendum þingum swilc swá pipor, 62, 2: 82, 4, 15. a thing that is done, an action, a proceeding, way of conduct Án þping ðé is wana ( one thing remains for you to do ); gesyle eall ðæt ðú áge, Mk. Skt. 10, 21.

Franc-land

(n.)
Grammar
Franc-land, Fronc-land, Frang-land, es; n.

Frank-landthe country of the FranksFrancōrum terraFrancia

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On ðam mynstre ðe on Franclande wæs getimbred in monastērio quod in rĕgiōne Francōrum constructum est, 3, 8; S. 531, 13. On Francland [Froncland, Th. 150, 23, col. 1; Frangland, 151, 23, col. 2, 3] into Frank-land, Chr. 882; Th. 150, 23, col. 2, 3

Linked entry: Fronc-land

micel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-líc, adj.

Greatgrandmagnificentsplendidillustrious

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Wæs se wer for Gode and for mannum micellíc ( magnificus ), Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 38. Hú his mægenþrymnes mycellíc standeþ, Ps. Th. 110, 2.

midde

(n.)
Grammar
midde, an; f.

The middle

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Múð wæs on middan, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 10; Rä. 33, 9. On æge biþ gioleca on middan, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339; Met. 20, 170

wrǽt

(n.)
Grammar
wrǽt, wrǽtt, e; f.

A work of arta jewelan ornament

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A work of art, a jewel, an ornament Se (the cave) wæs innan full wrǽtta and wíra, weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, Beo. Th. 4817; 3. 2413. Wundenmǽl wrǽttum gebunden, 3067 ; 3. 1531. Is ðes middangeard wísum gewlitegad, wrǽttum gefrætwad, Exon.

Linked entry: wrǽtte

bold-getæl

a districtprovince

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Wæs sum wer in Samni þám boldgetæle (boltgetele, v. l.) . . . swá manige men swá cúðon Samni ꝥ boldgetæl (-tel, v. l.) erat in Samnii provincia quidam vir . . . quot Samnii provinciam noverunt, 229, 6-11.

dæg-hwámlíce

(adv.)
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dæg-hwámlíce, every day.
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Hé dæghwámlíce wæs blótende diófolgildum, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 13: Bl. H. 127, 14. Wé him gyldað singallíce, and hý ús hýnað dæghwámlíce, Wlfst. 163, 11: 156, 12: Gen. 41, 56.

Linked entry: -hwámlíce

for-hínan

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Mid þǽm bryne hió (Rome) wæs swá swíþe forhiéned þæt hió nǽfre siþþan swelc næs nec unquam majore incendio vastata est, 6, 1; S. 252, 24. Take here for-hýnan, and add

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geó-geára

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geó-geára, [Perhaps this should be taken as two words. v. An. 1388
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Bryten wæs lúgeára (originally higeára) Albion háten Brittania cui quondam Albion nomen fuit, 1, 1; Sch. 7, 6. Geógeára on ealdum spellum, Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 15. Iúgére ealdum wítum, Exod. 33

ge-wrégan

(v.)
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ge-wrégan, to accuse.
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Voc. ii. 44, 73. to accuse a person Þá þe hé wæs gewroeged from aldursácerdum cum accusaretur a principibus sacerdotum, Mt. R. L. 27, 12. to accuse to somebody Clemens wearð gewréht tó ðám cásere for ðám micclan crístendóme þe hé árǽrde, Hml.

ge-weccan

(v.)
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to rouse from sleep In scip slépende from frohtendum gewaehten wæs in nave dormiens a periclitantibus excitatus, Mt. p. 15, 18. <b>I a.

Linked entry: weccan

hwem

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Drihten wæs gefæstnod mid feówer nægelum tó westdǽle áwend, and his wynstra heóld ðone scýnendan súðdǽl, and his swíðra norðdǽl, eástdǽl his hnol; and hé ealle álýsde middaneardes hwemmas swá hangiende, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 3