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gita

(adv.)
Grammar
gita, gieta, geta, gyta; adv.

Yet ⬩ still

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Ne wearþ wæl máre ǽfer gieta folces gefylled never yet was greater slaughter of people made, Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 15; Ædelst. 66: Cd. 113; Th. 148, 34; Gen. 2466.

Linked entries: gyta geta

þole-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
þole-mód, adj.

Of a patient disposition ⬩ patient ⬩ long-suffering

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Heó wæs þolemód and gestǽðþig on hire gebǽran, and ne geseah hí nán man yrre, Homl. Ass. 127, 367. Þolemód on wiþerweardum þingum patient in adversity, R. Ben. 26, 18.

Linked entries: þol-mód þolo-mód

ge-edcwician

(v.)

to come to life again after death ⬩ to recover consciousness, feeling

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Add: to come to life again after death Hé ne geedcucað ǽr ðám gemǽnum ǽriste, ac hé is tó écum wítum genið-erod, Hml. Th. i. 382, 2. Hé clypode: 'Thabita, árís, ' and heó þǽrrihte geedcucode, Hml. S. 10, 71.

ge-fédan

to give food to ⬩ to bring up ⬩ to bring forth

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L. 8, 30. o suckle an infant :-- Ðá breósto ðá ðe ne gefoedon ubera quae non lactauerunt, Lk. L. 23, 29. to bring up Tó Nazareth ðér wæs gefoeded ( nutritus ), Lk. L.

ge-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-reccan, -recan, -reccean; ic -recce, ðú -reccest, -recest, he -receþ, -recþ; imp. -rece; p. -reahte, -rehte; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

to put forth, shew, relate, express, denote, explain, interpret, translate ⬩ exponere, demonstrare, narrare, referre, disserere, exprimere, interpretari, reddere ⬩ to set forth, extend, direct, order, rule, control, reprove, correct, subdue, reduce to subjection ⬩ exponere, extendere, dirigere, regere, corripere, corrigere, subigere, sub imperium redigere

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Ne biþ se ofer eorþan gereaht non dirigetur super terram, Ps. Th. 139, 11. Gerece on gesihþe ðíne weg mínne dirige in conspectu tuo viam meam, Ps. Spl. 5, 9: 24, 5: 39, 3: Ps. Th. 118, 133.

Linked entry: ge-hræcan

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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H. 64, 25. where the complement is a class or common noun in the nominative Ðeós wyrt þe . . . sume men hennebelle hátað, Lch. i. 94, 6. Þæt þú sóðfestnes hǽtst, þæt ys God, Solil. H. 52, 12.

ge-neálǽcan

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Tó ná geneálǽc tó Drihtne mid twy-fealdre heortan ne accesseris ad Dominum duplici corde, Scint. 65, 15. IV a. the subject a thing Geneálǽcige gebed mín on gesihþe þínre, Ps. L. 118, 169.

CEARU

(n.)
Grammar
CEARU, caru, cearo, e; f.

CARE, sorrow, grief ⬩ cura, dolor, mæror

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Nis ðé nán caru non est tibi curæ, Lk. Bos. 10, 40: Ps. Th. 60, 1. Ðonne biþ þearfendum cwíðende cearo then shall be wailing care to the miserable, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 5; Cri. 1286: 77a; Th. 289, 29; Wand. 55.

Linked entries: cearo cara care caru

FEAX

(n.)
Grammar
FEAX, fex, es; n.

Hair of the head ⬩ the locks ⬩ cæsăries ⬩ cŏma ⬩ căpillus

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Ne feax ne fel neither hair nor skin, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 1; Jul. 591: Cd. 195; Th. 243, 18; Dan. 438. Feax cæsăries, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Som. 15, 53.

Linked entries: fæx fex

FEL

(n.)
Grammar
FEL, FELL, es; n.

skin ⬩ hide ⬩ pellis ⬩ cŏrium ⬩ cŭtis

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Næs hyre feax ne fel fýre gemǽled neither her hair nor skin was marked by the fire, Exon. 74 a; Th. 278, 1; Jul. 591. Fell pellis, Wrt. Voc. 71, 18. Felles ne récceþ he cares not for my skin, Exon. 127 a; Th. 488, 12; Rä. 76, 5.

Linked entry: fell

fór

(n.)
Grammar
fór, e; f. [fór, p. of faran to go]

A going ⬩ setting out ⬩ journey ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ approach ⬩ ĭtio ⬩ profectio ⬩ ĭter ⬩ cursus ⬩ sĕmĭta ⬩ accessus

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Ne can ic Abeles ór ne fóre I know not Abel&#39;s coming nor going, 48; Th. 61, 33; Gen. 1006. Ðú scealt ða fóre geferan thou shall go the journey, Andr. Kmbl. 431; An. 216: 673; An. 337: Exon. 40 b; Th. 136, 8; Gú. 538.

langung

(n.)
Grammar
langung, e; f.

Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ weariness

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Hé for ðære langunga and for ðære geómrunga ðæs óðres deáþes leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte ... him nǽfre seó langung ne geteorode for grief and sorrow at the other's death he could not live in that land any longer ... his grief never wore itself

un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far off ⬩ at no great distance off ⬩ no great distance

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Not far off. marking position, at no great distance off, Grammar un-feor, where the point from which the distance is measured is given by an adverb Ðǽr wæs unfeorr (-feor, MS. A.) án swýna heord erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt.

wícnere

(n.)
Grammar
wícnere, es; m.
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Nys nánum mæssepreóste álýfed, ne diácone, ðæt hí geréfan ( praefecti) beón, ne wícneras (procuratores ), L. Ecg. P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 21.

Linked entry: wícnung

fleógan

to fly ⬩ to flee ⬩ to avoid

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Né ic fleóge non trano, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 49. Hwelc seleð mé fíðru swé swé culfran and ic flígu (volabo), Ps. Srt. 54, 7. Hé ástág on þone torr, and áþenedum earmum ongan fleógan on þá lyfte, Bl. H. 187, 28. Hé geseah hine fleógendne, 189, l.

ge-cennan

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habbas in óðrum gecendon in canone propria unusquisque quae non habentur in aliis ediderunt, Mt. p. 3, 17. with object and complementary adj.

gím-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gím-ness, e; f.
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L. 10, 35. care for an object that affects with pleasure, fear, &amp;c. v. gíman; 2 Nis ðé gémnis (gémeniso, L.) be ǽngum non est tibi cura de aliquo Mt. R. 22, 16. Ne is ðé gémnise, ꝥte . . . . Lk. L.

Linked entry: gém-nis

in-segel

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. :-- Þonne wé sceáwiað þá inseglu and onlícnessa þe þonne gýt fullfremedlíce ne beóð ágrafene sicut necdum perfecte sculpta sigilla conspicimus. Gr. D. 283, 23

on-gin

(n.)
Grammar
on-gin, on-ginn, es; n.

a beginning ⬩ an attempt, undertaking, enterprise ⬩ action, proceeding ⬩ action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours

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Drihtne úres anginnes nán þing dígle ne biþ. . . Beforan ðé is eall mín gewilnung, R. Ben. 25, 9

GOD

(n.)
Grammar
GOD, es; m.

God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god

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Nys nán man gód, búton God ána, Lk. 18, 19. Hú gód Israhél God, Ps. Spl. 72, 1. Hér is Godes lamb, Jn. 1, 29. Enoch férde mid Gode, Gen. 5, 24. Ða leásan godas false gods, Blickl. Homl. 201, 30.

Linked entry: af-god