ge-hyrwan
To make game of ⬩ despise ⬩ disparage ⬩ traduce ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress ⬩ cavillāri ⬩ contemnĕre ⬩ detrăhĕre
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To make game of, despise, disparage, traduce, vex, oppress; cavillāri, contemnĕre, detrăhĕre Elene ne wolde ðæs wilgifan word gehyrwan Elene would not despise the dear prince's word, Elen. Kmbl. 442; El. 221 : Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 27; Gú. 462. He gehyrweþ
á-licgan
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Add: to be at an end, come to an end, be brought low Mín wynn álæg there was an end to my joy, Ps. Th. 119, 5. Nó hira þrym álæg, An. 3. Ful oft þǽr wíg ne álæg rarely did war cease, Vid. 119. Symbel ne álégon feasts never failed, Reim. 5. Álicgan heonan
Linked entry: á-lecgan
réce-leás
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Careless, reckless Réccileás prefaricator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 8. Ymb ða gýmene his écre hǽlo hé wæs tó sǽne and tó réceleás erga curam perpetuae suae salvationis nihil omnino studii & industriae gerens, Bd. 3,13; S. 538, 19. Tó hwam wurde ðú
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wilde
Having power ⬩ powerful ⬩ strong
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Having power, powerful, strong Hit næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum Ors. 4, l; Swt. 156, 22. Beó á seó mildheortnys wyldre ðonne se rihta dóm semper
ge-dyrstig
Bold, daring ⬩ having courage, confidence ⬩ presumptuous audacious
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Substitute: Bold, daring Gedyrstig (gedurstig, Erf.) ausus, Txts. 43, 245 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 44. in a favourable sens having courage, confidence Ne gidyrstig wæs ǽnig hine gefregna neque, ausus fuit quisquam eum interrogare, Mt. L. 22, 46. Be þǽre wísan
á-feormian
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Add: I. to cleanse an object from impurity (dat. or prep, fram, of) Þú áfeormast fram fúlum synnum þǽra heortan, Angl. xiii. 112, 3. Ús fram sennum hí áfeormian ( abluant ), Hy. S. 118, 23. Ús áfeormigende nos abluendo , 52, 19. Áfeormod seofonfealdlíce
ofer-stǽlan
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Add: to overcome in a dispute, overthrow the case of a person by proofs Þá fuhton þá englas and þá deóflu ymbe þá earman sáwle ; and þá deóflu hý ( the soul) genáman æt þám englum, and oferstǽldon hý mid hire yfelan weorcum þe heó wyrcende wæs (confuted
á-beódan
to announce, declare a message ⬩ to announce what is coming ⬩ to announce the coming of a person ⬩ to bid farewell ⬩ to hail ⬩ to announce what may be accepted, to offer ⬩ to announce what is to be obeyed, to bid, command ⬩ to summon, call out
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Add: to announce, declare a message Hé word ábeád he delivered the words of his message, B. 390. Ðæt hé hyre ǽrende ábude ðám bisceope ðysum wordum, Hml. S. 2, 68. Ðæt ic wiþ ðé sceolde ǽrendsprǽce ábeódan, Rä. 61, 16. Áboden bið praedicabitur, Lk. R
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medumian
to fix the measure of anything ⬩ to deem worthy ⬩ respect ⬩ esteem
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to fix the measure of anything Dóm æfter dǽde medemige man be mǽðe according to the deed let the measure of doom be fixed in proportion, L. Eth. vi. 10; Th. i. 318, 6: vi. 53; Th. i. 328, 17. Man sceal medmian and gescádlíce tóscádan ylde and geógoþe
Linked entry: medumung
ceápian
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Dele last passage, and add: to trade, traffic Ceápigas (ceópigas, R.) negotiamini, Lk. L. 19, 13. Gif ciépemon uppe on folce ceápi(g)e, Ll. Th. i. 118, 12. to buy, purchase (with gen.) Bycges ł ceápas (ceópias, R.) emant, Mk. L. 6, 13. Man wið þone
ciric-sócn
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Substitute: going to church, attendance at church Þæt crístene men þæne egesan ǽfre ne dreógan þæt hý deófolgyld weorðian, for ðám ne fremeð ǽnig cyricsócn ǽfre ǽnigum þéra þe þæt óðer drýhð, Wlfst. 281, 5. Þeówetlingas weorces beón gefreóde wið cyricsócne
earm-sceapen
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Substitute: Miserable, wretched. suffering misfortune, hardship, &c. Gewát þá earmsceapen ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft síðian, nacod nýdgenga, wundorlic wræcca tó mancynne, Dan. 632. Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals
ge-hende
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Add: local Wæs gehæfd gehende ðǽre byrig swilce hálig stów, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 26. Hé becóm tó ánre birig gehende Ephesan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 32. Seó rǽding cwyð wel gehende þám ende, Angl. viii. 323, 32. Þá Judéiscan ðe on Críst gelýfdon wǽron him gehendor
ge-mótian
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to talk about; ge-mótian ymb (be) to discuss Ús þingð genóh ꝥ wé ymbe þæs bissextus wurðscipe habbað þus gemótod, and ymbe his geréna manega þing gehrepod, Angl. viii. 308, 9. Wé habbað be pám bissextum gemótud, and be Ianuarium manega þing gehrepode
Linked entry: mótian
ge-flíman
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Take here <b>ge-nǽman, ge-fléman, ge-fliéman, ge-flýman</b> in Dict., and add: to put to flight a defeated enemy Þá Gotan hié mid gefeohte gefliémdon victo exercitu, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 25. Hé gefeaht wiþ Gotan and gefliémed wearð, and bedrifen
heard-lic
bold ⬩ warlike ⬩ resolute ⬩ stern ⬩ dire ⬩ grievous ⬩ harsh ⬩ severe ⬩ pitiless
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Substitute: bold, warlike. Similar entries Cf. heard; II, 1. Wíglice, heardlice bellicosas (cohortes), Hpt. Gl. 425, 8. resolute, stern. Similar entries Cf. heard; II 2. Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe and stydefætst módstaþol . . . bið witena
lofian
To praise ⬩ value
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To praise, value, put a price upon Míne weleras gefeóþ wynnum lofiaþ ðonne ic ðé singe gaudebunt labia mea dum cantavero tibi, Ps. Th. 70, 21. Wé ðé hæriaþ and lofiaþ we laud and praise thee, Dóm. L. 48, 116: Cd. 192; Th. 240, 33; Dan. 396: Elen. Kmbl
mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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A human form, image of a man, statue Ǽfre siððan se monlíca ( the pillar of salt into which Lot's wife was turned ) stille wunode, Cd. 119; Th. 155, 1; Gen. 2566. Eall Adames cynn ðe módor gebær tó manlícan all the race of Adam that mother gave the form
gyte
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Add: a flood of water, downpour of rain Gyte inun-datio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 63: 45, 63. Swá mycel yðgiung and regnes gyte (inundatio) forþ cóm, Gr. D. 167, 25. a shedding of tears Hwí ne feormast þú mid teára gyte torne synne? cur tua non purgas lacrymis
ofer-fyll
Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking ⬩ crapula
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Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking Gýfernys vel oferfil gastrimargia, Wrt. Voc.i. 27, 21. Oferfyl aplestia, ii. 10, 12. Ǽlc oferfyl fét unhǽlo, Prov. Kmbl. 61. Nǽfre oferfyl ne filige, forðí nis cristenum monnum nán þing