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ge-nearwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nearwian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad, ot

To narrow, straiten, constrain, confine, oppress, afflict

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To narrow, straiten, constrain, confine, oppress, afflict Hwílum mec mín freá fæste genearwaþ sometimes my master fast confines me, Exon. 101 b; Th. 382, 24; Rä. 4, 1. Swá hit is genearwed so is it narrowed, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 24.

Linked entry: nearwian

carful-nys

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Add: care, anxiety (v. carful, 1) Is seó mǽste þearf ꝥ wé hwílon úre mód gebígean tó þám gástlicum rihte be-tweoh þás eorðlican carfulnysse (ymbhigdo, v. l. ), Gr.

ge-wlitegian

(v.)
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Voc. ii. 151, 14. physical, to give (beautiful) form to Ðá gesceafta hé þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrum híwe gebrengþ elementa in se invicem temperat, et alterna commutatione transformat, Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 9. to decorate, ornament

teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
teohhian, <b>. II a.</b>
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Hwílum hí magon begytan þá þing þe heom ǽr teohhode nǽron aliquando obtinere possunt ea, quae non sunt praedestinata, Gr. D. 54, 11. <b>II c.

fægernes

ornamentbeautypleasantness

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K. p. 150, 18. beauty, elegance of diction Áwend sprǽc tó óðrum híwe, hwílon for fægernysse, hwílon for neóde, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 18.

þrág

(n.)
Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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Swá is þrágum ( at times, sometimes ) winne, hwílum..., hwílum, Exon. Th. 386, 26; Rä. 4, 67: 381, 1; Rä. 2, 4: 494, 6; Rä. 82, 4: Cd. Th. 271, 29; Sat. 112: Elen. Kmb1. 2475; El. 1239.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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Hí águnnon smeágan, hwilc of him ðæt tó dónne wǽre Lk. Skt. 22, 23. Dauid ongan smeágan and þencan, hwilce ðæs gódan mannes dǽda wǽron Blickl. Homl. 55, 12. Ðonne mót man smeágan and geornlíce spyrian hwár ða mánfullan wununge habban L.

Linked entry: smeán

griðian

(v.)
Grammar
griðian, p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed.
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Griðodon, 1087; Er1. 225, 15. to protect, give 'grith:'-Hwílum heálíce hádas griðian mihton ða ðe ðæs beþorf once those of high rank could extend protection to those that needed it, L. Eth. 7, 3; Th. i. 330, 7.

gástlíce

(adv.)

spirituallyspiritually

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Þǽr ðu gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre on ðínum móde, Bt. 5, 1 ; F. 10, 4. spiritually opposed to carnally Ðone monn ðe gǽstlíce (gást-, v. l.) liofað qui spiritaliter

wund

(adj.)
Grammar
wund, adj.

Wounded

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I Ða hwíle ðe hé wund wæs dum convalescit a vulnere, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9. Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. Wund wearð Wulfmǽr, wælreste geceás, Byrht. Th. 135, 4; By. 113. Se wyrm swefeþ sáre wund, Beo.

ge-hál

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Ðǽra steorrena nán ne fylð of ðám rodere ðá hwíle ðe ðeós woruld wunað swá gehál, Hex. 14, 3. Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. <b>II a.

ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Gyf man þæt gerǽde, gold and glencga álecge man þá hwíle, Wlfst. 170, 7. Dó man út his eágan . . . oþþe hine hættian, swá hwilc þissa swá mon þonne gerǽde, Ll. Th. i. 394, 15. On þám fyrste þe witan gerǽden, 176, 1. Gerǽd destinatum, Germ. 397, 429.

mótan

(v.)
Grammar
mótan, ic, hé mót, ðú móst; wé móton; p. móste (

to be allowedmaymoteto be inferred otherwiseto be obligedmust

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Uton fleón ða hwíle ðe wé móton. Homl. Th. ii. 124, 20. Nú cweþaþ oft preóstas ðæt Petrus hæfde wíf: fulsóþ hý secgaþ, forðam ðe hé swá móste ðá, L. Ælfc.

lengu

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Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille . . . sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge, Tech. ii. 119, 15. (l a) cf. lang; 2 a Lencge, híh[þe] proceritate, summitate, An. Ox. 1640. of time relations.

dráf

(n.)
Grammar
dráf, e; f. [dráf drove, p. of drífan]

DROVE, herd, band armenta, grex, agmen

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Oft twegen sǽmen oððe þrý hwílum drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ to sǽ sæpe duo tresve a pirātis christianōrum agmen congregātum a mari usque ad mare compellunt, Lupi Serm. i. 15; Hick. Thes. ii. 103, 34.

HREDDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HREDDAN, p. de

To RIDtake awaysaveliberate

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Hwílum ic wráððum sceal stefne mínre forstolen hreddan sometimes with my voice I shall save the stolen from enemies, 104 a; Th. 396, 4; Rä. 15, 18.

gán

to gowalkto move along, proceedto take a specified course to be guideddeterminedto be habitually in a specified conditionto gobe pregnantto pass, elapseto happen, come to pass, take placeto pass, be currentto be accepted to have a specified issue turn out so and soto move away, depart to relinquishto take one's way, proceedgomove in a specified directiongoandto applybetake oneselfto turnbetake oneselfgoto be carried, moved, impelledto pass, be paid, be allottedto be appropriatedto be one of the constituent elements be amongst the conditions requisiteto amount, be equivalentto attain, reach, extendto come to take precedence of.to produce, came out withto accompany, be withto be uttered to begin, startto go to the closet, have an evacuationto leave a permanent habitationoccupation to proceed to the business of a court

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D. v. 40, 17. út gán to go to the closet, have an evacuation Hwílum hié oft on dæge út gáð, and þonne lytlum ; hwílum ǽne, and þonne micel, Lch. ii. 230, 21.

ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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To be silent. to cease speaking, keep silence after speaking Dá geswigode (o obticuit ) se Wísdóm áne lytle hwíle, Bt. 7, 1 ; F. 16, 5. Ðá ðis gesprecen wæs, þá geswigode (-sugode, v. l. ) ꝥ Mód. 18, 1 ; F. 60, 18. Geswugode, 24, 1; F. 80, 5.

ge-fremian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fremian, ge-fremman.
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Ðá hwíle þe hit biþ on his módé, ǽr þám þe hit gefremed weorþe, Bt. 39, 5; F. 218, 23. Wearð seó menniscnys þurh þone micclan willan gefremmed, Hml. Th. i. 196, 25. Of gefremedre genihtsumnysse de congesta (virtutum) copia. An. Ox. 3344.

hefig-ness

oppressivenessburdensomenessa troubledullnessdiseaseoppression

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Seó sául þá hwíle þe heó on þám lícuman byð ne mæg God geseón swá swá heó wilnað for þæs lícuman hefenesse and gedréfednesse, Solil. H. 29, 14. disease Ðe ilca úsra untrymnise í hefignise gebær ipse nostras aegrotationes portavit, Mt.