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ge-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.

to determine

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Geþinga us intercede for us, Exon. 12 b; Th. 21, 29; Cri. 342. to determine Hafaþ geþingod to us þeóden mǽra the great prince hath determined [to come] to us, Cd. 226; Th. 302, 12; Sat. 598

un-gelimp

(n.)
Grammar
un-gelimp, es; n. m.

Misfortunemishap

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Wæs swíðe hefelíc geár and swíðe sorhfull geár ... and swá mycel ungelimp on wæderunge swá man náht ǽðelíce geþencean ne mæg, Chr. 1085; Erl. 219, 21. Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes? 1086; Erl. 219, 40.

á-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lífan, (-lýfan, q. v.
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Voc. ii. 84, 6. to hand over a person Ne álýf þú mé on fyrenfulra fǽcne geðancas ne tradas me peccatori, Ps. Th. 139, 8. to be permitted Álýfð (is áléfed, L. R.) restedagum wel tó dónne hweþer ðe yfele licet sabbatis bene facere an male?

Linked entries: a-léfan á-lýfan

bodung

annunciationdeclarationtestimonyinterpretationrecitingrehearsingpreaching

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Hí mid bysnungum wel ne lǽdað, ne mid bodungum wel ne lǽrað, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 2. Bodengum, Wlfst. 276, 24. Hé á his bodunga mid gebysnungum ástealde, Hml. Th. ii. 148, 26

hleahtor

a laugh

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ut ubi lucem putaveris, ne a tenebris obcaeceris), Guth.

Linked entry: hleahtrian

herigend-lic

praiseworthyapprobationexcellent

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Se man nǽre herigendlic, gif hé for þí ne syngode þe hé ne mihte; ac hé wǽre hérigendlic, gif hé ne syngode þá þá hé mihte . . . drecð deófol mancyn mid costnungum, ꝥ þá be-ón hergendlice and hálige þe him wiðstandað magnae laudi non esset, si ideo homo

ge-réfa

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Nys nánum mæssepreóste Slýfed, ne diácone, hi gerefan (praefecti) beón, ne wícneras (procuratores), ii. 198, 21. not English Damascus wæs Abrahames gerefan (procura-toris ) sunu, Angl. vii. 44, 425.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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Folc þe ǽr nán folc ne mehte mid gefeohte gewinnan, Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 31. Þeód wæs gewunnen wintra mænigo the people was in subjection many years, Met. 1, 28. Hí ꝥ land hæfdon gewunnen, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 9. to take a town, castle, &c.

swingan

(v.)
Grammar
swingan, p. swang, pl. swungon; pp. swungen.

to swinge, flog, beat, scourge,to chastise, afflict, plague to give a blow with the handwithout the idea of hurting, to whip a top, cream, etc. , beat upto strike, dashto beat the wingsto wing, soar,a wing, pinionof a bird to soar

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Mid monnum ne biþ swungne cum hominibus non flagellabuntur; they are not plagued as other men, A. V. Ps. Surt. 72, 5. to give a blow with the hand Ðæt deófol cwæð: Swingaþ hine (St. Andrew) on his múð (cf. Sleáþ synnigne St.

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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Ne cép [MS. kep] ðú ðínum néxtan fácnes devise not deceit against thy neighbour, 5; Norm. 46, 10. Geþyldelíce synd to cépanne patienter portandi sunt, R. Ben. interl. 36

Linked entry: ge-cépan

ge-wit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wit, -witt, es; n.

witssenses[right] mindmindintellectknowledgeunderstandingconsciousness

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Seó gedréfednes ðæt mód ne mæg his gewittes bereáfian trouble cannot rob the mind of its faculties, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 25. bidde ic dé ðæt ðú hí on gewitte gebringe now I beseech thee bring her to her wits, Homl.

Linked entry: wit

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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'Ic þrý dagas þolian sceolde wælgrim wítu. . . .' ' Ne wép ðone wræcsíð, ' 2861 ; An. 1433. Mæg unfǽge eáðe gedígan weán and wræcslít, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292

ge-rád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rád, adj.
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Th. i. 270, 33. well arranged, ordered, disposed, adapted Ne mæg nán mon on þisse andweardan life eallunga gerád beón wiþ his wyrd nemo facile cum fortunae suae conditions concordat. Bt.

Linked entry: sam-rád

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Ne ful geare wiste, 860. Geara, Guth. 70, 4: Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 8. Ne wéne ic his, ac wát geara (geare, v. l. ), 38, 6; F. 208, 14. Geare cunnan, Wand. 69: B. 2070; El. 167. Gearwe cunnan, Wand. 71. Gearor witan, Past. 429, 19: Bl. H. 13, 21.

lícian

(v.)
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Add: to please, with person or thing as subject. absolute On ǽlcum lande ne lícað ꝥ on óþrum lícaþ, Bt. 18, 2 ; F. 64, 26. Hé wilnað ungemetlíce lícigean (lícian, v. l. ), Past. 143, 6.

rím

(adj.)
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circumdederunt me mala, quorum non est numerus, Ps.

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.

Thenwhenthenat that timemarking sequencethenafter thatthereuponof timewhenof cause or reasonwhensinceasmarking timewhenwhensinceaswhenifthen ... whenwhen ... then

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Godes ðeówas ðá náne landáre hleótan ne móston, Homl. Th. ii. 224, 4. On anginne ðissere worulde menn móston lybban be heora lustum ðá ... wé ne móton lybban be úrum lustum , Homl. Skt. i. 16, 233.

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Nán man nán þing ne bycge ofer feówer peninga weorð ( that costs more than fourpence ), L. C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 3. Þéh ðe hé hié sume wið feó gesealde, hé ðæt weorð nolde ágan ðæt him mon wið sealde, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 198, 17.

ge-þeón

(v.)
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S. 35, 10. of highly developed powers Ðá ðe ðonne giét tó ðǽm gewintrede ne beóð ne geðiegene (-þigene, v. l.)

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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Gif preóst on gesetne tíman tída ne ringe, oþþe tída ne singe, L. N. P. L. 36; Th. ii. 296, 3-4. <b>I d.

Linked entry: týd