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þennan

(v.)
Grammar
þennan, þenian; p. þenede.
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Surt. ii. p. 190, 5. to prostrate, overthrow Ðæt hé þenede hig on wéstene ut prosterneret eos in deserto, Ps. Spl. 105, 25. to strain, make an effort, exert one's self, press on (v.

Linked entries: þænnan þenian

ge-rǽdnes

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Th. ii. 296, 18. a legal agreement embodied in a charter God þá gehealde for bǽm lífum þe unne ꝥ þeós gerǽdnis stondon móte in écnesse, C. D. ii. 132, 19. þás gerǽdnisse eall se hióréd mid Crístes róde tácne gefæstnodon, 150, 33.

ge-nóg

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nóg, adj.
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Ic eów wísige þæt gé genóge neón sceáwiað beágas and brád gold, B. 3104. as predicate 'Hér synt twá swurd.' Hé cwæð: 'Ꝥ ys genóh (-nóg, R., sat est ),' Lk. 22, 38. Genóg is ús sufficit nobis, Jn. L. R. 14, 8. Genóh is, Kent. Gl. 1088.

æ-scære

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
æ-scære, adj. [æ = a, scær, p. of sceran to shear, cut]

Without tonsureuncutuntrimmedneglectedintonsusincultusneglectus

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Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 20

Linked entries: a-scære -scǽre

a-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hýdan, p. de; pp. ed

To hideabscondereoccuhare

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To hide; abscondere, occuhare Tungol beóþ ahýded the star is hidden, Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 12; Ph. 96: Cd. 148; Th. 184, 30; Exod. 115.

dim-hofe

(n.)
Grammar
dim-hofe, dym-hofe, an; f.
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-hofon] ætlŭtode Gregory concealed himself in hiding-places, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 33

Linked entries: dym-hefe hofe

flyge

(n.)
Grammar
flyge, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flyingflightvŏlātus

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Ic sceal on flyge earda neósan I shall in flight visit lands, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 28; Sat. 112

ge-settan

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Add: <b>II a.</b> to put a thing in a certain position. to put as representative, put for On hálgum gewrite bið gelómlíce heáfod gesett for þæs mannes móde, Hml. Th.

un-fortredde

(n.)

not destroyed by treadingknot-grasspolygonum aviculare

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not destroyed by treading; a name given to a plant that can grow in trodden paths, knot-grass; polygonum aviculare Pilogonus et sanguinaria ðæt is unfortredde, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 66. Unfortrædde.

wyrm-melu

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-melu, (-o), wes; n.
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'Dry fair large earthworms before the fire, or in an oven, which when thorough dry, beat into powder,' Salmon's English Physician, quoted by Cockayne.

burg-weall

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Th. ii. 190, 34. Add

crycc

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Lituus, baculum augurale in prima parte curvum, id est crycc (cryc), Txts. 72, 571. Cryc baculum, Ps. Srt. 22, 4. Se biscop slóh mid his cricce on ðá eorðan, Shrn. 70, 14. Hé mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre, Hml. S. 21, 101.

met

(n.)
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, Lch. ii. 30, 30

on-clifiende

(adj.)
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Onclifende (inhaerendo) þam gáste se líchama byþ gehealden in écnesse, 264, 1

on-médan

(v.)

(?) to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan)

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to take upon ones self, to presume ( the following passage should be given under médan) Ondsware ýwe se hine on méde wordum secgan hú se wudu hátte let him give answer, who will take upon himself to say in words, what the name of that wood is, Exon.

Linked entry: médan

smæl-þearme

(n.)
Grammar
smæl-þearme, es; n.

The small gut, lower abdomen

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Ðá þýdde Æfner hine mid hindewerde sceafte on ðæt smælþearme percussit eum Abner aversa hasta in inguine Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 18

ge-spreca

(n.)
Grammar
ge-spreca, an; m.

One who talks with anothera counsellor

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Th. ii. 190, 12. Ðú dé ánne genim to gesprecan symle spella and lára rǽd-hycgende always take as thy counsellor one sagacious in discourses and doctrines, Exon. 80 a; Th. 301, 26; Fä. 25

Linked entry: ge-speca

ge-þwit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þwit, es; n.

What is cut or shaved offshavingscuttingschipsassulæ

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B.] nómon ond in wæter sendon they cut off chips from the very stud [prop] and threw the cuttings into the water, Bd. 3, 17, MS. T; S. 544, 44, col. 2, note

Linked entry: þwit

á-weorþan

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Voc. ii. 126, 19. ¶ in Northern Gospels = ge-weorþan :-- Forð áworðað peribunt, Mt. L. 26, 52. Áwærð ł gewærð facta, 13, 21. Áwarð (giwarð,R.), Mk. L. 15, 33. Ꝥte áworðe ł ꝥte hiá sé áworden fieri, Lk. L. 21, 31. Add The p. p. occurs frequently

Linked entry: weorþan

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Ox. 4782, to commit, commend Ic mé þé bebeóde, Hml. S. 23 b, 448. Gif ðú gewítest, hwǽm bebeódest þú ús?, Bl. H. 225, 17. Þá þré fǽmnan þe him Críst bebeád, 145, 31. Þé Gode bebeód te Deo commenda, Ll. Th. ii. 226, 16.