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ge-wis

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, -wiss; adj.

Certainsureknowingforeknowingcertus

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Ðæt is gesægd ðæt he wǽre gewis his sylfes forþfóre qui præscius sui obitus exstitisse videtur, 4, 24; S. 599, 14. Wite ðæt érest gewiss ðæt ðæt mód byþ ðære sáwle ǽge know first that as certain, that the mind is the soul's eye, Shrn. 178, 2.

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ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, p. de; pp. ed [ge-mǽne communis] .

to MEAN, to signifysibi velle, significareto communicate, announce, pronounce, uttercommunicare, pronuntiareto MOAN, to groaningemiscere, plangereto considercolloqui, considerareto make common, contaminate, defile, violatecommunicare, coinquinare, violarecommunicare alicuito make knowndicere, monstrare, judicare

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[mǽne vilis, scelestus] to make common, contaminate, defile, violate; communicare, coinquinare, violare Ðæt ðǽr ǽnig mon wordum ne worcum wǽre ne brǽce, ne þurh inwit-searo ǽfre gemǽnden that there not any man by words or works should break the compact

Linked entries: mǽnan mǽnan

un-gecoren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecoren, adj.

unchosenunselectedreprobateevil

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Ðæt hé ðone áð funde, gif hé mæhte, ungecorenne, ðe se onspeca on gehealden wǽre.

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be-gíman

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Hí míne heorde wǽce begímdon, Wlfst. 190, 21. Begým þínes sylfes, Hml. A. 198, 109. Þæt hig begímon þǽra þinga þe tó þǽre hálgan eardungstówe belimpað custodiant vasa tabernaculi. Num. 3, 7. Begýmendum gubernante, An. Ox. 1993.

efen-niht

(n.)
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Gif hit wǽre rihtlíce emniht on Sc̃a Marian mæssedæge, Lch. iii. 256, 14. Seó lenctenlice emniht (-nyhte, v. l. ), 12. Seó hærfestlice emniht, 24. Seó emniht byð on .xii. kl. Octobris, Angl. viii. 311, 26.

ge-sǽlignes

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lífes, Nar. 7, 21. of things, favourable condition, richness of soil Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem, Nar. 5, 23. blessedness, beatitude, v. ge-sǽlig ; Ðú sǽdest ꝥ Godes gódness and his gesǽligness and hé self þæt ꝥ wǽre

Linked entry: sǽligness

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, councilconventus, congregatio, concursusConcĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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Wæs ðá witena gemót then there was a meeting of the wise, 1052; Erl. 184, 35. Hæfde Eádwerde cing witena gemót on Lunden king Edward had a meeting of the wise in London, 1050; Erl. 176, 9. See also Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. cap. vi.

Linked entry: ge-mét

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Se wítegode be Criste swíðe gewislíce swilce he godspellere wǽre he prophesied about Christ with great exactness, as if he had been an evangelist, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 414. Gewislíce ic hæbbe certe habeo, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 7.

Linked entries: ge-wisslíce wisslíce

síc

(n.)
Grammar
síc, es; n. : but síce, es; m.
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In ðæt wǽte sícc; of ðam síce, 386, 16. On ðæt eástre síc, 438, 28. In ðæt síc, 31, 12. [Syke rivus, Wrt. Voc. i. 195, col. 2. Icel. sík a ditch, trench: O. H. Ger. gi-sích stagnum, lacus, palus (cf.

un-rihtlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rihtlíc, adj.

Unrighteousunjustwickedwrongful

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Hié him andwyrdon ðæt hit gemálíc wǽre and uuryhtlíc ðæt swá oferwlenced cyning sceolde winnan on swá earm folc responderunt, stolide opulentissimum regem adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 11.

bróc

Grammar
bróc, l. broc,

afflictionlabourmiseryafflictiontroublediseasehurt

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Eówre brocu nú lǽssan sindon þonne heora þá wǽre, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, ii. 14, 8. Ealle þá sár and þá brocu þe se man tó gesceapen is, Bl.

Linked entry: bróc

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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Þæt wé wære beón þæs egeslican tíman þe tówerd is . . . Þæt bið se egeslicesta þe ǽfre gewearð, Wlfst. 95, 2

onettan

Grammar
onettan, l. ónettan, and in 1. 26 for 1529
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wǽre liófre ꝥ ic ónette wiþ þæs, ꝥ ic ðé móste gelǽstan ꝥ ic ðe gehét festino debitum promissionis absolvere, Bt. 40, 5 ; F. 240, 15. Seó stíg gelǽdde þá ónettendan (properantes) men tó ðæs weres cytan, Gr. D. 212, 20. <b>I a.

ge-dón

(v.)
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Ǽr gedénra, Cri. 1266. ¶ pp. gedón finished, completed, brought to a conclusion, (i) of action :-- Hit wæs elles feáwum mannum cúð ǽr hit gedón wæs, Chr. 1043; P. 164, 3.

(adv.)
Grammar
má, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Moreratherfurther

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Hé má geceás ðæt hé wæs eft hám hweorfende he preferred to return home, 5, 2; S. 615, 33. Him wíslícre and gehyldre wǽre ðæt hí má hám cyrdan ðonne hí ða eallreordan þeóde gesécan sceoldan, 1, 23; S. 485, 32.

nǽnig

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).

not anynonenono onenot any one

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Him nǽnig wæs ǽlǽrendra óðer betera, Elen. Kmbl. 1008; El. 505. Nǽnig heora þohte, Beo. Th. 1385; B. 691. Nǽnegum áraþ leóde Deniga, 1201; B. 598. Ic nǽngum sceððe burgsittendra, Exon. Th. 407, 9; Rä. 26, 2.

Linked entry: nán

ge-gearwian

(v.)
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Ne Salomon suá gegearued wæs ( coopertus est ), Mt. L. 6, 29. Gæst gegearwd (cf. un-gegearwod), Gú. 662. Wǽron secgas sóna gegearwod wǽpnum tó wigge, El. 47. <b>IV a.

treów

(n.)
Grammar
treów, es; n.

a treea materialwoodtreesa woodroof-treesaddle-treea piece of wooda beamlogstakestaffcudgelgallows-treetree used of the cross

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Ðæt treów wæs gód tó etanne, Gen. 3, 6. Treów (tréu, Lind.) arbor, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 10. Treów (trýw, MS. B.: treó, Lind.), 7, 17. Hit wearð mycel treów (on treó miclum, Lind.: on tree miclum, Rush.) factum est in arborem magnam, Lk. Skt. 13, 19.

under-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
under-þeódan, -þiédan, -þídan; p. de.

to subjectsubjugaterender subjectto subjectcause to endurerender liableto subjoinaddto support

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Ne wæs ǽfre ǽnig cyning ðæt má heora landa him tó gewealde underþeódde, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 23. Underðeódende folc under mé subjiciens populos sub me, Ps.

dæg

(n.)
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Hyt wæs þá on dæg restedæg it was the sabbath at that time, Nic. 7, 5. Hyt wæs on dæg þá gé mé beclýsdon it was at the time when you shut me up, 10, 35: Chr. 1083; P. 215, 7. Oþ þisne andweardan dæg up to the present time, 851; P. 64, 23.