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ge-costian

(v.)
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Add: to try, prove, test Ðá aeláruuas cunnedon ł gecostadon ( temtantes ) hine, Mk. L. 10, 2. Ðis cwæð ðæt gicostade hine, Jn. R.L. 6, 6. Éghwelc mið fýre sié gicostad, Mk. R. 9, 49 (1 a) to try with inducements to evil, to tempt :-- ꝥte hé woere gecostad

ge-croged

Linked entry: -croged

ge-cryppan

(v.)
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ge-cryppan, p. te
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To crook a finger, close the hand Genim gecrypte hand fulle, Lch. ii. 276, 13

Linked entry: cryppan

ge-cundelic

(adj.)
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In Bt. S. 31, 25 the reading is gecundlic

ge-cwedrǽden

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Cleopode Pompeius him tó ymbe Rómána ealde gecwedrǽdenne ... 'Geféra, gemyne ðæt ðú úre gecwedrǽdenne ne oferbrec[e]' ... þæt wæs seó gecwedrǽden þe Rómáne geset hæfdon, ꝥ hiora nán óðerne on þone andwlitan ne slóge, þǽr þǽr hié æt gefeohtum

ge-cwelmbǽran

Similar entry: ge-cwealmbǽran

ge-cwéman

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Add: to please, be pleasing to, be agreeable to Ic ðé on hleóðre hearpan gecwéme, Ps. Th. 107, 2. Þú éce líf eallum dǽlest, swá hér manna gehwylc Metode gecwémað, Hy. 10, 58. Ic ne gecwémde non placui, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 27. Heora ofspring, þone dǽl ðe

ge-cwéme

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Add: pleasing, acceptable Gecwéme ł wynsumlic votivum, acceptum, desiderativum, Hpt. Gl. 446, 51. Þám men geþeód mid gecwémre geférrǽdene on wynsumre drohtnunge, Hml. Th. i. 438, 23. Hafað ðeós wyrt swýþe gecwémne swæc, Lch. i. 264, 19. Gecwéme beneplacita

ge-cwéme

(adv.)
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ge-cwéme, adv. (?)
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Pleasantly, agreeably Gecwéme contente (the Latin, however, is probably gen. fem. Cf. ðǽre gehealdnan contente, 79, 41), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 20

ge-cwémednes

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On gecwémednessum heora in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. L. 140, 5. ¶ ánum tó gecwemednesse to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :-- Heó plegode him eallum tó gecwémednysse (cf. cum saltasset et placuisset Herodi simulque recumbentibus, Mk.

ge-cwémlic

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ge-cwémlic, For pleased read
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pleasing, and add: suitable, fit Gecwémlíce congruam, R. Ben. I. 78, 5

Linked entry: cwém-lic

ge-cwémnes

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Gode tó gecwémnysse and earmum and eádigum tó þearfe and tó friðe. Ll. Th. i. 272, 15. Þonne hé sceáwaþ þus eádmódlice geþingunge and gecwémnesse úres módes wið úre þá néhstan dum tale placitum nostrae mentis aspexerit. Gr. D. 349, 34. On gecwémnessum

ge-cweþan

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Add: to speak Mið ðý yfle hiá gecuoeðas iúh cum maledixerint vobis, Mt. L. 5, 11. Mið ðý gecueð cum dixisset, Mk. L. 1, 42. Gelíc alle hiá gecuoedon similiter omnes dicebant, 14, 31. ꝥte ne ǽnigum gecuoede. Lk. L. 5, 14. to say. with noun (pronoun) object

Linked entry: ge-cwidrǽden

ge-cwidrǽdness

(n.)
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ge-cwidrǽdness, e; f.
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An agreement, a covenant Hér swutelað seó gecwydrǽdnes ðe ..., Nap. 28

Linked entry: -cwidrǽdness

ge-wíte

(n.)
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ge-wíte, es; n.
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Punishment, torment Þæt hé him ásecge on hwilcum gewíte ic eom, Solil. H. 68, 5

ge-witfæstness

Linked entry: -witfæstness

ge-witfulness

Similar entry: un-gewitfulness

ge-wiþelode

Similar entry: ge-wriþelian

ge-wítigian

(v.)
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Add: to declare, make known Ðerh ðǽra táceno ædeáwnise mið ðý genítgade Críst per signorum experimenta promens Christum, Jn. p. 2, 1. Án gedæfneð ꝥte sié deád for ðǽm folce gewítgade unum debere mori pro populo prophetizat, 6, 11. Gewítga ( prophetizo

ge-witlic

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