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ge-dírsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dírsian, Take here ge-dýrsian in Dict. , and add:

Linked entries: dírsian ge-dýrsian

ge-fæd

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-fæd, adj. [ge-fadian to set in order]

Orderly ⬩ dispŏsĭtus

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C. 4; Th. ii. 244, 14

land-bygen

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
land-bygen, This form in the following passage seems an error, as the law, in the title of which it occurs, deals with the sale of a fellow-countryman
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Th. i. 110, note I

ofer-faran

Grammar
ofer-faran, <b>II α.</b>
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II δ. add: The passage glossed is: Vastae solitudinis secreta penetrans, Ald. 51, 5, with reference to time Mihst þú swá manegra tída lencgu oferfaran ꝥ þú ne freóde þone bryne þǽre flǽsclican gehwyrfednysse?, Hml. S. 23 b, 522.

neádian

(v.)
Grammar
neádian, neódian; p. ode (v. níd, IV)

To be necessary

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To be necessary On cealdum eardum neódaþ (is neód, W. F.), ðæt ðæs reáfes máre sý, on hleówfæstum læs. Ðæs abbodes forsceáwung sceal beón be ðysum, hú ðæs neódige, R. Ben. 89, 6, 8

síþ

Grammar
síþ, <b>. IV.</b>
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Th. ii. 358, 25. 1. Add Ǽne síþa semel, Ps. Srt. 61, 12: 88, 36

ge-neósian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neósian, <b>; II.</b>
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Hí ne dorston ꝥ hálige hús mid ingange geneósian, ac æt ðǽre dura hí gebǽdon they didn't venture to enter the house when they visited it, but prayed at the door, Hml, Th. i. 504, 10. Add

wirsa

(adj.)
Grammar
wirsa, (wirra occurs once in the Chronicle); cpve.; wirrest, wirst; spve. adj.

Worse ⬩ worst

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Skt. i. 19, 206. Wéne ic tó ðé wyrsan þinga, gif ðú Grendles dearst bídan, Beo. Th. 1055; B. 525. Grammar wirsa, of that which is harmful, painful, etc.

Linked entries: wyrrest yfel weorr wersa wurst

æt-befón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-befón, ic -befó; subj. ic, he -befó [æt, be, fón]

To take to ⬩ attach ⬩ deprehendere ⬩ capere ⬩ invenire

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Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 15: L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 22

swimman

Grammar
swimman, <b>. II.</b>
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Th ii. 564, 14

tellan

Grammar
tellan, <b>. II.</b>
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In l. 4, col. 2, after hwíle insert: wiþ tén þúsend wintra, and add Tell þú swá fela daga, Angl. viii. 325, 8: 327, 9. <b>III a.

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force.

The inhabitants of a place

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Voc. ii. 73, 66. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru

Linked entry: wara

fild-cumb

(n.)
Grammar
fild-cumb, es; m. [cumb II. a liquid measure]

A milk-pail ⬩ mulctrāle ⬩ mulctrum

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M. 3, 53; Lchdm. ii. 340, 23-25

þridda

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þridda, þirda (in North.)

third

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Skt. i. 23, 633. marking degrees of relationship :-- Þridde fæder proavus, þridde móder proavia, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 55, 56. Þridde fæder abavus, 72, 21. Mínes fæderan þridda fæder abpatruus meus, ii. 8, 24. Þridda sunu pronepus, 62, 36. fractional.

Linked entry: þirda

æt-dón

(v.)
Grammar
æt-dón, ic æt-dó; p. -dide; subj. ic, ðú, he -do; pp. -dón, -dén

To take away ⬩ deprive ⬩ eripere

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C. 9; Th. ii. 246,10

-metod

(suffix)
Grammar
-metod, [In the phrase se metoda drihten, metoda is not a gen. pl., as suggested in Dict., but either a wk. noun or adjective, as will be seen from the following examples
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Th. ii. 316, 21. Menigfealde beóð þæs metodan Drihtnes egsan and swingla ofer scyldigum mannum, 328, 32 (both passages are alliterative).] Add: :-- Se metod eallra gesceafta (cf. se milda metod.

wérigian

(v.)
Grammar
wérigian, In l. 3 for lacesscat l.
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lassescat

-þrowen

(suffix)
Grammar
-þrowen, in á-þrowen, read á-dropen.

heáh-bliss

Grammar
heáh-bliss, v. heáh ;
4.

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geán-slege

Grammar
geán-slege, v. gegn-slege in Dict.

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