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ge-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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To cook in a liquid, seethe, boil. [Take here <b>ge-soden</b> in Dict.] Gedó on ceác fulne wínes and geseóþ . . . þonne hió gesoden sié, Lch. ii. 30, 23. Gáð and geseóðað (coquite) úra wyrhtena sufl, Gr. D. 201, 24. Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit

Linked entries: seóþan ge-soden

a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to set ⬩ put ⬩ place ⬩ appoint ⬩ lay ⬩ set up ⬩ erect ⬩ build ⬩ to set or take ⬩ to plant ⬩ ponere ⬩ statuere ⬩ constituere ⬩ instituere ⬩ collocare ⬩ deponere ⬩ desumere ⬩ plantare ⬩ to make a journey ⬩ iter facere

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to set, put, place, appoint, lay, set up, erect, build, to set or take, to plant; ponere, statuere, constituere, instituere, collocare, deponere, desumere, plantare He asette his swíðran hand under Abrahames þeóh posuit manum sub femora Abraham, Gen.

Linked entries: a-seted a-sette

for-sixst

(v.)
Grammar
for-sixst, 2nd sing. pres. of for-seón.

despisest

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despisest, Ps. Lamb. second 9, 1. = for-sihst;

ýfer

(n.)
Grammar
ýfer, (? the nominative seems to be ýfre).
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Add: éfer (?); f. Intó heáhéfre, C.D.B. i. 117, 35. On ðá ýfre, C.D. ii. 172, 27. In l. 2 for C.D. i. l. C.D. ii. and dele C.D. iii

ge-sýman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sýman, -séman. -sǽman; p. de; pp. ed

To load

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To load Se cyning ge-sýmde gold and seolfor uppan olfendas the king loaded gold and silver upon camels, Homl. Th. i. 458, 23. Ða wǽron gesýmed mid feó and mid hrægle that were laden with money and raiment, Gen. 45, 23. Ealle ðe gesýmede synt omnes qui

Linked entry: ge-sǽman

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Hí wurpon heora waru oforbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2.

a-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sendan, ic -sende, ðú -sendest, -sendst, -senst, he -sent, -sendeþ, pl. -sendaþ; p. -sende; pp. -sended, -send

To send forth ⬩ send out ⬩ send ⬩ emittere ⬩ mittere

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To send forth, send out, send; emittere, mittere Asend gást ðínne and biþ gescapen emitte spiritum tuum et creabuntur, Ps. Spl. 103, 31. Ðonne ðú of líce aldor asendest when thou sendest forth life from thy body, Cd. 134; Th. 168, 29; Gen. 2790. Drihten

Linked entry: a-sændan

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

ge-seccan

Grammar
ge-seccan, Dele, and see <b>ge-sécan;</b>
2.

Fortende

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
Fortende, a; pl. f. [pp. of fortendan to burn off or away, sear]

The seared ones ⬩ Amazons ⬩ Amāzŏnes

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The seared ones, Amazons; Amāzŏnes, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 13

ge-síclian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-síclian, -sýclian; p. ode; pp. od [seóc sick]

To be taken sick or ill ⬩ to be infirm ⬩ ægrōtāre ⬩ infirmāri

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To be taken sick or ill, to be infirm; ægrōtāre, infirmāri Ðæt his fæder wǽre gesíclod quod ægrōtāret păter suus, Gen. 48, 1 : Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 10. Sum undercyning wæs, ðæs sunu wæs gesýclod on Capharnaum ĕrat quĭdam rēgulus, cujus fīlius infirmābātur

Linked entries: síclian ge-seócled ge-séclod ge-sýclian

ecg-clif

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-clif, a sea cliff or shore, B. 2893, = ég-clif, q. v.
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Beo. Th. 5778

Linked entry: ég-clif

ge-segen

(n.)
Grammar
ge-segen, -sægen, -segn, e; f.

A saying, telling, conversation, relation, tradition ⬩ dictum, narratio, relatio, traditio

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A saying, telling, conversation, relation, tradition; dictum, narratio, relatio, traditio Mid gesegenum unrím geleáffulra witena by the sayings of innumerable faithful witnesses, Bd. pref; S. 472, note 25: Nar. 2, 6. Þurh gesegene ðæs árwurþan biscopes

Linked entries: ge-sægen ge-segn

þencan

Grammar
þencan, in the following passage seems an error
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Sum on bǽle sceal brondas þencan (Thorpe would read þeccan; Grein suggests sumne on bǽle sceal brond áswencan. Cf. ge-swencan), Exon. Th. 329, 33; Vy. 43

K

Grammar
K, In one instance k seems used for
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g Ðæt mód ðé ǽr wæs keléd (áléd, v. l.) of his gewunan cum cogitatio extra usum ducitur, Past. 57, 9

ge-syllan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-syllan, p. -sealde; pp. -seald

To give ⬩ deliver ⬩ betray ⬩ sell ⬩ give up ⬩ dare ⬩ donare

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To give, deliver, betray, sell, give up; dare, donare Mycel feoh to gesyllanne to give much money, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 29: Ps. Th. 110, 4: 104, 10: 117, 18. Gesyllon ðone oxan and todǽlon ðæt wurþ let them sell the ox and divide the price, Ex. 21, 35

be-sáwe

(v.)
Grammar
be-sáwe, pl. -sáwen p. subj. of be-seón.

looked

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looked, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 9;

ellen-sióc

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-sióc, adj. [sióc = seóc sick, diseased, infirm, languid]

Infirm or languid from want of strength ⬩ invălĭdus, dēbĭlis

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Infirm or languid from want of strength; invălĭdus, dēbĭlis Hwæðer he cwicne gemétte in ðam wongstede Wedra þeóden ellensiócne whether he should find the languid prince of the Goths alive on the field, Beo. Th. 5567; B. 2787

fóre-sǽge

Grammar
fóre-sǽge, 3rd sing. imperf. subj. of fóre-seón.

should provide ⬩ provĭdēret

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should provide; provĭdēret, Bd. 4, 1; S. 565, 8;

ge-sendan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sendan, p. -sende; pp. -sended, -send

To send

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To send Miððý gesende stefne emissa voce, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 37. Ðá wæs gesended then was sent, Blickl. Homl. 9, 28: Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 13: 15, 17. Gesend missus, Ps. Lamb. 33, 8

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