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ge-brengan

Grammar
ge-brengan, <b>; II.</b>
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add: where the action is given by a clause Sé wearð on gebróht ꝥ hé ofsleán wolde þá Iúdéi, Hml. S. 25, 549

biscop-gegyrelan

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-gegyrelan, pl. m.

Episcopal robes ⬩ indumenta episcopalia

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[gegyrela a garment, robe] Episcopal robes; indumenta episcopalia He sende him biscopgegyrelan he sent him episcopal robes, Bd. 1, 29; S. 498, 10

Linked entry: bisceop-gegyrelan

ge-éfstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-éfstan, p. -éfste; impert. -éfst; pp. -éfsted, -éfst

To hasten ⬩ make haste ⬩ be quick ⬩ festīnāre ⬩ accelĕrāre

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To hasten, make haste, be quick; festīnāre, accelĕrāre Geéfst oððe hrada ðæt ðú alýse me accĕlĕra ut eruas me, Ps. Lamb. 30, 2

ge-felgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-felgan, p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon; pp. -folgen

To stick to ⬩ inhærēre

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To stick to; inhærēre He ðære godspellícan láre georne gefealh he earnestly stuck to the gospel lore, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 43

ge-healden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-healden, part. p.

Satisfied

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Satisfied Beó gehealden on ðínum gecynde ðonne hæfst ðú genóh be satisfied in thy kind, then hast thou enough, Kmbl. Sal. 264, 21

Linked entry: -healden

ge-hleóþ

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hleóþ, adj.

Harmonious ⬩ consonus

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Harmonious; consonus Ðæt hí ðysne letanían and antefn gehleóþre stæfne sungan quia hanc litaniam consona voce modularentur, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487. 24

Linked entry: un-gehleóþor

ge-lígenod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lígenod, part. p.

Convicted of lying

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Convicted of lying Se apostol Paulus ne biþ gelígenod the apostle Paul is not shewn to be false, Homl. Th. i. 54, 1

ge-lýfed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lýfed, part. p.

Weakened, advanced [in age]

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Weakened, advanced [in age] Ðara ðe gelýfedre yldo earum quæ ætate provectæ, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 33 : 4, 24; S. 597, 3

þurh-fleón

(v.)

to fly through

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to fly through Cume án spearwa and hrædlíce ðæt hús þurhfleó adveniens unus passerum domum citissime pervolaverit, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 18

un-geendodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendodlíc, adj.

Infinite

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Infinite Nis nó tó metanne ðæt geendodlíce wiþ ðæt ungeendodlíce infiniti atque finiti nulla poterit esse collatio, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 13

un-met

(adj.)
Grammar
un-met, un-mett, -mete; adj.

Without measure ⬩ immense ⬩ excessive

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Without measure, immense, excessive Wæs seó éhtnysse unmetre eallum ðám ǽrgedónum quae persecutio omnibus anteactis immanior fuit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 23

weorþful-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþful-líc, adj.
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Bt. 18, I; Fox 62, 21

wundor-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
wundor-smiþ, es; m.

A smith who makes wonderful things ⬩ who works by wondrous art

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A smith who makes wonderful things or who works by wondrous art Gylden hilt.... enta ǽrgeweorc,... wundorsmiþa geweorc, Beo. Th. 3366; B. 1681

æt-swígan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-swígan, p. de
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To become silent, keep silence about something Be Lazares mægnum wæs ætswíged de Lazari virtutibus tacetur , Gr. D. 2171 18. v. oþ-swígan

an-medla

Grammar
an-medla, l. -médla,
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, Bl. H. 111, 34. v. on-médla in Dict., and cf. an-mód

Ciltern

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Dele bracket, and add Innon Buccingahámscíre be Cilternes efese, Hrysebyrgan, C. D. iv. 232, 32. Cf. Hrisebeorgan margine luci Cilterni, iii. 347, 12

for-belgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-belgan, p. bealg(-h), reflex.

To get angry

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To get angry, get in a rage Forbealh hé hine for þon þe ꝥ hrýþer him þúhte on wédenheorte, Bl. H. 199, 10

Linked entry: belgan

for-hycgend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hycgend, es; m.

A despiser ⬩ contemner

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A despiser, contemner Forhycgend (-hicg-, v. l.) úra goda contemtor diuum, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 13. Forhicgend, R. Ben. I. 55, 13

in-sting

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Him mon betǽhte þá þreó land tó innstinge inn tó Defenum ( to be under the authority of Devonshire ), Cht. Crw. 19, 16. Add

lencten-ádl

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Add: dysentery Hara bið gód wið lengtenádle ( contra dysenteriam ), Ll. Th. ii. 162, 23. Wið lenctenádle, ꝥ is fefer, Lch. ii. 12, 28