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ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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., and add: to make more active, strengthen. of sight (lit. or fig. ) Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices, búton hit gescyrpe ( acueret ) þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse, Gr. D. 269, 21.

ge-edcwician

(v.)
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Add: to come to life again after death Hé ne geedcucað ǽr ðám gemǽnum ǽriste, ac hé is tó écum wítum genið-erod, Hml. Th. i. 382, 2. Hé clypode: 'Thabita, árís, ' and heó þǽrrihte geedcucode, Hml. S. 10, 71.

gist

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Ne aron gié gestas . . . ah gié aron burgwaro háligra non estis hospites . . . sed estis cives sanctorum, Rtl. 82, 30. a guest, one who is entertained at another's house Si tertia nocte hospitatus fuerit . . . habeat eum ad rectum tanquam de propria

grund-weall

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Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall on ðǽre hálgan gelaðunge búton ðone ðe ðǽr geléd is, ꝥ is Hǽlend Críst. Hé is se grundweall þǽre hálgan cyrcan, Hml.

hleótan

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Add: to cast lots Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge . . . for ðan sé ðe þys déð . . . bið þám hǽðenum gelíc, þe hleótað be him sylfum mid ðæs deófles cræfte . . .

leornung

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Add: the action of learning Ðá ðe beóð gesette tó ðǽre ðénunga ðæs láreówdómes ðæt hí nǽfre ne gewíten from ðǽre geornfulnesse ðǽre rædinge and leornunge háligra gewrita ut qui ad officium praedicationis excubant, a sacrae lectionis studio non recedant

nágan

Grammar
nágan, I.
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Th. i. 372, 34. add Náh man on ǽnigne tíman dæges ne nihtes æt Godes húse unnyt tó dónne, Wlfst. 278, 18: 39, 16. Be þám magon Godes þeówas gecnáwan ꝥ hí nágon mid worldcampe tó farene, ac mid gástlican wǽpnan campian, Ll.

rihtung

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Gif hí ne becumað hér tó rihtingce ( si ad correctionem non perveniunt), hí byrnað þǽr aa in écnesse, Gr. D. 335, 13. Add Midþrowung menn and rihtincg (rectitudo; cf. rigor, rectitudo, Corp. Gl. H. 103, 188) leahtrum scyl beón, Scint. 149, 6.

secgan

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Add Ic nǽfre gít ne gemétte goldhord swá swá gé mé on secgað, Hml. S. 23, 668. v. full-, wiþ-secgan; un-sægd

weallian

(v.)
Grammar
weallian, p. ode.

to wander roam to go as a pilgrim

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to wander, roam Weallaþ swá niéten feldgangende, feoh bútan gewitte, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm.

ǽsce

question, inquirysearch for stolen cattle

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Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan, 232, 18: 234, 25. Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan, 352, 17

þorfa

(adj.)
Grammar
þorfa, adj.
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[Icel. þurfi or þurfa wanting, in need of. Cf. Goth. ga-þaurbs continens.] Cf. þearfa

Linked entry: þorfnian

wundor

(n.)
Grammar
wundor, es; n.

a wondera circumstanceact that excites astonishmenta circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature,a prodigyportenta wondermiraclea miraclea wonderful objectwondrous thingwonderfulmiraculous powerwonderadmiration

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Ne þincþ ús ðæt nán wundor, Blickl. Homl. 33, 7. Ne þincþ mé ðæt wundur wuhte ðe læsse, Met. 20, 117. Ac nis ná wunder sed quid mirum? Hpt. Gl. 473, 44. Nis ðæt nán wundor, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 110, 9: Met. 17, 7.

Linked entries: wunder wundrum

(prep.)
Grammar
tó, prep. adv.

to, atso as to producebecometo (the satisfaction, etc. )to some end,for some purposefornext to,at,by,alongsidein,onnext toaftertoasfortoasforat,inof,fromto (in to do something to anything)according to,at,aftercompared to,in comparison with,besidein addition to,besidesfor,atto be sufferedatin the course of,in,onfor,duringtoto,forin,atto the extent,to such a degreeto,up to,until,tillat,in,onin addition,besides,tootoo

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Th. ii. 474, 19. marking a space of time in the course of which something takes place, in the course of, in, on Gé etaþ næs tó ánum dæge, ne tó twám, ne tó fífon, ne tó týnum, ne tó twéntigum, ac fullne mónoð, Num. 11, 20.

Linked entry: -anne

lang-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
lang-sum, adj.

Longprolixlong-enduringlong-suffering

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Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes se ebréisca cwæþ ne biþ hit swá langsum 'What if I last till morning?' The Jew said 'It will not be so long,' Homl. Skt. 3, 585.

tídre

(adj.)
Grammar
tídre, tiédre, tédre, týdre, tiddre, tyddre, and tíder (? v. tidder, Hpt. Gl. 436, 59); adj.
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weak, fragile, easily broken Tédre swá swá gangewifran nett, Ps. Th. 38, 12.

gilp-sceaða

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-sceaða, an; m.

An arrogant, boasting criminal

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Ðone gelpscaðan that proud and wicked man [Nero], Bt. Met. Fox 9, 98; Met. 9, 49

flyhte

(n.)
Grammar
flyhte, es; m.

A patch

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Nǽnig mon setteþ cláþ flyhti neówenne in hrægl ald nemo inmittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Mt. R. 9, 16

Linked entry: cláþ-flyhte

Bryt-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Bryt-ford, es; m.

a Britona fordBRITFORD

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[Bryt a Briton, ford a ford] BRITFORD, near Sarum, Wiltshire Tostig wæs ðá æt Brytforda [MS. Brytfordan] mid ðam cinge [MS. kinge] Tostig was then at Britford with the king, Chr. 1065; Erl. 194, 38

ge-faran

(v.)
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Gefærenne man, gástleásne, El. 872. of affairs, circumstances, condition, to go well or ill Heora wíse on nǽnne sǽl wel ne gefór, náþer ne innan from him selfum, ne útan fram óþrum folcum nulla unquam tempora vel foris prospera vel domi quieta duxerunt