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be-þencan

consider

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Hit is earfoðe eall tó gesecganne þæt sé beðencan sceal ðe scíre healt, Angl. ix. 265, 5. Moniga tó biðencanne gehéht multa cavenda praecefit. Mt. p. 19, 15. reflexive: Be*-*þenc þé animadverte, An.

bletsung

benediction

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Similar entries v. bletsian, V Dryhtnes is hǽlu and ofer folc ðín bledsung ðín, Ps. Srt. 3, 9. B(l)oedsung benignitas, Rtl. 123, 5. Bloetsunges ðínes gefe onfóe wé, 81, 39. Tó hwon bescyredest þú þé twyfealdre bletsunga?, Bl. H. 49, 36.

drý-cræft

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Add: sorcery, magic Syxte mægen is ꝥ drýcræft þám men ne dereþ þe hine ( agate ) mid him hæfð, Lch. ii. 298, 10. Ðín drýcræft ðe tó nánre freme ne becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 14.

for-fón

to take awayto seizeto anticipate

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(the prosecutor shall not (or shall) have what is due to him from the fugitive forfeited on account of the injury done to the fugitive while entitled to the benefits of asylum).

ge-hát

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</b> what is promised, a promised good :-- Ic sendo gihát (promissum ) fædres mínes in iówih, Lk. R. 24, 49.

Linked entry: hát

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Elðeódignys mín gelængd is incolalus meus prolongatus est, Ps. L. 119, 5.

ge-metfæst

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is monþwǽre, nele láðes wiht ǽngum geæfnan, Pa. 31. sober, discreet, honest, orderly, v. ge-metfæstnys, ge-metlǽcan Ǽfestes lífes and gemetfæstes abbod religiosae ac modestae uitae abbas, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 631, 23.

Linked entry: ge-metfæstlíce

ge-rec

(n.)
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Mid þám ilcan gerece is gereaht gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban pelagus regens, 21 ; F. 74, 29. <b>Ia.</b> a rule, decree :-- Gerec decretum, Germ. 398, 49. an orderly condition, a quiet time [cf. O. H.

ge-sceótan

(v.)
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Ox. 4240. to assign to a position, allot to a place Þás Godes ðegnas þe . . . sind godas getealde, hwider gescýt [man] heora endebyrdnesse (to which band is their order assigned), búton tó ðám werode ðe sind hláfordscipas gecwedene?. Hml.

ge-sciftan

(v.)
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ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
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Take here <b>ge-scyftan</b> in Dict. to assign, appoint, ordain Is lencten ús eallum tó dǽdbóte gescyft, þæt wé on þám fæce . . . wið God gebétan . . . Wlfst. 102, 17.

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ge-coren

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Se sunnandæg is swíáe micelum gecoren eallum Godes gesceaftum, for ðám þe hé wæs ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið se néxta, Wlfst. 209, 31.

ge-tynge

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. ¶ in a list of the arts mechanica is glossed by getingce cræ[ft] which would be more appropriate as a gloss to rhetorica (v. ge-tynglic), An.

ge-uferian

(v.)
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Geuferod, 1470. (3 a) used of a place :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum geoffred (u is written over o) (Syracusae) prosperis successibus sublimatur, An.

heorot

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On ꝥ mynster þe is nemned Heoroteá (quod nuncupatur Herutea, id est insula cervi), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 310, 18. Heorteá, 4, 23; Sch. 466, 3

hlúd

noisytalkativeclamorousa blowa crash

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Th. 64, 7. of material or instrument with which sound is made Þǽr bið hlúd wudu, Rä. 4, 24. Hlúdum argutis (fidibus) An. Ox. 8, 309.

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hlihhan

(v.)

to laughto rejoiceto laugh atto laughto scornTo laugh atderidescorn

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E. to laugh on a person) and þú þé unscyldigne wite though scorn is poured on you for some evil and you know yourself to be innocent (see Prov. Kmbl. 12 in Dict.), Prov. M. 12. trans.

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hýd

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</b> in n], Wlfst. 172, 1 [and note], Gebéte hé þæt swá swá hit gelagod is, . . . þǽl mid his híde, þegn mid xxx scillingan, Wlfst. 181, 9

of-þryccan

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Ofþryhte, ꝥ is ácweinte compressit (foci potestatem), 4135. Frec wasend ofþrihte gulosa ingluvies compressa, 3571. to subdue Hé þone deófol on helle mid his weágesíðum ofþrihte, Wlfst. 145, 4

on-búgan

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Ðǽm medwísan is micle iéðre tó gestiéganne on ðone ryhtan wísdóm ðonne ðǽm lytegan sié tó anbúganne ( to change his course; ut ab ea, quae putatur stultitia, ad veram sapientiam vicinius transeat), 203, 18

sóna

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Hé him sóna ondwyrde, and him stiernlíce stiérde, Past. 197, 18. in general statements in which the time reckoned from is indefinite Se líchama hine ná ne onstyreþ syþþan seó sáwl him of biþ; ac sóna hé molsnaþ, Bl. H. 21, 28.