for-miltan
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To cause to melt Formylte liquefactas, An. Ox. 3976: 2, 278
for-sencan
drop
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To let fall, drop Forsencð hé ðone wæsðm his gǽstes ferre fructum spiritus recusat, Past. 347, 13
Linked entry: sencan
ge-frettan
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To devour Tó flégendum ðá ðe gefrettað ðá ad volatilia quae comedunt messes, Rtl. 147, 9
ge-giscan
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To stop up, close Gegiscte (gigiscdæ, Ep., gescdae, Erf., gigisdae, Ld.) oppilavit, clausit, Txts. 83, 1447. Gegiscde, betýnde oppilavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 18
Linked entry: gescan
ge-hnǽstan
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To come into conflict with, contend Sé þe mec féhð ongeán and wið mægenþisan mínre genǽsteð, Rä. 28, 10
ge-hwítan
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To whiten Gihúidadon hiá dealbaverunt eas Rtl. 48, 1. Ic beo gehwítad dealbabor Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 83. Gehwíted (-hwítad. Srt.), Ps. L. 50, 9. Hig beóð gehwítode (-hwítte, Srt.) dealbabuntur 67, 15
ge-líhtan
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to make light. to mitigate, make less painful or severe, to assuage physical pain Wið þæs cwiðan sáre and wið þone hǽtan, genim þás wyrte . . . heó hyne (if hyne refers to cwiðan the passage belongs to ) gelíhteð, Lch. i. 294, 13. Ic mínne þurste geléhte
ge-scencan
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To give to drink Þú gescænctest mid wíneonbryrdnesse potasti nos uino compunctionis, Ps. L. 59, 5. Wín gescenct uinum potatum, Scint. 105, 16
Linked entries: scencan ge-scænctest
ge-siltan
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To salt. Take here <b>ge-sylt</b> in Dict., and add Fleót ꝥ fám of, geselt swíþe wel, Lch. ii. 96, 9. Nim þreó snǽda buteran, gemenge wið hwǽten mela, and gesylte, 152, 18. Netle gesoden on wætre and geselt 228, 3. Sié gesæle sallietur, Mk
ge-styntan
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To make blunt, to check Gestint retundit, i. coercet. Germ. 392, 94. See next word
ge-cyrtan
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To shorten, cut off Gecyrte truncas, Germ. 400, 139
Linked entry: -cyrtan
ge-éhtan
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to follow, persecute Geoehtas persequentur, Mt. L. 10, 23. Gé biðon gewoehtat ł geaehtas íuih, 23, 34. Gif mec geoehton ... íuih hiá geoehtað, Jn. L. 15, 20. Geoehtadon persequebantur, 5, 16. Geoehton persecuti sunt, Mt. L. 5, 12. Gioehtende am persecutus
ge-dwǽscan
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to extinguish what is burning Þone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwǽscan lini tepidos undis exstinguere fumos, Dóm. L. 52. to efface, do away with Swylas gedwǽscean to do away with swellings. Lch. i. 372, 2
Linked entry: dwǽscan
ge-cryppan
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To crook a finger, close the hand Genim gecrypte hand fulle, Lch. ii. 276, 13
Linked entry: cryppan
gítan
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To destroy Méces ecgum gétan, B. 2940
hæppan
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To move accidentally(?), to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan
hrépan
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To call, cry out Hrépað (printed hrewað) cient, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 63. Hrépað, 20, 11
Linked entry: hrópan
hospettan
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To mock Hospetęt subsannat, Txts. 101, 1963
lǽþettan
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To make hateful Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, and his sáwle Gode lǽðetteð, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 6
Linked entry: láþettan
hwilfan
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To arch, vault, make hwealf (q. v. ) Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle, bonne hafa þú þíne wynstran hand sámlocene, and eác swá þá swýþran, and hwylf hý ofer þá wynstran eal swylce þú cuppan hlíde, Tech. ii. 125, 7