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ge-weldan

(v.)

to rulerestrainregerecohibere

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to rule, restrain; regere, cohibere Ðæt he hit ðonne [ne, MS. Cot.] mǽge to his willan gewealdan [geweldan, MS. Cot.] so that he then cannot restrain it according to his will, Past. 17, 8; Swt. 119, 17; Hat. MS. 24 a, 6

ge-þoftscipe

(n.)
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ge-þoftscipe, es; m.
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Companionship, society; consortium Ðýlæs he sié innan asliten from ðæm geþoftscipe ðæs incundan déman lest he be inwardly cut off from the society of the internal judge, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 351, 24; Hat. MS. 67 a, 16, 20: Swt. 353, 3

Linked entry: þoftscipe

un-georne

(adv.)
Grammar
un-georne, adv.

unwillinglyreluctantlywithout diligencenegligently

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unwillingly, reluctantly Ðá on ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon qui fastidiose ducem in disponendo bello audientes, Ors 3, 11; Swt. 146, 24. without diligence, negligently Ðæt tó ungeorne bewiste hwæt on þeóstrum dyde, Blickl

wamm-cwide

(n.)
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wamm-cwide, es; m.
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Ne wíte ic him ða womcwidas, þeáh his wyrðe ne sié tó álǽtanne ðæs fela mé láðes spræc, 39, 7; Gen. 621

for-liden

(adj.)
Grammar
for-liden, adj.

Much-travelled

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Much-travelled, that has travelled far and wide Se ilce Nathan wæs forliðen (cf. gelyðen, 26, 13), þæt wæs gefaren fram ǽlcen lande tó óðren, and fram sǽ to sǽ, swá þæt hæfde ealle eorðe gemǽren þurhfaren, St. A. ix. 11

ge-þæslǽcan

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Hine sylfne on eallon þingan gehíwige and geþæslǽce se omnibus conformet et aptet, R. Ben. 1. 16, 6. Geþæslǽcan congruere, An. Ox. 4263. Add: —

fultuman

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Ne fultumað nóht tó his hiéremonna niédðearfe subditorum necessitatibus minime concurrunt, Past. 136, 3. tiohchode him tó fultemanne ( ut solatium daret ), 305, 4. Fultemendum adsessore, Txts. 42, 95: Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 34. Add

ísern

(adj.)
Grammar
ísern, adj.
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'Sete íserne weall. . . ' Da isernan hierste-pannan tǽhte for íserne weall. . . tó ísernum wealle, Past. 165, 8-12. Ðæt him genáme áne íserne (írene, v. l. ) hierstepannan, 161, 7 : 163, 22. íserne gelóman, Gr. D. 201, . 19.

ofer-sceáwian

(v.)
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Ep̃s is . . . on Englisc sceáwere, for þám þe is geset tó þám ꝥ ofersceáwian sceole mid hys gýmene þá lǽwedan, O. E. Hml. i. 303, 22. Biscop sceal. . . beón his leóda hyrde . . . ealle ofersceáwigende, Hml. Th. ii. 320, 6. Add

stræc

(n.)
Grammar
stræc, n.
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Add bið him swá mihtleás on his módes strece, ꝥ his underþeóddan egesian ne dearr, O. E. Hml. i. 301, 6. Add Micel strec bið þæt mennisce menn mid eádmódum geearnungum ðá heofenlican myrhðe begytan, Hml. Th. i. 360, 26

dolh-rune

(n.)
Grammar
dolh-rune, dolg-rune, dulh-rune, an ; f.

The herb pellitory, which grows upon walls perdīcium = περδίκιoν,parietāria officinālis

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The herb pellitory, which grows upon walls; perdīcium = περδίκιoν, parietāria officinālis, Lin Wið lungen-ádle;dolhrune etc. for lung-disease; pellitory, etc. L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 268, 16: Herb. 83, 1; Lchdm. i. 186, 12, 13: Lchdm. iii. 16, 9.

Linked entries: dolg-rune dulh-rune

ge-horsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horsian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud

To horseto set or mount on a horseto supply with a horseequitem facereequo instruere vel imponere

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Ælfréd æfter ðam gehorsodan [gehorsudan, col. 1; -sedum, 147, 3, col. 1; sedun, col. 2] here mid fyrde rád óþ Exancester Alfred with his force rode after the mounted army to Exeter, Chr. 877; Th. 146, 1, col. 3.

Linked entry: ge-horsod

leác

(n.)
Grammar
leác, lǽc, léc, es; n.

a leek

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Generally, a garden herb [as in leác-tún, c.], an alliaceous plant [v. compounds],a leek Ðis léc hoc cepe: ðis leác hoc porrum, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 32, 35. Leác ambila, Wrt. Voc. 284, 24: Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 49. Láec, Ep. Gl. 2 d, 8.

Linked entry: léc

snúde

(adv.)
Grammar
snúde, adv.
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Mec Dryhten hét snúde gesecgan, Exon. Th. 144, 10; Gú. 676. Snúde cýðan, 19, 7; Cri. 297: Elen. Kmbl. 890; El. 446: 3947; B. 1971: 4639; B. 2325. Ic snúde gefrægn, 5497; B. 2752

a-þenian

(v.)
Grammar
a-þenian, p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od ; v. a. [a out, þenian to stretch] .

to stretch outextenddistendexpandstretchtendereextendereexpandereto prostrateprosternereto stretchapplyintendere

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Bos. 2, 11. to stretch, apply; intendere He ða geornlíce his mód aþenode on ða þing, ðe he gehýrde ille sollicitus in ea, quæ audiebat, animum intendit, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 45

Linked entry: a-þenung

full-fremman

(v.)
Grammar
full-fremman, to -fremmenne; p. -fremede; pp. -fremed

To do fullyfulfilfinishperfectpractiseperfĭcĕreperăgĕrepatrāre

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Hwæðer he hæbbe hine to fullfremmenne si hăbeat ad perfĭciendum, 14, 28. Ðæt ic fallfremme his weorc ut perfĭciam ŏpus ejus, Jn. Bos. 4, 34. Ðæt he hí eft fullfremme that he practise them [the vices] again, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 18.

Linked entry: fremman

ofer-brǽdels

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-brǽdels, es; m.
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þencþ on ðam oferbrǽdelse ( surface ) his módes ðæt sciele monig gód weorc wyrcan, and þencþ mid innewearde móde ðæt gierneþ for gilpe ... on hiera módes rinde ... ac on ðam piðan..., Past. 9, 1; Swt. 55, 18-23.

Linked entries: of-brǽdels brǽdels

dyrstig-ness

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Gif þurh dyrstignysse hine onhefð mid módignysse si presumpserit, R. Ben. 112, 12. þǽra gedwolmanna dyrstignesse ádwǽscte, Hml. Th. i. 70, 7. Add

ge-sóþian

(v.)
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Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe, 324, 18. to attest, bear witness to Þæt geseah gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse, Nap. 32, 3

ge-beór

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Wæs his gewuna ꝥ wolde swýþe lytel drincan, þeáh mid gebeórum blíðe wǽre, Vis. Lfc. 24.