Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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get

Grammar
get, l.
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gét

get

(n.)

a gate.

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a gate

gét

(v.; part.)

poured out

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poured out He gét ðæt blód uppan ðæt weofod fudit sanguinem super altare, Lev. 8, 24; p. of geótan

get

Similar entry: git

ga-máhlic

Grammar
ga-máhlic, Take here <b>ge-máglic</b> in Dict., and add: , <b>ge-málic</b>
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Tó ðǽm gemálecan ad inportunum (cf. An. Ox. 807 under ge-máh). Wrt. Voc. ii. a. l. shameless, impudent For þan wé nellan nán gýmeleás yrfe forgyldan, búton hit forstolen sý; mænige men specað gemáhlice sprǽce (many men make most impudent claims for compensation

ǽg-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽg-hwæðer, pron. [á + ge + hwæðer].

either ⬩ each ⬩ both ⬩ uterque ⬩ every one ⬩ each ⬩ unusquisque

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of two, either, each, both; uterque Ǽghwæðer óðerne earme beþehte they embraced each other, Andr. Kmbl. 2029; An. 1017. Beámas twegen ðara ǽghwæðer efngedǽlde heahþegnunga háliges gástes two pillars, each of which shared alike the high services of the

-eástrian

(v.; suffix)
Grammar
-eástrian, v. ge*-*eástrian.

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geflít-ful

Grammar
geflít-ful, l. ge-flitful,
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and add Geflitful peruicax, i. contumax, ł superbus, An. Ox. 4094. Ðá gesibsuman menn sind Godes bearn gecígede, and witodlíce ðá geflitfullan sind deófles lyma, Hml. Th. i. 604, 34

-lómlǽcness

(suffix)
Grammar
-lómlǽcness, v. ge—lómlǽcness.

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namn

Grammar
namn, v. ge-namn.

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-méttan

(suffix)
Grammar
-méttan, v. ge-an-méttan (v. ge-anmétan where read -méttan not -médan), ge-eáþ-méttan (v. Hml. A. 159, 183,
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given under ge-eáþmédan ; 2)

Linked entry: on-méttan

crympan

Grammar
crympan, v. ge*-*crympan.

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-swicu

(suffix)
Grammar
-swicu, (?). v. ge-swicu(?).

-lǽwed

(suffix)
Grammar
-lǽwed, -léwed injured. v. á-léwed, ge-léwed given under á-léfian, ge-léfed,
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but better separate as á-léwed, ge-lǽwed

ǽlc

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
ǽlc, adj. [á + ge + líc]

Each ⬩ any ⬩ every ⬩ all ⬩ quisque ⬩ quivis ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis

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Each, any, every, all; quisque, quivis, unusquisque, omnis Ǽlc gód treów byrþ góde wæstmas omnis arbor bona fructus bonos facit, Mt. Bos. 7, 17. Ǽlc wæs on twegra sestra gemete capientes singulæ metretas binas, Jn. Bos. 2, 6. Ǽlc hine selfa begrindeþ

Linked entries: ealc élc

seleness

Grammar
seleness, v. eft-, ge-seleness.

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-settendlic

(suffix)
Grammar
-settendlic, v. fore-, ge-settendlic.

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má-geéct

Grammar
má-geéct, (má = magis, ge-écan = augere),

mactus ⬩ magis auctus

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mactus (= magis auctus) Ða mágeéctan macta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 3. Cf. 54, 71. Mágeécte morota (macta ?), 57, 24

Linked entry: ge-ícan

hwirf-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwirf-ness, v hwyrf-ness; ge-hwirfneis.

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-metung

(suffix)
Grammar
-metung, v. ge-metung, þanc-metung.

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