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gýmeleást

(n.)
Grammar
gýmeleást, gímelíst, gémelést, e; f.

Carelessness ⬩ negligence ⬩ neglect ⬩ negligentia

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On heora ágenre gýmeleáste from their own carelessness, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 11; Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 2. Þurh preósta gýmeléste through the negligence of priests, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 6.

gleowian

(v.)
Grammar
gleowian, gliowian, gliwian, glywian; p. ode; pp. od

To play on an instrument ⬩ sing ⬩ joke ⬩ jest ⬩ act the gleeman or buffoon ⬩ fidicinare ⬩ jocari ⬩ scurrari ⬩ scurram agere

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To play on an instrument, sing, joke, jest, act the gleeman or buffoon; fidicinare, jocari, scurrari, scurram agere Ðá ongan se wísdóm gliowian then wisdom began to sing, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 6.

ge-drífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-drífan, p. -dráf, pl. -drifon; pp. -drifen

To drive ⬩ go adrift ⬩ be driven ⬩ cast away or lost ⬩ agere ⬩ agi ⬩ ventis jactari ⬩ naufragare

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To drive, go adrift, be driven, cast away or lost; agere, agi, ventis jactari, naufragare Ð-eh scyp gedrifen [MS. gedriuen] beó though a ship be driven, L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 286, 1.

Linked entry: ge-dráf

un-tǽle

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tǽle, adj.

Blameless ⬩ without reproach

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Sió wiþerweardnes biþ simle untǽlu and wracu áscirred mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frécennesse videas adversam fortunam sobriam, succintamque, et ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 5. Ic ða leóde wát ǽghwæs untǽle, Beo.

eáge

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Hí ne móston cuman on his eágon gesihðe, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 10, Þú gesáwe mot on þínes bróðor eáge, and ne gesáwe cyp on þínum ágenum eágan, R. Ben. 12, 4. Fram þám swýðran næsþyrle oð hit cóm tó þám eáge, Hml. A. 181, 8.

ge-lóman

(n.)
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Se hálga man ágeaf þám Gotan þone gelóman, and cwæð: 'Lóca nú l hér is þín gelóma,' Gr. D. 114, 1-18.

greáda

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Ðá hé beseah on his ágenne grǽdan (sceát, v. l.) betweoh his ástrehtan earmas, þá gemétte hé on his greádan (sceáte,v. l., sinu), twelf mancosas ... hé áwearp þá mancosas on þæs mæssepreóstes greádan (sceáte, v. l., sinum ), Gr. D. 65, 13, 23.

pytt

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Add 'Drinc ðæt wæter of ðínum ágenum mere, and ðætte of ðínum ágnum pytte áflówe'. . . Ðonne hé drincð of ðǽm wielme his ágnes pyttes . . . 'bibe aquam de cisterna tua, et fluenta putei tui'. . . Bibit sui fluenta putei, Past. 373, 3-10.

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, <b>.
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Hwí woldest ðú swician on ðínum ágenum? ( cur tentavit Satanas cor tuum ... fraudare de pretio agri?, Acts 5, 3), Hml. Th. i. 316, 27. Add Eádig ys sé ðe ne swycað on mé beatus est qui non fuerit scandalizatus in me, Mt. 11, 6

tilung

Grammar
tilung, <b>.
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</b> add Þá nearonessa his ágenre costunge hine gedydon þý geornfulra tó þáre teolunge (gímene, v.l. ) godcundra beboda, Gr. D. 26, 20.

of-þrycness

(n.)
Grammar
of-þrycness, e; f.

Oppression, repression

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Seó Súþ-Seaxna mǽgþ for ðære grimman feónda ofþrycnesse ágenne biscop habban ne mihte the people of Sussex on account of the cruel oppression of their foes could not have a bishop of their own, Bd. 4, 13 tit.; S. 581, 38

ge-weald

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Th. ii. 362, 19. (7 a) with clause :-- Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæþer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen it depends upon the accuser whether the ordeal be by water or iron, Ll.

gifan

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Ágife (gyfe, v. l. ) man þám ágenfrígean his ágen, Ll. Th. i. 390, 7.

wer-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wer-líc, adj.
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Gr. 6, 1-3; Zup. 18, 5-15. marking age, that has reached man's estate. v. wer, Ðá hé wæs in werlícre giúguðe in his early manhood, Shrn. 119, 20. marking married condition, of a husband, marital Werlícere wrǽnnysse maritalis lasciviae, Hpt.

eáwunga

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Þæt hé ǽnige sprǽce wiþ hý áge, eáwunga oþþe dearnunga, R. Ben. 141, 1. Ðá synfullan sýn eáwunga (-e, v. l.) geþreáde beforan ealre geférrǽdenne peccatores coram omnibus arguantur, 129, 17. Eáwunga manifestum, Mt. L. 12, 16.

leóf-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-wende, adj.

Pleasing ⬩ gracious ⬩ acceptable ⬩ amiable ⬩ estimable

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Wuton wuldrian weorada dryhten lufian liófwendum lífes ágend let us glorify the Lord of hosts, gratefully love the disposer of life, Hy. 8, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 3: Exon. 14 b; Th. 29, 31; Cri. 471.

on-cweþan

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Earmsceapen ágef andsware . . . and his fæder oncwæð, An. 1348. Ongan his magu frignan . . . Him þá oncwæd, Gú. 983-996: El. 1167. with cognate accusative, to make a response (?) Oncweð þisne cwide, Dóm. 114.

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á-wirdan

(v.)

to corrupt ⬩ spoil, ⬩ to injure ⬩ annoy ⬩ afflict a person ⬩ to hinder

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Sé þe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, hé wyrcð barbarismus, Angl. viii. 313, 19. Ðing swá mǽre þæt man ne mæg ðǽron ǽnig ðing áwyrdan, fulluht and húslhálgung, Wlfst. 34, 5. Tó áwyrdenne deprauandum, An. Ox. 4493.

Linked entry: á-wyrdan

be-scerian

(v.)
Grammar
be-scerian, -scirian, -scyrian, -scyrigan; p. ede; pp. ed

To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare

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Ðæt ic meahte ongitan Godes ágen bearn, scyldum bescyredne that I might comprehend God's own child, separated from protections [shields], Exon. 83 b; Th. 314, 2; Mód. 8. Wuldre bescyrede from glory separated, Andr.

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, l. efestan,
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Hé geseah his ágen líf dæghwámlíce tó þám ende efstan and scyndan, Guth. 14, 25. of prompt action, exertion Líg efesteð hú hé synfullum súsle gefremede flamma festinans scelerum ulciscere causas, Dóm. L. 152.