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gíme-líst

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Hý méde habbað, gif hý swá dóð, eác swylce wíte, gif hí . . . for gýmeleáste hit ne bétað ( si neglegant ), R. Ben. 119, 16. Gémeleáste, 68, 20. Þæt hý ǽr on óþrum tídum mid gémeléste forléton omnes neglegentias suas aliorum temporum 76, 7.

ryne

(n.)
Grammar
ryne, es; m.

A course, run, running,an orbitcourse, uninterrupted progressa course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood course, cycle, lustrecourse of life

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B. i. 221, 21. of other things, of the heavenly bodies, an orbit Nǽron nó swá gewíslíce neswá endebyrdlíce hiora (the various members of the created world) stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum gif án unáwendendlíc God nǽre non

Linked entry: rine

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

personpersonasexdegree, rank, order, conditionstate, condition, kind, nature, formmanner, wayhonourpersona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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Swt. 3, 3. Bútan hálgum hádum extra sacros ordines, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 16. Mid myclum hádum biscopas and cyningas those of high degree, as bishops and kings, Blickl. Homl. 109, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 122, 27.

ceówan

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Swín ne ceów his cudu, Hml. S. 25, 80. ꝥ se e Swylce hí heora mete ceówan, Hml. S. 25, 49. Meng pipor wiþ hwítcwudu, sele tó ceówanne, Lch. ii. 24, 9. Add

hlyst

hearinghearinglistening

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Þonne swíað hé and hlyst gefeð, Ph. 143

rysel

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Gemæstra swína rysele scrofarum auxungia, 23, 28. Mæng wiþ ealdne rysele, Lch. ii. 62, 28: 130, 19. Genim ealdne rysle, 180, 4.

sang-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
sang-cræft, es; m.

the art of singing, musican art of singingthe art of composing poetry

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On sangcræft gelǽred cantandi sonos edoctus, 5, 20; S. 646, 6. an art of singing :-- Biþ ðæs hleóþres swég (the voice of the Phenix when singing) eallum songcræftum swétra and wlitigra, and wynsumra wrenca gehwylcum, Exon.

Linked entry: sang

stæf-gefég

(n.)
Grammar
stæf-gefég, es; n.

a combination of lettersa forming of letters in writing

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Wé tódǽlaþ ... ða ðǽlas tó stæfgefégum and syððan ða stæfgefégu tó stafum, 2; Zup. 5, 1-2. that forms a diphthong Dyptongus is twýfeald swég oððe twýfeald stæfgefég, 4; Zup. 7, 13.

ge-héran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-héran, p. de; pp. ed

To hearaudīre

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We gehérdon wuldres swég we heard the sound of glory, 218; Th. 279, 13; Sat. 237. Gehér án spell hear a discourse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 1 : 35, 5; Fox 166, 21, note 24.

sellan

(v.)
Grammar
sellan, sillan, sylian; p. salde, sealde; pp. sald, seald
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Hié sealdon hiera suna tó gíslum they gave their sons as hostages, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 4. Hí on wedde sealdon, hwæt hý hyre syllan woldon. Homl. As. 196, 24.

DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui To drive, rush with violence ruĕre

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Ne eart ðú se sylfa God, ðe us swá drife nonne tu, Deus, qui repŭlisti nos? Ps. Th. 59, 9. Hí drifon scipu into Medwæge they drove the ships into the Medway, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 16. Híg hyne drifon út ejēcērunt eum foras, Jn. Bos. 9, 35.

fæstlíce

(adv.)

fastfirmlyconstantlypersistencefaststrictlyspeedily at once

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Ic þín wundur eall sæcge, swá ic fæstlícast mæg befón wordum (as completely as ever I can express them in words), Ps. Th. 74, 2. firmly, constantly. Similar entries Cf. fæst; II Búton fæstlíce (firmiter) hé gelýfe, Ath. Crd. 42: Shrn. 195, 3.

ge-frignan

(v.)
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Hié wuldor gesáwon, swá hæleð gefrúnon, Exod. 388. Medoærn micel gewyrcean, þonne yldo bearn ǽfre gefrúnon, B. 70. with acc. and infin. Ic þæt wíf gefrægn cýðan módes sorge, Gen. 2242: Sal. 179.

ge-sǽlig

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Dón swá gesǽligne ꝥ hé nánes þinges máran ne þyrfe, 26, i; S. 58, 17. Sume hé bereáfaþ hiora welan (weal; quosdam remordet) swíþe hraþe þæs ðe hí ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ, 39, II ; F. 218, 22. Gesǽlie, 5, 13; S. 13, 21: 36, 2; S. 104.

hirde

a keeperguardianprotectordirectorguidepastor the keepera keepera guardwatchman

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Swá hiorde (pastor) áscádeþ scep from ticnum, Mt. R. L. 25, 32. Hyrdas (ðá hiordas, R. dá hiorde, L. pastores) wǽron nihtwacccan healdende ofer heora heorde, Lk. 2, 8. Hyrdas (hiordas, R., hiorda), 15. Bodan hyrdum cýðdon, Cri. 450.

mid

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Sóna swá se hræfn þá cartan geseah, þá genam hé hig sóna and gewát mid on þæne fenu corvus, ut chartulam prospexit, rapido forcipe arripuit, Guth. Gr. 141, 6. Þá gewǽda þe heó bewunden wæs mid, Hml. S. 20, 94.

gif

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Th. i. 6, 4 (and often), where the clause on which the condition depends is dependent Ðæt wé gedón, swá wé eáðe magon, gif wé ðá stilnesse habbað, Past. 7, 9. the principal clause past Gif hí nu góde sint, þonne wǽron hí swá gesceapene, Bt. 14, 2 ;

loc

(n.)
Grammar
loc, es; n.

A lockboltbarenclosurefoldA closeconclusionsettlement

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Ðonne wé sittaþ innan ceastre ðonne wé ús betýnaþ binnan ðǽm locum úres módes in civitate quippe considemus, si intra mentium nostrarum nos claustra constringimus, Past. 49, 4; Swt. 385, 6 : L. E. I. 45; Th. ii. 442, 13.

Linked entry: loca

reáf-lác

(n.)
Grammar
reáf-lác, es; n. m.
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Hé wearð reáfere, and on ðæm reáfláce (in the course of his plundering) hé him geteáh tó micelne monfultum, and monege túnas oferhergeade, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 8. On reáflác in rapinam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 20. Be reáfláce.

ge-witnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-witnes, -ness, e; f.

knowledgecognisancewitnesstestimonyused of persons

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Ðæt is to gewitnesse ðæt hit him ne lícode that is for a testimony that they did not like it, Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 13; Hat. MS. In gewitnisse hiora in testimonium eorum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 14.

Linked entry: witness