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ge-staþelian

(v.)
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Hió tó Gode hæfde freóndrǽdenne fæste gestaðelad, Jul. 107. to build Beóð him of þám wyrtum wíc gestaðelad in wuldres byrig, Ph. 474.

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ge-wríþan

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. :-- Se foreda sconca bið gewriðen mid ðǽm bende, suá beóð ðá synna mid láreówdóme gebundne. Sió wund wile tóberan, gif hió ne bið gewriðen mid wrǽde . . .

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
smeágan, smeán; p. smeáde; ppr. smeágende, smeánde; pp. smeád

to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberateto consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, searchto seek an opportunityto accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose

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.: Smeádon men oft, and gyt gelóme smeágaþ, hú se hláf máge beón áwend Homl. Th. ii. 268, 7 : L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 1. Ic smeáde mid mínra witena geþeahte, hú ic mæhte cristendómes mǽst árǽran L. Edm. S. prm.; Th. i. 246, 19.

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ge-swícan

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Heó cwæð: 'pǽs lifigendan Godes word ne magon geswícan, ne forsuwode beón,' Hml. S. 9, 71. to deceive, seduce Giseás gé dætte nǽnig iów giswíce (seducat) . . . monige hiǽgiswícas (seducent), Mk. R. L. 13, 5, 6. Gesuíca (forlǽre, R. beswíce, W.

ge-endian

(v.)
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Ꝥ ungeháten is sceal beón geendod, Bl. H. 189, 27. Fulwuiht ic hafo ... oðð ðá hwíl geendad sié, Lk. L. R. 12, 50. Geendad biðon alle ðá ðe áwriteno sindon, 18, 31.

ge-wis

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Þæt gé beón gewisse ðonne úre týddernys his worda getácnunga eów geopenað, Hml.

girnan

(v.)
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Gif hí tó him friðes tó ne girndon, Chr. 1009; P. 139, 11. with clause (and person to whom request made) Þá eorlas gerndon tó him ꝥ hí móston beón wurðe . . ., Chr. 1052; P. 180, 6.

lufu

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Druncen beorg þé . . . and idese lufan, Fä. 26. <b>IV a.</b> personified :-- Ðec lufað clene lufe te diligat castus amor, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 202, 7.

lufian

(v.)
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. ¶ in the legal formula :-- Ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe, and eal lufian ꝥ hé lufað, and eal áscunian ꝥ; he áscunað, Ll.

open

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H. 125, 30. not covered so as to be concealed, exposed Hé hordwynne fond opene standan, B. 2271. of a passage or space, without obstructions Ne mihte nǽnig hróf on beón on ðǽre cirican . . . ac þæt se weg ðǽr wǽre á tó heofonum open, Shrn. 81, 10. of

líf

(adv.)
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Th. i. 110, 8. (3 a) be íife on pain of losing life :-- Ic beóde eallum mínum geréfum . . . be heora ágenum life. Cht.

ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Manigfeald wundor ... wǽron and gyt beóð æteówed and gecýðed, Bl.

Linked entry: cýþan

ge-dón

(v.)
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Tó hwon sceolde þeós smyrenes beón tó lore gedón ?, Bl. H. 69, 7. Tó náuhte gedóne, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 19. Uncúð bið þé tó hwan þé þín Drihten gedón wille, Dóm. L. 32, 60: Seef. 43.

FOR

(prep.)
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FOR, prep. dot. acc. and inst.

FORon account ofbecause ofwithbypropropterperaccording toprosĕcundumjuxtaForinstead ofprolŏcovĭceForon account ofbecause ofthroughpropropterper

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Hine feor forwræc Metod for ðý máne the Creator banished him far for that crime, Beo. Th. 220; B. 110. Acol for ðý egesan trembling for the terror, Andr. Kmbl. 2533; An. 1268.

FRUMA

(n.)
Grammar
FRUMA, an; m. [frum primitive, first] .

a beginningcommencementoriginprincĭpiuminĭtiumŏrīgoprīmordiumexordiuman originatorauthorfounderinventorauctorinventora chiefprincerulerkingprŏcerprincepsrex

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Spl. 118, 160: Cd. 1; Th. 1. 10; Gen. 5: Exon. 44 b; Th. 151, 15; Gú. 795: Beo. Th. 4608; B. 2309. Ðú eart ealra þinga fruma and ende thou [God] art the beginning and end of all things, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 36: Bt. Met.

ge-met

(n.)
Grammar
ge-met, es; nom. acc. pl. -u, -a; n.

a measure, space, distancemensura, spatium, intervallumthat by which anything is measured, a measuremensura, modius, satummeasure, capacity, ability, power, etcmensura, facultas, potestas, vismeasure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, mannermensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratioa rule, order, lawnorma, regula, lexa poetical measure, metremetrum

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Ofer mín gemet above my power, Beo. Th. 5750; B. 2879: 5059; B. 2533: Ps.

ge-hwá

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
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ge-hwá, <b>A.</b> as noun.
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Sch. 8. pronoun Him on scínað ǽrgewyrhtu, on sylfra gehwám, Cri. 1242. any one (thing), alone Búton gehwá beó geedcenned of wætere and of þám Hálgan Gáste, ne mæg hé faran in tó heofenan ríce nisi quit renatus fuerit ex aqua et spiritu, non potest introire

hiw

(adj.)
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hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Sume sind gehátene scemata, þæt sind mislíce híw on lédensprǽce, hú heó betst gelógod beó, 295, 4: Angl. viii. 331, 2. in a more general sense, formula, form of words Híwum (praedictis exemplorum) formulis, An. Ox. 79.

réðe

(adj.)
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réðe, ;adj.;

Fierce, cruel, savagesevere, stern, austere, zealouswild, savage, fierce;severe, cruel, fierce, dire;

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Grim and grǽdig, reóc and réðe (;Grendel;) Beo. Th. 244; B. 122. Ðá wæs ellenwód, yrre and réðe, frécne and ferþgrim fæder wið dehter, Exon. Th. 251, 5; Jul. 140.

Linked entry: hréðe

fylgean

to follow to pursueto followproceed alongto follow to followto followto followdevote one's self to, diligently attend to. to attend toto accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thingobsequito try to gain to follow, do what has already been done by anotherto happen or come at a later time

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Beó þú eádmód . . . and gebedum filige, Dóm. L. 28, 6. Ꝥ wé ue fylgeon unwitweorcum, Bl. H. 111, 2. Fylian heora bócum and gebedum georne, Ll.