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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-wæxen

Similar entry: ge-weaxan

ge-wahsan

Similar entry: ge-wascan

ge-ácolmódian

(v.)

to terrify, cow

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to terrify, cow Fyrhtaþ, gebrégþ, geácolmódaþ consternat, i. perterritat, contristat, convincat, indomitat Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 67

Linked entry: ácolmódian

ge-ǽfenian

(v.)
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For second passage substitute Geéfenedan deige, Kent. Gl. 186

ge-ǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ǽnan, (?)

to unite oneself ⬩ join

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to unite oneself to, join with Be ðám þingum þe ðú mé ǽr sédest þat þú . . . for nánum þingum eft tó gecyrran nolde . . . ácsige ic þé hweðer þú áðer oððe for (fór, MS.) heora lufum, oððe for éniges þinges lufum hym eft tó geénan (géénan, MS.) wille,

Linked entries: ǽnan ge-énan

ge-ágan

(v.)

to possess

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to possess Þæt hí gelýfon tó geágenne þá écan welan, Hml. Th. i. 64, 19

Linked entry: ágan

ge-ágennud

Similar entry: ge-ágnian

ge-ǽwed

Grammar
ge-ǽwed, v. un-geǽwed,
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and next word

Linked entry: -ǽwed

ge-ærnan

Grammar
ge-ærnan, Add:

to reach ⬩ by riding

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to reach a place by riding Wé settað ǽghwelcere cirican . . . þis frið. Gif hié fáh mon geierne oþþe geærne (reach it on foot or on horseback), Ll. Th. i. 64, 9

ge-anlícian

(v.)

to make like ⬩ to act towards

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Add: to make like Se wyrttruma gehwylcne man him geanlícað, Lch. i. 318, 12. Ic beó geanlícod (assimilabor) uiðerstígendum on seáðe, Ps. L. 27, 1. Þe lǽs þe hé sig geanlícod þám hunde ne adsimuletur cani Ll. Th. ii. 136, 16. Ic com yslum and axum geanlícod

ge-andwlatod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-andwlatod, adj.

Bold-faced

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Bold-faced Geandwlatade sceamleáste fron-tosam inpudentiam An. Ox. 8, 365. Geandwlatude, Angl. xiii. 37, 277

Linked entry: -andwlatod

ge-sída

Linked entry: ge-sidu

ge-siehþ

(n.)

sight,

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sight, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 18

ge-smicerad

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smicerad, [smicere elegant]; part. p.

Worked ⬩ neatly made ⬩ fabrefactus,

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Worked, neatly made; fabrefactus, Cot. 88, 184

ge-smirian

(v.)

to anoint,

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to anoint, Ex. 29, 29

ge-smiten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-smiten, part. p.

Anointed ⬩ smeared ⬩ smutted ⬩ litus ⬩ unctus

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Anointed, smeared, smutted; litus, unctus, Som

ge-sníðan

(v.)

to lie down

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to lie down Ðætte gesniða [Rush. gesnide] gedydon alle ut accumbere facerent omnes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 39. [?]

ge-snot

Grammar
ge-snot, snot.

Similar entry: snot

ge-soecan

(v.)

to seek ⬩ follow

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to seek, follow, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13. 37

ge-somodlǽcan

Similar entry: ge-samodlǽcan

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