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ge-twǽfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-twǽfan, p. de; pp. ed

To separate ⬩ divert ⬩ detain ⬩ hinder ⬩ deprive

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To separate, divert, detain, hinder, deprive Ne lǽt ðú ðec síðes getwǽfan láde gelettan lifgendne monn do not thou let any living man divert thee from thy course, hinder thy journey, Exon. 123 b; Th. 474, 2; Bo. 23: Beo.

Linked entries: -twǽfan ge-twǽman

ge-ceápian

(v.)
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Add: to purchase as a matter of business Þæt mon ǽlcne ceáp mehte be twiefealdan bet geceápian þonne mon ǽr mehte ut duplicia, quam usque ad id fuerant, rerum uenalium pretia statuerentur, Ors. 5, 13: S. 248, 2.

sál

(n.)
Grammar
sál, es; m. : e; f. (?)

a rope, cord, line, bond ⬩ a rein ⬩ the loop which forms the handle of a vessel ⬩ the fastening of a door ⬩ a necklace, collar

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Ðá wæs be mæste segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3816; B. 1906. (cf.O. H. Ger. segil-seil rudens ) Sálum nexibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 74. a rein Sálas [h] abenas, 4, 58 : 6, 22.

Linked entries: sweor-sál salpanra

a-súrian

(v.)
Grammar
a-súrian, p. ode; pp. od

To be or become sour ⬩ tart ⬩ bitter ⬩ acescere

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To be or become sour, tart, bitter; acescere, Cot. 10: 177

án-wunian

(v.)
Grammar
án-wunian, part. -wuniende; p. ode; pp. od

To dwell or be alone ⬩ esse solitarius

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To dwell or be alone; esse solitarius, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8

earfoþ-recce

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþ-recce, adj. [reccan to relate]

Difficult to be told ⬩ diffĭcĭlis narrātu

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Difficult to be told; diffĭcĭlis narrātu, Lupi Serm. 5, 3, Lye

Linked entry: -recce

ge-weallan

(v.)

to boil ⬩ be hot ⬩ fervescere ⬩ fervere

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to boil, be hot; fervescere, fervere, Rtl. 101, 26: 105, 3

á-gleddian

(v.)
Grammar
á-gleddian, p. ode
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Cf. be-gleddian

willung

Grammar
willung, heat.
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Dele passage, in which wylme is to be read for wylinc

án-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
án-feald, <b>. I.</b>
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Be ánfealdum ic forgylde simplum Ælfc. Gr. Z. 286, 17. Add

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.

Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare

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Him sylfum nǽnige góde beón to be of no good to themselves, Blickl. Homl. 45, 16. For eallum ðám gódum ðe he me dyde pro omnibus quæ retribuit mihi, Ps. Th. 115, 3: 102, 2: Cd. 15; Th. 19, 14; Gen. 291: Homl. Th. i. 76, 7: Blickl. Homl. 29, 11.

gierende

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
gierende, taxauerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 6. Perhaps the passage to which this gloss belongs is Ald. 27, 14: Sibi usurpans tantopere taxauerat, other glosses to which are, taxauerat, i. iudicauerat hé démde, An. Ox. 2014: usurpans geauligende, 7, 118; taxauerat, i. iudicauerat, posse-derat hé démde, Hpt. Gl. 454, 3. As in the Corpus Glossary the gi- form of the prefix is very rare (gi-brec, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 6, is the single instance, unless gierende be another), and as there is no other instance of ǽrendan (the verb is always ǽrendian) perhaps gierende is incorrect. If, however, it is correct, it seems to be nearer in meaning to usurpans than to
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taxauerat

geat

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Th. i. 128, 8. where the enclosure contains a habitation Ceorles weorðig sceal beón wintres and sumeres betýned. Gif hé bið untýned and recð his neáhgebúres ceáp in on his ágen geat, Ll. Th. i. 126, 15.

rihtung

(n.)
Grammar
rihtung, e; f.

direction ⬩ guidance ⬩ correction ⬩ setting right ⬩ correction ⬩ reproof ⬩ a direction ⬩ rule ⬩ regularis

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Ben. 61, 14.

Linked entry: rihting

eásta

(n.)
Grammar
eásta, an; m.

The east ⬩ ŏriens

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The east; ŏriens He férde syððan to ðam múnte, be eástan Bethel inde transgrĕdiens ad montem, qui erat contra ŏrientem Bethel, Gen. 12, 8. Be eástan Ríne syndon Eást-Francan to the east of the Rhine are the East-Franks, Ors. I.

and-heáfdu

(n.)
Grammar
and-heáfdu, (-a); n. pl.
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Be ðém andheáfdan, ii. 172, 29: iii. 193, 8: vi. 8, 27, 29 (cf. on ðá heáfda, 36). Ofer ðá mǽd, ðæt swá be ðára andheáfdan, 234, 7. Tó ðám anheáfdan, iii. 279, 17, 18 (cf. andlang heáfda, 26). Be onheáfdan, 464, 19.

Linked entry: on-heáfdu

ge-byrd

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Ben. 12, 20. Hé befrán hí be hyre gebyrdum, Hml. S. 8, 40. Bisceopas ne beóð nú be gebyrdum gecorene, 10, 228. Hé hine tó óþrum men híwað, and his gebyrda mid þám bedíglað, Hml. S. 23, 692. <b>IV a.

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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it may be useful to remember, the e is often long before the single consonants l, m, n, r, c, d, f, g, s, t, and þ; as, in hél a heel, félan to feel, déman to deem, think, fénix a phænix, hér here, gés geese, fét feet, fédan to feed, téþ teeth, béc books

ge-feormian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feormian, p. ode; pp. od. v. a.

to entertain ⬩ harbour ⬩ receive as a guest ⬩ feed ⬩ cherish ⬩ support ⬩ suscipere ⬩ hospitio suscipere ⬩ epulare ⬩ fovere ⬩ curare ⬩ to feed on ⬩ devour ⬩ vesci ⬩ comedere ⬩ to cleanse ⬩ farm ⬩ cleanse out ⬩ mundare

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Grendel unlifigendes gefeormod fét and folma Grendel devoured the feet and hands of the lifeless, Beo.

grymetung

Grammar
grymetung, l. grymettung,
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Wé rǽdaþ be þǽre león ... ꝥ ðá óðre deór þurh hyre grymetunge beóð swá áfyrhte ꝥ hí fleón ne durron, Hml. A. 63, 278. Láþlice grymetunga truculentos fremitus, An. Ox. 2388. Grymetunge rugitus (seueros ), 4378

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