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ge-fricgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fricgan, to ask.
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Gefraigende Drihtne interrognnte Domino, Mt. p. 17, 16. Add

ge-hildan

(v.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-hildan, to incline.
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Take here <b>ge-hyldan</b> in Dict. and add Mid þý þe hé þá flascan gehylde cum flasconem inclinasset Gr. D. 142, 12

Linked entries: ge-hyldan hildan

ge-hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hyrstan, to murmur.
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Add:

ge-mǽran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽran, to divulge.
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Wæs þis geworden on Beornica mǽgðe, and feor and wíde gemǽred (longe lateque diffamatum), Bd. 5, 14 ; Sch. 647, 16. Add

ge-rínan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rínan, to touch.
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The passage should be given under ge-hrínan

ge-scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scǽnan, to shatter.
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Gescǽneð hié comminuet eas. Ps. Vos. 28, 6. Add

ge-borhfæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-borhfæstan, to pledge.
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For Cot. 107 substitute Geborhfæstan intertiare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 36

gínan

(v.)
Grammar
gínan, to yawn.
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Dele Cot. 23, and add: cf. gánian

ge-weddian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weddian, to weed.
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Dele

ge-willan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-willan, to boil.
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Take here <b>ge-wyllan</b> in Dict., and add Of geweldum wíne ex passo, i. ex caleficato vino, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 26

Linked entry: ge-wyllan

hríman

(v.)
Grammar
hríman, to shout.
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(with the exception of Dan. 756: Æðelst. 39, for which see <b>hréman</b>) and add Is gewriten ðætte swíðe wǽre gemanigfalðod Sodomwara hreám and Gomorwara.

hyrian

(v.)
Grammar
hyrian, to imitate.
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Ðá cild . . . hyriað ealdum monnum, Bt. 36, 5 ; F. 180, 10 note. Add

lífan

(v.)
Grammar
lífan, to permit.
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úre Hǽlend lýfde ꝥ mann his lífe gebeorge, Hml. S. 5, 322. Hý lýfdon ðe þǽr ofer wǽron lytlingum heora Add: —

leccan

(v.)
Grammar
leccan, to moisten.
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Leccan humectare Hpt. Gl. 421, 71. Add

líðan

(v.)
Grammar
líðan, to assuage.
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Líþende hospita, Germ. 392, 59. Add

scorian

(v.)
Grammar
scorian, to project.
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For þám clifstánum þe þǽr gehwǽr út sceorodon (scoredon, v. l. ) of þám munte, Gr. D. 213, 5. Add

seón

(v.)
Grammar
seón, to see.
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Add: 2 a. with an infinitive that has no subject Ic seah rǽpingas in ræced fergan, Rä. 53, 1. add: the imperative used exclamatorily Seh þé ecce (Lanc. sithee ), Ps. Vos. 7, 15

æfter-gán

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-gán, [gán to go]

To follow after ⬩ subsequi

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To follow after; subsequi, Past. 15, 2 ?

bón

(v.)
Grammar
bón, [bógan to boast]

To boast ⬩ jactare

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To boast; jactare He bóþ his sylfes swíðor micle ðonne se sélla mon he boasts of himself much more than a better man, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 9; Mód. 28

Linked entries: ge-boned bógan bógan

ge-lífan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lífan, to grant, allow.
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L. 13, 14. to allow a person (dat.) to do something, allow something to be done by a person (dat. ). with infin. Geléf mé geonga permitte mihi ire, Lk. L. 9, 59. Ꝥte geléfde him ingeonga, 8, 32. Geléfde him fara dimitteret, Mt. L. 14, 22.

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