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á-brúcan

(v.)
Grammar
á-brúcan, p. -breác
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To partake of (gen. ), eat Hé ábreác ðæs forbodenan treówes æpples, Angl. xi, 1. 17

á-sceamelic

(adj.)
Grammar
á-sceamelic, adj.
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Shameful Tó áscamelicum (but cf. áscunelicum, An. Ox. 4016) ad detestabilem, Hpt. Gl. 500, 58

á-hyscan

(v.)
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to mock Fýnd úre áhnyscton (-hyscton?: subsannaverunt ) ús, Ps. Spl. 79, 7. Cf. on-hyscan

Linked entries: a-hiscean a-hnyscan

be-líman

(v.)
Grammar
be-líman, p. de
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To glue together Swylce sé þe belíme tigelan quasi qui conglutinet testam, Scint. 96, 19

circan

(v.)
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to roar (?) Circinde wæter, Lch. i. 390, 11. [v. N. E. D. chirk.] Cf. cearcian

creás

(adj.)
Grammar
creás, adj.
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Fine, elegant Ne beó gé tó creásum reáfum ( cultis vestibus ) gefrætwade, ac medemlicum, Nap. 13

dwelsian

(v.)
Grammar
dwelsian, p. ode
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To stray, wander Of ðinum bebodum ic ná ne dwelsode ( erravi ), Ps. L. 118, 110

fore-teohhian

(v.)
Grammar
fore-teohhian, p. ode; pp. od

To foreordain ⬩ destine

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To foreordain, destine Destinatus, ordinatus, deputatus, i. missus vel foreteohhad, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 9

Linked entry: teohhian

forsæðan

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Of horgan wege tó forsæðan pylle; ðonne of forsæðan pylle, C. D. ii. 245, 26

ge-girelic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-girelic, (?); adj.
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Pertaining to clothes Gegerelican amiculis (cf. gegerelan amiculis, 5, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 80

Linked entry: girelic

ge-hnycned

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hnycned, drawn (?),
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pinched (?) Éþung bið sárlic, gehnycned neb, Lch. ii. 258, 17. [Cf. (?) Icel. hnykkja to pull.]

Linked entry: -hnycned

gebyrd-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
gebyrd-tíma, an; m.
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Time of birth Of þám heregange tó Crístes gebyrdtíman, Wlfst. 312, 2. v. preceding word

ge-atolhíwian

(v.)
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to make hideous, horrible, &c. Geatolhíwaþ devenustat, deformat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 52

Linked entry: atolhíwian

ge-beddian

(v.)
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to make a bed Him wearð gebeddod mid hnescre bed*-*dinge, Hml. S. 37, 191

Linked entry: beddian

ge-cyrtenlǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cyrtenlǽcan, p. -lǽhte
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To make sweet Gecertenlǽhte indulcauit (the Latin is: Mellitus versuum epigrammatibus inculcauit ), An. Ox. 5408

Linked entry: cyrtenlǽcan

ge-wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wundrian, p. ode
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To make wonderful Gewundra mirifica, Ps. Th. 16, 7. Gewundrud mirificatus, Ps. Rdr. 138, 14

ge-unblissian

(v.)
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to make unhappy, distress Se bisceop wearð geunblissod for þám blódes gyle, Nap. 22, 25

Linked entry: un-blissian

médren-cynn

(n.)
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In l, 2 for reht meódrencynn l. rehtmeódrencynn, and take the passage to riht-médrencynn

mete-awul

(n.)
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a meat-hook (?) Mán sceal habban . . . meteawel and tó odene fligel, Angl. ix. 264, 7. (?)

ómian

(v.)
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to rust Swá ár ómað yfelnysse his sicut aeramentum eruginabit malitia illius, Scint. 196, 5

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