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ge-metlíce

(adv.)
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Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7. Ne ic máran getilige tó haldænne, þonne ic gemetlíce bí been mage (nec aliud quidquam praeter necessarium victum), Solil.

ge-girela

(n.)
Grammar
ge-girela, an; m.: <b>ge-girelu,</b> e; pl. n. ge-girele, ge-girela; gen. ge-girela; f.
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Heó him æteówde ealne hire gegyrelan ( omnem indumentum ) þe heó wolde æt hire byrgenne habban, Bl. H. 143, 35.

Linked entry: ge-gerela

dwalian

(v.)
Grammar
dwalian, p. ede ; pp. ed

To err errāre

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To err; errāre Híg dwaledon errāvērunt, Ps. Lamb. 57, 4

Linked entry: dwolian

wréhtend

(n.)
Grammar
wréhtend, es; m.

An accuser

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An accuser Wréhten his selfes accusator sui, Kent. Gl. 650

æt-gæderum

(adv.)
Grammar
æt-gæderum, adv.
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Together Him ðá eallum ætgæderum sittendum, Lch. iii. 428, 16

méce-fisc

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Þes mécefisc hic mugil, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 39, 1. Add

unriht-hǽman

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Unryhthǽmende hié wǽron fornicati sunt, Ps. Vos. 105, 39. Add

eald-dagas

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Swá hit on æalddagum gestód, C.D. iii. 272, 33. Add

heáh-hliþ

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-hliþ, es; n.

A high hill

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A high hill, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 31; Gen. 1439

feorh-ner

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ner, -nere, es; n.

Life's preservation or salvation, a refuge, sustenance, nourishmentfoodvītæ servātiorefŭgiumălĭmentumcĭbus

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Hwílum him to honda, hungre geþreátad, fleág fugla cyn, ðǽr hý feorhnere fundon sometimes the race of birds, forced by hunger, flew to his hands, where they found sustenance, Exon. 46 a; Th. 157, 10; Gú. 889.

munuc

(n.)
Grammar
munuc, munec, es; m. [Lat. monachus]

A monk

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Hé beád, ðæt nán his bearna ðæt menster leng mid preóstan gesette, ac ðæt hit éfre mid munecan stóde, Chart. Th. 227, 17. Hé sende Godes þeów Agustinum and óðre monige munecas. Bd. 1. 23; S. 485, 27

Linked entry: munec

ende-néhst

lastlastlowestlastfinallatest

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S. 6, 76. latest, most recent Oð ꝥ hit becóm tó ús endenéxtum mannum, Hml. A. 5, 117

Linked entry: endemestness

ge-wuna

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, adj.
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Seó gyfu ne bið oncnáwen of þǽre medemnesse, ac gewuna is tó getácnigenne of þǽre sáwle dǽdum, Hml. S. 23 b, 241. Forgeafa gewuna wæs him énne of ðǽm gebundenum dimittere solebat illis unum ex uinctis, Mk. L. R. 15, 6.

Linked entry: be-wuna

sárlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sárlíce, adv.

sorely, painfullysorely, grievously, lamentably sorely, bitterly, heavily

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mé on dígle deorce stówe settan sárlíce, 142, 4.

nán

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán, [ = ne án]; pron.

not onenonenononeno mannothing

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Hié nǽfre tó nánum men ne becumaþ, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 27. Hé on náne wísan ne mæg forbúgan he can in no wise avoid, 16, 2; Fox 54, 5. Ðá ne mihton hig him nán word andswarian ne nán ne dorste hyne nán þing máre áxigean, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 46.

ymbhygdiglíce

(adv.)
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writon þone dæg and gemearcodon ymbhigdiglíce (ymbehýdiglíce, v. l.) sollicite conscripserunt diem, Gr. D. 306, 13. Swá myccle geornlícor and ymbhýdiglícor beó beeóde hire gebedu tanto sollicitius ad usum orationis excreverat, 284, 7. Add

neósan

(v.)
Grammar
neósan, p. de (?) with gen. acc. or clause.

to search outfind out by enquiryto seekvisitto seek with hostile intent

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Hý neósan cwóman, hwæðere him ðæs wonges wyn sweðrade, Exon. Th. 123, 12; Gú. 321. to seek, visit a place Gewát his beddes neósan Holofernes sought his couch, Judth. Thw. 22, 15; Jud. 63: Beo. Th. 3587; B. 1791. Setles neósan, 3576; B. 1786.

ge-dyrstlǽcan

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Gif hwá hit bútan his leáfe gedyrstlǽce, 79, 19. Ne hý nán þing ne gedyrstlǽcen, ne nǽnne ontige on þám mynstre bútan þǽre mæssan ánre, 140, 9. with a clause Gif hwylc bróðor búton his abbodes hǽse gedyrstlǽcð ꝥ hé nime . . . R. Ben. 50, 10.

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fallto rain, to fall (of rain)

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Hit ágan rínan xl. daga and xl. nihta tósomne ðæm mǽstan réne, and seó eorþe rínde ealswá swíðe of hire eásprencgum angén ðam heofenlican flóde, Wulfst. 217, 1.

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

ge-wrixl

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Þára hída bóc þe Eádréd gebócode Wulfríce wiþ þæs landes gewrixle þe is æt Pendyfig, C. D. B. iii. 31, 1. Þæt wé magon him gewrixl ágyldan . . . ongeán ealle þá gód þe hé ús forgyfen hæfð, Wlfst. 145, 7. <b>II a.