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ge-notian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-notian, to use.
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Ðonne þú antiphonariam habban wille, þonne wege þú þíne swíþran hand and crip þínne þúman, for þon is genotod (cf. 2), Tech. ii. 119, 4. Add

ge-clypian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clypian, -clipian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [clypian, clipian to call]

To callcall uponinvokevŏcāreinvŏcāre

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To call, call upon, invoke; vŏcāre, invŏcāre He his naman geclipode invŏcāvit nōmen ejus, Gen. 12, 8. Manega synt geclypede multi sunt vŏcāti, Mt. Bos. 20, 16

un-fæderlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-fæderlíce, adv.

In an unfatherly manner

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In an unfatherly manner Saturnus wæs swá wælhreów, ðæt fordyde his ágene bearn ealle bútan ánum and unfæderlíce macode heora líf tó lyre, Wulfst. 106, 6

Linked entry: fæder-líce

un-tóbrocen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-tóbrocen, adj.

Not broken in pieces

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sum þing hæfde untóbrocen, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 258

efen-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-boren, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Of equal birth Ꝥ se mæssepreóst nǽre, gif wíf hæfde, ǽnigre óþre láde wyrþe bútan eallswá lǽwede sceolde þe efenboren wǽre, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 38

fíftíne-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
fíftíne-wintre, adj.
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Fifteen years old Ðá wæs fífténewintre, Bl. H. 213, 1. Ꝥ man nǽnne gingran mann ne slóge þonne xv-wintre man, Ll. Th. i. 240, 28

ge-baþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-baþian, p. ode
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næs geefesod, ne eác bescoren oððe gebaðod, Hml. Th. ii. 298, 20

Linked entry: baþian

ge-hwætness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hwætness, e; f.
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Quickness, rapid movement Atomes . . . rímcræftige men óðerwhíle hátað for his gehwætnysse momentum (cf. Momentum . . . ys gecweden for þǽra tungla hwætnysse momentum 6), Angl. viii. 318, 37

Linked entry: hwæt-ness

ge-spédan

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Gespéd ł gesundful síðfæt dǽþ ús prosperum iter faciet nobis, Ps. L. 67, 20. Seó hǽl wearð gespéd on Iudan handum. Hml. S. 25, 286. Add

heáh-mód

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Add: high-spirited þá wihte (a cock and a hen) mid ús heáhmóde (heán-, MS. ; but cf. wrǽtlice twá, 1) twá hátne sindon, Rä. 43, 17

hreófla

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Tiberius wæs swá unhál myd myslýcum wundum ꝥ wearð hreófla, Hml. A. 181, 17

mús-fealle

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Ne sceolde nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre to note mehte, ne forða músfellan, ne ꝥ gít lǽsse is, tó hǽpsan pinn, Angl. ix. 265, 8. Add

ofer-leóran

Grammar
ofer-leóran, I. add: <b>I a.</b>
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to pass by, abandon Þonne wǽre him wén ꝥ oferliórde and forléte þone gewunan his ágenre stíþnysse fortassis sui vigoris usum excederet, Gr. D. 106, 5

seóc-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
seóc-mód, adj.
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Not strong-minded Hræce and snýte bæftan him, and þæt fortrede, þe lǽs hit seócmódum (infirmis mentibus) bróþrum and císum wyrðe tó wlættan, Cnid. 23, 9

wudu-bill

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Sume dæge sealde him írengelóman, ꝥ is háten wudubill quadam die ei dari ferramentum jussit, quod ad falcis similitudinem falcastrum vocatur, Gr. D. 113, 18. Add

ærcebiscop-stól

(n.)
Grammar
ærcebiscop-stól, es; m.
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Æfter him féng Mellitus tó arceƀstóle, Chr. 616; P. 22, 37: 988; P. 125, 16. gesæt his arceƀstól inthronizatur cathedra archipresulatus sui, 1048; P. 172, 4

brún-fág

(adj.)
Grammar
brún-fág, adj.

coloured, dyedOf a brown colour, brown-huedfulvi coloris

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[brown, fág coloured, dyed] Of a brown colour, brown-hued; fulvi coloris Ætbær brúnfágne helm he bore away the brown-hued helmet, Beo. Th. 5223; B. 2615

híw-gedál

(n.)
Grammar
híw-gedál, es; n.

A separation of man and wife, divorce:

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A separation of man and wife, divorce: sylle hyre hyra híwgedáles bóc det illi libellum repudii, Mt. Bos. 5, 31; 19, 7; Mk. Skt. 10, 4

hlǽnsian

(v.)
Grammar
hlǽnsian, p. ode

To make lean;macerare, castigare.

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Hpt. Gl. 433. 'Carnis maceratio fleises lensing.Mon lenseþ his fleis hwenne he him ȝefeð lutel to etene,' [Cf. O. E. Hom.i. 147.]

DEORC

(adj.)
Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.

DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad tenebrōsus, obscūrus

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Cwíst ðú oncnáwaþ wundru ðíne, on ðám dimmum deorcan þýstrum numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabĭlia tua? Ps. Th. 87, 12. He wát deorce grundas he knows the dark places, 134, 6: 145, 6.

Linked entry: deorcian