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gúþ-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
gúþ-cyst, e; f.

Warlike excellence ⬩ bravery

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Warlike excellence, bravery Sunu simeones sweótum cómon þridde þeódmægen gúþcyste onþrang the sons of Simeon came in troops, a third great force bravely pressed on [or or cyst = troop, band, and gúþcyste onþrang = pressed on in phalanx,Cf. sweótum cómon

ge-tot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tot, es; n.

Pomp ⬩ splendour ⬩ pompa

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Pomp, splendour; pompa Ídel-wuldor ðæt is gylp oððe getot vain-glory, that is pride or pomp, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 28. Riggon ðe mid ðam leaslícum getote inneode Riggo who entered with the false pomp, Homl. Th. ii. 168, 16. Getote pompa, R. Ben. 7, Lye

Linked entries: ge-tete tot

néðing

(n.)
Grammar
néðing, e; f.

Daring ⬩ audacity

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the courage to visit him in search of peace in the east of this earth, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 136, 24

ge-cwician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwician, -cwycian; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [cwician to quicken]

To quicken ⬩ create ⬩ vivĭfĭcere ⬩ creāre

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Heortan clǽne gecwica in me God cor mundum crea in me Deus, Ps. Surt. 50, 12. Ðæt ðú me on rihtes rǽd gecwycige in æquĭtāte tua vivĭfĭca me, Ps. Th. 118, 40. He bebeád and gecwicode synd ipse mandāvit et creāta sunt, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 9 : 101, 19.

ge-inseglian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-inseglian, -insegelian; p. ode; pp. od, ud

To seal ⬩ to impress with a seal ⬩ signare ⬩ obsignare

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whether these thingis ben seelid in myn tresouris? Wyc; nonne hæc signata in thesauris meis? Deut. 32, 34. Annas and Caiphas ðæt loc geinseglodon Annas et Caiphas illud claustrum obsignarunt, Nicod. 14; Thw. 7, 2.

Linked entry: in-seglian

ge-wríþan

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In brídelse cécan heara gewríþ ( constringe ), Ps. Srt. 31, 9. Mid bendum fæste gewríðan, Hml. S. 23, 179. Man sceall þé fæste gewrídan ǽgder ge handa ge fét, 713. Ðes deófol is gebunden . . ., and ic dó þæt hé andet þæt hé is gewriðen, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

for-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽded; or p. -reord, -réd; pp. -ræden,

to give counsel against ⬩ to condemn ⬩ plot against ⬩ deprive by treachery, wrong ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ insĭdias părāre

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Gif man gehádodne man forrǽde æt feó oððe æt feore if any one wrong a man in holy orders as to money or as to life, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 5: L. E. G. 12; Th. i. 174, 6

á-ginnan

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Th. i. 332, 4. Áginne hé hit georne let him diligently attempt it. ii. 282, 2. Mæg þeáh bót cuman, wille hit man georne on eornost áginnan, i. 348, 24.

cyning

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Ðæs cyninges tácen is þæt þú wende þíne hande ádúne, and befóh þín heófod ufeweard eallum fingrum on cynehelmes tácne. Cyninges wífes tácen is þæt þú strece onbútan heófod, and sete syððan þíne hand bufon þín heófod, Tech. ii. 128, 23-27.

ge-healdsum

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oððe dǽlan ne cor tenacia occupet, et parcum se videri in dispensationibus exultet Past. 149, 18. exercising restraint, modest, virtuous, sober: — Wíf hálig and gehealdsum mulier sancta et pudorata, S. int. 225, 16.]

hand-gewrit

(n.)
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[The reference for the last passage is Hml. Th. i. 448, 14.] handwriting, autograph, signature (cf. N. E.

hwætlíce

(adv.)
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Voc. ii. 74, 58) nanciscuntur, Ald. 2, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 47. Swá hwylc swá hwætlíce tó þeógincge efstað, bútan tweón hrædlíce hí beóð geendude quicumque ad profectum tendunt, sine dubio celeriter finiantur, Scint. 101, 16.

mylen

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Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 13. Ic gean Ǽdwine muneke þá mylne þe Ringware áhte . . . and ic gean ꝥ myln þe Wulnóð áhte into S Eádmunde, C. D. iv. 59, 11-15. Andlang streámæs on ðá mylne, v. 340, 21

wacen

(n.)
Grammar
wacen, (-an, -on, -un), e; f.

wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement

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Cwæþ hé: 'Ic wát ðæt mé ðæs is micel ðearf, ðæt ic hálwendum weacenum ætfeole,' Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 1-3. a watch, a division of the night Ðiú feórða waccen (feórþe ðære wacone, Rush.) quarta vigilia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 25.

ge-clipian

(v.)

to call out, cry, exclaim ⬩ to call so as to attract attention, call to a person ⬩ to announce loudly, declare ⬩ to call a person, bring by calling ⬩ to call, name

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Is geclioppad appellatur, 43, 37

ge-cynd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-cynd, f. also has gen. ge-cynd
  • (Bl. H. 31, 32)
; dat. ge-cynd
  • (Bl. H. 121, 30)
.

birth(?) ⬩ a native place or position, that to which one has a natural right ⬩ natural condition, lot to which one is born :-- ⬩ the character or quality derived from birth or native constitution, natural disposition, nature ⬩ nature in general, in the abstract, the established order of things ⬩ natural state or condition ⬩ a natural quality, property, or characteristic ⬩ gender, sex ⬩ VII a. sexual organs, ⬩ the manner or way natural or proper to any one, mode of action ⬩ character as determining the class to which a thing belongs, generic nature or quality ⬩ a race, a natural group of animals or plants having a common origin ⬩ a family, a tribe, nation ⬩ descendants, progeny :-- ⬩ a class distinguished by common attributes, genus, sort

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Sió fordrúgade gecyndo, Lch. ii. 222, 4. Hys gecynde is swíþe hát and slǽpbǽre, i. 284, 22.

á-brecan

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á-brecan, <b>. I</b>
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I. add Tó ábrocenan beorge, C. D. iii. 172, 30. (id) add: Ll. Th. ii. 330, 28-9. add: Hml. Th. ii. 564, 14

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, -fiolan; p. -fæl, pl. -fǽlon, -félon; pp. -folen, -feolen

To adhere ⬩ cleave or hang on ⬩ insist upon ⬩ stick to ⬩ continue ⬩ insistere ⬩ adhærere

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Ætfeolan wæccum and gebédum to continue in watchings and prayers, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 2

Linked entries: æt-fele æt-fiolan

maga

(adj.)
Grammar
maga, adj. used as subst.

Powerful ⬩ strong ⬩ a powerful person

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Powerful, strong, a powerful person Ic lǽre ǽlcne ðara ðe maga sí I advise every one that is powerful, Shrn. 163, 12. Ne derige se maga ðam unmagan let not the strong injure the weak, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 1.

cyne-lic

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Cynelicere gesettnesse augusto (i. regali) textu, 3447. Wið cynelice ádle, Lch. i. 370, 5. Þá cynelican puplica (strata), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 68. Tó cynelicon geseton ad palatinas (i. regales) zetas, An. Ox. 2996. Add