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ge-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weorþan, -wiorþan, -wurþan, -wyrþan; he -weorþeþ, -weorþ, pl. -weorpaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; subj. pres. -weorþe, pl. -weorþen; p. -wurde, pl. -wurden; pp. -worden.

to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre

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Ðæt word wæs flǽsc geworden verbum căro factum est, Jn. Bos. 1, 14: Homl. Th. i. 40, 17: Cd. 219; Th. 282, 5; Sat. 282: 223; Th. 293, 10; Sat. 453.

Linked entries: ge-wurþan ge-wyrþan tó-wesness

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for

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Voc. ii. 86, 39: 52, 46. to make to suffer, to crucify : -- Æfter ðonne ðe hé þrowad wæs after he was crucified, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 44. Cf. Geðrowod under Pilate, Homl. Th. ii. 596, 15. Ðone geðrowodan Crist, 292, 13.

Linked entry: a-þrówian

ge-mengan

(v.)
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His líchama wæs gemengeð mid þǽre eorþan, Bl. H. 241, 26.

ge-rád

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Ic wolde ꝥ mé wǽre gecýþed on hwilc gerád ( quo ordine) ꝥ mihte beón ꝥ ... 149, 25. Wé wyllað ámearkian þǽra twelf mónða naman, and gecýðan eall ꝥ gerád ꝥ heora gehwylcum folgað, Angl. viii. 305, 28.

hweorfan

(v.)
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Hé wæs miclum geswenced ǽr hé þanon hwurfe, Chr. 982 ; P. 124, 29. Þú scealt hweorfan of earde þínum, Gen. 1018 : Wal. 81. Hweorfan tó þis enge lond, Cri. 31.

FULL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
FULL, ful; gen. m. n. fulles, f. fulre: def. se fulla; seó, ðæt fulle: comp. m. fulra, f. n. fulre; sup. fullost; adj.

FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger

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Ðár hig wǽron seofon dagas fulle they were there seven full days, Gen. 50, 10.

Linked entries: ful ful- fol

in-gehygd

(n.)
Grammar
in-gehygd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thought ⬩ mind ⬩ intent ⬩ sense ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ conscience ⬩ intention ⬩ purpose

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Wæs se ylca munuc mid hluttre ingehýde ðæs upplícan edleánes erat idem monachus pura intentione supernæ retributionis, 4, 3 ; S. 567, 18.

Linked entries: in-geþanc in-geþóht in-gemynd

þeóstru

(n.)
Grammar
þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
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.); like the Latin tenebrae, which it translates, it is often used in the plural Ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru, Ps. Th. 87, 6. Leóht and þeóstro, Cd. Th. 239, 27; Dan. 376. Þióstro, Met. 21, 41.

Linked entries: þeóstre þiéstru þístru þrýstru þýstru

ge-ícan

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Octauianus gerýmde Rómána ríce . . . and wæs for ðí Augustus gecíged, þæt is, 'geýcende his ríce.' Se nama gedafenað . . . Críste . . . sé ðe his heofonlice ríce geýhte, Hml. Th. i. 32, 18-22. Geíc (-éc, L.

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Hié wǽron binnan þǽre byrig, Ors. 2, 8; S. 94, 2. Hé sæt binnan þǽm hám, Chr. 901; P. 92, 6. Hí ofslógon hine binnan his ágenan heorðæ, 1048; P. 173, 2. Hié þá scipu binnan Lundenbyrig gebróhton, 896; P. 89, 21.

diht

(n.)
Grammar
diht, es; m.
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On bócum þe ðurh Godes dihte gesette wǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 444, 19. Þurh Godes diht, 594, 23. the office of a director Scír vel diht dispensatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 65.

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Gilde ðæs pyttes hláford ðæra nýtena wurð, Ex. 21, 34. of persons, worth, worthiness Ðæt be ðære cennendra gefyrhtum ðæs bearnes weorþe ongyten wǽre, Blickl.

ge-wríþan

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Þá wende heó þæt. . . seó snód tóslupe; ac heó áfunde þá snóde mid eallum cnottum swá fæste gewriðen swá heó ǽr wæs, Hml.

Linked entry: ge-wriþen

wráþ

(adj.)
Grammar
wráþ, adj.

wroth ⬩ angry ⬩ incensed

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Ðe cynig wuráð wæs rex iratus est, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 7. Wráð, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 21.

brúcan

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Þá hé bisceopðegnunge brúcende wæs cum episcopatus officio fungeretur , Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 299, 1. Þá brúcende fungentes, i. utentes (monachica professione ), An. Ox. 3766

ge-nídan

(v.)
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Hé wæs genýded ( coactus ) fram wérignysse his geféran ꝥ hé wunode þá niht on his mynstre, Gr. D. 38, 24. Hié weorðað geniédde mid hiera úpáhæfenesse ðæt hié ðá tǽlað, Past. 302, 11. with infin.

Linked entries: ge-neádian ge-nédan genende ge-nýdan

ge-fón

(v.)
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Geféngon ł wæs gefóen hine apprehensum eum, 21, 39. Mið ðý gefóen wéron ðegnas his apprehensis servis ejus, 21, 35. (2 b β) to seize in a struggle :-- Gráp þá tógeánes, gúðrinc geféng atolan clommum, B. 1501.

ge-dǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dǽlan, <b>. I.</b>
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<b>VI a</b> Is se finta fægre gedǽled, sum brún, sum basu, sum splottum beseted, Ph. 295. of a non-material whole, to distinguish the component parts of For þám ꝥ héhste gód wǽre mistlic and on swá manigfeald gedǽled, ꝥ pound; hit nán mon

hám

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Hæfde se cyning his fierd on tú tónumen, swá ꝥ hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte, Chr. 894; P. 84, 32.

alor

(n.)
Grammar
alor, aler, alr, es; m.

An ALDER- tree ⬩ alnus ⬩ alnus glutihosa

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Aleres rinde seóþ on wætre seethe in water rind of alder, L. M. 2, 39; Lchdm, ii. 248, 17. Alr alnus, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 5; Wrt. Voc. 33, 4

Linked entries: aler aler-holt alr

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