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mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Lind. 27, 66. to mark out, design Ǽlc cræftega þencþ and mearcaþ his weorc on his móde ǽr it wyrce every artificer considers and marks out his work in his mind before he does it, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 4.

ge-lettan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lettan, ðú -letest; p. -lette; pp. -lett, -let; v. a.

To hinderdelayletstopretardareimpedire

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He wearþ gelet, he was hindered, 1075; Erl. 213, 17

Linked entry: lettan

tengan

(v.)
Grammar
tengan, p. de
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ðá þearle áblicged áweg tengde, 182, 2. ontende ða burh and tencgde him forð syððan, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 416. Se cásere tengde tó ðam botle, Homl. Th. i. 430, 23. Se fugol tó wuda tengde, ii. 162, 27.

Linked entry: sam-tinges

un-gelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gelíce, adv.

Not in like mannerdifferentlydiversely

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Ealle grét mid ánre honda, ðeáh hié ungelíce styrige chordas tangendi artifex, ut non sibimetipsi dissimile canticum faciat, dissimiliter pulsat. Chordae uno quidem plectro, sed non uno impulse feriuntur, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 7-10.

un-gewit

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewit, un-gewitt, es; n.

madnessinsanityfollystupidity

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And Theodosius, ðá swilce ungewitt ǽlce dæge gehýrde, wearð sárig, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 370

á-lǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
á-lǽnan, p. de (not ede).
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næfde þæt feoh him tó álǽnenne, 178, 3. of a lord's grant to a vassal Ǽlcon híredmen his onrid þe álǽned hæfde, Cht.

ge-líþewǽcan

Grammar
ge-líþewǽcan, l. ge-liþewǽcan, ge-leoþewǽcan,
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geliþewǽhte tó geleáfan heora wurðfullan templ he adapted their magnificent temples to the service of the Christian faith, Hml. S. 31, 482. to become pliant Geliþewǽhte lentesceret, An.

ge-drinc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-drinc, ge-drync, es; n.
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Substitute: Drinking, with the idea of quenching thirst Gif hyne sylfne mid þǽm ǽspryngum Godes worda gelecð, and his mód mid þǽre swétnesse þæs gástlican gedrinces gefylleð, seleð þæs þonne dryncan his þyrstendum móde. Ll.

glæd-mód

(adj.)
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Cf. glædlíce; flýhð yfla gehwylc . . . glædmód gyrneð ( is quick to desire ) þæt gódra mǽst dǽda gefremme, Ph. 462. of gentle mind, having kindly thoughts Eóde þá fromlíce fǽmnan tó sprǽce . . . þǽr glædmód geonge wiste wíc weardian (cf. the

hatung

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Cf. hatian; 1 α, γ ¶ him fremode mid þǽre réðan éhtnysse hatunge, Hml. Th. i. 84, 12. Hine se kyning hider and þider áflýmde, and his éhtnysse and his hatunge fleáh, Guth. 76, 15

treówsian

(v.)
Grammar
treówsian, trýwsian; p. ode.

to engagepledge one's selfto prove one's self to be trueto clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct

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Eth. v. 6; Th. i. 306, 7: vi. 3; Th. i. 314, 25. to prove one's self to be true, to clear one's self from a charge of untrue conduct Gif hine trýwsian wylle, ðaet tó ðære lǽne fácn ne wiste, ðæt mót, L.

Linked entry: trýwsian

be-cuman

to comeget,to come to powerget into troubleto come toby to cometo a personto befallto becomebehove

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hider becom of his Fæder ríce, Bl. H. 203, 2. temporal tó þám seofoþan dæge ne becymð he will not live till the seventh day, Lch. iii. 76, 23.

un-gedered

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gedered, (-od); adj.

Unhurtuninjured

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æfter ðam drence ansund and ungederod ðurhwunode, Homl. Th. i. 574, 12. Ne sceal ungederod ðæs écan lífes brúcan, ii. 336, 20. wunade betwux eallum deórcynne ungederod, i. 486, 35: Homl. Ass. 71, 169.

Linked entry: ge-derian

un-gelífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífedlíc, adj.

Incrediblemarvellous

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hæfde áne swíðe wlitige dohter ungelífedlícre fægernysse, Ap. Th. 1, 9. For ðam ungelífedlícan wlite ðæs mǽdenes, 3, 12. ungeliéfedlícne micelne weg on ðæm dæge gefór, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 27

un-gelygen

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelygen, adj.

Not lyingtrue

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Ðæt hæfde ungeligene gewitnesse ... ðæt gelǽdde ungeligne gewitnesse, L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 158, 16, 19. Swá fela manna swá man wite ðæt ungelygne sýn.... And sién heora áðas ungelygenra manna be ðæs feós wyrðe, L. Ath. iv. 1; Th. i. 222, 10, 13.

æþelborenness

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wæs æðelboren, ac oferstáh hís æðelborennysse mid hálgum ðeáwum, 118, 10. nobleness, nobility, dignity 'Mycel æðelborennys bið ꝥ man bé Crístes ðeów' ...

daru

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S. 15, 7. loss, deprivation Þonne se mon bið blind, þeáh mycel áge, ꝥ him bið mycel daru, gif hit geseón ne mæg, Bl. H. 21, 8

drohtnung

Grammar
drohtnung, Dele 'in great renown' l. 10,
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ástealde þá stíðan drohtnunge he founded the ascetic life, Hml. S. 16, 99

for-helan

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, Past. 377, 7. with dat. of person from whom something is concealed: Ꝥ ðæs hálgan hǽse forhule (-hǽle, v. l.) his hláforde, Hml. S. 21, 81. with clause (and dat. of person) forhæl him ðæt hine eft ðreátian wolde, Past. 185, 24

geár-getal

Grammar
geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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ꝥ .vii. geárgetælu beón binnon þrím dagum þus gefadode ... Nime him tó .xii. manna and fæsten .iii. dagas ... begite septies .cxx. manna ꝥ fæstan eác for hine .iii. dagas; þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum, Ll.