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ge-hwilc

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Þára gehwelc wé willað sié twybóte, Ll. Th. i. 64, 24 : Rä. 71, 5. Hwider hyra gehwylc faran scolde, Bl. H. 229, 5. Gehwylc hiora each of the two B. 1166. Þe firina gehwilc ábúgeð, Cri. 56. Monna gehwylc geceósan mót, 589.

gifan

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Gl.) wæs inpendebatur Txts. 71, 1086. to give a thing as a present Se wela þe se cyning gifþ his deórlingum. Bt. 29, 1 ; F. 102, 3. Þú. sealdest mé wilna geniht. For þan þú ne þearft sceamian . . . þæs þú mé geáfe, Seel. 149.

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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For further illustration we must therefore refer to the compounds in which it occurs, Grm. ii. 818-832. I have, in justice to Grimm, given his motives for marking the prefixed á- long: I believe, however, it is short. See B. 6

hefig

ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness

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Ðynceað him sumu weorc suíðe hefug (hefgu, v. l.) quaedam sibi difficilia opponit, Past. 285, 1. Hefegast gewinna, þæt hí mid welerum geworht habbað labor labiorum ipsorum, Ps.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

ge-standan

(v.)
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Heó wearð gestanden on þá breóst mid cancre cancri ulcere in mamilla percussa est, Gr. D. 279, 26. of that which affects the mind (temptation, astonishment, &c.)

ge-sécan

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Gif hwelc mon cirican geséce, 64, 20. to reach a position of rest, arrive at, get as far as Þá scipu tóscuton and hé ðone grund gesóhte mid horse mid ealle he went to the bottom horse and all, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 28.

heáh

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Ðá gestód hine heáh weder, Bt. 38, 1 ; F. 194, 10. Heáh wæs þæt handleán, Exod. 19. Hí him heánne blǽd gestrýnað, Ph. 391. Heá mihte handa þínre, Ps. Th. 88, 12.

Linked entry: dynt

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