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EAL

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
EAL, eall; gen. m. n. ealles; f.ealre , eallre ; dat. m. n. eallum ; f.ealre , eallre ; acc. m. ealne, eallne. f ealle, n. eal; inst. ealle; pl. nom. acc. ealle, ealla; gen. ealra, eallra; dat. eallum;

sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially

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Frs. al, ol: Dut. al, alle, alles: Ger. all, aller, alle, alles: M. H. Ger. al, inflected aller, alliu, alleȝ, elliu, elle, alle: O. H. Ger. al, all: Goth. alls: Dan. Swed. al: Icel. allr, öll, allt, ale: Grk. ὅλος.]

Linked entries: al all eall

under-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
under-gitan, p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -giten

To understand ⬩ perceive ⬩ know

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Fram hyra wæstmum gé hí utndergytaþ ( cognoscetis ), Mt. Kmbl. 7, 16. Ðá Samson heora syrwunga undergeat and árás, Jud. 16, 3: Homl. Th. i. 62, 30. Ðá undergeat Noe, ðæt ða wæteru wǽron ádrúwode ofer eorðan, Gen. 8, 11.

a-gyfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-gyfan, p. -geaf, pl. -geáfon, -gefón; pp. -gyfen

To restore ⬩ give up ⬩ repay ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ reddere ⬩ tradere ⬩ solvere ⬩ dare

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Bos. 27, 58: Cd. 79; Th. 98, 7; Gen. 1626: Mt. Bos. 18, 28: 21, 41: 20, 8: Exon. 127a; Th. 489, 19; Rä. 78, 10. A-gyfen, 44a; Th. 148, 30; Gú. 752

þyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
þyrstan, p. te

To thirst

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Grammar þyrstan, with acc. of person and gen. of object of thirst : --Ðeáh ðæt folc ðyrste ðære láre, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 7. Grammar þyrstan, with dat. of person Ðyrste sáwle mínre sitivit anima mea, Ps. Spl. 41, 2: 62, 2.

geótend-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
geótend-lic, (?); adj.
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v. ge-geótan; ; and cf. O. H. Ger. ki-cozzanlíh fusorius), gotenlic (?)) fusilis, Germ. 394, 284

Linked entry: goten-lic

tíþe

(n.)
Grammar
tíþe, tíþa (-e, -a; masc.: -u, -a, -e; fem.: -a; pl.) in the phrases tíþe(-a) beón, weorþan to obtain one's request, to have granted the request for something (gen.
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Ealles ðæs ðe gé biddaþ gé beóþ tíða omnia quaecunque petieritis in oratione accipietis, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 22. )

Linked entries: týþa un-tygþa

mád

(adj.)
Grammar
mád, (v. ge-maad vecors,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 36
); adj.

Unreasoning ⬩ foolish ⬩ mad

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Unreasoning, foolish, mad Þrinteþ him on innan ungeméde mád mód within him (one guilty of oferhygd) swells a mind displeasing by its folly, Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 2; Mód. 25

dígol

(adj.)
Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.

Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown ⬩ secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus

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Ger. tougal opācus, obscūrus, occultus.]

Linked entries: deáhl dégle diégel dígel dýgel dýgle dígle

æhte swán

(n.)
Grammar
æhte swán, es; m. [ǽht property, swán swain or herdsman: O. H. Ger. sweinn a herdsman]

A cowherd ⬩ swineherd ⬩ who belongs to the property of his lord ⬩ bubulcus ⬩ porcarius qui in peculio domini est

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A cowherd, swineherd, who belongs to the property of his lord; bubulcus, porcarius qui in peculio domini est, L. R. S. 7; Th. i. 436, 22

rimpel

(n.)
Grammar
rimpel, (? hrympel. v. preceding word), [Prompt. Parv. rympyl ruga; rymplyd rugatus : M. H. Ger. O. Du. rimpel.]

Linked entry: hrympelle

and-werdan

(v.)
Grammar
and-werdan, and-wirdan, and-wyrdan, ond-wyrdan; p. de; pp. od [and, word a word: Goth. and-waúrdyan to answer, waúrd a word: Ger. antwort an answer]

To answer ⬩ respondere

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Gen. 16, 6

Linked entries: and-wirdan and-wyrdan

niht

(n.)
Grammar
niht, næht, næct, neaht, neht, nyht, e; f.: but also with gen. es.

night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night

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Th. 20, 12; Gen. 307. Dagum and nihtum, Met. 20, 213. night, darkness (as opposed to light) Seó swearte niht ðære écan geniþerunge, Homl. Th. i. 530, 23. Dryhten ðe ús of duste geworhte, nergend of nihtes sunde, Salm.

Linked entries: næct neaht niht-hwíl un-gecýd

EÓWU

(n.)
Grammar
EÓWU, gen. eówe ; pl. nom. acc. eówa; gen. eówena; dat. eówenum; f; ewe, an; f. A

EWE, female sheep ⬩ ŏvis fēmĭna

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Twáhund eówena, and twentig rammena two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, Gen. 32, 14. Eówu biþ, mid hire geonge sceápe, scilling weorþ a ewe, with her young sheep, shall be worth a shilling, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 7, MS. B.

Linked entries: eáwu eówe eówena eúwu éwe éwe

GITAN

(v.)
Grammar
GITAN, ic gite, gyte, giete, ðú gitst, he git, pl. gitaþ gytaþ, gietaþ; p. geat, pl. geáton; pp. giten

To GET ⬩ take ⬩ obtain ⬩ adipisci ⬩ capere ⬩ assequi

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To GET, take, obtain; adipisci, capere, assequi

Linked entries: getan gietan gytan

ed-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
ed-gifan, p. -geaf, pl. -geáfon; pp. -gifen

To give again, restore ⬩ reddĕre

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To give again, restore; reddĕre, Leo, A. Sax. Gl. 108

átor

(n.)
Grammar
átor, áttor, áter, átter, ǽtor, ǽtter, ǽttor; gen. átres, áttres; n.

Poison ⬩ venom ⬩ venenum

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Poison, venom; venenum Átres drync the drink of poison, Andr. Kmbl. 105; An. 53. Áttre gelícost most like to poison, Cd. 216, Th. 274, 32 ; Sat. 162. Flór áttre weól the floor boiled with venom, 220; Th. 284, 8 ; Sat. 318. Áttru venena, Scint. 28. Wið

Linked entries: ǽtor-cyn ǽtter áter áter-drinca átter átter-berende átter-láðe áttor áttor-coppe áttor-láðe áttor-sceaða áttor-spere

cymþ

(v.)
Grammar
cymþ, cymeþ comes ,
  • Cd. 17
    • ;
  • Th. 20,
    • 26;
  • Gen. 315: Beo. Th. 4123
    • ;
  • B. 2058
;
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3rd sing. pres. of cuman

færst

Grammar
færst, færsþ goest, Gen. 4, 12; færþ goes, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 432; Met. 20, 216;
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2nd and 3rd pres. sing. of faran

fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, gen. -swæðes; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu; n: fot-swaðu, e; f.

A foot-trace ⬩ foot-print ⬩ pĕdis vestīgium

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A foot-trace, foot-print; pĕdis vestīgium Ðæt ne sýn astyrode oððe awende síþstapla oððe wegas oððe fótswaðu míne ut non mŏveantur vestīgia mea, Ps. Lamb. 16, 5. Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ, ic eów forgife omnem lŏcum, quem calcāvĕrit

plicgan

(v.)
Grammar
plicgan, to scrape, scratch : - Plicged (plicgeð ?) scalpit, Germ. 396, 255. [Cf. (?) Chauc. p. plighte ; pp. plight plucked. ]

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