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geonge-wifre

(n.)
Grammar
geonge-wifre, an; f.

A ganging-weaver, spiderviātĭca arānea

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A ganging-weaver, spider; viātĭca arānea Wǽron ánlícast úre winter geongewifran, ðonne hió geornast biþ, ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette our years [lit. winters] were most like to a spider when it is most eager to terrify flies into its net; anni nostri

scort-wyrplíc

(adj.)
Grammar
scort-wyrplíc, adj.
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On the sixteenth it will come to pass after a long time, Lchdm. .iii. 156, 2

Linked entry: -wyrplíc

þeorf-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
þeorf-dæg, es; m.
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A day on which unleavened bread was to be eaten Ðæt geríst preóstum witanne hwæt beó betwyx Eástron and ðeorfdagum.

wudu-treów

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-treów, es; n.

A tree of the woodsa forest tree

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A tree of the woods, a forest tree Nán man ne mót bis ælmessan behátan wylle ne to wydetreówe, Wulfst. 303, 18. Wrǽtlíc wudutreów, Exon. Th. 437, 5; Ru. 56, 3. Ðæt man weorðige ǽniges cynnes wudutreówa, L. C. S. 5 ; Th. i. 378, 20.

Linked entry: wyde-treów

folce-firen

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Perhaps the passage given here might be read Wǽrlogona sint folca firene hefige (folca being taken as parallel to wǽr-logona, and each referring to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah: cf. on þissum folcum, 1. 2499, þás folc, 2506) of the traitors, of the

ge-neódian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neódian, vb. impers.
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To be need (i) of something for a person Gyf þe smælre candelle geneódige, Tech. ii. 120, 20. Ðonne þé martirlogium geneódie, 121, l. that something be done Gyf ꝥ geneódige (gif gebyrige ꝥ for neóde, v.l. ) ꝥ úre ǽnig óðrum fǽce mid yrfe, Ll.

Linked entry: neádian

ge-staþolfæstnian

(v.)
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Add: to establish, secure from disturbance De ilca ðerhgiendiga and gitrymma and gistaðolfæstniga ðǽm wuldor and onwæld ipse perficiet et confirmabit solidabitque ipsi gloriam et imperium, Rtl. 22, 5. to make effectual, carry into effect Geþeahta þá

Linked entry: staþolfæstnian

ge-þeódnes

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brýdbúres geþeódnesse, 3200. company, society Ic wille habban his dohtra mínre geðeódnysse, Hml. S. 7, 311. <b>II a.</b> a company, society, fellowship :-- Geférrǽdene, geþeódnysse clientela, An. Ox. 2809

wéden-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
wéden-seóc, wédend-seóc; adj.
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Possessed by a devil, mad Sum preóst wæs mid deófle geswenced . . . þá wæs gelǽded se wódseóca (wédendseóca, v.l.) Benedicte, Gr. D. 135, l.

wiltan

(v.)
Grammar
wiltan, p. wilte

To roll (trans.)

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To roll (trans.) Se ðe welt qui volvit (lapidem), Kent. Gl. 1006. Hé wylte (tówælte, Lind.: áwælte, Rush.) ánne stán ðære byrgenne dura aduoluit lapidem ad ostium monumenti, Mk. Skt. 15, 46.

sweartian

(v.)
Grammar
sweartian, p.ode

To make or to become black to become blackto dye black

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To make or to become black Ðanne sweartigaþ (sweratiged, MS.) hý (the teeth ) and feallaþ (-eð, MS. ), Lchdm. iii. 104, 17. Hé sweartade( but see spearcian), Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78. Ðá árás se wind, and ða wolcnu sweartodon, Homl.

ge-grípan

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Add: to lay hold of a material object, to take with the hand, grasp Hé wǽpn gegráp mid campienne, Bl. H. 167, 1. Se Hélend áþenede hond his and gegráp hine ( apprehendit eum ), Mt. R. 14, 31. Ealle þá apostolas hié gegrípan on hire middel, Bl.

ge-hæftan

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, 25. to seize, arrest, capture. the subject a person Swá hraðe swá hí becumað ðyssere byrig gehæftað hí, Hml.

help

Grammar
help, hylp (an i-stem noun? Cf. u-grade forms, hulpa, hulfa in O. L. Ger. and O.H.Ger. But cf. also hylpan = helpan):

helpassistancesuccouran aida thinga placea refugea cureremedy of disease

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Hé geseah þá gesihþe þám mannum nytnesse þe hit gehýrað, ná him sylfum ǽnigre helpe Gr. D. 327, 17. Heó þæt cild gebaer eallum middangearde sóðan helpe, Wlfst. 22, 10. Ic helpe þé holde gelýfe ad te confugi. Ps.

Linked entry: helpe

rún

(n.)
Grammar
rún, e; f.

a whisperconfidence, counsel, consultationa mysterya secreta rune, a letter.

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Gesittan rúne to sit in consultation, Beo. Th. 346; B. 172. Gesittan sundor rúne, Andr. Kmbl. 2324; An. 1163.

Linked entry: rún-stæf

a-driógan

Grammar
a-driógan, -drióhan

to bear

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to bear, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 22; MS. Cott. The Bodl. MS. has a-drióhan

ǽrer

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrer, adv.

Before

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Before Ǽrer hit gewyrþe before it comes to pass. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, note 8

a-lǽran

(v.)
Grammar
a-lǽran, p. ede; pp. ed

To teachdocereedocere

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To teach; docere, edocere Me ðíne dómas alǽr judicia tua doce me, Ps. Th. 118, 108

a-freoðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-freoðan, p. ede; pp. ed

To frothspumare

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To froth; spumare Lǽt afreoðan let it froth, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm, ii. 118, 27

Africanisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Africanisc, Afrisc; adj.

Belonging to AfricaAfricanAfricanus

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Belonging to Africa, African; Africanus Africanisc æppel [MS. -isca, -ple] a pomegranate; malum Punicum, Cot. 133