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ge-dreccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dreccan, p. -drehte; pp. -dreht, -dreaht

To vexafflicttormentoppressvexareaffligeretribulareopprimere

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Of unclǽnum gástum gedrehte vexati a spiritibus immundis, Lk. Bos. 6, 18 : 7, 6

Linked entries: ge-drecte ge-dreht

ge-mæstan

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Þá sind gemæste mid gife þæs Hálgan Gástes. . . Sé ðe mid fódan þǽre úplican lufe bið gefylled, he bið swilce hé sig mid rúmlicum mettum gemæst.

orpung

(n.)
Grammar
orpung, e; f.

breathing, breatha breathing-hole (? cf. preceding passage), a pore

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Of orþunga gástes graman ðínes ab inspiratione spiritus irae tuae, Ps. Spl. 17, 18. Nán mann ne nýten næfþ náne orþuage búton þurh ða lyfte, Lchdm. iii. 272, 22. Óþ ða nýhstan orþuncge until his latest breath, L. Ælf. E. 4; Th. ii. 392, 10.

tó-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton

To rush in different directionsto dispersehurriedly,scatter

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Ðá tóscuton ða deóflu (cf. ðá wǽron tóstencte ða wiðerweardan gástas dispersi sunt spiritus infesti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 7; it is this passage in Bede which Ælfric is quoting), Homl. Th. ii. 352, 4.

an-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
an-sýn, -sin, -sién, -sión; on-, e; f. [an, sýn sight, vision] .

a facecountenancefaciesvultusa viewaspectsightformfigureaspectusconspectusvisusvisiospeciesformafiguraa thing to be looked upona sightspectaculuma view or sight producing desire or longinga desire of anythingwant or lack of anythingdesideriumdefectus

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Se Hálega Gást astáh líchamlícre ansýne, swá án culfre descendit Spiritus Sanctus corporali specie, sicut columba, Lk. Bos. 3, 22: Cot. 74.

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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Se ðone Hálgan Gást bysmeraþ, se næfþ on écnysse forgyfenesse qui blasphemaverit in Spiritum Sanctum, non habebit remissionem in æternum, Mk; Bos. 3, 29. Hí bysmeriaþ they blaspheme, 3, 28.

ge-neósian

(v.)
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Hé wearð geneósod þurh God, and se hálga gást hét hine faran tó Alexandria byrig, Hml. S. 15, ll. to visit a place or thing, come for the sake of doing Hé geneósode Benedictes mynster gelómlíce ejus monasterium frequentabat, Gr. D. 170, l.

ofer-swíðan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-swíðan, p. -swíðde, but also -swáð

To prove stronger than or superior to another, to overcome, overpower, conquer, surpass

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Ðonne hé ðone áwyrgdan gást oferswíðe, Blickl. Homl. 31, 31. Deófol oferswíðan, 29, 1: Elen. Kmbl. 2354; El. 1178. Mid swinglan oferswíðan, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, l: 1, 25; S. 487, 1. Mid gedwylde láre oferswíðan, Homl. Th. i. 44, 26.

sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart, adj.
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Mænigeo sweartra gásta spirituum deformium multitudo, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 4. On sweartum stafum and atollícum áwritene tetricis descripta litteris, 5, 13; S. 633, 8. Sweartran furviores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 51.

Linked entries: swart swertling

scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
scúfan, scéufan, sceófan; p. sceáf, pl. scufon, sceufon, sceofon; pp. scofen, sceofen
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Werige gástas scúfaþ tó grunde in ðæt nearwe níþ, Cd. Th. 304, 21 ; Sat. 633

bídan

to waitremainto awaitexperience

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Hé héht þæt wítehús wræcna bídan, . . . gásta weardas Similar entries (cf. Hél. 4829-30), Gen. 39. with a clause Ic bíde . . . hwonne gæst cume, Rä. 16, 9. Hi bídaþ, hwæt him déman wille tó leáne, Jul. 706: Cri. 802.

eáþ-mód

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Eádmódne on gáste humilem spiritu, Scint. 82, 16. Ðá eáðmodan humiles, Past. 299, 1. Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte, Bl. H. 95, 26. Þú eádmódra ealra lócast Dominus humilia respicit, Ps. Th. 137, 6. Þám eádmódum mediocribus, An. Ox. 4121.

CǼG

(n.)
Grammar
CǼG, gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f.
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Gástes cǽgum [MS. cǽgon] with the keys of the spirit, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 11; Exod. 524. Cǽgan, Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 29; Rä. 43, 12

Linked entry: cǽge

deóre

Grammar
deóre, diére, dýre.
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III. of great excellence :-- Dióres gástes pretiosi spiritus, Kent. Gl. 623

ge-swíðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swíðan, -swýðan; p. de; pp. ed

To make strongconfirmcomfort

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He twelf apostolas mid his gástes gife geswíðde he strengthened twelve apostles with the gift of his spirit, Cd. 226; Th. 300, 29; Sat. 572.

LÚTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LÚTAN, p. leát; pl. luton; pp. loten

To loutbowstoop

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Gásta unclǽnra lutun tó him spiritus inmundi procidebant ei, Mk. Skt. Rush. 3, 11. Loð and Josue luton wið heora (the angels they saw), Homl. Th. i. 38. 21.

ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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John) sǽde on his gesihðe ꝥ þǽra feówer nýtena fét wǽron rihte, and hí eódon ǽfre æfter ðám gáste, Hml. S. 15, 204. Add Wærstánes fæder wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda, Cht. Th. 650, 11.

swilce

(adv.)
Grammar
swilce, swelce; adv. conj.
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Engla cynn and manna cynn and eác swylce werigra gásta, Blickl. Homl. 83, 12. Swylce eác feówer tída syndan, 35, 15. Hé helpeþ þearfan swylce eác wædlan parcet pauperi et inopi, Ps. Th. 71, 13: Blickl. Homl. 75, 19: Judth.

Linked entry: swálíce

ge-namian

(v.)
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Fæder and Sunu and Hálig Gást ne magon beón tógædere genamode ( cannot be included under one name), Hml. Th. ii. 282, 20: 606, 23.

be-beódan

'to give . . . generally,'to orderenjoin to commitcommendto offer to the gods to commit into (on, in)to announce

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Hé his ealdormen hæfde beboden þá clúsan tó healdanne, Ors. 6, 36; S. 291, 26. to offer to the gods :-- Þá cuman hé tó blóte dyde and hys godum bebeád hospitum sanguinem diis propinabat, Ors. 1, 8; S. 40, 33. to commit into (on, in) :-- His gást on