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ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, to be fitting. [In line 11 2. gerise bet.]
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I a. with dat. of object Ðé gerist mára campdom. Hml. Th. i. 418, 8. Dam aide ne gehrtseð (conuenil) Ssceapa, Lk.

áscian

(v.)
Grammar
áscian, Take
in Dict. under
in Supplement; for construction in <b>B.</b> 1206 cf. second passage under
V.

FÉDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FÉDAN, part. fédende; he fédeþ, fét, fétt; p. ic, he fédde, ðú féddest, pl. féddon; pp. féded, fédd.

nourish ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ bring up ⬩ educate ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ cĭbāre ⬩ nutrīre ⬩ engtrīre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ edŭcāre ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre

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Gif he nát hwá hine cwicne féde if he knows not who may feed him living, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 21; Gn. Ex. 114. Ðú bist féded on wélum his pascēris in dīvĭtiis ejus, Ps. Spl. 36, 3: Ps. Th. 130, 4. Fédd beón pastus esse, pasci, R.

Linked entry: féding

FÆÐM

(n.)
Grammar
FÆÐM, es; m: also in prose fæðm, e; f.

the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum

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Ðe ic alýsde feóndum of fæðme which I released from the power of foes, Exon. 29 b; Th. 91, 2; Cri. 1486. what is extended,- An expanse, abyss, deep; expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum Siððan leóhtes weard ofer ealne foldan fæðm fýr onsendeþ

Linked entries: fæðem feðm

hring-fáh

Grammar
hring-fáh, For -fégh in l. 2 l. fágh, and add
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Voc. ii. 68, 26

on-sittan

Grammar
on-sittan, <b>. II.</b> v. sittan;
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III. III. add Ic wolde gecyrran tô þyllicre drohtnunga, ac ic onsitte ꝥ ic beó mînum fæder ungehŷrsum, Hml. S. 33, 75. Hê him æfter þæ̂m gefeohte swîðor onsæt þonne hê æ̂r dyde, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 34

word

(n.)
Grammar
word, es; n.

a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God

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Grammar word, where speech is contrasted with act or thought Lufige man Godes riht wordes and dǽde, L. Eth. v. 26 ; Th. i. 310, 20 : L.C.E. 19 ; Th. i. 372, 4. Wordes oððe weorces, L. E. G. 2; Th. i. 168, 2: L. Eth. vi. 30; Th. i. 322, 23.

Linked entries: word word-loga word-riht

ge-blandan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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Voc. ii. 111, 77.

for-gifan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gifan, -gyfan, -giefan; p. ic, he -geaf, ðú -geáfe, pl. -geáfon; pp. -gifen.

to give ⬩ grant ⬩ supply ⬩ permit ⬩ give up ⬩ leave off ⬩ dăre ⬩ dōnāre ⬩ præbēre ⬩ indulgēre ⬩ dēdĕre ⬩ relinquĕre ⬩ FORGIVE ⬩ remit ⬩ remittĕre ⬩ dimittĕre ⬩ condōnāre

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He forgifþ hit he will forgive it, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 25; Gen. 662

Linked entries: for-giefan for-gyfan

ilf

Grammar
ilf, [The gender of ælf, ilf seems nowhere decisively fixed, but the forms dún-ylfa, -ælfa seem to show that at any rate sometimes it is feminine.]
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Sý ꝥ ylfa þe him sié, þis him mæg tó bóte, Lch. ii. 290, 29. Add

efne-

(prefix)
Grammar
efne-, This form is used in the Northern specimens to render the prefix con- in many Latin verbs, e. g. efne-árísa con-surgere, efne-ceiga con-vocare, efne-fornioma com-prehendere, efne-senda
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com-mittere. For other compounds

more

(n.)
Grammar
more, moru, an; f. (also mora in cpds. q.v.)

An (edible) root ⬩ a carrot ⬩ parsnip

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M. 1. 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 15. Moran pastinace, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 13. Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran, L. M. 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 11

Linked entries: ǽg-moran moru

CEÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓSAN, ciósan, ic ceóse, ðú ceósest, cýst, he ceóseþ, cýst, císt, ceósaþ; ic, he ceás, cés, ðú cure,curon; ceós, ceósaþ; coren; v. a.

to CHOOSE, select, elect ⬩ legere, seligere, eligere ⬩ to accept ⬩ oblatum accipere, accipere

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Ðæt ic neóbed ceóse that I may choose a death-bed, Exon. 63b; Th. 235, 7; Ph. 553. Ðæt se cyning him ceóse sumne wísne man ut provideat rex virum sapientem, Gen. 41, 33: Ps. Th. 105, 5.

Linked entries: a-coren curon ceósung ciósan ge-ceósan

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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III. fig. of any surface Ic ( a cup for cupping) eom stíð and steáp wong, staþol wæs in þá wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon. Th. 484, 4; Rä. 70, 2

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

ǽ-breca

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-breca, (ǽw-breca,) (q. v. in Dict.), an; m.

An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy

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An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy Se man ðe his rihtǽwe forlǽt and óðer wíf nimð, hé bið ǽwbreca, adulter Ll. Th. ii. 184, 22. Ðá ǽwbrecan ðe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan, and syððan ðæt ábrǽcan, 334, 14.

wansian

(v.)
Grammar
wansian, p. ode [the word seems to occur only late, and perhaps is due to Scandinavian, cf. Icel. vansi want: wanian is the usual word]
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The compound á-wansian also occurs :-- If áni man ðis ilk forward breke and áwansige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 243, 6

Linked entry: á-wansian

Brádan-relic

(n.)
Grammar
Brádan-relic, Brádun-reolic,es; m: Brádan-reíg, -eíg = -íg, -e; f.[eíg, íg an island, broad island]

an island, broad island ⬩ Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn

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Flat Holme, an island in the mouth of the Severn Sǽton hie úte on ðam íglande, æt Brǽdanrelice they sat outward on an island, Flat Holme, Chr. 918;Ing. 132, 19

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, Both ge- and gi- are used in the oldest glossaries: e. g. on
  • p. 48 of O. E. T.
nine words with the prefix occur; in four cases both the Epinal and Erfurt glosses have gi-, in one they have ge-, in two the Epinal has ge- where the Erfurt has gi-, and in two the Epinal has gi- where the other has ge-. In each case the
  • Corpus Gloss.
has ge-. In this glossary, however, gi- is found, e. g. gi-brec,
  • 2152
, and in later glossaries also, e. g. gi-mynd,
  • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
Besides the forms given may be noted ga-eddun,
  • Erf. 75
; gy-byrdid,
  • Ep. 228.
In the
  • Durham Ritual
the regular form is gi-.
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ÁGAN

(v.)
Grammar
ÁGAN, to áganne; pres. part, ágende; pres. indic. ic, he áh, ðú áhst, pl. ágon, ágan, águn; p. ic, he áhte, ðú ahtest, pl. áhton; subj. ic, ðú, he áge, pl. ágen; p. ic áhte, pl. áhten; pp. ágen.

OWN ⬩ possess ⬩ have ⬩ obtain ⬩ possidere ⬩ habere ⬩ percipere ⬩ to make another to own or possess ⬩ to give ⬩ deliver ⬩ restore ⬩ dare in possessionem ⬩ reddere ⬩ rependere

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But in ágan the á of the singular indef. is kept in the pl. inf. and pp. The weak p. áhte = ágde, pl. áhton=ágdon are formed regularly from the weak infin. ágan.

Linked entries: ǽgan ǽhte áge ágen ágon áh áhst áhte áhton

be-cnáwe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-cnáwe, in the phrase beón becnáwe (v. to be beknown = to avow, confess, N. E. D. s.
Similar entries
v. be-know
)
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Ic ne am bicnówe ðat ic (printed it; but cf. ic ne eom ge-cnáwe ꝥ ic ǽnigean menn geáfe þá sócne þanon ut, 222, 27) áni man úðe ðenen út . . . hámsócne, C. D. iv. 226, 4

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