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geómor

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
geómor, geómur, giómor; adj.

Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretchedtristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭserdoleful, miserabledepressed, sad, sorrowfulmiserymiserypitymĭsĕria

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Dust ne mæg andsware ǽnige gehátan geómrum gáste the dust cannot give any answer to the sad spirit, Soul Kmbl. 211; Seel. 108: Apstls. Kmbl. 178; Ap. 89.

(v.)
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Ðæt gé ne sín (sié, Lind.) ymbhýdige, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 25. Sín (sién, Hatt. MS.) hira eágan áþístrode. Past. 1; Swt. 28, 9. Ðæt sién gewemmede ealle. Blickl. Homl. 245, 22. Ðæt mé æfter sié eaforan síne yrfeweardas, Cd. Th. 131, 28; Gen. 2183.

þennan

(v.)
Grammar
þennan, þenian; p. þenede.
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Gothic) Ðæt geswinc his sýðfætes ne understandende mid hrædestan ryne þenigende arn ( he exerted himself in running ), for ðam ðe hé gewilnode hine geðeódan ðam ðe ðǽr fleáh, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 186

Linked entries: þenian þænnan

weorold-þing

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-þing, es; n.
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A worldly thing, matter, affair Ne sý nán sacerdhádes man ðe durre geþrístlǽcan, ðæt ǽnig ðara fata, ðe tó god-cundum bígonge gehálgod bið, tó ǽnigum woruldþinge dó ( put it to any secular use ), L. E. I. 18; Th. ii. 412, 30.

wissung

(n.)
Grammar
wissung, e; f.

guidancedirectiondirectioninstructionteachingrulegovernmentdirection

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Ne gedyrstlǽce nán lǽwede man ðæt hé wissunge oððe ealdordóm healde ofer Godes ðeówum, Homl. Th. ii. 592, 25. Dathan and Abiron forsáwon Móyses wissunge, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 224 note

clǽne

(adj.)
Grammar
clǽne, adj.
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Ne magon wé nǽfre gereccan þone yfelan mon clǽnne and untwifealdne, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 19. Clǽne lautos (biblos ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 44

cirlisc

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Hellanicus cwæð: 'Ne forseoh ðú cyrliscne man þe bið mid wurðfullum þeáwum gefrætwod,' Ap. Th. 7, 22-26. Of cyrliscum lífe and of folclicum gedeorfe ex vita rustica et ex plebeio labore, R. Ben. 138, 22.

dúru

Grammar
dúru, l. duru, dele dure, an; and add: gen. a; dat. u, dyru (-e), and a wk. duran; pl. nom. e, u; gen. a; dat. pl.
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Duru (ðuro, L.) helle ne oferswíðiaþ portae inferi non praevalebunt, Mt. R. 16, 18. Ðá dure (dura, v. l., duro, L. R.) wǽron belocene fores essent clausae, Jn. 20, 19. On ærne ꝥ næbbe þon má dura þonne sió cirice, Ll. Th. i. 64, 15.

fore-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-weard, adj.
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Mid þrím fingrum foreweardum geniman to take with the tips of three fingers, Lch. ii. 180, 21. temporal Ne sceal mon þisne drincan sellan on foreweardne þone ece and þá ádle, ac ymb fela nihta, Lch. ii. 256, 18.

ge-hát

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Ne hopa ðú tó swíðe tó ðám ðe ðé man geháte; ðǽr lyt geháta bið, ðǽr bið lyt lygena ( where there are few promises, there are few lies ), Prov. K. 7. Þá leásan men treówa gehátað fægerum wordum . . ., habbað on gehátum hunigsmæccas, Leás. 28.

Linked entry: hát

ge-lengan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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Add: to extend, increase the amount of Ne durre wé ðás bóc ná miccle swíðor gelengan, Hml. Th. ii. 520, 4. Wé willað þysne cwyde gelencgan, Hml. S. 24, 81.

gelimplic

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Word hæfð seofon gelimplice ðing uerbum habet septem accidentia, 119, 12. fitting, suitable, convenient, apt. of persons, competent, fit Gif se yrðlincg behylt underbæc gelóme, ne bið hé gelimplic tilia, Hml. S. 16, 179.

ge-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
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. :-- Ne beó ǽnig metegyrd lengre þonne óðer, ac be þæs scriftes gemete ealle gescyfte, and ǽlc gemet and ǽghwilc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 5-8

Linked entry: ge-scyftan

ge-dígan

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Th. 77, 47. to escape from an enemy Þone feónd, þám hé wæs geseald, hé þone ná ne gedýgde eum hostem, cui traditus fuerat, non evasit, Gr.

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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Gl. 248, 13. warfare, battle. literal Cempa þe on nánum gecampe náht ðegenlices ne gefremode, Hml. Th. i. 342, 5. Iulianus wolde neádian preóstas tó woruldlicum gecampe, Hml.

on-búgan

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Add For ðǽm ðonne hé hígað tó ðǽm godcundum ðingum ánum, ðæt hé ne ðyrfe on náne healfe anbúgan tó nánum fúllicum luste cum ad sola, quae interiora sunt, nititur, in nullo delectationis infimae latere flectatur, Past. 83, 15.

sóna

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Hé him sóna ondwyrde, and him stiernlíce stiérde, Past. 197, 18. in general statements in which the time reckoned from is indefinite Se líchama hine ná ne onstyreþ syþþan seó sáwl him of biþ; ac sóna hé molsnaþ, Bl. H. 21, 28.

wǽl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl, es; m. n.

A weela deep poolgulfdeep water of a stream or of the sea

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Sume weriaþ on gewitlocan wísdómes streám, ðæt hé on unnyt út ne tóflóweþ, ac se wǽl wunaþ on weres breóstum dióp and stille. Past. 65; Swt. 469, 4. Hic gurges ðis wǽl, ðæt is, deóp wæter, (ðis with e overi, MS. F. ðes, MSS. D.O.) Ælfc.

or-lege

(n.)
Grammar
or-lege, es; n.

war, strife, hostilitya place where hostility is shewn

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hast by thy hostile proceedings acted contrary to the judgement of wise men, dost reject too violently thy suitor, 248, 17; Jul. 97. a place where hostility is shewn Cwǽdon ðæt hé on ðam beorge byrnan sceolde . . . gif hé monna dreám of ðam orlege eft ne

Linked entry: or-læg

ge-þwǽrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽrian, -þwérian; p. ode, ede; pp. od.

to cause to agreeto make accordantmildto be or become in accordto agreeconsentbe agreeableconsentireconcordarecongruereconvenire

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Ðes ne geþwǽrode hyra geþeahte hic non consenserat consilio eorum, Lk. Bos. 23, 51. Hí geþwǽredon sibi concordant, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 16.

Linked entry: ge-þwǽran