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ge-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-slǽpan, -slépan, -slépian [in the Northern glosses of the Gospels the verb is weak]

to sleep

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to sleep He geslépde dormiebat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Geslépedon alle and geslépdon dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt, 25, 5

geswincfulnys

(n.)
Grammar
geswincfulnys, -nyss, e; f.

Sorrowafflictiontribulationtrībŭlātio

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Sorrow, affliction, tribulation; trībŭlātio Of eallum geswincfulnyssum he gehǽlde hine de omnĭbus trībŭlātiōnĭbus ejus salvābit eum, Ps. Lamb. 33, 7

á-seárian

(v.)
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Treówa déð fǽrlíce blówan and eft raðe áseárian, Wlfst. 196, 2. Add

mæðel

(n.)
Grammar
mæðel, meðel, medel, es; n.

an assemblya deliberative or judicial meetingcouncilspeechaddressharangueconversation

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Icel. vera á máli to converse) thou didst hear the holy man Moses when conversing with him, Elen. Kmbl. 1568; El. 78 b.

ge-wundian

(v.)
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Him is micel ðearf ðæt hine selfne gewundige . . . ðætte ðǽr ðǽr óðerra monna wunda lácnað, self ne weorðe áðunden, Past. 461, 31. of other than bodily injury or pain, to wound with non-material instruments. the subject a person Ðonne of ðǽre

ge-ceósan

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Gif heó binnan geáres fæce wer geceóse if she decide to marry within the year, 416, 8. to try (?)

gilp

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nallas on gylp seleð beágas he gives not rings to gain glory B. 1749

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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Peter the apostle at Fork, when he had there built a church of wood, with hasty work, after he was christened. . . and soon after he was baptized, he began, by the bishop's advice, to build a larger and higher church of stone, and to construct it about

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice

sweora

(n.)
Grammar
sweora, swira, swyra, swura, an; m.
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Ðeáh him ðone stíðan swioran (swiran, Hatt. MS.) fortrǽde, Past. 33; Swt. 228, 9. wýscte ðæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweoran ( unam cervicem ), Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 27: Judth. Thw. 23, 5; Jud. 106.

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wang-stede

(n.)
Grammar
wang-stede, es; m.
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eode in burh hraðe, . . . stóp on strǽte . . . swá him nǽnig gumena ongitan ne mihte; hæfde sigora weard on ðam wangstede (cf. wang sceáwode fore burg*-*geatum, 1678; An. 841. But perhaps wangstede - wang, and the passage means that St.

ge-þyldo

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þyldo, ge-þyldu; f. indecl.
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lufade þá geþyldo, 290, 15. uncertain forms Ne gé þæt geþyldum ( patiently ) þicgan woldan, ac mec yrringa úp gelǽddon, Gú. 454: 886. him þá geþyldu (-þylda, v. l. ) forgife, Gr. D. 274, 15. lufode þá geþyldu, 290, 15

pytt

(n.)
Grammar
pytt, es ; m.
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ádylfþ ðone pytt lacum aperuit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. Hwylces eówres assa befealþ on ánne pytt ( puteum ), Lk. Skt. 14, 5. hét ádelfan ǽnne gehwǽdne pytt, Homl. Th. ii. 02, 2.

twig

(n.)
Grammar
twig, twí, es; n.
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déþ ǽlc twig áweg, Jn. Skt. 15, 2. Of ðam twige ( Abel's murder ) ludon réðe wæstme. Cd. Th. 60, 28; Gen. 988. Heó brohte án twig ( ramum ) of ánum elebeáme. Gen. 8, 11: Cd. Th. 88, 30; Gen. 1473. Gé synt twigu ( palmites ), Jn. Skt. 15, 5.

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un-ásecgendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgendlíc, adj.

beyond the powers of language to describeunspeakableindescribableineffablenot proper to tellnot to be told

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nam of hire eall ðæt heó áhte on golde and on seolfre and on unásecgendlícum þingum ( things innumerable ), Chr. 1042; Erl. 169, 21.

cúþ

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Hí ácwellað heora cild . . . ꝥ hí cúðe ne beón, ne heora forligr ámeldod ne wurðe, Hml. S. 17, 152. Cúð conpertum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 45. Hwæt is cúðost mannum tó witanne? Nis nǽnigum men nánwiht swá cúð swá sceal deáð þrowian, Sal. K. 188, 3-5.

guma

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Þá heó séleste mid lúdéum gumena wiste hæleða cynnes, El. 1203. ¶ in epithets, of the Deity Gumena Dryhten, Gen. 515 : An. 621: Hy. 6, 14. Gumena weard, Crä. 59: Hy. 6, 19.

ge-þoht

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þoht, es; m. n. [ge-þoht, pp. of ge-þencan to think]

THOUGHTthinkingminddeterminationcōgĭtātiomens

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Ðæt he him afirre frécne geþohtas that he banish from him wicked thoughts, Cd. 219; Th. 282, 10; Sat. 284: 217; Th. 277, 18; Sat. 206. The following examples are neuter Þurh dyrne [or = dyrnne?]

þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
þyrel, (from þyrhel, v. þurh), þyrl, es; n.

A hole made through anythingan apertureorifice

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Ic hét hió þurhborian ... hét ic eft ða ðyrelo mid golde forwyrcean, Nar. 20, 3

Linked entries: þirel þyrl

wandian

(v.)
Grammar
wandian, p. ode.
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wandode ðá git (dissimulante illo ); ac nig gelæhton hys hand and his wífes hand and gelǽddon hig út of ðære byrig, Gen. 19, 16. Wandode se wísa ( Daniel ), hwæðre worde cwæð tó ðam æðelinge, Cd. Th. 250, 24; Dan. 550.

Linked entries: ge-wand á-wandian

be-fyllan

(v.)
Grammar
be-fyllan, p. -fylde, -fealde; pp. -fylled; v. trans. [be, fyllan, fellan to fell]

to fellstrike downcædere, prosternereprojicereto deprive by fellingbereavecædendo orbare

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He us hæfþ befylled he has struck us down 19; Th. 23, 17; Gen. 361. to deprive by felling, bereave; cædendo orbare Secgum befylled bereft of his warriors Cd. 97; Th. 128, 10; Gen. 2124