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cneówian

(v.)
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Add:; cneówan (?); p. de Hí cneówdon þá æft, Hml. S. 3, 522. Óðre cyningas tó him cneówodon, 24, 6. Se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde, Hml. Th. i. 578, 9. Hí Godes hús séce and cneówige þǽr úte, Wlfst. 155, 9. Man ne mót cneówian on Sunnandagum

ed-leán

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Edleán recompensatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 28. Wiðerriht vel edleán hostimentum, 22, 24. Sigeleán ł edleán palma, Hpt. Gl. 482, 5. Edleánes recompensationis, 432, 71. Efenhlyttan þæs écan edleánes, Hml. Th. i. 84, 20. Ne bideþ hé æt ús nǽnig óþor edleán,

efen-sárgian

(v.)
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efen-sárgian, p. ode
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To compassionate, sympathize Eálá ꝥ mín sáwl efensárgaþ þises wífes sáre dolori hujus mulieris anima mia compatitur, Gr. D. 216, 1. Þá rihtwísan þe lifgende beóþ ne efensárgiað ( compatiuntur ) ná þám unrihtwísum mannum deádum, 336, 18. Se Godes man

Linked entry: sárgian

éþian

(v.)
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Se gást éþað (spirat) þǽr hé wile, Gr. D. 146, 12. Oeðað (ocðiga, R.) spirat, Jn. L. 3, 8. Swá swá se man swelteþ, swí swylteþ eác þá nýtenu, and gelíce hí ealle éþiað (spirant), Gr. D. 264, 20. Þonne þá wyrmas éðedon, þonne eóde him of þý múðe mid þý

feorh-ádl

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the last illness Hit (an unborn child) in þám magan wyrð tó feorhádle, oftost on Tíwesniht, Lch. iii. 146, 23. Full oft þá sweltendan men on heora feorhádle secgað beforan fela þinga swá hit æfter ágǽþ plerumque morientes multa praedicunt, Gr. D. 296

floterian

(v.)

to flutter

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Add: to be tossed on the waves Flotorode fertur fluctibus. Germ. 400, 492. to flutter, make short, quick flights Flotorodon praeuolant, 499. to move (intrans.) restlessly with excitement Him wæs swá uneáðe, and þá eágan floterodon he was ill at ease

folc-scearu

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Þis þinceð gerisne þæt þú þe áferige of þisse folcsceare; þú þás werþeóde feorran gesóhtest. Gen. 2477. Is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócon; hé wæs áféded on þysse folcsceare. An. 684. Wæs gefrége in þǽre folcsceare, geond þá werþeóde wíde lǽded

Linked entry: scearu

fore-gangan

to precede

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Add: to precede (in time) Þá foregangendan hlǽfdian (praecedentes matres) gewunodon ꝥ hí hit sǽdon þám gingrum nunnum, and nú þá gingran nunnan hit reccaþ, Gr. D. 280, 26. Gódra foregangendra (praecedentium) wera, 8, 20: 277, 10. to take precedence of

ge-lǽr

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Add: in a physical sense Gif hwá ofer gemet þigþ mete, þæs mon tilað þe eáþelícor þe mon raþor gedó ꝥ hé spíwe and gelǽr sié, Lch. ii. 240, 18. Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð and of þǽre gelǽran, 62, 1. Þonne findest þú þá blǽdran gelǽre, 250

ge-smiþian

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Add: to make skilfully Billfrið se oncræ hé gesmioðade ðá gihríno ðá ðe útan on sint Billfrið the anchorite -made the ornaments that are on the cover of the book, Jn. p. 188, 4. Heofonan ríces cǽig nis gylden, ne sylfren ne of nánum antimbre gesmiðod

ge-dæftlíce

(adv.)
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ge-dæftlíce, ge-dæftelíce.
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Add: gently, mildly Gif hé hit gedæftelíce ásægð si molestias tranquille lingua diceret, Past. 273, 20. in a. fitting manner, suitably Secge him mon suíðe gedæftelíce for his ágnum scyldum modis congruentibus de proprio reatu feriendi sunt, Past. 185

ge-díglan

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ge-díglan, ge-díglian.
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Take here <b>ge-diéglan, ge-díhligean</b> in Dict. and add: to hide, conceal Hé hit gediégleð (abscondit), Past. 451, 16. Ðá ðe oninnan him gedíglað and gehýdað (occultant) ðá godcundan láre, 379, 4. Wíf his gedégelde (occultabat) hiá, Lk

ge-ferian

(v.)
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Geferedon afferebant, Mk. L. I. 32. Gefere þæne mannan on swíðe fæstne cleofan, Lch. ii. 280, 10. Hám geferian, bringan tó bolde, Sae. 148. Hé wæs gefered excipitur, An. Ox. 4698. Geferod vectus, Wülck. Gl. 254, 10. Gefered wæs heáfod his in disc allatum

ge-wynsumian

(v.)
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Substitute: intrans. To be glad, to exult, rejoice Giwynsumiað unbyergo exultant solitudines Rtl. l, 17. Sibb Crístes giwynsumiga ( exultet ) in heartum iúrum, 13, 37. trans, to make pleasing Hig mid þǽre tungan clypole þæne swég ge-wynsumiað, Angl.

ge-þyldig

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Ic wolde cweþan ꝥ þú uþwita wǽre, gif þú gefyldig wǽre, Bt. 18, 4; F. 68, 4. Hé wæs swíðe geþyldig and eáðmód, Bl. H. 213, 7: Hml. Th. i. 472, 7. Giðyldig, Rtl. 102, 15. Gehyldig, Ps. Spl. 7, 12. Ne hié þám geþyldegum simble ne wuniaþ, Bt. 11, 1; F. 34

ge-weorp

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Dele ' A throwing, . . . dashing, ' and for first passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat

ge-wépan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. To weep Hé giweóp (-weǽp, L. ) ofer ðá cæstre flevit super ciuitatem, Lk. R. 19, 41. Gewǽp, Lk. p. 10, 4: Jn. L. 20, 11. Gewaepon flebant, Lk. L. 8, 52. trans. To weep over, lament Hwæt dést þú, lá flǽsc, hwæt dreógest þú nú, hwæt miht

heáh-biscop

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Add: of a Christian priest Sæt se arcebisceop Augustinus . . . Cwæð hé se heáhbisceop tó him, Bd. 2, 2; ch. 118, 7. Þæs heáhbyscpes (þæs heán biscopes, v. l.) leomu pontificis summi (Gregory) membra, 2, 1 ; Sch. 107, 23. of one not Christian Se heáhbiscop

heáh-cræftiga

(n.)
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heáh-cræftiga, an; m.
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a master-builder, an architect Bæd se cyning hine ꝥ hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces. . . se abbud sende him cræftige wyrhtan architectos sibi mitti petiit. . . abba misit architectos, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 678, 1-17. Heáhcræftegan (-igan,

hinder-genga

(n.)
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hinder-genga, an; m.

an apostate

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one that goes backward (epithet of a crab) Hindergenga retrograda (Nepa mihi nomen . . passibus Oceanum retrograda transeo versis. Aid. 254, 30), An. Ox. 26, 23. one that goes back from the faith he has professed, an apostate (cf. Manega his leorningcnihtas

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