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grillan

(v.)
Grammar
grillan, p. de
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MS.] óðre men they like to provoke other men, Past. 40, 4; Swt. 292, 19; MS. Cot

Linked entry: gryllan

ge-londa

(n.)
Grammar
ge-londa, an; m.

A fellow-countrymancompatriotapatriota

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A fellow-countryman; compatriota Be ðám monnum ðe hiora gelondan bebycgaþ of those men who sell their countrymen, L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 1

Linked entry: ge-landa

néðan

(v.)
Grammar
néðan, p. de

To have courage to doto dare to doto venture

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To have courage to do, to dare to do, to venture Néþeþ hwílum meówle ðæt heó on mec grípeþ the maiden has at times the courage to lay hold on me, Exon. Th. 407, 15; Rä. 26, 5.

Linked entry: ge-néðan

eást-ern

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>eásterne;</b> adj. marking position. in the east Leóht eásternes tungles lux eoi sideris, Hy. S. 22, 9. of the east part of the world, eastern Of Asian lande þæs eásternan ríces, Hml. S. 25, 752.

ge-hremmed

(v.)
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Th. ii. 488, 5. ꝥ se bróðor ðe hine synderlíce gebiddan wyle tó Gode, ꝥ hé ne beó gehremmed oððe gelett ( impediatur) þurh (mid, v. l. ) ǽniges óðres onhrópe . . . þe lǽs ðe þá gehremmede beón (impedimentnm patiantur ) þe ðá gebedu lufiað, R.

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagaciousforeknowingpresagingprophetic

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His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre yrmðe forewittig wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 404, 33.

ge-sægdnis

(n.)
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Substitute : ge-sægedness, e ; f. a sacrifice, an offering (especially of the Eucharist) We sceolon Gode ásecgan þá dæghwámlican onsægdnesse his líchaman and blódes.

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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the sense of touch Þá andgitu sint gehátene þus ... tactus, hrepung oððe grápung on eallum limum, ac þeáh gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml.

healfunga

indirectlyslightlyto some extenthalf

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Add: from the side, indirectly: Hit is nyttre ðæt ðæt him mon on tǽlan wille, ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece, swelce hit mon hwón gehríne major profectus adducitur, si hoc, quod in eis reprehenditur, quasi ex latere tangatur, Past. 207, 7.

ofer-fyll

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Þeáh hwá on dæg gefæste ful lange, gyf hé syððan hine sylfne gedweleð mid gedrynce and mid oferfylle, eal him bið þæt fæsten ídel geworden, 103, 12. Þá þe hér on unrihttídum on oferfyllo bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30.

twigilde

(adv.)
Grammar
twigilde, adv.

With a double payment

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B.) máre the bót shall be twice as much, L. Alf. pol. 66; Th. i. 96, 31

be-dirnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-dirnan, (-dyrnan, q. v. in Dict.)

to conceal

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Eall þeós mennisce gebyrd Sancte Johanne bedyrned is St. John knew nothing of (was not subject to) frailties natural to humanity, Bl. H. 167, 27

Linked entry: be-dyrnan

alýfan

(v.)
Grammar
alýfan, hit -lýfþ; p. -lýfde, pl. -lýfdon; impert. -lýf, pp. -lýfed; v. a.

To give leavepermitgrantpermittereconcederetradere

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To give leave, permit, grant; permittere, concedere, tradere Se eorl ongan alýfan landes the earl began to grant the land, Byrht. Th. 134, 26; By. 90. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21. Alýf me permitte mihi, Lk.

be-beódendlíc gemet

(n.)
Grammar
be-beódendlíc gemet, beódendlíc gemet, es ; n.

The imperative moodmodus imperativus

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Ðis gemet sprecþ forþwerd, and næfþ nǽnne præteritum, forðanðe nán mann ne hǽt dón ðæt ðe gedón biþ the other mood is the imperative, that is the commanding; with this mood we order other people to do something, or to suffer something, - Read thou, let

elpend

(n.)
Grammar
elpend, es; m. An elephant; ĕlephas = ἐλέφας
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To ðám elpendum [MS. elpendan] to the elephants, 4, 1; Bos. 77, 26. Hét Pirrus dón ða elpendas on ðæt gefeoht Pyrrhus ordered the elephants to be brought into the battle, 77, 16, 23: 78, 5, 28

Linked entries: ylp ylpend

undern-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
undern-tíd, e; f.

the third hour of the daynine o'clock A. M.the service at the third hour

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the third hour of the day, nine o'clock A. M. Ðá wæs underntíd erat hora tertia, Mk. Skt. 15, 25: Homl. Th. i. 314, 22 (see Acts 2, 15).

camp-dóm

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Hé wæs gewenod tó wǽpnum and campdóme fyligde (followed the profession of arms), 31, 17. Þǽra cempena suna wurdon genamode tó þám ylcan campdóme (military service) þe heora fæderas on wǽron, 32: 100. Add

ge-lást

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Cf. gelǽstan; 2 Þé bið ágolden gelást tibi reddetur uotum, Ps. Rdr. 64, 2: Bl. Gl. Ic ágylde þé gelást míne reddam tibi uota mea, Ps. Rdr. 65, 13. what is paid as a due, a (fixed) contribution.

ge-fég

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of the solstices and the equinoxes (?

ríp

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</b> for which see <b>rípe,</b> and Add Þæt hér wǽre micel ríp (the accent is in the MS. and riip is a v. l.) ondweard multam esse messem, Bd. 1, 29; Sch. 99, 8. Rípes (hrípes, L.) tíd messis, Jn. R. 4, 35.