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ge-un-rótsian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-un-rótsian, -un-rótsigean; p. ode; pp. od.

to make sorrowfulto offendcontristarecontribularescandalizareto become troubled, discontented

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Lind. 10, 22. to become troubled, discontented Ðæt se man geunrótsige ongeán God for ungelimpum ðises andwerdan lífes so that a man becomes discontented with God for the mishaps of this present life, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 16.

grǽg

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg, grég; adj.
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Grǽgan sweorde with a grey sword, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 22; Gen. 2865: Beo. Th. 665; B. 330: 673; B. 334

GLÆS

(n.)
Grammar
GLÆS, es; n.

Glass

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Mid glase geworht wrought with glass; comptos vitro parietes, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 16

Linked entry: glas

ge-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ge-hwæðer, pron.

Botheacheitheruterquepromiscuus

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Se willa béga gehwæðres ge . . . ge . . . her will in both respects both . . . and . . . Elen. Kmbl. 1925; El. 964 : Beo. Th. 2091; B. 1043.

Linked entry: ge-hwæðeres

sicerian

(v.)
Grammar
sicerian, p. ode
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ooze, of a fluid, to make way through a small opening Swíðe lytlum siceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýð, ðéþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr út áweorpe by very small quantities and with

wiþ-ferian

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-ferian, p. ede

To carry offto rescue

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Similar entries v. wiþ, II. 3 Ðú wiðferedes (fæderas, MS.) Israhéla bearn of Ægyptum redemisti filios Israel et Joseph, Ps. Th. 76, 12. Hé of heofenum hider onsende, ðe méálýsde, láþum wiðferede misit de caelo, et liberavit me, 56, 3.

wód-þrág

(n.)
Grammar
wód-þrág, e; f.

A mad fittimemadnessfury

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Ðonne Saule se wiðer-wearda gǽsð on becorn, ðonne geféng Dauid his hearpan, and gestillde his wódþrága. . . . Dauid mid his sange gemetgode ða wódþráge Saules furor insanorum saepe ad salutem medico blandiente reducitur . . .

yfel-dǽde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
yfel-dǽde, adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m.
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. ¶ with special reference to magical practices :-- Gif hwylc yfeldǽde man þurh ǽnigne æfþancan óþerne begaleþ, Lchdm. i. 190, 9. Unlybwyrhta veneficus, yfeldǽda maleficus, drý magus, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 40. Swá swá yfeldǽda ut magus (maleficus ), Hpt.

ceáp-gyld

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Þingie hé on þám ceápgilde, náht on þám wíte, 210, 16. Þone þeóf út niman be his were and be fullan ceápgilde, 228, 28. ꝥ wé niman eall ꝥ hé ( the thief ) áge, and niman ǽrest ꝥ ceápgyld of þám yrfe, 228, 15.

creópan

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D. 228, 10. to walk with crutches Hé árás and mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre, Hml. S. 21, 101. of humble, abject movement Þá iermingas út of þǽm holan crupon þe heó on lutedan, Ors. 2, 8; S. 92, 30. Uton creópan tó Críste, Wlfst. 166, 38

for-bærnan

Grammar
for-bærnan, -bernan.

burnscald

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Wiþ bryne. Gif mon sié mid fýre áne forbærned. . . . Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned, ii. 324, 12-14

ge-blinnan

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Geblanu <b>ꝥ</b> wind cessavit ventus, Mt. L. 14, 32: Lk. L. 8, 24. Geblann gespreaca cessavit loqui, 5, 4.

ge-nesan

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D. 219, 19. with acc. Þá men uneáðe þone ciele genǽson magnus hominum numerus frigoris acerbitate perierunt, Ors. 4, 8 ; S. 188, 2.

glíwian

(v.)
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An. 1110); on mé glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc smiða me then a man enclosed between sheltering boards, stretched a covering of skin, went on to adorn me with gold; on me played the fair work of smiths (referring to the sound made by the metal ornaments and clasps

godspellian

(v.)
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Add: to proclaim good tidings to Ðú ðe wilt godspellian Sion tu qui evangelizas Sion, Past. 81, 9. Godspelliendum mid micelre mihte euangelizantibus uirtute multa, Ps. L. 67, 12. Þám godspelgendum mægenu manega euangelizantibus uirtutes multas, Ps.

heald

inclinedinclined to

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wiþ hyre gecynde, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7. that tends to mean things Þá healdan divexa (ardua sectari necnon devexa cavere, Ald. 157, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 54: 27, 12

heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604.

hearmian

(v.)

to da harm to

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Án manncynn wunað under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wel wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et optime nosti, quod non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml

-iht

(suffix)
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As wost adjectives with one or other of these forms occur in the oblique cases only, it is impossible to say which form should be given in the nominative; but the -iht is found in þorniht, and the -ihte (-ehte, -ecti) in écilmehti, bogehte, clibecti (

innera

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S. 30, 309. concerned with the inner man Se earma innera man, ꝥ is seó wérige sáwl, Verc. Först. 93, 4. Se inra déma internus iudex, Scint. 44, 15. Inran gewitnesse eágan, 185, 7.