ge-dafenian
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Ox. 5356. with infin. or clause Swylces módes wer má gedafonade (-dafen-, v. l. beón tó bysceope gehálgad (ꝥ hé wǽre tó bisceope gehálgod, v. l.) þonne hé cyning wǽre a man of such a disposition was more suited to be consecrated a bishop than to be a
be-búgan
to avoid ⬩ avertere ⬩ evitare ⬩ to surround ⬩ encircle ⬩ encompass ⬩ circumire ⬩ circumcingere ⬩ to reach ⬩ extend ⬩ pertinere
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Th. 138, 17. to surround, encircle, encompass; circumire, circumcingere Swá wæter bibúgeþ ðisne beorhtan bósm so far as the water encircles this bright expanse, Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 4; Pa. 6 : Cd. 190; Th. 236, 16; Dan, 322. to reach, extend; pertinere
Linked entry: bí-búgan
be-reccan
to relate ⬩ recount ⬩ explain ⬩ narrare ⬩ exponere ⬩ to explain one's conduct ⬩ justify one's self ⬩ se excusare ⬩ se purgare ⬩ accusatorum criminibus respondere
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to relate, recount, explain; narrare, exponere Nú wille we sum þing scortlíce eów be him bereccan now will we relate to you shortly something concerning him, Nat. S. Greg.
Linked entry: be-secgan
dwolian
To wander out of the way, err ⬩ errāre
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To ðám dwoligendum deófolgyldum to the erring idolatry, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 7, MS. B. Híg dwoliaþ on heortan hi errant corde, Ps. Lamb. 94, 10. Ða synfullan dwoledon peccātōres errāvērunt, Ps. Surt. 57, 4
feówer-féte
Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes
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Eádbyrht bisceop, feówerfóttra nýtena ðone téðan dǽl, to þearfum syllan wolde bishop Eadbert would give the tenth part of his four-footed cattle to the poor, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 17
Linked entries: feðer-fóte fiér-féte fiówer-féte fiðer-féte fyðer-féte
friþ-stól
A peace-stool or seat ⬩ peace-place ⬩ asylum ⬩ sanctuary ⬩ refuge ⬩ pācis sēdes vel lŏcus ⬩ asȳlum ⬩ refŭgium
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Me is geworden Drihten to friþstóle factus est mihi Dŏmĭnus in refŭgium, 93, 21
Linked entry: fryþ-stól
ge-ahsian
To find out by asking ⬩ discover ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ discĕre
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We geahsodon ðæt úre geféran sume to eów cómon we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you, L. Alf. 40; Th. i. 56, 14, MS. G : Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 41. Gif hine mon geahsige if he be discovered, L. In. 39; Th. i. 126, 10.
niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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Gé sécaþ ðære heán gecynde gesǽlþa tó ðám niþerlícum and tó ðám hreósendlícum þingum, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 30 : Homl. Th. ii. 522, 30
óþ-fleón
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to flee away, escape Favius heánlíce hámweard óþfleáh, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 14. Ða ðe tó him mid scypum óþflugon tó ðǽm beorgum ad se ratibus confugientes, 1, 6; Swt. 36, 11: 2, 8; Swt. 94, 8. Sume binnan ðæt fæsten óþflugon, Swt. 92, 23.
ge-emnettan
To make even or level ⬩ compare ⬩ æquāre ⬩ exæquāre
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Heó hí sylfe to hwelpum geemnette she compared herself to the whelps, 114, 10. Geemnittan exæquāre, Scint. 9. Ðæt heó ðone dæg and ða niht geemnytte that it might make even the day and the night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 238, 24.
Linked entries: ge-ymnyttan ge-efnettan
ge-niht
Abundance, fulness, sufficiency ⬩ abundantia, ūbertas ⬩ copia, abundantia
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Abundance, fulness, sufficiency; abundantia, ūbertas Wénst ðú ðæt se ánweald and ðæt geniht seó to forseónne thinkest thou that power and abundance are to be despised? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 22, 24, 26.
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tennan
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to incite, encourage to effort Ful oft ðæt gegongeþ, ðætte wer and wíf in woruld cennaþ beorn, and mid bleóm gyrwaþ, tennaþ and tǽtaþ, óþþæt seó tíd cymeþ, ðæt ða geongan leomu, líffæstau leoþu, geloden weorþaþ (the parents try to awaken the child&
un-pleólíc
Not dangerous ⬩ without risk
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Kmbl. 29. as regards moral hurt Augustinus cwæð, ðæt unpleólíc sý þeáh hwá lǽcewyrte ðirge; ac ðæt hé tǽlþ tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 3.
ege
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Hú mycelne ege wé sceolon witan (hú micel ege sí tó hæbbenne, v. l.) tó þám hálgum werum quantus sit viris sanctis timor exhibendus, Gr. D. 63, 5. Wíf ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora weras lufedan and him ege tó wiston, Bl. H. 185, 23: Wlfst. 220, 27. Add
ge-geótan
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Add: to pour a liquid Yfel wǽte bið gegoten on ꝥ lim, Lch. ii. 284, 28. to pour molten metal, found, cast Þú gegute fundasti, Ps. Spl. T. 88, 12. Hig habbað him gegoten án gylden cealf fecerunt sibi vitulum conflatilem, Ex. 32, 8.
ge-wídmǽran
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To the same passage belongs the gloss gewídmǽrdan (gewídmǽrsan, 26, 32) difamavenmt, Wrt.
hleótan
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R. 19, 24. to receive by appointment, be appointed to an office Hé wæs hleótende þá ændebyrdnysse biscophádes ad episcopatus ordinem accessuus est Gr. D. 192
irfe-weard
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Wé úre cildru tiochiað ús tó ierfeweardum tó habbanne. Past. 391, 29. Add
norþ
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Columba cóm tó Pihtum, and hí gecyrde tó Crístes geleáfan.
wilde
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</b> of people, uncivilized, uncultivated :-- Ær hé hét faran tó strǽtum and tó wícum, getácnigende ꝥ Iúdéa folc þe . . . on gehendnysse wǽron.