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gearo-brygd

(n.)
Grammar
gearo-brygd, e; f. [bregdan to vibrate]

A prompt vibration ⬩ prompta pulsātio

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A prompt vibration; prompta pulsātio Áh he gleóbeámes gearobrygda list he has skill in prompt vibrations of the harp, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 13; Crä. 50

Linked entry: brygd

ge-bæc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bæc, es; n. [bacan to bake]

Anything baked ⬩ quod est tostum

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Anything baked; quod est tostum Ic geseah swefen, ðæt ic hæfde þrí windlas mid meluwe ofer mín heáfod, and on ðam ufemystan windle wǽre manegra cynna gebæc ego vīdi somnium, quod trio canistra fārīnæ habērem sŭper căput meum, et in ŭno canistro, quod

Linked entry: -bæc

ge-trimmed

(v.)
Grammar
ge-trimmed, part. [ge-trymman to draw up]

Drawn up ⬩ instructus

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Drawn up; instructus Getrimmed féða cuneus, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 79; Wrt. Voc. 18, 31

ge-finegod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-finegod, part. p. [fynegian to become mouldy]

Mouldy ⬩ mūcĭdus

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Mouldy; mūcĭdus Ðe nú sind gefinegode which are now mouldy, Jos. 9, 12

ge-hrepod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hrepod, [pp. of ge-hrepian to touch]

touched ⬩ tactus

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touched; tactus He wæs gehrepod mid heortan sárnisse wiðinnan tactus dolore cordis intrinsecus, Gen. 6, 6. Gehrepod tactus, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 56

Linked entry: hrepian

ge-hroden

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hroden, [pp. of ge-hreóðan to adorn]

adorned ⬩ ornatus

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adorned; ornatus Biþ seó módor hordum gehroden the mother is adorned with treasures, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 17; Rä. 81, 17. Eoforlíc gehroden golde a boar's likeness adorned with gold, Beo. Th. 614; B. 304. Gréne stondaþ gehroden hyhtlíce beorhtast bearwa

Linked entries: ge-hreódan ge-hreóðan

ge-sadelod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sadelod, -sadolod; part. [sadelian to saddle]

Saddled ⬩ strātus

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Saddled; strātus Twá hors, án gesadelod and óðer ungesadelod two horses, one saddled and the other unsaddled, L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 17. Eahta hors, feówer gesadelode [gesadolode, MS. A.] and feówer ungesadelode eight horses, four saddled and four

Linked entry: sadolian

ge-seówan

Grammar
ge-seówan, ge-síwan, ge-seowian to sew.
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Take here <b>ge-siwed</b> in Dict., and add Geseówe mid seolce, Lch. ii. 358, 25. Gesióuuid, -siówid, -síuuid sarcinatum, Txts. 95, 1763. Gesiówed consutum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 39. Gesiúwid netum, 114, 66. Gesíwid consutum, 23, 20. Gesíuuid

ge-þeóstrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeóstrian, ge-þiéstrian, ge-þístrian to darken.
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Take here <b>ge-þiostrian</b> in Dict., and add Ðá mód ðe nán sceadu geðiéstrað ðǽre twiefealdnesse, Past. 243, 23. Sunna ofer geðióstrad bið sol obscurabitur, Mt. L. 24, 29

Linked entries: ge-þiéstrian ge-þióstrian

hors-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
hors-ryne, (?) horse-running (a gloss to hippo-
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dromus) Móthúses, horsyrnes prodromi (see the passage glossed under hors-hús), Hpt. Gl. 476, 61

Linked entry: hors-yrnes

búh

(v.)
Grammar
búh, impert. of búgan to bow, turn

turn

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turn Búh fram yfle diverte a malo, R. Ben. in proœm.

á-dídan

Grammar
á-dídan, Add: to a-dýdan:

to destroy, &c. ⬩ to deaden, make torpid; to mortify ⬩ morti tradere, mortificare

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to destroy, &c. Ádýt mortificat, Ps. L. fol. 186, 6. Ǽlc man bið fordémed ðe hine sylfne ádýt, Hml. S. 19, 229. Ealle gesceafta ðæt wæter ádýdde, Hml. ii. 60, 11: 122, 17. Hig manega ádýddon ad mortes plurimorum Num. 21, 6. Se unlybba ne mihte hine

Linked entry: a-dýdan

be-clingan

(v.)
Grammar
be-clingan, p. -clang, pl. -clungon; pp. -clungen [clingan, I. to wither, II. to adhere]

To BECLING ⬩ surround ⬩ inclose ⬩ circumcludere ⬩ includere

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To BECLING, surround, inclose; circumcludere, includere Clommum beclungen inclosed in bands, Elen. Kmbl. 1388; El. 696

Linked entry: CLINGAN

ge-stælan

Grammar
ge-stælan, l. -stǽlan, dele first passage, in last for leágung l. leásung, and add: to bring home to a person a charge, liability, &amp;c., to prove something to have been committed by, or
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to be due from, a person Gif mon on folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot (þeófðe, v.l.), and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand ( let him make the charge good upon one who more justly may be charged; pertrahat hoc ad rectiorem manum

langian

(v.)
Grammar
langian, to grow long, <b>langian</b> to cause longing, may be taken together.
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Add: to lengthen (intrans.) Syððan langað seó niht and wanað se dæg, Angl. viii. 311, 28. Éfern longeð aduesperascit Lk. R. 24, 29. impers. to cause longing, &amp;c. Mé á langað ( it ever distresses me ) þæs þe ic þé on þyssum hýnðum wát, Seel.

a-wyrt-walian

(v.)
Grammar
a-wyrt-walian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a out, wyrtwalian to root, to fix roots]

To root up ⬩ eradicate ⬩ extirpate ⬩ exterminate ⬩ eradicare ⬩ supplantare

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To root up, eradicate, extirpate, exterminate; eradicare, supplantare Ǽlc plantung byþ awyrtwalod omnis plantatio eradicabitur, Mt. Jun. 15, 13. Ðelæs ge ðone hwǽte awyrtwalion ne forte eradicetis triticum, 13, 29: Lk. Bos. 17, 6 : Bt. Met. Fox 12, 51

Linked entry: a-wurtwarian

áge

Grammar
áge, subj. s. of ágan to own.
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Mk. Bos. 10, 17;

a-weged

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-weged, pp. of a-wegan to move.

moved

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moved,Bt. 12; Fox 36, 18;

cwánig

(adj.)
Grammar
cwánig, adj. [cwánian to bewail, lament, mourn]

Complaining, bewailing, sad ⬩ querulus, tristis

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Complaining, bewailing, sad; querulus, tristis

dǽd-hata

(n.)
Grammar
dǽd-hata, an; m. [hatian to hate]

A deed-hater ⬩ facinorum osor

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A deed-hater; facinorum osor Deógol dǽdhata a secret deed-hater, Beo. Th. 555; B. 275

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