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ge-recenian

(v.)
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Add: to arrange, set in order Þá he hæfde ealle his fare gerecenod (ge-reconod, v./. ). Chr. 1052; P. 180, 15. Gerecanade condito, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 45

gifian

(v.)
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Take here <b>geafian, geoflan</b> in Dict. and add God mænig-fealdlícor gifað mannum þonne hé seó gebeden, Hml. S. 23 b, 617

glíw-georn

(adj.)
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glíw-georn, adj.
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Eager for amusement, fond of jesting or minstrelsy Bisceopum gebyreð ꝥ hí ne beón tó glíggeorne, ne hunda ne hafeca hédan tó swýðe, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 29

hinder-scipe

fraud ⬩ knavery ⬩ guile ⬩ treachery

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Hy. S. 135, 25. Substitute:

hund-twéntig

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Geselle hé hundtwéntig sciłł, 66, 16. Hundtwentig scillinge, 390, 25. Add

Linked entry: twéntig

in-hebban

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Hé wénde swíðe þæt ǽnig ælda ǽfre [ne] meahte swá fæstlice forescyttelsas on écnesse ó inhebban (o in hebba, MS. ), oððe þæs ceasterhlides clúster onlúcan, Cri. 313. Add

mælan

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Hyt ys gerǽdd ꝥ Móyses lǽrde ꝥ folc, and þus wordum mǽlde, Angl. viii. 322, 4. Hé mǽlde and him beforan sǽde praedixit, Gr. D. 103, 32. Add

níd-bád

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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé nú wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt hé ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33

sprangettan

(v.)
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to quiver, palpitate Ne þás sáwla sprancetað under ússum slagum, ne hí bifigað ne forhtigað, E. S. 49, 354. Clæppette and sprangette palpitraret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 26

tó-drífan

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Add His geféran hé tódráf, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 24. Add Seó þiccnys þára woruldcara swíðe áwésteð and tódrífeð ( devastat ) ánra gehwilces bisceopes mód, Gr. D. 41, 8

un-gebét

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un-gebét, un-gebétt.
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I. add Þá synne þe hé ǽr ungebéted hæfde, Gr. D. 329, 3. Him nǽnig syn ungebéted (-bétedu, v.l. ) bútan wrace áleoðod wæs, 332, 3

worn

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worn, (l b).
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Swá swá hé spræc tó fæderum úrum (Abraham) and sǽdes worne (sædsworne, MS.) sicut locutus est ad patres nostros Abraham et semini eius, Ps. Rdr. 296, 55. Add

yfel-sacung

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Add:: blasphemy Hé on ðǽre yfelsacunge swealt, Gr. D. 290, 2. Swá hwylc man yfelsacunge sǽde on þone Hálgan Gást, 328, 7. Wé gehýrdon his yfelsacunga, Nap. 88

ǽrendung

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Cf. ǽrendian ; Him getýþade Leófríc mid erndunga Godgyfan, Cht. Th. 446, 3. earn. v. gang-ǽrendung, gemót-ǽrendung, hæf-ǽrendung, hors-ǽrendung, hús-ǽrendung, miltestre-ǽrendung

feáwa

Grammar
feáwa, <b>; I 1.</b>
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</b> add :-- Hí næfdon búton feáwa fixa, Mk. 8, 7. Add

wæl-ceald

(adj.)
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wæl-ceald, adj.

Deadly cold

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Deadly cold Hé him helle gescóp, wælcealde wíc (cf. Ðǽr (in hell) cymð forst fyrnum cald, Cd. Th. 20, 28; 316), wintre beðeahte, Salm. Kmbl. 937; Sal. 468

fyniht

(adj.)
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fyniht, adj.

Produced in marshy, fenny places

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He must abstaine from maryshe fyshes and fennie

ge-þrístian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrístian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þríst, þríste bold]

To dare ⬩ presume ⬩ audēre ⬩ præsūmĕre

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Forðam he geþrístade quod se præsumpsisset, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 15

Linked entry: -þrístian

forþ-framian

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-framian, -fremian.

to grow up ⬩ to make progress ⬩ thrive

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Voc. ii. 66, 20. to make progress, thrive Hí forðfremedon (-fromedun, v. l.) and þungon profecerunt, Gr. D. 205, 5

þeóden-stól

(n.)
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þeóden-stól, es; m.

The seat of a king, ⬩ a throne

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Ymb þeódenstól hý þringaþ, 25, 7; Cri. 397: 319, 16; Víd. 13