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ge-neósian

(v.)
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Add: to visit a person, come for the sake of intercourse to Hé geneósode ðá burunware ðurh his menniscnysse, Hml. Th. i. 404, 21. Hé wolde hellwara geneósian, 480, 26. Hé wolde þone hálgan geneósian and wiþ gesprecan veniebat ad verbocinium beati viri

feáwa

a few

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Add: Feára paulorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 54. Substantival. few persons or things Syndon feáwa þe þǽm deádan getreówe weorþon, Bl. H. 53, 1. On þám folce feáwe wǽran ǽnige there were few only in that folk, Ps. Th. 104, 11. Hwæt ðá feáwa syndan þe his willan

ge-dwild

Grammar
ge-dwild, ge-dwyld.
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Add: in a physical sense, wandering Ilias ꝥ beóð gewyn, and Odissia beóð gedwyld (cf. the opening of the Odyssey, 'Sing of the man who wandered much . . . and saw the cities of many men'), swá Omérus on þǽre béc recð, Angl. viii. 330, 46. error, a being

lícettan

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Add: absolute. to dissemble, pretend, be hypocritical Swá bióð ðá ðe hira gód eówiað beforum monnum and hira yfel helað oninnan him selfum: hí lícettað, and woldon lícian for manna eágum útane búton gódum weorcum innane vitiorum mala inius contegunt,

libban

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Take here lifian in Dict. and add: to be alive, have life Þú eart swlþe gesélig nú þú gít liofost and eart hál. Hwæt, þæt is sió méste ár deáðlicra manna þæt hié libban and sién hále, Bt. 10; F. 28, 24 — 27. Ic wát þæt nán swá gód man ne leofað swá hé

tó-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, -sceád (in the Northern Gospels weak forms are found, and -sceádde occurs in Bede); pp. -sceáden.

to divide in two,separate one thing from anotherto divide into partiescause divisiondissension amongto separate contending parties or claimsjudge,decide betweento make a distinction between thingsto distinguishtreat or regard differentlyto separate one thing from another with the mind,to discern,distinguish,discriminateto separate things from one another,to order,dispose,appointto separate the parts of a confused whole,to expound,interpret,render intelligibleto discussto send in different directions,to scatterdisperseTo be separated,to differ

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to divide in two, separate one thing from another, literally, of local relations Swá swá sweord ða wunde tósceát on tú, Past. 60; Swt. 453, 17. Se streám tósceádeþ súþfolc Angelðeóde and norþfolc flumine meridiani et septentrionales Anglorum populi dirimuntur

byrðene dǽl

(n.)
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byrðene dǽl, es; m.
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A share of a burthen, a portion; portio, Ps. Spl. 49, 19

bord-þaca

(n.)
Grammar
bord-þaca, an; m.

Board thatch, a warlike engine, a cover or roof of a house, a snaretestudo, laquearium

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Board thatch, a warlike engine, a cover or roof of a house, a snare; testudo, laquearium Bordþacan laquearii, Cot. 119

ge-hopp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hopp, es; n.
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A little bag, a seed-vessel of a plant, a pod. Cf. codd Gehopp folliculum Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 40

stæg

(n.)
Grammar
stæg, es; n.

A staya rope supporting a masta stay

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A stay, a rope supporting a mast Stæg safo (in a list of nautical words), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 60

geoc-stecca

(n.)
Grammar
geoc-stecca, -sticca, an; m.

A bolt of a door, a barobex

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A bolt of a door, a bar; obex, Cot. 145

þencan

(v.)
Grammar
þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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To think. absolute, to meditate, cogitate, consider Sceal scearp scyldwíga gescád witan worda and worca, se ðe wel þenceþ, Beo. Th. 584; B. 289. Ða leásan men treówa gehátaþ fægerum wordum, fácenlíce þencaþ, Fragm. Kmbl. 49; Leás. 26. Ðara sacerda ealdras

tó-cnáwan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cnáwan, p. -cneów; pp. -cnáwen

To discern,distinguish,know the difference between,understand

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To discern, distinguish, know the difference between, understand Tócnáweþ discernit Blickl. Gl. Tócnáwen [beón] dinosci, inlellegi. Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 30. with acc. Wé geseóþ þurh úre eágan and ealle ðing tócnáwaþ by means of our eyes we see and distinguish

stofn

(n.)
Grammar
stofn, e; f.

a stema shoot of a treeoffspring, progenya foundation

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a stem Stoc truncus, stofn stipes, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 43. [Þai thre stod on a stouen (stalke, stocke, other MSS.), C. M. 8036. Stovin a stump or stake; the part of a hawthorn left in a hedge after 'splashing' it, E. D. S. Pub. Leicestershire. Icel. stofn

wreón

(v.)
Grammar
wreón, (from wríhan); p.wráh, wreáh, pl.wrigon, wrugon; pp.wrigen, wrogen

To coverto put a covering onto cover with clothesto clotheto coverto bindto concealhideto serve as a coveringbe spread over

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To cover. to put a covering on something, literal Se ðe wrígð wæterum ða uferan his gut tegit aquis superiora ejus. Ps. Spl. 103, 3. Óþer eáre hí him underbrédaþ and mid óðran hí wreóð (se cooperiunf). Nar. 37, 12. Hé wreáh and þeahte mánfǽhðu bearn

Linked entry: wríga

ge-yppan

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Add Geyppe depromo, i. osiendo, profero, protulero, exposuero Wülck. Gl. 219, 23. Wæs geypt ederetur, nasceretur, i. pro-feretur . Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 31. Geypped exortatus 145, 73. to bring into view, display Þeáh hé ( May ) wynsumlíce blówe and blǽd-nyssa

ge-sprecan

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Add: absolute, to speak, (i) to have the faculty of speech, not to be dumb Dumbo dyde ꝥte hiá gesprecas mutos fecit loqui, Mk. L. 7, 37. Gebróht wæs him dumb, and geleicnade hine suǽ ꝥ hé gespræc, Mt. L. 12, 22. Ðreátas geségon monigo gesprécon, 15,

bryne-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-ádl, e; f.

a diseaseA burning disease, a feveræstuans morbus, febris

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[ádl a disease] A burning disease, a fever; æstuans morbus, febris, Cot. 92

heorcnian

(v.)
Grammar
heorcnian, hercnian; p. ode

To hearkenlisten

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To hearken, listen Gúþlác eode sóna út and háwode and hercnode Guthlac went out directly and looked and listened, Guthl. 6; Gdwin. 42, 15. Ypolitus mid geþylde heora wordum heorcnode Hippolytus listened to their words with patience, Homl. Th. i. 442,

Linked entry: hyrcnian

mirring

(n.)
Grammar
mirring, e; f.

hinderingleading astraywastesquandering

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hindering, leading astray Merrunga seductiones, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 8. Cf. mirra. [O. Frs. meringa hindrance: O. H. Ger. marunga impedimentum.] waste, squandering (v. mirran, II) Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott. MSS.) gielpe and wéne