mirgen
that which causes delight ⬩ poetry
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Him wæs lust micel ðæt hé ðiossum leódum leóþ spellode, monnum myrgen great his (Alfred) delight was lays to relate, matter of mirth for men, Bt. Met. Fox introd. 9; Met. Einl. 5
Linked entry: mirig-ness
ge-sécan
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add: (c α) where the subject is a thing Bið him leófre ꝥ hine geséce ǽlc þǽra yfela þe ǽfre on helle sý, and hine ǽlc ýð geséce ... and hine ǽlc tor geséce ... Verc. Först. 94, 3-13
ge-delf
A delving ⬩ the act of digging ⬩ a trench ⬩ fossio ⬩ fossa
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A delving, the act of digging, a trench; fossio, fossa Mid gedelfe by digging, Ors. 2. 4; Bos. 44, 12. He lét delfon an mycel gedelf he had a great trench dug, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 58, 5
ge-grindan
To grind together ⬩ sharpen ⬩ grind to powder ⬩ commolere ⬩ pertricare
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Th. 134, 64; By. l09
Linked entry: ge-grundon
ge-ryd
Prepared, ready, usual ⬩ paratus
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Prepared, ready, usual; paratus Ðeáh se graf geryd sí though the grave be prepared, Lchdm. iii. 355, 2, col. 1; Shrn. 184, 20. Moises dyde on geryde orcas Moses put it into the usual basons, Ex. 24, 6
ge-sǽli
Happy ⬩ fēlix
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Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 13
ge-scyldigian
To prove guilty, charge with guilt, deserve punishment in consequence of guilt
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Bos. 20, 20. Þurh ðæt gescildgade wíte per debitam pænam, Bd. 3, 19: S. 548, 30
steornede
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Having a big forehead; fig. bold, active Steornede (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting the possession of physical characteristics) frontalis vel calidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 36. Steorrede (steornede ?) frontialis, ii. 38, 55: 151, 25
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un-fullod
Unbaptized
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Be unfullodon mæssepreóste, Th. ii. 128, 17
Linked entry: full-wian
un-gewís
Uncertain ⬩ unknown
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q. v.) seó tíd ðære ylcan forðfóre eo quod certus sibi exitus, sed incerta ejusdem exitus esset hora futura, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 16
wrǽþan
To be angry ⬩ get angry
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To be angry, get angry Se ðe uraeðes brótfere his qui irascetur fratri suo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 22. Wraeðde hláford iratus dominus, 18, 34. Se cynig wrǽðde rex iratus est, Rtl. 107, 29. Urǽðde fremuit, 197, 31
bróþor-licness
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Add: A title used in addressing an ecclesiastical brother Ðis mæg geþencean ðín bróþorlicnys, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 7. Is hé tó onbærnanne mid ðínre bróþorlicnysse lufan . . . Ealle Brytta biscopas wé bebeódaþ ðínre bróþorlycnysse, 492, 19, 24
dwǽs-nys
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Dyslic bið þæt man hine sylfne tó tintregum ásende, Hml. Th. i. 592, 25. Add
ealdor-leás
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Substitute: without a lord. v. ealdor, I God fyrenþearfe ongeat, þæt hí ǽr drugon aldorleáse, B. 15. without parents, orphan, v. ealdor, II Ne forlǽte ic eów aldorleáse ( = aldorleása orfanos, Jn. L. 14, 18), Bl. H. 131, 21
felasprecol-ness
Loquacity
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, Bl. H. 169, 5. Sé þe hatað felaspeculnysse, hé ácwencð yfelnysse, Scint. 79, 9
ge-hringan
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To ring Sý gehringed þonne seó eahteoðe tíd bið healf ágau, R. Ben. 73, 14. Sé gehringed ( pulsetur ) belle, Angl. xlii. 380, 212. Beóþ gehringde ( pulsantur ) ealle bécnu, 428, 902. Gehrinde, 401, . 525. Gehringede, 402, 537. Gehringode, 530
Linked entry: hringan
hind-berige
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Hind*-*berge erimo, 29, 40. the word seems to be used of the strawberry also: Hindberian flaga, 38, 62. Add
hwelian
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Be óþres fremum þú ná hwela de alterius profectibus non tabescas, 8. For ' Lchdm. . . . col. 1' substitute Scint. 76, 19 and add: to waste away, pine: —
medumian
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add: to assign as one's proper place Gif munuc eáðhylde bid and geþæf, þeáh hine man wácne and unweorðne talige andan úteweardum forlǽte and tó úteweardum medemige si omni vilitate vel extremitate contentus sit, R. Ben. 24, 9
un-fealdan
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Add: to unfold a material object, open a book Þá bóc unlýsan and unfealdan solvere librum, Gr. D. 333, 10. fig. to unfold by narrating Ic unfealde and gerecce twá dǽda Benedictes duo Benedicts facta replico, 162, 10