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ge-grápian

(v.)
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Add: to lay hold of with the hand; to reach Seó clǽne beó oft wíde and síde blósman gegrét . . . and hig grimme windas gemétað, and þá wreccan geswencað, ꝥ heó earfoðlíce cýððe gegrápað ( that hardly can she reach home ), Angl. viii. 324, 15.

ge-regnong

(n.)
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A preparation of drugs, & c. Geregnong confectio (cf. robetae et spalangii pestifera confectio, Ald. 25, 16). [The gloss to this passage in Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 45 is gereohnung (l. geregnung? or geréonung? v. gereónian)], Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 12

ge-swencednes

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D. 73, 5 : Fram geswincednesse (the vowel of the second syllable is not clear, it may be y) a tribulatione, Ps. L. 106, 39

Linked entry: swencedness

wrídian

(v.)
Grammar
wrídian, wríþian; p. ode

To put forth shootsbe productivegrowflourish

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Nar. 8, 22. figurative, of growen in things abstract or concrete Hé wrrídaþ on wynnum, ðæt hé bið wæstmum gelíc ealdum earne, and æfter ðon feþrum gefrsetwad, swylc hé æt frymðe wæs, beorht geblówen reformatur qualis fuit ante figura, et Phoenix ruptis

Linked entry: wríþian

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Ox. 2, 435: Past. 277, 10. Hí ástódon . . . þe on ðám fænne (fenne, v. l.) ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 22. Hé worhte fenn (lutum) of his spátle, and smyrede mid þám fenne ofer his eágan, Jn. 9, 6. Fenn strǽta lutum platearum, Ps. Spl. 17, 44.

feþer

a feathera winga penquill

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Voc. ii. 66, 61. a feather Þæt gafol bið on deóra fellum and on fugela feðerum . . .

Linked entries: fedes féþu

hálsung

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, healsung. entreaty, solemn appeal. on one's own behalf. Cf. hálsian; 1 Geneálǽcige gebed ł hálsung mín (deprecatio mea) on gesihþe þínre, Ps. L. 118, 169 Béne ł hálsunge míne deprecationem meam, 16, 1.

ídel-ness

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Ox. 4429. Ýdelnysse super-stitione, i. uanitate, 4021. Nú is se tíma ꝥ ðú forlǽte þíne ýdelnesse and lác ðám godum geoffrige, Hml. S. 22, 213. lack of result, ineffectiveness. Cf.

cyn

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Ox. 4517. Hwæt þá cynn (the peoples of Sodom and Gomorrah dydon, Gen. 1944. Feorheáceno cynn, þá þe flód wecceð, 204. On manegra cynna hræglum, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 3. (noble) family (?) :-- Swá mǽre (mǽres?)

grin

(n.)
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grin, gryn, e; f.: es; n.
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Ox. 961. a noose Hé ácwealde hine sylfne on heálicum grine, Hml. S. 19, 212

á-gitan

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Ox. 2538. Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge if any one be found to practise heathen rites, Ll. Th. ii. 296, 27. <b>I a.</b> to find out, get to know of :-- Gyf hé hwæt be óðrum gehýre oððe sylf ágyte, Ll.

Linked entry: á-gytan

ge-mǽte

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Substitute: meet, of suitable dimensions, made to fit (with dat. ) Heó ðone cláð hire on ádyde, and wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse ( it was a very excellent fit), Hml. S. 7, 157.

ge-beórscipe

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Swá oft swá gé eów gemǽnelice gebeórscipas gegearwiað, gé ðá fatu ðæs micclan gemetes, ðe þréó men oððe feówer . . . hwílum willes, hwílum geneádode gewuniað of tó drincanne, of eówrum gebeórscipe áwurpað eall swá áttor, Hml. A. 145. 43

hamer

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Ox. 481. Mín ( a key's ) heáfod is homere geþuren, sworfen feóle, Rä. 87, 1.

heáh

(adv.)
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heáh, adv.
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Hlǽw sceal heáh hlifian, B. 2805: Ph. 23 : Dan. 603. at or to a position of great height Hí him ásetton segen gyldenne heáh ofer heáfod, B. 48: 2768. His meahta spéd heáh ofer heofonum wunade, Ph. 641.

med-micel

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Bd. 5, 12, infra. ] add: with reference to quality, degree, &amp;c. of persons or personal attributes Ðá metmiclo pussillanimes, Rtl. 11, 39.

be-sleán

(v.)

to strikesmiteto strikedashinflictto striketo strike

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Th. i. 400, 29. to deprive by a stroke (lit. or fig.) of something (gen. inst.)

ge-sceap

(n.)
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ge-sceap, -scæp, -scep, es; pl. nom. acc. -sceapu, -sceapo; gen. -sceapa, -sceapena; n.

a creation, created being or thing, creaturecreātio, creātūraa decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shapefātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕciesthe privy membersvĕrenda, pŭdendacreaturedecrees of fate

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God gesceapo ferede ǽghwylcum on eorþan eormencynnes God has borne his decrees to every one of the human race an earth, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 1; Vy. 95. Sinewealt gesceap volūbĭle schēma, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 14; Wrt. Voc. 55, 18.

Linked entries: ge-scæp ge-scapu

hlǽfdige

(n.)
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hlǽfdige, hlǽfdie, an; f.

A lady, mistress of a house; after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,

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A lady, mistress of a house; after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king, v. William of Malm. bk. ii. c. 2 Hlǽfdige, domina, Wrt. Voc. 72, 79. Hírédes hlǽfdige materfamilias, 73, 21.

ge-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hygd, -higd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtcogitationmeditationdeliberationconsultationcōgĭtātiomĕdĭtātioconsĭlium

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Eálá ðæt we nú mágon geseón on ussum sáwlum synna wunde, mid líchoman leahtra gehygdu eágum alas that we now may see in our souls wounds of sin, with the body's eyes wicked cogitations! 27 a; Th. 80, 32; Cri. 1315.

Linked entries: -hygd ge-higd ge-hýd