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ge-wissian

(v.)
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Ꝥ þú mé gewissige bet þonne ic áwyrhte tó þé, Bt. 42; F. 260, 5. Sé ús gewissige á on ðysse worulde, and tó þám écan lífe gelǽde, Hml. S. 17, 268. with acc. Mód hé begéme and hé gewissige mentem gubernet et regat, Hy.

óleccan

Grammar
óleccan, ólæcan (l. ólǽcan).
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Gif hí lytles hwæt habbaþ, þonne beþurfon hí ꝥ hí óleccan þǽm æfter friþe þe máre habbað . . . swá hé máre hæfþ, swá hé má monna óleccan sceal, Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 28-33.

be-weddian

(v.)

to betrothpledgeplight

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Hé ná má wífa þonne án hæbbe, and ꝥ beó his beweddode wif, Ll. Th. i. 364, 28. to assure by pledge, pledge, plight Seó weddung wæs beweddod the betrothal was made, Nic. 3, 31. Beweddedum wǽrum poetis sponsalibus, An.

dúru

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dúru, l. duru, dele dure, an; and add: gen. a; dat. u, dyru (-e), and a wk. duran; pl. nom. e, u; gen. a; dat. pl.
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On ærne ꝥ næbbe þon má dura þonne sió cirice, Ll. Th. i. 64, 15. Hí mid æxum duru ( januas ejus ) curfan, Ps. Th. 73, 6. Lufude Sione duru ( portas ) Drihten, 86, 1.

ge-lendan

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þú wéne þæt se wísdóm þonne gelænde, oððe seó clénnes, . . . ðonne se man gewíte, oððe hwanon heó ǽr cumen, oððe hwǽr hý síen, Solil. H. 51, 6

georn

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under 1 b) georn, Gú. 1051. with clause, eager to do Sceolan wé beón geornran ꝥ wé Godes bebodu healdan, þonne wé úrne teónan gewrecan, Bl. H. 33, 23. diligent, zealous Mé míne ágen word sócon, and wiðer mé wǽran georne, Ps. Th. 55, 5.

ge-sciftan

(v.)
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ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
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. :-- Ne beó ǽnig metegyrd lengre þonne óðer, ac be þæs scriftes gemete ealle gescyfte, and ǽlc gemet and ǽghwilc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 5-8

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ge-tynge

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Ne weorþeð on worulde ǽnig wordsnotera ne on wordum getingra þonne Antecríst wyrðeþ. Wlfst. 54, 21. Hé wæs se getingesta wer erat vir eloquentissimus. Gr. D. 180, 9. of speech Getinge lepida (sermonum series ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 84: 52, 40.

ge-uferian

(v.)
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Gif wé fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne biþ ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad and bið ꝥ ǽfengyfel getwifealdad, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30. [O. H. Ger. ge-obarón differre.] Cf. ge-yferian

hlúd

noisytalkativeclamorousa blowa crash

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Ne eom ic sylfa hlúd, Rä. 82, 1. of things. of wind or water Winde gelícost þonne hé hlúd ástígeð, El. 1273. Wæter hlúd and undióp, Past. 469, 6. Sió hlúde ýð on ðǽ;re hreón sǽ, 437, 16. Ýþa hlúde, Ps.

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hwettan

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Þonne wín hweteð beornes breóstsefan, Mód. 18. Óðer gást hine tyhteð . . . ýweð him earmra manna misgemynda and þurh þæt his mód hweteð, Sal. 495.

ge-séman

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þonne .c. búton áðe siþþan áne neaht ofer ꝥ gesém hié if a man bring a charge against another . . . let them get them an arbitrator . . . within seven days of the award being made it must be carried out.

hátan

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hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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</b> absolute :--- He ꝥ cwæð hátende (jubendo) má þonne biddende, Gr. D. 250, 20. ¶ (in glosses) with dat. of person :-- Gástum unclǽnum hátas spiritibus immundis imperat, Mk. i. 27. Windum hátteð, Lk. L. 8, 25. <b>I e.

hwæt

(adv.; int.)
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hwæt, adv. or interjection.
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Ac hwæt ofermódige gé þonne, oþþe hwý áhebbe gé eów?, Bt. 42; F. 258, 15: Hml. Th. ii. 164, 28. Hwæt seofast þú wið mé? quid igitur ingemiscis? (cf. hwí (quid ) murcnast þú wið mín?, 3), Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 14. Hwæt (cf. tó hwí, W.

magan

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S. but' substitute: magan = posse occurs in Angl. xiii. 389, 337 : Scint. 46, 6 : 159, 6; in 1. 8 for mágon l. magon. add Ne magon hý ús þonne ǽnige góde, Wlfst. 122, 7.

for-standan

(v.)
Grammar
for-standan, fór-standan (l. for-).
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Th. ii. 424, 10. to stand for, be the equivalent of, be as good as Sé þe þis gebed singð on cyrcean, þonne forstent hit him sealtera sealma. And sé þe hit singð æt his endedæge, þonne forstent hit him húselgang, Lch. iii. 288, 13-16.

Linked entry: for-licgan

ge-wit

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Ac mé lyst gýt witan be ðám gewitte þæt ic ǽr ǽcsode (cf. hweðer ðú æfter ðæs líchaman gedále and þǽre sáwle máre wisse þonne ðú nú wást þe lǽsse, 59, 6), hweðer hyt æfter ðæs líchaman gedále and þǽre sáwle weóxe þe wanede . . .

hát

(adj.)
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hát, adj.
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Þonne heó beð hátre gebyrdo and gecyndo . . . Be hátre gecyndo wambe.

fæstan

to fastto abstain

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Þonne hié woldon sylfe firene fæstan (abstain from sin), Dan. 592. with prep. Þá fram middangeardes gyrninge fæstað qui a mundi ambitione jejunant, Scint. 53, 18.

fór

a journeyan expeditionmarch

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H. 217, 17. an expedition of armed persons, march of an army Hé wæs hergende and bærnende þætte Cartainense mehton geseón of heora byrg ꝥ fýr and þone teónan, þonne hió on fóre wǽron, Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 35.