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ge-hégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hégan, p. -hégde, -héde

To doperformeffecthold

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Hie ðing gehégdon they held a meeting, Andr. Kmbl. 314; An. 157 : 2100; An. 1051 : 2991; An. 1498

Linked entry: -hégan

snoru

(n.)
Grammar
snoru, e; f.

A daughter-in-law

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Hió genom hiere snore, Alexandres láfe Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 148, 18

feax

a bush

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Heó hire wætres bæd, and þwóhg, and hyre feax gerǽdde (crines composuit), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 232, 9. habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2.

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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Þonne wé his geara éhtan, 70, 10. with ready goodwill. Cf. gearo; Wesað gé fram Gode geara gebletsade may you have his ready blessing, Ps. Th. 113, 23. readily, promptly. Cf. gearo; Þú mé eart geara andfencgea, Ps. Th. 58, 9, 18.

þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
þicce, adj.
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Óþ hit sié þicce swá þynne bríw, 314, 3: 316, 24. Swá þicce swá molcen, 332, 18. Wyl on swíþum beóre ðæt hit sié þicce, 358, 19. Þat hé út hrǽcþ byþ swýþe þicce, iii. 126, 11. Ðicce, ii. 262, 21. Tósoden and þicce geurnen, 230, 8.

and-wlite

(n.)
Grammar
and-wlite, es; n.

The countenancefacevultusfacies

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The countenance, face; vultus, facies Efennysse geseah andwlite his æquitatem vidit vultus ejus, Ps. Spl. T. 10, 8

Linked entry: on-wlite

be-myldan

(v.)
Grammar
be-myldan, [molde mould]

To cover with mould or earthto buryinterhide or put under groundinhumarehumare

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To cover with mould or earth, to bury, inter, hide or put under ground; inhumare, humare Cot. 101

Linked entry: myldan

be-grynian

(v.)
Grammar
be-grynian, p. ode; pp. od

To ensnareentrapillaqueareirretire

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To ensnare, entrap; illaqueare, irretire Ðæt híg swá beón begrynode ut sic irretientur Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 17

cwoellan

(v.)

to kill necare, interficere

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to kill; necare, interficere Sóhton hine Iudéas to cwoellanne quærebant eum Judæi interficere, Jn. Lind. War. 5, 18

emetig

(adj.)
Grammar
emetig, adj.

Empty, vacant văcuus, văcans

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Empty, vacant; văcuus, văcans He geméteþ hit [hús] emetig invēnit eam [dŏmum] văcantem. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 44

emne-cristen

(n.)
Grammar
emne-cristen, em-cristen, es; m.

A fellow-Christianco-christiānus

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A fellow-Christian; co-christiānus His emnecristen fratrem suum in Christo, L. Ed. C. 36; Wilk. 209, 18

Linked entry: em-cristen

Lǽden-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-stæf, es; m.
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A Latin letter Hit wæs áwriten grécisceon and lédenstafon erat scribtum græce et latine, Jn. Skt. 19, 20

mǽr-apeldre

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-apeldre, an; f.

An apple-tree which serves as a boundary

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An apple-tree which serves as a boundary Hit cymeþ tó mǽrapeldran, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 390, 5

menniscu

(n.)
Grammar
menniscu, e; f.

Humanitystate of man

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Humanity, state of man Hé forleás his mennisce ut homo esse perderet, Past. 4, 2; Swt. 39, 24

micelung

(n.)
Grammar
micelung, miclung, e; f.

A doing of great thingsmagnificentia

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A doing of great things; magnificentia Miclung ł mǽrsung weorc his magnificentia opus ejus, Ps. Lamb. 110, 3

ge-sweotulian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sweotulian, <b>; IV.</b>
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Hé God bæd ꝥ hé him geswutelode be ðæs sceoccan gylpe, Hml. S. 6, 322

ge-þencan

Grammar
ge-þencan, <b>; IV.</b>
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add: combining and Geþence þára tída and þissa, hwæþre him bet lícien, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 22

ge-mána

Grammar
ge-mána, <b>;
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</b> add Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine non commisceamini cum illo, Past. 357, 5

be-twinan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-twinan, prep. dat.

Within, amongintra, inter

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Within, among; intra, inter Cwǽdon sume bóceras him betwinan some scribes said among themselves, Mt. Bos. 9, 3

ge-byrigednes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-byrigednes, -ness, e; f.

A burialsĕpultūra

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A burial; sĕpultūra Æfter monigum geárum his gebyrigednesse post multos sĕpultūtræ annos, Bd. 4, 32; Whelc. 365, 31