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ge-íwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-íwian, ge-íwian.
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Gehíwygiende meditata (meditari indicare, significare, Migne), Germ. 390, 98. Ðá wǽron geiéwde, Past. 195, 18

ge-tǽse

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, adj.

Meetconvenient suitablemildeasyaccommodusplaciduslenis

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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11

swenc

(n.)
Grammar
swenc, es; m.

Trial, tribulation, affliction

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S.) ł costungum mínum in temtationibus meis, Rush. 22, 28. In suoencum in tribulationibus, Rtl. 184, 4

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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Eðna] ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode, dá hit upp of helle geate asprang on Sicilia ðam lande, and fela ofslóh mid bryne and mid stence [Ors. B.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

mynster

(n.)
Grammar
mynster, es; n.

a monasterya place where a body of monks or of nuns resideda churchminster

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Heáfodmynstres griþbryce . . . béte man be cyninges munde . . . and medemran mynstres mid hundtwelftigan sciłł., L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.

GEONG

(adj.)
Grammar
GEONG, giong, geng, ging, giung, iung, gung; def. se geonga, seó, ðæt geonge; comp. geongra, gingra, gyngra; superl. gingest, gingst; adj.

YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, freshjŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcensyoung

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Se gingsta ys mid úrum fæder mĭnĭmus cum patre nostro est, Gen. 42, 13, 32. Fram ðam yldestan óþ ðone gingestan a mājōre usque ad mĭnĭmum, 42, 12

weorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
weorþ-líc, adj.
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mid weorðlícan weorode and wynsaman dreáme hine feredan, Chr. 1023; Erl. 163, 26. Drihten hine mid weorðlíce wlite gegyrede Dominus praecinxit se virtute Ps. Th. 92, 1 : 103, 2.

be-werian

(v.)

prohibitforbidto protectdefend

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Nán bróðor ne gedyrstlǽce þæt hé óþerne mid wordum bewerige (defendere), R. Ben. 119, 5. His ágenne rǽd tó bewerigenne, 15, 13.

bodian

(v.)

to declareproclaimto foretellprophesycelebratepraiseto preacha persona doctrinebelief

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To boastabout: Ic mid getote be mé bodude, R. Ben. 22, 17 note. of religious or moral teaching, to preach, a person Scyppend ealra gesceafta, þone ic bodige, Bl. H. 187, 9. a doctrine, belief, & c.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 440, 2. in a way that imparts knowledge, so as to give information, clearly, explicitly Gif hit gylt nǽre, þonne ne geswutulode þæt hálige godspel swá gewislíce be ðám rícan þæt hé wǽre mid purpuran and mid godewebbe, geglencged, Hml.

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé ða eágan wecean mid gnídingum, Lchdm. ii. 30, 28. Seó wæs wætrum weaht and wæstmum þeaht, Cd.

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to drawleadinciteexciteconstrainrestrainbring upinstructbring to an endcompletedraw or bind togetherstring a musical instrumenttrahereducereperducerestringereevaginareexcitareconstringereeducareinstitueread finem perducerecomplerenervis aptare vel instruereto bring as an offering or giftcontributebestowgiveconferre

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Wæs heó mid micle sáre getogen illa erat multo dolore constricta, 5, 3; S. 616, 22. Wamb getogen alvus constricta, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 11; Lchdm. i. 352, 24. Mid tyn strengum getogen hearpe a harp strung with ten strings, Ps. Th. 143, 10.

an-bídian

(v.)
Grammar
an-bídian, p. ode, ude; pp. od

To abidewaitwait forexpectmoraricommorariexpectare

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Me anbídiaþ rihtwíse óþ-ðæt ðú afyldest me me expectant justi donec retribuas mihi, Ps. Spl. 141, 10. Ic anbídude hine expectabam eum, 54, 8

Linked entry: and-bídian

eást-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adv.

Along the east orientem versus

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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30

éðe

(adj.)
Grammar
éðe, comp. éðre; sup. éðost; adj.

Easy, ready, mild, softfăcĭlis, mītis

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Easy, ready, mild, soft; făcĭlis, mītis Ne wæs ðæt éðe síþ that was no easy enterprise, Beo. Th. 5166; B. 2586. Eall ðú ðín yrre éðre gedydest mĭtĭgasti omnem ĭram tuam, Ps. Th. 84, 3: Mk. Bos. 2, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 2586; El. 1294

wíd-lást

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-lást, es ; m.
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A track that stretches far, a wanderer's track Wulfes ic mínes wídlástum ( far wanderings) wénum dogode, Exon. Th. 380, 16; Rä. 1, 9.

spinel

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Spinil stilium vel fusa (fusa stamen fuso involutum, Migne), Txts. 98, 967. Spinl fusa, Wülck. Gl. 246, 7. Spinle fusa (si parcae . . . fila gubernant, mortali vitae fusaque rotante minantur, Ald. 175, 34), An. Ox. 17, 37

ǽfen-rǽding

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-rǽding, e; f.

An evening readingcollatio (apud monachos sacrorum librorum lectio quae maxime post coenam coram iis fiebat, Migne)

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An evening reading; collatio (apud monachos sacrorum librorum lectio quae maxime post coenam coram iis fiebat, Migne) Ðænne ǽfenrǽding collatio byþ gerǽdd, Angl. xiii. 393, 400. Tácne ǽfenrǽdincge gestyredum signo collationis moto 416, 723.

Linked entry: æfter-rǽding

ge-smeágan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-smeágan, -smeán; p. -smeáde; pp. -smeád

To searchexamineconsiderscrutaricogitare

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To search, examine, consider; scrutari, cogitare Hia gesmeádon miþ him illi cogitabant secum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 31. Gismeáþ wegas úsra scrutemur vias nostras, Rtl. 20, 21. Gismeága excogitare, 170, 5. Gesmeád sprǽc sermo commentitius, Ælfc.

scildan

(v.)
Grammar
scildan, scyldan, sceldan, sceoldan; p. de.
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Mé sóðfæstnes mín scylde wið feóndum scuto circum-dabit te veritas ejus, Ps. Th. 90, 5. Scilde, Lchdm. ii. 238, 5 : Exon. Th. 126, 22; Gú. 375. Ða englas hine scildon wið áæs fýres frécennesse, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 32 : Exon. Th. 496, 4; Rä. 85, 9.

Linked entries: scyldan scehdun