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gifian

(v.)
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Take here <b>geafian, geoflan</b> in Dict. and add God mænig-fealdlícor gifað mannum þonne seó gebeden, Hml. S. 23 b, 617

glíw-georn

(adj.)
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glíw-georn, adj.
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Eager for amusement, fond of jesting or minstrelsy Bisceopum gebyreð ꝥ ne beón tó glíggeorne, ne hunda ne hafeca hédan tó swýðe, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 29

heáfod-gemaca

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Heó geheóld hyre fóstormódor sceáp mid óþrum fǽmnum hire héfdgemacum ipsa pascebat oves nutricis suae cum ceteris puellis coaetaneis suis (Hml. A. 209, 40), Nar. 40, 18. Add

hinder-scipe

fraudknaveryguiletreachery

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Hy. S. 135, 25. Substitute:

hund-twéntig

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Geselle hundtwéntig sciłł, 66, 16. Hundtwentig scillinge, 390, 25. Add

Linked entry: twéntig

in-hebban

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wénde swíðe þæt ǽnig ælda ǽfre [ne] meahte swá fæstlice forescyttelsas on écnesse ó inhebban (o in hebba, MS. ), oððe þæs ceasterhlides clúster onlúcan, Cri. 313. Add

mælan

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Hyt ys gerǽdd ꝥ Móyses lǽrde ꝥ folc, and þus wordum mǽlde, Angl. viii. 322, 4. mǽlde and him beforan sǽde praedixit, Gr. D. 103, 32. Add

níd-bád

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Add: figurative Hwæt, wé nú wǽron fægne þæt wé ne móston bedíglan on ússum scræfum, þæt ús ne swencte mid his mægnis nídbáðe, Mod. Philol. 1. 33

sprangettan

(v.)
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to quiver, palpitate Ne þás sáwla sprancetað under ússum slagum, ne bifigað ne forhtigað, E. S. 49, 354. Clæppette and sprangette palpitraret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 26

tó-drífan

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Add His geféran tódráf, Chr. 1036; P. 158, 24. Add Seó þiccnys þára woruldcara swíðe áwésteð and tódrífeð ( devastat ) ánra gehwilces bisceopes mód, Gr. D. 41, 8

un-gebét

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un-gebét, un-gebétt.
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I. add Þá synne þe ǽr ungebéted hæfde, Gr. D. 329, 3. Him nǽnig syn ungebéted (-bétedu, v.l. ) bútan wrace áleoðod wæs, 332, 3

worn

Grammar
worn, (l b).
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Swá swá spræc tó fæderum úrum (Abraham) and sǽdes worne (sædsworne, MS.) sicut locutus est ad patres nostros Abraham et semini eius, Ps. Rdr. 296, 55. Add

yfel-sacung

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Add:: blasphemy on ðǽre yfelsacunge swealt, Gr. D. 290, 2. Swá hwylc man yfelsacunge sǽde on þone Hálgan Gást, 328, 7. Wé gehýrdon his yfelsacunga, Nap. 88

ymbhygdig-lic

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Mid tý þe þis wæs gehealden for þám gewunan þæs ymbhýdiglican regoles cum hoc de usu regulae sollicite (sollicitae has been read) servaretur, Gr. D. 126, 21. Add

feáwa

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feáwa, <b>; I 1.</b>
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</b> add :-- næfdon búton feáwa fixa, Mk. 8, 7. Add

wæl-ceald

(adj.)
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wæl-ceald, adj.

Deadly cold

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Deadly cold him helle gescóp, wælcealde wíc (cf. Ðǽr (in hell) cymð forst fyrnum cald, Cd. Th. 20, 28; 316), wintre beðeahte, Salm. Kmbl. 937; Sal. 468

wel-dónde

(adj.)
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wel-dónde, adj. (ptcpl.)

Doing wellacting rightly

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Doing well, acting rightly se reccere sceal bión ðǽm weldóndum monnum for eáðmódnesse geféra ut sit rector bene agentibus per humilitatem socius Past. 17; Swt. 107, 5

fyniht

(adj.)
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fyniht, adj.

Produced in marshy, fenny places

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He must abstaine from maryshe fyshes and fennie

ge-þrístian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þrístian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þríst, þríste bold]

To darepresumeaudērepræsūmĕre

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Forðam he geþrístade quod se præsumpsisset, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 15

Linked entry: -þrístian

forþ-framian

(v.)
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forþ-framian, -fremian.

to grow upto make progressthrive

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Voc. ii. 66, 20. to make progress, thrive forðfremedon (-fromedun, v. l.) and þungon profecerunt, Gr. D. 205, 5