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ge-fæstnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fæstnian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To fixfastensecureconfirmbetrothfigerefirmareconfirmareinfigeredespondere

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Gefæstnode synd þeóda infixæ sunt gentes, Ps. Spl. 9,15. Gifæstnad desponsata, Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 27

Linked entry: ge-festnian

un-hyldu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hyldu, (-o); f.

Disfavourunfriendliness

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Disfavour, unfriendliness Ða habbaþ his unhyldo ðe hit him bryttian sceoldon iram merentur, qui dispensatores sunt, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 4. Him is unhyldo Waldendes witod, Cd. Th. 45, 20; Gen. 729.

burg-man

Grammar
burg-man, (burh-).
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Hé wæs ánes burhmannes sunu on Ysrahéla lande, Hml. A. 181, 10. Hí wendon him tó þǽre burge ( Dover ) weard and ofslógon má þanne .xx. manna, and þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. men on óðre healfe, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 4.

á-stípan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stípan, p. te; pp. -stíped, -stípt

To bereave

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Se earma man ástýped (-stǽped, v. l.) and bereáfod his suna miser orbatus, Gr. D. 75, 27. Se ástýpta (-stépta,v. l.) ceorl orbatus rusticus, 165, 19. þám ástýptan (-stéptan, v. l. ) wífe, 18, 15. Þ ástépede wíf, 14.

Linked entries: stípan á-stépan

heofon-tungol

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-tungol, es; n.

A heavenly body

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A heavenly body Hádor heofontungol the sun, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 47; Met. 22, 24. Hǽdre heofontungol bright heavenly bodies. Exon. 18 a; Th. 43, 23; Cri. 693; 56 a; Th. 199, 28; Ph. 32: Cd. 199; Th. 247, 23; Dan. 501

ge-manigfildan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-manigfildan, ge-manigfealdan; p. de.
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Israéla folc weóx swilce hig of eorðan spryttende wǽron gemænigfylde quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt, 1, 7: Scint. 176, 6. (1 a) of repeated action :-- Sé ðe lufað sunu his, hé gemænigfylt (assiduat) him swingla, Scint. 176, 9. to increase the quantity

CLYPPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CLYPPAN, p. clypte; pp. clypt

To embraceclaspCLIPcherishcomplectiamplexari

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Ðá Laban gehírde ðæt Iacob wæs cumen his swustor sunu, ðá arás he togeánes and clypte hine cum audisset Laban venisse Iacob filium sororis suæ, cucurrit obviam ei complexusque eum Gen. 29, 13.

Linked entry: be-clyppan

ge-namian

(v.)
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Fæder and Sunu and Hálig Gást ne magon beón tógædere genamode ( cannot be included under one name), Hml. Th. ii. 282, 20: 606, 23.

Sunnan-merigen

(n.)
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Sunday morning On Sunnanmergen hé gewát, Hml. S. 31, 1371

Linked entry: merigen

ge-brosnod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-brosnod, -brosnad; part. p. [ge-, brosnod, pp. of brosnian to corrupt]

Corrupteddecayedcorruptus

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Rotudon and gebrosnode synd dolhswaðo míne putruērunt et corruptæ sunt cicātrīces meæ, Ps. Spl. 37, 5. Ða gebrosnodan bán the corrupted bones, Hy. 7, 88; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 88

tíd-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
tíd-dæg, es; m.
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Skt. 19, 42) Enoses sunu ealra nigon hund wintra hæfde, ðá hé woruld ofgeaf, and týne eác, ðá his tíddæge rím wæs gefylled when for his lifetime the number of years was completed, Cd. Th. 71, 4; Gen. 1165

wócor

(n.)
Grammar
wócor, e; f.

Increasefruitoffspring

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Ða gemunde God sunu Larneches, and ealle ða wócre ðe hé wið wætre beleác, 85, 3; Gen. 1409. Híwan lǽd ðú, ; and ealle ða wocre ðe ic nerede, 90, 4; Gen. 1490

wudere

(n.)
Grammar
wudere, wudi[g]ere, es; m.

A bearer of wood

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In another gloss on the same passage is the note : Calones sunt qui ligna militibus portant, Hpt. Gl. 427, 4), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 72 : 17, 73. Wudu silva, wudieras calones, i. 33, 55. Wudigeras, 39, 54

ge-þancol

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Lch. iii. 438, 8. with gen. mindful of something Hí ná synd gemyndige ł geþancule handa his non sunt recordati manus eius, Ps. Rdr. 77, 42. Utan beón geþancole úre ágenre þearfe. Wlfst. 127, 27

mearulíce

(adv.)
Grammar
mearulíce, adv.
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without hardship, tenderly, delicately, indulgently Hé hæfde ǽnne sunu, and sé wæs . v.

mersc

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Híredes seota tó présta túne, and se mersc se tó ðam ilcan lande belimpð . . . isti sunt termini. . . marisci; in oriente híredes mersc tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102, 29-33.

sǽ-deór

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-deór, es; m.

A sea-beast

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Milton's 'that sea-beast Leviathan') Hine swencte on sunde sǽdeór monig, Beo. Th. 3025; B. 1510. Hé hét his ágene men hine sændan on ðone sǽ, and ða sǽdeór hine sóna forswulgon, Shrn. 54, 27. Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáþ, 133, 11.

cnódan

(v.)
Grammar
cnódan, cneódan; ic cnóde, ðú cnódest, he cnódeþ, cneódeþ, pl. cnódaþ; p. cneád, pl. cnudon; pp. cnoden, gecnoden

To giveassigncallcarry outexalt tribuĕreattribuĕreefferre

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Gif hwæt welgedónes biþ, ðonne cnódaþ him ealle mid hérenesse if anything be well done, then all exalt him with praise; si qua bene gesta sunt, omnes laudibus efferunt Past. 17, 3;Hat. MS. 22b, 3

Linked entries: ge-cnoden cneódan

ge-síclian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-síclian, -sýclian; p. ode; pp. od [seóc sick]

To be taken sick or illto be infirmægrōtāreinfirmāri

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Sum undercyning wæs, ðæs sunu wæs gesýclod on Capharnaum ĕrat quĭdam rēgulus, cujus fīlius infirmābātur Capharnaum, Jn. Bos. 4, 46. Ðá wearþ his hors gesíclod his horse became ill, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 169

scíma

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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add