ge-dúfan
To plunge ⬩ to duck ⬩ sink ⬩ dive ⬩ be drowned ⬩ mergi
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To plunge, to duck, sink, dive, be drowned; mergi Heó gedúfan sceolun in ðone deópan wælm they must dive into the deep fire, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 30; Sat. 30 : Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 6; Gú. 555. Gedeáf sank, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38. Ðæt ðæt sweord gedeáf so
ge-fylce
A collection of people ⬩ army ⬩ troop ⬩ division
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A collection of people, army, troop, division Ða Wylisce menn gewinn up ahófon and syððan heora gefylce weóx hí hí on má todǽldon the Welshmen raised war . . . and after their number had increased they separated into more [bands], Chr. 1094; Erl. 230
Linked entry: ge-filce
ge-helan
To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover up ⬩ cēlāre ⬩ occŭlere ⬩ tĕgĕre
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To conceal, hide, cover up; cēlāre, occŭlere, tĕgĕre Se ðe dearnenga bearn gestriéneþ and gehileþ [geheleþ MSS. B. H.] he who secretly begets a child and conceals it, L. In. 27; Th. í. 120, 2. Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde, óþ-ðæt ic wite
ge-sceádwís
Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautious ⬩ rationalis
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Reasonable, rational, discriminating, intelligent, prudent, cautious; rationalis God gesceóp twá gesceádwísan gesceafta God created two rational creatures, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 30: 42, 1; Fox 256, 9. Ǽlce dǽde sceal gesceádwís déma wíslíce tosceádan hú
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ge-nemnan
To name ⬩ nominare
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To name; nominare On ðære ceastre, ðe is genemned Nazareth in civitate, quæ vocatur Nazareth, Mt. Bos. 2, 23: 5, 19: Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 27; Gen. 130: 217; Th. 277, 16; Sat. 205: 221; Th. 287, 13; Sat. 366. Ðá genemde ðæra scypmanna án
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ge-nihtsum
abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitful ⬩ abundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluus ⬩ satisfied ⬩ sătiābĭlis ⬩ abundans
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abundant, abounding, copious, rich, plentiful, fruitful; abundans, ūber, cōpiōsus, affluus, profluus Genihtsum ūber, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 7. Genihtsum wæter forþflóweþ plentiful water flows forth, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 24: Ps. Th. 85, 4: 143, 17. On
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stefnan
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to regulate, direct, fix, institute Hé stefnde Godes cyrican and Godes gesomnunga on ðære byrig eahta and twentig geára he had the direction of God's church and God's congregations in that town eight-and-twenty years, Shrn. 108, 6. Ongann timbrian ða
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sticel
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That with which a prick may be given, (stickle in stickle-back; cf. stickly prickly, Halliwell's Dict.) a sting, goad Óðerne hé dráf mid sticele, óðrum hé wiðteáh mid brídle illum stimulo impellere nititur, hunc freno moderatur, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293
Linked entry: sticels
þurh-sceótan
to shoot through ⬩ transfix ⬩ pierce
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to shoot through, transfix, pierce Þurhscét transfigat, Hpt. Gl. 526, 3. Hé his byrnsweord getýhþ, and ða líchoman þurh-sceóteþ, Blickl. Homl. 109, 35. Ðǽr wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán ... hé þurh ðæt folc geþrang ðæt hé ðone ilcan ofslóg
þrægan
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Goth. þragjan, and for conjugation cf. plegan); p. de To run, proceed in a course Sume tungul læsse gelíðaþ, ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende, oððe micle máre geféraþ, ða hire midore ymbe þearle þrægeþ (-aþ?) (cf. sume tunglu habbaþ lengran ymbhwyrft ðonne
þrág-bisig
Occupied for a time(?) ⬩ periodically employed(?)
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Occupied for a time(?), periodically employed(?) Ic sceal þrágbysig þegne mínnm hýran georne, Exon. Th. 387, 6; Rä. 5, 1. The subject of the riddle is a millstone, and the Latin riddles on which the English one is based seem to suggest that the epithet
wésten-setla
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A dweller in a wilderness, a hermit, an anchorite Wéstensetla eremita Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 28: 72, 2. Wéstensetla (printed -seda) eremita, anachoreta Hpt. Gl. 465, 24. Sum wéstensettla on ðæm eálande ðe Liparus is nemned, Shrn. 85, 27. Wé willaþ wrítan be
wiþer-cora
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ rebel ⬩ a reprobate person
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an adversary, opponent, rebel Wiþercora contrarius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 75. Ne sý hé sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiþercora (wiþersaca, v. l. rebellio), R. Ben. 113, 13. Freónd hé wæs ðurh geleáfan, and wiþercora þurh weorc, Homl. Th. i. 530, 5. Gesamnodon
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ǽwisce
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Dishonour, shame, foulness Ǽwisce obscenitas , Angl. xiii. 35, 204: An. Ox. 8, 193. Ǽwisc, 7, 265. Ǽwys, 4302: 7, 300. Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden he said that it was too much dishonour for them to treat on such
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á-ceósan
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Add: To pick out, elect; á-coren; pp. choice, excellent, select, elect Hié ácuron endlefan þúsend monna, Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 24. Ðára monna ðe hé him tó fultume hæfde ácoren ( consilii causa legerat ), 6. 2; S. 256, 2. Paulus wæs bodigend and ǽcoren láreów
á-scilian
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Perhaps words of different origin have this form. As a gloss to enucleare the verb seems connected with scealu; cf. á-scealian:as a gloss to dividere, it seems cognate with Icel. skilja. Áscilian enucleare (the corresponding gloss in An. Ox. 3898 is
án-nes
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Dele , and add: unity (as opposed to separation) Þá gód ealle on ánnesse bióþ, and sió ánnes bið on écnesse . . . Sió ánnes and sió gódnes án þing sié, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 23-33. union (as opposed to disagreement) Hú mycel gód is ðǽr ðǽr gebróðru beóð
císe
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Cheese Cése formaticus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 13. Wit unc gefyldan niówes céses, Hml. A. 207, 412. III. wéga spices and céses, Cht. Th. 471, 14: 474, 29. X. pund caeses gif hit fuguldaeg sié. Gif hit festendæg sié, selle mon uuége cǽsa, 460, 19-22. Ne
dim
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Add: dark, without light, gloomy Ꝥ under þǽre brygce urne swýþlíce sweart and dim ( niger et caliginosus ) eá, Gr. D. 318, 28. Dimne and deópne hellewítes grund, Wlfst. 48, 2. Of dymmum díglum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 55. dark-coloured
eáge
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Add: eáge, es Eáge yfel oculus malus, Scint. 102, 15. On prince eáges in ictu oculi, 43, 16. Hí ne móston cuman on his eágon gesihðe, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 10, Þú gesáwe mot on þínes bróðor eáge, and ne gesáwe cyp on þínum ágenum eágan, R. Ben. 12, 4. Fram