ge-edníwian
to renew what is weakened, restore to efficiency ⬩ to restore a disused practice ⬩ to renew an action, do again what has been done before, repeat ⬩ reformare, reparare
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D. 255, 28. to restore a disused practice Se cásere Godes cyrcan gegódode . . . and Godes lof geedníwode. Hml.
wóp
a whoop ⬩ cry ⬩ a cry of grief ⬩ wailing ⬩ lamentation ⬩ weeping
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a whoop, cry. Similar entries v. here-wóp. mostly a cry of grief, wailing, lamentation, weeping Hlúde swégde ðæra muneca wóp on Marlines deáðe, Homl. Th. ii. 518, 16. Wóp (fletus) and tóþa gristbítung, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 12 : 13, 42. Wóm and wóp, Cd.
lǽfan
to leave ⬩ to remain
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Swá hit his yldran begeáton and létan and lǽfdon ðam tó gewealde ðe hý wel úðan, L. O. 14; Th. i. 184, 3. Ðínum mágum lǽf folc and ríce leave to thy kinsmen people and power. Beo. Th. 2361; B. 1178.
Linked entry: be-lǽfan
be-tweohs
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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Micel tódál ys betweohx þǽre ealdan ǽ and þǽre níwan, Ælfc.
sceanca
a shank, shin, ⬩ the upper part of the leg
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Kmbl. 203; Sal. 101. the upper part of the leg (= þeóhsceanca) Ic wille ðæt gé fédaþ án earm Engliscmon . . . Ágyfe mon hine . . . án scone spices oððe án ram weorðe iiii. peningas, L. Ath. i. prm. ; Th. i. 198, 7
Linked entry: sceonca
ge-sceád
separation, distinction, difference ⬩ power of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argument ⬩ distinctio, discretio, distantia
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Gescád, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 16; Reim. 13. power of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argument Gé habbaþ gesceád ǽgðer ge gódes ge yfeles ye can distinguish between good and evil, Homl. Th. i. 176, 24.
gilp
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Is þé geeówad þára leásena gesǽlþa anlícnes, ꝥ is ǽhta and weorðscipe and anweald and gelp (gielp v. l.
gild
a payment of money ⬩ a tribute ⬩ compensation ⬩ retribution ⬩ substitute ⬩ solutio ⬩ tributum ⬩ compensatio ⬩ remuneratio ⬩ retributio ⬩ GUILD ⬩ society ⬩ club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas ⬩ a payment to God ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ offering ⬩ cultus ⬩ sacrificium ⬩ a heathen deity ⬩ numen ⬩ a visible object of worship ⬩ an idol ⬩ idolum
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. a visible object of worship, an idol; idolum He sum gild bræc he was destroying an idol, Blickl.
Linked entries: ed-gild gild-selenn ge-gild ge-gilda geld geold gyld hǽðen-gild gield gild-scipe
ge-béd
a prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ supplication ⬩ ōrātio ⬩ prĕces ⬩ supplĭcātio ⬩ a religious service ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ verbum legĭtĭmum ⬩ cærĭmōnia
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Ðæt hí béna and gebédu sendan and geótan qui prĕces fundant, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 8. His gebédo mihte gesécan ad deprecandum Dŏmĭnum advĕnīre dēbēret, 3, 23; S. 554, 11. Mid ðý he ðá ðæt gebédd gefylde cum orātiōnem complēret, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 7.
bícnan
signify ⬩ indicate ⬩ portend
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Add to make a sign to a person (dat. or prep, tó) with something Hé bícneð mid ðǽm eágum annuit oculis, Past. 357, 20. Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde, Hml. A. 97, 180. þá becnade Sanctus Petrus him, 162, 239.
Linked entry: bécnan
ge-swencan
To disturb ⬩ agitate ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ fatigue ⬩ outweary ⬩ afflict ⬩ harass ⬩ oppress ⬩ pulsāre ⬩ agĭtāre ⬩ trībŭlāre ⬩ vexāre ⬩ fătīgāre ⬩ afflīgĕre ⬩ affĭcĕre ⬩ opprĭmĕre
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Útancumene and elþeódige ne geswenc ðú nó vex thou not comers from without and strangers, L. Alf. 33; Th. i. 52, 14. Ic geswenced sý trībŭlor, Ps. Th. 101, 2, 4: Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 27. Synnum geswenced oppressed with sins, Beo.
Linked entries: ge-swæncan swencan
tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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A little bough is lopped off a fruit-bearing tree, and cut into small pieces; these are distinguished by certain marks, and thrown carelessly and at random over a white garment,' Tacitus' Germania, c. 10], a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
gold-blóma
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Ger., as well as Goth. and Icel., have forms meaning 'bloom' corresponding to A. S. blóma, and the actual compound, golth-blómo = amellus occurs in O. L. Ger. (Gall. 117).
wesan
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Swá him gemédost wæs, Andr. Kmbl. 1188; An. 594. (In the last three passages the superlatives might be taken as adverbs. Cf. 7.) <b>III a.
Linked entries: cniht-wesende æt-eom a-weosung eom weosan fóre-wesan
swícan
to move about, wander ⬩ to move away, depart, escape ⬩ from to turn from, to withdraw favour or allegiance from, to rebel ⬩ to desist from (dat. or prep.), cease from ⬩ to deceive ⬩ to fail in one's duty to another, be a traitor to, desert ⬩ cease ⬩ to deceive, leave in the lurch
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Kmbl. 814; An. 407. Nǽfre hit (the sword) æt hilde ne swác manna ǽnigum it never failed any man in fight, Beo. Th. 2925; B. 1460. Ðæt ðú Gode swíce that thou prove traitor to God, Andr. Kmbl. 1916; An. 960. Hé nele Gode swícan, Exon.
Linked entry: be-swicenness
talian
to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, ⬩ to impute, ascribe, lay to the account of ⬩ to reckon, enumerate
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to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, where the object is a noun or pronoun Nó ic mé hnágran talige, ðonne Grendel hine, Beo. Th. 1359; B. 677. Ðæs ðe ic sóð talige, Andr. Kmbl. 3125; An. 1565. Talge, Exon.
ge-weorþian
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Offa wæs geofum and gúðum wíde geweorðod Offa was for liberality and bravery far and wide held in honour, B. 1959.
géme-leáslíce
Negligently ⬩ neglĭgenter
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Ða ðe unwærlíce and gémeleáslíce Gode hýraþ those who heedlessly and carelessly serve God, Blickl. Homl. 63, 22
on-unwísdóm
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Probably this word should be rejected, for the passage in which it occurs seems corrupt Ic wæs wiþerméde and unwísum nétenum gelíc geworden. Ac þu Drihten scyld mínre iugoþe and mín onunwísdómes ne wes þú gemyndig (= ?
síd-feax
With long hair
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Hí lange tíd eodon ealle unscorene and sídfeaxe, Th. Ap. 6, 12. Sume gáþ sídfeaxe, ðæt hý þurh ðæt wiðmetene sýn Samuele and Elian and óðerum hálgum ðe sídfeaxe wǽron, R. Ben. 135, 27-30
Linked entries: síd síd-feaxode