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for-scyttan

preclude

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to shut off or out, preclude Forscytte praeueniet, Ps. L. 58, 11. Forscyttende obdensa, i. opponens, Germ. 397, 480. Add:

Linked entries: scyttan for-scytlic

ge-hæftnídan

(v.)
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to make captive, seize Þú bist mid deófles anwealde gehæftniéded (-hæfdnéded, v. l.) juri diaboli mancipaberis, Gr. D. 135, 15

Linked entry: -hæftnídan

ge-roscian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-roscian, ge-róscian ?; pp. od
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To dry by heat Geroscod parsus (1. passus), Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 60. Geroscade pascsos (1. passes), ii. 116, 31

ge-sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II

ge-dæft

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-dæft, ge-dæftu; f.
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Gentleness, meekness Gáð þæs wyrtgeardes geate and mid gedæftum (tranquille) biddaþ and mid bletsunge nimaþ, Gr. D. 202, 12

Linked entry: -dæft

ge-féstran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-féstran, ge-féstrian.
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to nourish Wæs geféstred uesceretur, An. Ox. 5035. Wǽre geféd, ꝥ hé wæs gefést[r]ud uesceretur, i. reficeret, 3053

Linked entry: féstran

ge-tregian

(v.)
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Substitute: To fear, have a horror of Þú ne getregedest mǽdenes innoþ non horruistí uirginis uterum, Angl. ii. 358, 8

gryre-meaht

(n.)
Grammar
gryre-meaht, gryre-miht, e; f.
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A power that inspires terror, terrible power His (Antichrist's) hlísa and gryremiht bitf from sǽ sǽ, Wlfst. 195, 20

healf-híd

(n.)
Grammar
healf-híd, e; f.

A half-hide

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A half-hide Gif hé ne bið bútan healfhýda (healfre híde, v. l.) gerysen, Ll. Th. i. 188, 16

Linked entry: híd

hyld-áþ

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Add: [Ðá Wylisceen kingas cóman him and becóman his menn and him heldáðas swéron, Chr. 1114; P. 245, 25.]

lufen

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Nabochodonossor him on nyd dyde Israéla beam ofer ealle lufen weorcþeówum (forced them into hopeless slavery), Dan. 73. Add

miltestre-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
miltestre-ærn, miltestre-ern (?)
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a brothel [] myltest[re]erne (cf. mel*-*testrun. húse, 4018) [ad] lupanar, An. Ox. 8, 225. Cf. miltestre-hús

nasu

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Add: [a wk. dat. occurs] Dó brálinga þíne hand þínre nasan, swilce þú hwæt gestince, Tech. ii. 123, 12

níd-níd

(n.)
Grammar
níd-níd, e ; f.
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Absolute, unavoidable necessity Gif ǽnig geþrístlǽse bútan slǽperne slǽpenne bútan hé neádneóde hæbbe (absque causa ineuitabili), Chrd. 61, 9

ofer-líhtan

(v.)
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to alight upon Mé seó swéte stemn oferlíhte and mé dá gedréfedan geðóhtas fram áflýmde, Hml. S. 23 b, 558

on-scillan

(v.)
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to echo, resound Onscilþ, oncwyð remugiet (ad Archangeli vocem totus simul remugiet mundus, Ald. 65, 21), An. Ox. 8, 265

Linked entry: scillan

scyld-full

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Add: culpable þý ꝥ ic þý éð mihte gefyllan þá scyldfullan gewilnunga mínes forligeres, Hml. S. 23 b, 339

stán-græf

(n.)
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a stone-quarry Of thám, bærue west andlang mærce stángrave; of thám grave, C. D. B. iii. 694, 13.] [

þeóging

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Swá hwylc[e] swá hwætlíce þeógincge ( ad profectum ) efstað, búton tweón hrædlíce hí beóð geendude, Scint. 101, 16. Add

un-geþyld

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Ná swá þeáhhwæþre þás brocu Romulan mód gelǽddon ǽnigre (ǽnigum, v.l.) ungeþylde (-þyldo, v.l. ), Gr. D. 284, 5. Add