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ge-rec

(n.)
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Add: and gerecu, e ; f. ( see Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 3). rule, government Micelne fultum gereces (maximum regendi auxilium) héo on him gemétte, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 508, 19. He seofontíne winter on bisceoplicum gerece fore wæs decem ac septem annos eidem prouinciae

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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Add Gecampe bello, Wülck. Gl. 248, 13. warfare, battle. literal Cempa þe on nánum gecampe náht ðegenlices ne gefremode, Hml. Th. i. 342, 5. Iulianus wolde neádian preóstas tó woruldlicum gecampe, Hml. S. 25, 834. fig. spiritual warfare Hí sceolon mid

grundsópa

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>grund-sopa,</b> an; m. The word translates cartilago in the following glosses Grundsopa (-suopa) cartilago, Txts. 49, 402: Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 50. Cartilago grundsopa, coriza, sternutatio fnora, 128, 79, 80. In the glossary from

heáh-fæder

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Add: the first person of the Trinity, God the Father Be þám áncennedan suna þæs heáhfæder (heán fæder, v. l.) de Unigenito summi Patris, Gr. D. 240, 25: Wlfst. 230, 29. Martiras herigað héhfæder, Sat. 656. a patriarch of the Old Testament Iacób se heáhfæder

hwettan

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Substitute: To whet, sharpen Ic hwette (hwætte, v. l.) acuo Ælfc. Gr. Z. 167, l. to sharpen the edge of an imple-ment (lit. or fig.) Se lǽce hýt his seax and hwete (hwæt, v. l. ), Past. 166, 6. Þá undeádlican wyrmas hwettað hyra téð tó þon ꝥ hig. .

lencten

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Add: lenten. spring. The season according to the poetical calendar began on Feb. 7 and ended on May 8 Æfter seofentýnum þrowade nihtgerímes Mathias ( his day was Feb. 24) þæs þe lencten on tún geliden hæfde, Menol. 28. Hér wæs mycel gefeoht on Norðhymbra

wyrcan

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Dele at end' fore-, in- (Exon. Th. 337, 21; Gn. Ex. 68)', and I. Add Gebiddan neód ys and weorcean orare necesse est et operari, Scint. 35, 3. (2 a) add :-- Wíngeard wyrcan blíðnysse líf getácnað vindemiare, hilaritatem uitę significat, Lch. iii. 212

samnunga

(adv.)
Grammar
samnunga, sæmninga, semninga; adv.

All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately ⬩ continuo, subito, repente

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All at once, on a sudden, suddenly, forthwith, immediately; continuo, subito, repente And ðá hig ðæt sprǽcon samninga (samnunga, MSS. A. B. ) se hana creów et continuo athuc illo loquente cantauit gallus, Lk. Skt. 22, 60. Hí hine samnuncga ( subito )

Linked entries: semninga samlinga semnend-lic

weddian

(v.)
Grammar
weddian, p. ode

To engage, covenant, undertake ⬩ to engage ⬩ to wed, betroth, espouse

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To engage, covenant, undertake Weddodon pepigere, Germ. 396, 137. to engage to do something, Grammar weddian, with gen. of that for which the engagement or pledge is given Be ðon ðe ordáles weddigaþ. Gif hwá ordáles weddige if any one engage to undergo

Linked entry: be-weddian

ge-þungen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þungen, part. p.

Grown ⬩ thriven ⬩ advanced [morally ⬩ mentally ⬩ etc.] ⬩ excellent ⬩ pious ⬩ noble ⬩ perfect

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Grown, thriven, advanced [morally, mentally, etc.], excellent, pious, noble, perfect Leomum geþungen perfect in its limbs, Exon. 64 a; Th. 241, 1; Ph. 649. On geþungenum wæstme in mature growth, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 25. Geþungen emeritus, provectus, Ælfc

Linked entry: ge-þingan

torfian

(v.)
Grammar
torfian, p. ode.

to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,

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In the first instance to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; so Icel. has tyrfa með grjóti ok með torfi, and Swed. tyrva med stenom. Afterwards in a more general sense to throw. to throw at an object, strike with

Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian

æfter

(prep.; adv.)

among, through, along ⬩ (pursuit, search, inquiry, &c.)

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Add: A. prep. with dat. marking position Ðá eóde ðæt wíf æfter him, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 13. marking direction Beheald æfter ðé look behind thee, Bl. H. 245, 6. marking order, sequence Ðæt hé æfter him tó eallum his gestreónum fénge, Ors. 5, 13; S. 244

-anne

(suffix)
Grammar
-anne, -enne, -ende the termination of the declinable infinitive in the dat. governed by to, as, = Ondréd to faranne timuit ire, Mt. Jun. and Th. 2, 22, but the B. MS. of A. D. 995 has farende, also Foxe, Bos. and the Rl. MS. about A. D. 1145. The Lind., about A. D. 957, has farenne [MS. færenne]. Alýfe me to farenne permitte me ire, Mt. Bos. 8, 21, and B. MS. about A. D. 995. Sometimes -ende is found, because -enne = ende, as in the preceding example farende about A. D. 995. Themost usual form is -anne, from the infin. -an; g. -annes; dat. -anne.

Linked entries: -an -ende -enne

tunge

(n.)
Grammar
tunge, an; tung [? in the passage: Álés sáwle míne fram tunge fácen-fulre a lingua dolosa (but in the next verse linguam is glossed by tungan, so that perhaps tunge is meant for nominative : O. L. Ger. and O. H. Ger. , however, have strong as well as weak forms), Ps. Lamb. 119, 2], e; f.

a tongue ⬩ tongue ⬩ the person who speaks with the tongue ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ a language ⬩ speech ⬩ power of speaking ⬩ a tongue-shaped thing

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a tongue Tunge lingua, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 56. Gif monnes tunge biþ of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum dón, ðæt biþ gelíc and eágan bót, L. Alf. pol. 52 ; Th. i. 94, 20: Exon. Th. 373, 25 ; Seel. Ex. 115. His tungan (tungæs, Lind. : tunga, Rush. ) bend uinculum

æt-ýwan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-ýwan, p. de; pp. ed.

To shew ⬩ reveal ⬩ manifest ⬩ ostendere ⬩ manifestare ⬩ To appear ⬩ apparere ⬩ manifestari

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v. trans. To shew, reveal, manifest; ostendere, manifestare Ðú me ætýwdest earfoðes feala ostendisti mihi tribulationes multas, Ps. Th. 70, 19: Exon. 121 b; Th. 465, 34; Ho. 114: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 6; Jud. 174. Ðá him wearþ on slǽpe swefen ætýwed then

Linked entries: at-íwan at-ýwan

Cásern

(n.)
Grammar
Cásern, e; f. [Cásere + en, f. termin. Cáseren, Cásern]
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An empress; augusta Æfter ðam ðe Róme burh getimbred wæs Dccc wintra and LXVII, féng Adriánus to Rómána ánwealde. He [Cásere] wearþ Rómánum swá leóf, and swá weorþ, ðæt hí hine nánuht ne héton búton fæder; and, him to weorþscype, hí héton his wíf, cásern

clam

(n.)
Grammar
clam, clammes; m. n?

mud, clay ⬩ malagma, lutum ⬩ a bandage ⬩ chain, net, fold, prison ⬩ vinculum

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what is clammy, mud, clay; malagma, lutum Wyrc swá to clame so work to clam [a clammy substance ], Herb. 2, 11; Lchdm. i. 84, 3. Mid heardum weorcum clames operibus duris luti, Ex. l, 14. a bandage, what holds or retains, as a chain, net, fold, prison

Linked entries: CLOM helle-clam

cyrc-weard

(n.)
Grammar
cyrc-weard, cyric-weard,cyrc-werd,es ; m.

A churchwarden, sacristan ⬩ ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius

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A churchwarden, sacristan; ecclesiæ custos, sacri scriniarius Cyrcweardes þénung a churchwarden's duty, Greg. Dial. 1, 5. Æðelstán cyric-weard [MS. -wyrd] féng to ðam abbodríce æt Abban dúne Æthelstan, warden ofthe church, succeeded to the abbacy at

Linked entry: cyric-weard

Fornétes folm

(n.)
Grammar
Fornétes folm, e; f.

Fornet's palm ⬩ Fornēti palma

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Fornet's palm; Fornēti palma Wyl on eówe meolce Fornétes folm boil Fornet's palm in ewe's milk, L. M. 1. 70; Lchdm. ii. 144, 22. Nim Fornétes folm take Fornet's palm, 1, 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 4. The Icel. has Fornjótr; gen. Fornjóts, the name of an eóten

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.

fierce ⬩ sævus ⬩ mæstus

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In Andr. Kmbl. 2233; An. 1118 the alliteration seems to require reów. In the compounds blód-, wæl-hreów the second syllable seems to be hreóh [or is it reów, or may hreów be a confusion of the two forms?], as the form hreóh does not occur independently

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