dwolian
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Hé cwæð: 'Wite þú ꝥ ic náht ne dwolige' cum hunc puer insanire crederet ... dicens: 'Non insanio,' Gr. D. 314, 7-10. of wrong conduct, to err Álýse mé of ðám gedwolan þe ic gyt on dwolige, Shrn. 170, 17. Ne dwolað non errabit, Kent. Gl. 555.
Eást-Engle
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Hí wintersetl námon on Eást-Englum, and hié him friþ wiþ námon. Hér fór se here of Eást-Englum, 866-7; P. 68, 14-16. On Lindesse and on Eást-Englum and on Cantwarum wurdon monige men ofslægene, 838; P. 64, 1.
feórþa
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Similar entries v. feówerþa(-e) in Dict. in combination with another numeral: Þý twéntigðan dæge and þý feórþan Septembris mónðes, Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 373, 19.
ge-hefigian
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H. 63, 22. to make heavy with weariness, sleep, &c. Móyses handa wǽron mycclum gehefegode, Hml. S. 13, 23. Him wǽron gehefgode ðá eágan of ðám menigfealdum teárum, 23, 249. Gehefegode gravati Mt. 26, 43
ge-segen
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Hé cwæð, swá seó ilce wíse manigum men cúð wæs be his sage (gesagone, v.l.) aiebat, sicut res eadem multis innotuit, 318, 27. Þurh háligra bóca gesægene (rǽdinge, v.l. ) gehýred, l, 4. Gesægenum asserlionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 31.
ginian
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H. 23, 34), 10, 69. of material, to gape, yawn, be wide open Beneoðan swíðe deóp niwolnys ginode (geonode, v. l.) profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.
ge-welgian
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Gewelegodum a predito, 2, 3. to become rich Ellenróf úp ástondeð, þrymme gewelgað ( becomes enriched with glory, becomes glorious ), Pa. 41. to make rich. of material wealth, the object a person, to bestow wealth on another Ðet ic geweolegie ut ditem
on-cweðan
of animate beings, to reply, respond ⬩ to echo back, give back a sound, reply
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Ne sculon mæssepreóstas bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, ðæt hé wite hwone hé gréte, and hwá him oncwæðe, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23. Ðæt hió ðære cwéne oncweðan meahton . . . swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen.
smíc
Smoke, vapour, steam
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Se wind ðæt fýr and ðone smíc ofer ða wallas dráf Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 1. Genim spices snǽd, lege on hátne stán, drince ðonne smíc Lchdm. ii. 58, 17. Ðonne hé (the root) tóbrocen byþ, hé rýcþ eal swylce hé smíc of him ásænde i. 260, 9.
ge-wanian
to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting
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He his godcundnesse nán wiht ne gewanode he did not at all diminish his divinity, Blickl. Homl. 91, 9. Gewanude, Th. Chart. 203, 36. Gewonade, Exon. 44 a; Th. 148, 19; Gú. 747.
grípan
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To GRIPE, grasp, seize, lay hold of, apprehend; capĕre, rapĕre, prehendĕre, apprehendere Ic on Lothe gefrægn hǽþne heremæcgas handum grípan I heard that the heathen leaders seized on Lot with their hands, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 32; Gen. 2483: 219; Th. 281
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þanc-full
thoughtful ⬩ spirited ⬩ animosus ⬩ pleasing, ⬩ agreeable ⬩ thankful, ⬩ grateful ⬩ content, ⬩ satisfied
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thoughtful Mǽden carful þancful nytwyrþe clǽne a maiden born on the ninth day of the moon will be careful, thoughtful, useful, chaste, Lchdm. iii. 188, 14. spirited; animosus Cild ácenned (born on the thirteenth day of the moon), þancfull (animosus
ge-cwéme
pleasing, acceptable ⬩ agreeable to ⬩ convenient, suitable, fit ⬩ fit for (tó) a purpose ⬩ fit for the use of a person
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Gl. 110: 598. with dat., agreeable to :-- Gecwéme is him beneplacitum est ei, Ps. Rdr. 146, 10. Þurh yfelra manna rǽdas þe him ǽfre gecwéme wǽran. Chr. 1100;P. 235, 22. Ðá ðe gecuoemo (gicwoeme, R.) sint him quae placita sunt ei, Jn. L. 8, 29.
stíþness
Hardness, severity, force ⬩ violentia ⬩ duritia, ⬩ hardness, stiffness ⬩ hardness of heart ⬩ firmness, constancy ⬩ severity, strictness, hardness, rigour
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Wiþ ǽghwylce gegaderunga þe on ðam líchoman ácenned beóþ, genim ðás wyrte . . . lege tó ðam sáre, hit tófereþ ealle ða stíðnyssa, 140, 14: 150, 10. fig. hardness of heart Stíðnise heartes duritiam cordis, Mt. Kmbl.
be-cirran
to turn round ⬩ about ⬩ to go round ⬩ pass by ⬩ avoid ⬩ to turn ⬩ pervert ⬩ seduce ⬩ to beguile ⬩ deceive ⬩ to get round a person
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Hii wolleþ us bicheorre (biwiȝelien, 1st MS.) þorh hire wise craftes, Laym. 969. Herkne nu, we nelleþ þe nouht bicherre, Misc. 46, 324
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Bt. 4; Fox 8, 12. to exchange, barter [with gen.] Aðelwold bisceop and Wulfstán Uccea hwyrfdon landa on Eádgáres cyninges gewytnesse bishop Athelwold and Wulfstan Uccea exchanged lands with the witness of king Edgar, Chart. Th. 230, 1.
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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On ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh ge ufan ge neoþon, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 23. ¶ Associated with prepositions : -- Saturnus yfemest wandraþ ofer eallum ufan óþrum steorrum, Met. 24, 24. On ðám ufan stódon scyttan, Nar. 4, 15.
eard
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Th. 86, 6. in connexion with things, natural place, native soil (of plants) Ǽlc þing biþ fullest on his ágenum earda, Bt. 34, 1; F. 134, 24
ge-gangan
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L. 9, 43. where the purpose of going (to a place) is indicated by a substantive (with tó) denoting or implying an action to be performed Tó rúne gegangan, Jud. 54. Hié tó húsle gegangen hæfdon, Bl.
ge-hæftan
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Sume weriað wísdómes streám, welerum gehæftað, ðæt hé út ne tóflóweð, 469, 3. to bind, fetter with material bonds Se geonga . . . gehæfted (cf. fetorwrásnum fæst, 1109), An. 1129. with non-material bonds Sé þe gehæft sié mid ðǽre unnyttan lufe þisse