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EÁGE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.

EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen

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an EYE ; ocŭlus Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswície si ocŭlus tuus dexter scandalīzat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 29. Mínra eégna leóht light of my eyes, Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 14; Jul. 95. Eágena gesihþ the sight of the eyes. Andr. Kmbl. 60; An. 30. Eágum to wynne to

Linked entry: ége

A

(prefix)
Grammar
A, A. It is not necessary to speak of the form of what are often called Anglo-Saxon letters, as all Teutonic, Celtic, and Latin manuscripts of the same age are written in letters of the same form. There is one exception: the Anglo-Saxons had, with great propriety, two different letters for the two distinct sounds of our th: the hard þ in thin and sooth, and the soft ð in thine and soo
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It must be remembered then, that a short a cannot stand in a word when it ends in a single consonant, that is, when no inflections of a, o, u in nouns follow; as in Stæf, fræt: when in nouns a single consonant is followed by e; as Stæfes, stæfe, wæter

rignan

(v.)
Grammar
rignan, rínan; p. rínde. [A strong preterite occurs in the Blickling Gloss, rán pluit.
  • Cf.
In Elyes tyme heuene was yclosed þat no reyne ne rone (roon, MS. W.: roen, MS. R.: ron, MS. B.: raynade, MS. C.),
  • Piers P. 14, 62.
]

to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)

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Th. 77, 25. with the agent not expressed Rínþ pluit, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 6. Hit rínde feówertig daga, Gen. 7, 12 : Mt. Kmbl. 7, 27. Hyt rínde fýr and swefl of heofone plait ignem et sulphur de coelo, Lk. Skt. 17, 29.

Linked entries: regnian regnan rínan

drysnan

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Ne drysnes non extinguet (linum fumigans ), Mt. L. 12, 20. Add

ge-mǽnelíc nama

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnelíc nama, an; m.

A common noun ⬩ appellativum nomen

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A common noun; appellativum nomen, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 31

þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf, e; f.
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Theft Ná dón þeófæ non facere furtum, R. Ben. Interl. 19, 12

un-hálig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-hálig, adj.

Unholy

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Unholy Of unháligre þeóde de gente non sancta, Ps. Lamb. 42, 1

un-earfoþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-earfoþlíce, adv.
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With great difficulty Ná unearfoþlíce non difficulter, An. Ox. 5382 : 2, 462

þan

(adv.)
Grammar
þan, þon; adv.
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Him ðæt nó ne derede, ðon má ðe ceald wæter, Shrn. 83, 17 : Exon. Th. 364, 33; Wal. 80. without ðe Ic ða word gehýrde and nóht ðon ǽr ðære ærninge blon ego audiens, nihilominus coeptis institi vetitis, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 15.

Linked entries: þanne þon

ge-þæf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-þæf, adj. [geþafian to agree, consent]

Agreeing ⬩ content ⬩ consentiens

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Agreeing, content; consentiens He his nó geþæf wæs he was not a consenting party to it, Cod. Dipl. 183; A. D. 803; Kmbl. i. 222, 35: R. Ben. 7

Linked entries: ge-dæf ge-þafa

ge-efesian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-efesian, -efsian; p. ode; pp. od

To cut in the form of eaves ⬩ to round ⬩ shear ⬩ clip ⬩ crop ⬩ tondēre

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To cut in the form of eaves, to round, shear, clip, crop; tondēre Ne he næs geefesod ne bescoren he was not clipped nor shorn, Homl. Th. ii. 298, 20. Ic næs nǽfre geefsod ne nǽfre bescoren ferrum nunquam ascendit super caput meum, Jud. 16, 17

hæftan

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Add: to give in charge to, handover to Ne ǽnig man óðerne tó nearwe ne hæfte, ne on unriht ne geþeówige let not any man imprison other too straitly, nor wrongfully enslave, Wlfst. 70, 6.

dihtere

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Add: One who dictates Ne tweóge ic áht þá míne dihteras þæt hí mihton gemunan þá wundru þises weres non ambigo illos dictatores non omnia facta illius potuisse cognoscere, Guth. 6, 8.

ealu-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-geweorc, es; n.
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On þǽre byrig wæs ǽrest ealogeweorc ongunnen, for þon þe hié wín næfdon larga prius potione usi, non vini, cujus ferax is locus non est, sed succo tritici per artem confecto, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 7

út-faru

(n.)
Grammar
út-faru, e; f.

A going out ⬩ going abroad or out of doors

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A going out, going abroad or out of doors Ðæt nán neód ne sý munecum útan tó farenne, for ðý ðe seó útfaru nán þing ne framaþ hira sáulum ut non sit necessitas monachis vagandi foris quia omnino non expedit animabus eorum, R. Ben. 127, 8

frician

(v.)
Grammar
frician, p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud

To dance ⬩ saltāre

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To dance; saltāre Gé ne fricudun non saltastis, Mt. Bos. 11, 17

þurh-faran

Grammar
þurh-faran, <b>. IV.</b> add — For þám þe hí núgýta fullfremedlíce ne þurhfarað his dígolnyssa
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quia enim secreta ejus adhuc perfecte non penetrant, Gr. D. 138, 29

wang

Grammar
wang, <b>. I.</b>
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Wongas ne bryngað mete arua non afferent cybum, Cant. Ab. 17. Add

ge-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-leás, adj.

False ⬩ falsus

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False; falsus Ne underfó geleáse gewitnysse non suscĭpies vōcem mendācii, Ex. 23, 1

cossettung

(n.)
Grammar
cossettung, e; f.
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Kissing Ðiós ne blann cossetunges haec non cessauit osculari, Lk. L. 7, 45

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