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ge-prician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-prician, p. ode.
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note Se lust ys tó witanne swá wé hér bufan gepricodon hwǽr se forma mónð cume tó mankynne, Angl. viii. 324, 21

Linked entry: prician

rúde

(n.)

scab

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roughness of the skin, scab Seó rúde or se rúda (se rude, MS.) on ðam men scamma in homine, Wrt, Voc. i. 45, 30

Linked entry: rúte

ge-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sécan, -sécean; to -sǽcanne, -sécenne; part. -sécende, ic -séce, ðú -sécest -sécst, he -séceþ, -sécþ, pl. -sécaþ; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton ; pp. -sóht; v. a.

to seek, inquire, ask for ⬩ quærere, requirere, inquirere ⬩ to seek, go to, approach, look for, visit, come to ⬩ adire, ire vel proficisci, aliquo vel ad aliquem, visitare, venire, pervenire aliquo ⬩ to seek with hostile intention, to persecute, afflict, invade ⬩ hostiliter aggredi, invadere, corripere ⬩ to seek; go to, visit ⬩ ire, proficisci ⬩ to appoint, dispose, beset ⬩ exigere, disponere

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to seek, inquire, ask for; quærere, requirere, inquirere Ne mæg ic aldornere míne gesécan I cannot seek my life's safety, Cd. 103; Th. 136, 30; Gen. 2514. Gif he gesécean dear wíg if he dare seek war, Beo. Th. 1373; B. 684.

Linked entries: ge-sahte ge-soecan

wǽg-faru

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-faru, e; f.

A sea-passage ⬩ passage through the sea

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A sea-passage, passage through the sea (the passage through the Red Sea) Nú se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh, syndon ðá foreweallas fægre gestépte, wrætlícu wǽgfaru, óð wolcna hróf, Cd. Th. 196, 27; Exon. 298

land-scearu

Grammar
land-scearu, <b>. I.</b>
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See note p. 48

ge-sáwenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-sáwenlíce, ge-sawenlíce ?; adv.
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Visibly Eal þæt se sácerd déð þurh þá hálgan þénunge gesáwenlíce (-sew-, v.l. ), eal hit fulfremeð se hálga gást gerýnelíce, Wlfst. 36, 8

Linked entry: -sáwenlíce

á-wirgung

(n.)
Grammar
á-wirgung, e; f.

A curse

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A curse Þám gelamp seó áwyrigung þe se wítega cwæð, Hml. S. 15, 115

on-tígan

(v.)

to untie, set free

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to untie, set free Seó sáwl færþ swíðe freólíce tó heofonum siððan heó ontíged biþ and of ðam carcerne ðæs líchoman onliésed biþ, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 14

ǼL

(n.)
Grammar
ǼL, es; m.

An EEL ⬩ anguilla

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Ac seó þeód ðone cræft ne cúðo ðæs fiscnóðes nymþe to ǽlum ánum sed piscandi peritia genti nutta nisi ad anguillas tantum inerat, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 43. Smæl ǽl a small eel, Cot. 161

Linked entries: éle fisc

þreó-teóða

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
þreó-teóða, þreotteóða

thirteenth

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thirteenth Se þreotteóða (þriot-, þret-, þreó-) tertius decimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 282, 20. Se wæs on ðam ðreáte þréotteóða secg, Beo. Th. 4804; B. 2406. Paulus is se ðreotteóða ðyses heápes, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 30. Seó ðreotteóðe mǽigð, i. 396, 4.

biscop-seðel

(n.)
Grammar
biscop-seðel, g. -seðles; n.

A bishop's seat or residence ⬩ sedes episcopalis

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[seðel a seat] A bishop's seat or residence; sedes episcopalis Mellitus féng to ðam biscopseðle Contwara burge cirican Mellitus succeeded to the episcopal residence of Canterbury church; Mellitus sedem Doruvernensis ecclesiæ suscepit, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509

Linked entry: bisceop-seðel

AC

(con.)
Grammar
AC, ach, ah, oc; conj.

but ⬩ sed ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ nam ⬩ enim ⬩ quia ⬩ but also ⬩ but yet ⬩ sed etiam ⬩ sed et ⬩ sed tamen

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but; sed Ne com ic ná towurpan, ac gefyllan non veni solvere, sed adimplere, Mt. Bos. 5, 17.

Linked entries: ach ah oc

ge-béd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd, -bédd; gen. es; pl. nom. acc. -béd, -bédu, -bédo; n. [The other dialects seem to point to 'gebed :' O. Sax. gibed : O. H. Ger. gabet : Ger. gebet.]

a prayer ⬩ petition ⬩ supplication ⬩ ōrātio ⬩ prĕces ⬩ supplĭcātio ⬩ a religious service ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ verbum legĭtĭmum ⬩ cærĭmōnia

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Hý gebédu sécaþ they seek prayers, Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 20; Gú. 781 : Cd. 181; Th. 227, 24; Dan. 191. Ðæt hí béna and gebédu sendan and geótan qui prĕces fundant, Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 8.

Linked entries: beád ge-beod

hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

storm ⬩ tempest

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Seó hreóhnys wearþ gestilled the tempest was stilled, i. 246, 10, 1. Ic geseó ðæt dás bróðor synd geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse I see that these brethren are wearied from the roughness of the sea, Blickl. Homl. 233, 26.

Linked entry: hréð-ness

stræcness

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Add: cf. stræc; : severity, rigour, bitterness Seó biternes and strecnes þæs deáðes amaritudo mortis, Gr.

ídel-georn

(n.)
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Sé ðe wǽre ídelgeorn, weorðe sé notgeorn, Wlfst. 72, 9. lazy. v. ídel; n. See examples in Dict

ge-stun

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méd-sceatt

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Add Seó anfengnes médsceata on dómum ys sóðfæstnesse forlǽtnes, Ll. Lbm. 476, 30. Sé þe þám scyldegan scyldeþ for métsceattum (pro pecunia), 475, 3.

wundrian

(v.)
Grammar
wundrian, <b>. I</b> 3.
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Sé þe ongyteð his drohtað, ne scyle hé wundrian his mægn qui conversational ejus agnoverit, virtutem non debeat mirari, 187, 9. Add

sunn-gihte

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-gihte, es; n. (?)
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Cf. gebed-giht; and see sunn-stede

Linked entry: sunn-stede

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