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lytig-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
lytig-, lyte-líce; adv.

Cunninglyartfullycraftily

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Ne weorþeþ on worulde lytelíce swicolra ðonne hé wyrþeþ none in the world is more craftily deceitful than he, 54, 22. Se ðe litelícost cúðe leáslíce hiwian unsóþ tó sóþe he that most cunningly could make untruth appear truth, 128, 9

magu-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
magu-rinc, es; m.

A childyoung mana manwarrior

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Magorinca heáp ( the men in Hrothgar's hall ), Beo. Th. 1464; B. 730. Magorinca mód, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 51; Met. 1, 26

mann-þeáw

(n.)
Grammar
mann-þeáw, es; m.

A mannercustompractice

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In monþeáwas, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 15; Az. 190. [Cf. þe hwile hit (a child) is lutel ler him monþewes, Morris Spec. i. 152, 432.]

mése

(n.)
Grammar
mése, meóse, míse, mýse, an; f.

A tablewhat is on a table

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Meóse mensorium (mensoriumquod est in mensa, ut mantile, et vas escarium), Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 61. Mýse ł beód mensa, 82, 21. Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumon ðe feallaþ of heora hláfordes mýsan ... Seó mýse is bódlíce lár ...

Linked entries: meóse mýse

midl

(n.)
Grammar
midl, es; n.

a bitcurbthe thong which bound the oar to the pin

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[Cf. in the same list of words connected with ships ár-wiððe struppus, 56, 37.]

Linked entry: ge-midlige

ge-wadan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wadan, p. -wód; pp. -waden.

To wadegovadereireTo pervadego through

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Ord in gewód the point entered, Byrht. Th. 136, 26; By. 157: Exon. 47 b; Th. 163, 29; Gú. 1001. Wundenstefna gewaden hæfde ðæt ða líðende land gesáwon the ship had gone [so far] that the sailors saw land, Beo. Th. 446; B. 220. v. trans.

gram-hygdig

(adj.)
Grammar
gram-hygdig, -hýdig; adj.
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Gramhýdige me oft onginnaþ injusti insurrexerunt in me, 85, 13. Gromhýdge, Exon. 38 a; Th. 124, 31; Gú. 346: 116 a; Th. 445, 27; Dóm. 14

bisceop-stól

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-stól, biscop-stól, es; m.

A bishop's seat or residence, an episcopal see, bishopricsedes episcopalis, episcopatus, pontificatus

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Seó on setl biscopstóles wæs to ætýced quæ in sedem pontificatus addita est, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 32

Linked entry: biscop-stól

bord-hreóða

(n.)
Grammar
bord-hreóða, -hréða, an; m. [bord II. a shield, hreóðan to cover, protect]

the cover or protection of the shieldclypei tegmen vel tutelaa shield, bucklerclypeus

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the cover or protection of the shield; clypei tegmen vel tutela Hǽðne heápum þrungon under bordhreóðan the heathens thronged in heaps under the cover of shields, Andr. Kmbl. 256; An. 128: Beo.

Linked entries: hreóða hréða

ge-beorhlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beorhlíc, -beorglíc; adj.

Safecautiousprudentbecomingtūtuscircumspectusdĕcens

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Safe, cautious, prudent, becoming; tūtus, circumspectus, dĕcens Gebeorhlícre ys me faran to eá, mid scype mýnum, ðænne faran mid manegum scypum, on huntunge hranes tūtius est mihi īre ad amnem, cum nāve mea, quam īre cum multis nāvĭbus, in venātiōnem

ge-cost

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cost, adj. [cost tried]

Triedprovedchosenprobātus

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Swyrd ecgum gecoste swords tried in their edges, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 39; Jud. 231. Ða ðe seolfres beóþ since gecoste qui probāta sunt argento, Ps. Th. 67, 27. Ðæt sind ða gecostan cempan these are the proved champions, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 21; Gú. 62

Linked entry: -cost

ge-endebyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, p. -byrde; pp. byrded, -byrd

To set in orderarrangedisposeordĭnāredispōnĕre

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To set in order, arrange, dispose; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre Manega þohton ðæra þinga race geendebyrdan multi cōnāti sunt ordĭnāre narrātiōnem rērum, Lk. Bos. 1, 1.

ge-frinan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frinan, ic -frine, ðú -frinst, he -frinþ, pl. -frinaþ; p. -fran, pl. -frunon; pp. -frunen

To learn by askingfind outhear of

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To learn by asking, find out, hear of Ðá gefran Ioseph ðæt Archelaus rixode on Iudea lande then Joseph learned that Archelaus reigned in Judea, Homl. Th. i. 88, 19. We ðeódcyninga ðrym gefrunon we have heard of the glory of the great kings, Beo.

Linked entry: ge-frunon

ge-habban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd

To holdbe [ill]haberetenere

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To hold, be [ill]; habere, tenere Gehafa geþyld on me patientiam habe in me, Mt. Bos. 18, 26 : Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 19; Rä. 17, 10. Ðara synna gé gihabbaþ quorum peccata retinuerites, Jn, Skt. Lind. 20, 23 : Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS.

Linked entry: ge-hafa

ge-hédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hédan, p. de; pp. ed.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto acquireobtainseizeobtĭnēredeprehendĕre

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to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre Is ðæt fýr on stánum gehéded fire is hidden in stones, Bt. Met.

ge-hlýd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlýd, -hlýde, es; n.

A cryclamournoisetumultmurmuringclāmortumultusmurmur

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A cry, clamour, noise, tumult, murmuring; clāmor, tumultus, murmur Mycel gehlýd wæs on ðære menigeo be him murmur multum ĕrat in turbo de eo, Jn. Bos. 7, 12 : Mt. Bos. 27, 24 : Homl. Th. ii. 336, 18.

ge-recednys

(n.)
Grammar
ge-recednys, -recednes, -recenes, -nyss, e; f.

A narration, history, report, an interpretation, a direction, correctionnarratio, relatio, historia, interpretatio, directio, correctio

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Ðú gearwodest gerecednyssa, dóm and rihtwísnysse on Iacobe ðú dydest tu parasti directiones, judicium et justitiam in Iacob tu fecisti, Ps. Spl. 98, 4: 96, 2

ge-ríp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-ríp, es; n. [ríp harvest]

A reaping, harvestmessis

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On Godes gerípe in God's reaping, 530, 19. Hwá gemenigfylt ðæt geríp of feáwum cornum who multiplies the harvest from a few grains of corn, i. 184, 31

ge-namian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-namian, p. ode; pp. od [nama a name]

To name, call, appointappellare, vocare

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Hí wurdon genamode to ðam ylcan gewinne ðe heora fæderas on wǽron they were nominated to the same warfare in which their fathers were, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 4: i. 88, 3.

Linked entry: namian

ge-nihtsumian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumian, -nyhtsumian; part. -nihtsumigende; p. ode; pp. od

To abound, sufficeabundāre, suffĭcĕre

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To abound, suffice; abundāre, suffĭcĕre Hí synfulle and genihtsumigende on worulde, hí begeáton welan ipsi peccātōres et abundantes in sæcŭlo, obtĭnuērunt dīvĭtias, Ps. Spl. 72, 12: 127, 3. Ic genihtsumige abundo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 10.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsumian