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ge-grówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-grówan, p. -greów, pl. -greówon; pp. -grówen

To growsuccrescere

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To grow; succrescere Ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr it will not grow there, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27

Linked entry: ge-gréwþ

þrítig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
þrítig, þrittig; num.

Thirtythirty (years old)

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Thirty Þrittig, þrítig triginta, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 281, 17. Grammar þrítig, used substantivally as a neuter. Grammar þrítig, governing a noun in the genitive, when the inflections are gen. -es, dat. -um. Grammar þrítig, alone Ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł.

MAGAN

(v.)
Grammar
MAGAN, (the infin. does not occur in W. S. but mæge glosses posse,
  • Mk. Skt. p. 3, 1
  • ;
and <b>magende</b>
(cf. Icel. megandi) = quiens,
  • Ælfc. Gr. 41
  • ;
  • Som. 44, 21.

to be strongefficaciousto availprevailbe sufficientto be strongbe in good healthto be ablemaymay

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Him mæg tó sorge ðæt hé nát hwæt him tóweard biþ it causes him anxiety that he knows not what will happen to him, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 12.

Linked entry: mæg

cynnan

(v.)

to declare, clear, proveadvocāre, purgāre, manifestāre

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S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12, note 7

geápung

(n.)
Grammar
geápung, e; f.

A heapingheappilecŭmŭlus

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A heaping, heap, pile; cŭmŭlus Fóþ him on, and on geápunga eówre niðerunge gelǽdaþ accĭpĭte, et in cŭmŭlum damnātiōnis vestræ dūcĭte, Bd. 5, 13; S. 633, 14, note 13, MS. B

þynness

(n.)
Grammar
þynness, e; f.

thinnessslightness of densityweakness

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Hit gehǽlð ða þynnysse ðære gesihðe, Lchdm. i. 134, 27 (see note)

glæs-gegot

(n.)
Grammar
glæs-gegot, es; n.
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What is made of molten glass Templ of ísernum geweorcum and of ǽrenum (of glæsgegotum, v. l.) geworht templum aereo et ferreo opere constructum, Nar. 37, 23 (v. note, p. 78)

Linked entry: ge-got

feðer-scette

(adj.)
Grammar
feðer-scette, adj.

Four-corneredquadrangŭlārisin quătuor plăgas porrectus

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B; Sal. 32, note

eard-wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
eard-wrecca, -wreca,an ; n. [eard

One banished from his native country, an exileexsul

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Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 62, 16, note 24

Linked entry: wrecca

þri-slite

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-slite, -slitte(?); adj.

Three-forkedthree-pointed

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Three-forked, three-pointed Hæfdon ða wyrmas þriesli[ ]te (a letter has been erased before the t, see note, and Anglia i. 510, iv. 151) tungan cum trisulcis linguis, Nar. 14, 12

heorot-beg

(n.)
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some kind of berry Murus eorum i. pro omni feraci arbore posuit .i. aliquando fructus eius albus, aliquando rufus, aliquando niger .i. herutbeg (note on Ps. 78, 45), An. Ox. 54, 2

dún-scrǽf

(n.)
Grammar
dún-scrǽf, gen. -scræfes; pl. nom. acc. -scrafu; gen. -scrafa; dat. -scrafum, -scræfum; n. [dún a mountain, scræf a den, cave]

A mountain-cavemontāna cavema

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A mountain-cave; montāna cavema Dúnscrafu, nom. pl. mountain-caves, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 12; Ph. 24. He séceþ dýgle stówe under dúnscrafum he seeks a secret place among the mountain-caves, 96 a; Th. 357, 32; Pa. 37. Weras woldon to dúnscræfum drohtoþ

eorþ-wæstm

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Usus nittung vel notu vel eorðwæstmas (printed -wæstm, cess) tó ǽte álýfed, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 39. Sý ǽlcere geoguðe teóðung gelǽst be Pentecosten, and þára eorðwæstma be emnnihte, Ll. Th. i. 262, 21: Wlfst. 116, 3.

(v.)
Grammar
fó, 1st sing. pres. indic. of fón.

I take

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I take; Ne ne fó he he may not take, L. Ælf. C. 30; Th. ii. 354, 2;

forþ-on

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-on, adv. [ = forþ-an, forþ-um = fúrþ-um]

At fírstindeedalsoprīmoĕtiam

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At fírst, indeed, also; prīmo, ĕtiam Nó forþon ánlépe no, not even [also] one, Ps. Th. 13, 2

Linked entry: forþ

un-áfeohtendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-áfeohtendlíc, adj.

Not to be overcome

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Not to be overcome Unáf(e)ohtendlíc ineluctabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 52. Unáfæhtendlíc inexpugnabile, Rtl. 92, 18

un-ásecgende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ásecgende, adj.

Not to be toldunspeakableineffable

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Not to be told, unspeakable, ineffable Mid unásecgendre swétnysse cum ineffabili dulcedine, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 3

Linked entries: á-secgende -secgende

un-bereáfigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-bereáfigendlíc, adj.

Not to be taken away

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Not to be taken away Syle mé ðæt unbereáfigendlíc gebæd ðínre fulfremednysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 242

Linked entry: be-reáfigendlic

un-mǽg

(n.)
Grammar
un-mǽg, es; m.

One who is not a kinsmanan aliena bad kinsman

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One who is not a kinsman, an alien; or a bad kinsman Unmǽgas, Wald. 102; Vald. 2, 23

un-handworht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-handworht, adj.

Not made with hands

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Not made with hands Ic unhandworht tempel getimbrie ego templum non manu factum aedificabo, Mk. Skt. 14, 58