ge-met
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Má þonne ǽniges monnes gemet sý, ꝥ hié áríman mæge more than is within any man's power to count, 63, I. Máran þinges þonne ǽnges mannes gemet t Nis mín gemet swilcum cilde tó onfónne, Hml. A. 132, 520. Lufian wé úrne Sceppend æfter úrum gemete, Bl.
lang
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Þonne byð seó nyht .XVI. týda lang and se dæg .VIII. týda, Shrn. 153, 21. On swá langum fyrste swá hit bufon hér áwriten is, Chr. 1052 ; P. 173, 21. Ne wǽron þás ( ages of the world ) ealle gelíce lange, Bl.
dǽlan
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Betere þonne wé hilde dǽlon better than our fighting with one another, By. 33
ge-mengan
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Se súþerna wind miclum storme gedréfeþ þá sǽ. . . heó þonne gemenged wyrþ mid ðámýþum, Bt. 6; F. 14, 25.
heals-fang
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And riht is ðæt se slaga . . . finde wærborh . . . þonne þæt gedón sý, ðonne rǽre man cyninges munde . . . Of ðǽm dæge on .xxi. nihtan gylde man LXX. scłł, tó healsfange æt twelfhyndum were.
gafol
tribute. ⬩ payment exacted by a stronger from a weaker people, by the conqueror from the conquered ⬩ payment exacted by the state, a tax ⬩ payment exacted by the church ⬩ payment exacted by a lord, e.g. rent by a landlord ⬩ a contribution exacted in aid ⬩ a rate ⬩ interest ⬩ a debt ⬩ due, obligation
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D. iii. 450, 19. figurative Hwane manaþ God máran gafoles þonne þone biscop, Bl. H. 45, 16.
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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Beó on náðre healfe ná má manna þonne .xii., Ll. Th. i. 212, 7.
wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne heraþ hé ðone writere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt hí mǽnaþ. Homl. Th. i. 156, 3. Wrítera strican notariorum characteres, Hpt. Gl. 473, 12. Wríterum antiquariis (antiquariis describentibus, Aid. 79), Wrt.
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bóc
a book ⬩ a document ⬩ register ⬩ catalogue ⬩ a charier ⬩ a book ⬩ volume ⬩ literary work ⬩ pages
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Crístes bóc a, the, gospel:-- Wé habbað micele máran endebyrdnysse þǽre Crístes béc gesǽd þonne ðis dægðerlice godspel behæfð, Hml. Th. i. 220, 25. Æfter Crístes bóce tǽcinge, R. Ben. 104, 19
ge-béd
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Se þridda cnapa wacode swíðor for ege þonne for his gebedum, Vis. Lfc. 47. Hé féng on his gebedo, swá his gewuna wæs, for þǽr. wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, 32. v. ǽfen-, cneów-, in-, úht-, wíg-gebed
ge-niþerian
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L. 21, 24. (1 a) used of a thing :-- Gif h byð gesett þǽr hé standan ne mæg, þonne sceal man hine þus genyðerian, Angl. viii. 333, 39. a person who exalts himself Ðú hié geniðrades, ðá hí hí selfe úp áhófon dejecisti eos, dum allevarentur, Past. 391,
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ge-swincfull
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his lífe (cf. cild ácenned (on the 24th day) winnende, 194, 27), 158, 13. causing trouble, troublesome Gif hié yfele sint ðonne sint hié þé pleólicran and geswincfulran (Fox prints geswicnefulran, but Sedgefield gives only ge*-*swincfulran) gehæfd þonne
ge-frédan
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Add: (i) absolute, To have sensation Seó sáwul is sensus, ꝥ is andgit oððe félnyss, þonne heó gefrét, Hml. S.
gleng
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mænigfealdre glencge ic glencyde mínne líchaman, Angl. xi. 113, 51. pomp, splendour in appearance, display Ðeáh þe wlance men him háton gewyrcan heora byrgene of marmanstáne and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, þeáhhwæðere se deáð hit eal tódǽlð: þonne
hæleþ
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Þonne heofon and hel hæleda bearnum, fíra feórum fylde weorðeð, 1592. Mith hęliðum, Txts. 151, 12. ¶ in phrases applied to an earthly ruler Eádward cing . . . hæleða wealdend, Chr. 1065; P. 193, 31.
hungor
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H. 109, 1. a strong desire, craving Hit wirð gewundod mid ðǽm hungre ð æs nyðemestan and ðæs fúlestan geðóhtes cupiditatis infimae fame sauciatur, Past. 283, 17. þonne wé beóþ mid mycclum hungre yfelra geþóhta ábisgode, 61.
leóht
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</b> figurative. illustrious, splendid On his dagum sceolde weorþan geboren sé sé þe leóhtra and scínendra (clarior) þonne sió sunne þá wǽre, Ors. 5, 14; S. 248, 11. giving mental illumination Swá dóð nú þá þeóstro þínre gedréfednesse wiðstand
openlíce
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Gif þú hyt openlíce witan wilt, þonne scealt þú hyt sécan on þǽre béc þe wé hátað De Videndo Deo . . . þæt þú meaht gehýran micle openlícor on þǽre bec, Solil. H. 64, 22-33. Wé móten God geseón openlíce, ealne geseón swylce swylce hé ys, 67, 7
wénan
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Add Hé ús benimeð þára nigon dǽla þonne wé lǽst wénað, Ll. Th. i. 196, 7. (la) :-- Beó á getreówra ðonne ðe mon tó wéne, Prov. K. 76. (30) add :-- Hé him wénde from Antigones hámfærelte micelra untreówða, Ors. 3, II; S. 146, 20.
ge-dafenian
conuenit, ⬩ alone
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Ox. 5356. with infin. or clause Swylces módes wer má gedafonade (-dafen-, v. l. beón tó bysceope gehálgad (ꝥ hé wǽre tó bisceope gehálgod, v. l.) þonne hé cyning wǽre a man of such a disposition was more suited to be consecrated a bishop than to be a