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hefig

ponderousdenseweightyimportantgravesevereseriousdeepprofoundmistfogcloudslowdulltroublesomeoppressiveonerousburdensomeoppressivegrievousdifficultlaborioustoilsomeoverpoweringweariness

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Sió eorþe is hefigre and þiccre þonne óþra gesceafta, Bt. 33. 4; F. 130, 19: Met. 20, 133. Hefigere ic eom þonne se hára stán, Rä. 41, 74. of fighting where many troops are engaged. Similar entries Cf. hefelic; I.

Linked entry: hefe-lic

ge-healdan

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Úre frið is wyrse gehealden þonne mé lyste, Ll. Th. i. 220, 3: 250, 7. Ꝥ symble mid eów gehealden sý þe gé tó friðes bóte gecoren hæfdon, 278, 2.

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Bið wundra má þonne hit ǽnig mæge áþencan, hú þæt gestun and se storm brecað bráde gesceaft, Cri. 991.

CÍGAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÍGAN, cígean, cýgan, cýgean, ciégan, cégan, cégean; cígende; de; ed.

To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summonvocare, nominare, invocare, convocareTo cry, callclamare, vocare

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Ðone [MS. þonne] niða bearn nemnaþ and cígaþ Pentecostenes dæg which children of men name and call the day of Pentecost, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 15; Edg. 7. He cígde hunger ofer eorþan vocavit famem super terram, Ps. Spl. 104, 15.

Linked entries: cýgan cégan ciégan

beódan

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H. 47, 24. with acc. of person, to summon Þonne beád man ealle witan tó cynge, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 27. Beád hé út scipfyrde, 1071; P. 208, 3. to levy a tax His húscarlas þe ꝥ strange gyld budon, Chr. 1041; P. 162, 6.

ge-namian

(v.)
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III. to mention by name, mention :-- Hit is gecweden þæt se ealda Israhel ofer-wann seofon ðeóda, eahteoðe wæs Pharao, ac hí oferwunnon micle má þonne ðǽr genamode wǽron, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 26.

georn-full

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Ðæt bið ðæt mon his stemne gehiére þonne ðá gecorenan menn giornfulle bióð his worda tó gehlystanne cujus vocem amicas auscultare est electos quosque verbum praedicationis illius desiderare, Past. 381, 18. with clause Wæs hé sóna geornfull ꝥ hé wolde

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Þonne bið ús gesewen þæt ús ǽr gesǽd wæs, þeáh þe wé hit nú geortrýwan (-trúwian, v. l.), for ðý wé hit geseón ne magon, Wlfst. 3, 18.

ge-bícnan

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ge-bícnan, ge-bícnian.
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II, 14. to mark, note by help of a sign Rímas ðá ǽr ðú gebécnades (signa*-*veras; cf. quos numeros adnotabis, 6), Mt. p. 4, 7. to shew figuratively, represent symbolically Hé sceal smeágan embe ꝥ ǽce líf . . . swíðor þonne embe þá eorðlican þing, swá

ge-férrǽden

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Hwelc is wyrsa wó1 oððe ǽngum men máre daru þonne hé hæbbe on his geférrǽdenne and on his néweste feónd on freóndes anlícnesse quae pestis efficacior ad nocendum quam familiaris inimicus ?, Bt. 29, 2 ; F. 106, 14.

ge-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-cynde, adj.
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Ox. 32, 4. rightful (lord) Hí cwǽdon ꝥ him nán leófre hláford nǽre þonne heora gecynde (-a, v.l. ) hláford, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 3

sleán

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sleán, <b>A. I.</b> add: v. sliccan
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Add Iosue hæfde sige and slóh þá hǽðenan . . . þonne hæfde Amalech sige and slóh ꝥ Godes folc, Hml. S. 13, 15-18. add: <b>V a.

smylte

(adj.)
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smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, sereneof physical calmnessgentle, mild, of the wind favourable, prosperousof mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

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Quiet, tranquil, calm, serene of physical calmness Se mónaþ (June) is nemned on úre geþeóde se ǽrra líða, for ðon seó lyft biþ þonne smylte Shrn. 87, 34. Swilce seó heofone ðonne heó smylte (serenum) byþ Ex. 24, 10. Hyt byþ smylte weder Mt.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

gearo

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Þonne menn gearuwe beóð tó Lífes bebodum, Hml. Th. i. 362, 12. His men beón gearuwe ge tó rípe ge tó huntoðe, C.

cunnian

(v.)
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Hé nán ryhtre geþencan ne meahte þonne hé þone áð ágifan móste . . . Ðá cwæð ic þæt hé wolde cunnigan, Cht. Th. 171, 19. with clause. to seek to know, enquire Hí bǽdon his rǽdes, cunnodon hwæðer hé wolde þæs óðres willan gefremman, Hml. S. 6, 117.

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
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ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra þǽra ǽhta; þonne seó notu on gebróðra gewrixle bið, sý þæt gewis á mid þám abbode, þæt hé wite hwæt betǽht sý and hwæt underfangen ex quibus abbas brevem teneat, ut dum sibi in ipsa assignata fratres vicissim succedunt

girwan

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girwan, <b>gierwan, gerwan, gyrwan, gierian, gerian, gyrian</b>
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., forþon hé hine tredne him ongeán gyrede, þonne God wolde ofer síne ýðe gán, Cri. 1167. to make the necessary preparations for Þæt ic þé symbledæg sette and gyrwe, Ps.

willan

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willan, <b>, I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Hé him secgan hét ꝥ hé geornor wolde sibbe wið hiene þonne gewinn, Ors. 3, l ; S. 96, 18. <b>IV c.</b> add :-- Hié woldon ꝥte þá óþere wíf wǽren emsárige him, Ors. I. 10 ; S. 46, 3. <b>VI a.

forþ

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Ásitte hé þonne úplang, hníge þonne forð, Lch. iii. 2, 13. from a point of rest Se engel hié lǽrde ðæt hié æt þǽre þriddan tíde hié forð trymedan ongeán heora feóndum, Bl.

ge-standan

(v.)
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Þonne gé beforan kyningum gestondan, Bl. H. 171, 17. Mannes swaðu þon gelícost þe þǽr sum mon gestóde, 203, 36. Án treów ꝥ mæge .xxx. swína under gestandan, Ll. Th. i. 130, 3.