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ge-fég

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God gesette twégen sunnstedas and hé geendebyrde þá twelf mónðas on twám emnihtum ... hé eác mid his ágenre mihte geglengde ꝥ gér mid feówrum gesceaftum, swá þis gefeig ætýwð eallum þe hyt sceáwiað he adorned the year with four seasons, as this framework

on-bæcling

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R. 20, 14. of position or attitude. at one's back Þá gehýrde ic ðone biscop mé onbæcgling (-bæclinga (-ea, -e), v. ll.) cweðan audiui episcopum post tergum mihi dicentem, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 576, 16.

sǽ-mann

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-mann, es; m.

a seaman,

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Hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, 5900; B. 2954. Sigel sǽinannun. symble byþ on hihte, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 15; Rún. 16, when English affairs are referred to the word is used of the Scandinavians Wálá ðære woruldscame ðe nú habbaþ Engle.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-wislíce, -wisslíce; adv.

Certainlyexactlytrulyespeciallybesidesvidelicetscilicetsaneutiqueporro

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Ðú miht blissigan gewisslíce thou mayest certainly rejoice, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 1. Se wítegode be Criste swíðe gewislíce swilce he godspellere wǽre he prophesied about Christ with great exactness, as if he had been an evangelist, Swt. A. S.

Linked entries: ge-wisslíce wisslíce

ge-hnǽgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hnǽgan, -hnǽgean, -hnégan; p. -hnǽgde, -hnǽde; pp. -hnǽged, -hnǽgd; v. trans.

To bend downhumblecast downsubduedeclīnārehŭmĭliāredejĭcĕresubĭgĕre

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To bend down, humble, cast down, subdue; declīnāre, hŭmĭliāre, dejĭcĕre, subĭgĕre Ðú miht oferhydige eáðe mid wuude heáne gehnǽgean tu hŭmĭliasti sīcut vulnĕrātum sŭperbum, Ps. Th. 88, 9.

á-fleán

(v.)
Grammar
á-fleán, p. -flóh, pl. -flógon; pp. -flægen
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Hweþer hí findan mihton ǽnig tácen þæs áflægenan þwanges si quod signum de incisione monstrari potuisset , 199, 3

Linked entry: fleán

bryttian

(v.)
Grammar
bryttian, brittian, bryttigan, brytian; pl. bryttigaþ; p. bryttade; v. a.

To divide into fragments, dispense, rule, usedispensare frustatim, gubernare

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Mihton mægyn bryttigan might use force, Cd. 4; Th. 4, 12; Gen. 52

stellan

(v.)
Grammar
stellan, p. stealde, and stillan, styllan, stiellan; p. de
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Ðonne hí ðæt mægen ðære unmǽtan hǽto áræfnan ne mihton ðonne stealdon hí eft on middan ðæs unmǽtan cyles and mid ðý hí ðǽr nǽnige reste gemétan mihton stelldon (stældon, MS.

æt-fleón

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Hé ofslóh þá þe ætfleón ne mihton, 1068 ; P. 203, 26. Fleón hé mæg, ac hé ætfleón ne mæg. Ap. Th. 7, 5. to escape from (dat. ) Him nán þing ætfleón ne mæg, Hml. S. I. 44.

mægen-leást

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-leást, e; f.

Weaknessfeeblenessimpotence

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Hí ne mihton for heora mægenleáste ða meniu bewerian ( of the Jews reduced by famine during the siege of Jerusalem ), Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 8

á-bígan

(v.)
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Ne mihton hí ðone streám ábýgan ( deflectere ), 192, 24. [Add:here á-bégan in Dict., and cf. un-ábígendlíc.]

leóda

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Þǽr mihton geséon Winceastre leódan (leóde, v. l. ) rancne here, Chr. 1006; P. 137, 10. Eádweard bewarede land and leódan (leóde, v.l. /), 1065; P. 195, 15. Add

deófol-gild

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-gild, deóful-gild, diófol-gild, -geld, -gield, -gyld, es; n. [deófol, gild tribute, worship]

Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devildiabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum

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Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devil, diabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum Ðæt man mihte dón heora deófolgyld that they might do their devil-worship, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 55, 29

Linked entry: diófol-gild

efnan

(v.)
Grammar
efnan, p. ede, de; pp. ed; v. trans.

to throw down, prostrate, level, lay lowprosternĕreto perform, execute, labour, achieve patrāre, perpetrāre, facĕre, præstāre

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Óþ-ðæt his byre mihte eorlscipe efnan until his son might achieve a valorous deed, Beo. 5237; B. 2622. Ðe ǽr eorlscipe efnde who before performed valorous deeds, 6006; B. 3007. Hie efndon unrihtdóm they executed unrighteousness.

Linked entries: æfnan efnian ge-efnan

ge-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
ge-twǽman, -twéman; p. de; pp. ed [twǽman]

to separateTo cut offseparatedividesepărāresejungĕredīvĭdĕre

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to separate To cut off; separate, divide; sepărāre, sejungĕre, dīvĭdĕre Ic hine ne mihte ganges getwǽman I could not cut him off from his course, Beo. Th. 1940; B. 968: L. N. P. L. 65; Th. ii. 300, 28.

ymb-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-trymian, -trymman; p. -trymede, -trymde.
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to surround Engla werod embtrymmaþ ðone mǽran kyning mihte and ðrymme, Wulfst. 137, 15. Ymbsyllende ymbtrymedon mé circumdantes circumdederunt me Ps. Spl. 117, 11. Ymbtrymdon, 17, 5, 6: Ps. Lamb. 16, 9: 21, 13.

wil-cuma

(n.)
Grammar
wil-cuma, an; m.

One whose coming is pleasanta welcome person (or thing)

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One whose coming is pleasant, a welcome person (or thing) Mé is ðín cyme on myclum ðonce, and ðú eart leóf wilcuna grains mihi est multum adventus tui, et bene venisti Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 22. Leóf wilcuma Frysan wífe, Exon. Th. 339, 17; Gn. Ex. 95.

ge-fylsta

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Hí tó Antecríste búgað and weorþað his gefylstan eallum heora mihtum, Wlfst. 93, 10. Add

mægen-strang

(adj.)
Grammar
mægen-strang, adj.

Strong in power

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Strong in power Hú ðú mǽre eart mihtig and mægenstrang how great thou (Christ) art, how mighty and strong in power, Hy. 3, 21; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 21. Ðú eart se miccla and se mægenstranga, 3, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 38.

forþ-gesceaft

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God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 12, 8 Engel Dryhtnes ealle fægere þurh forðgesceaft, Kr. 10