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ge-helpan

(v.)
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Se lǽce, ðonne hé ðǽm siócan ne trúwað, and wénð ðæt his gehelpan ne mæge, 391, 24, 26.

ge-mittan

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Soecað gié mið ðý gimitta mæge, Rtl. 10, 26. Soeca . . . gimitta, 14, 16

ge-yppan

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</b> of legal notice, to lay an information of a crime :-- Gif mon on, folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand, gif hé mæge if a man in the folkmoot give to the king's reeve notice of a crime

tácnung

(n.)
Grammar
tácnung, e; f.

Significationan indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptoman indication, evidence, proofan indication of what is future, a presage, prognosticfigurative representation, an emblemdirection, ordering

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Gewuniaþ tó tácnuncge his mægenes gelómlíce wundor hǽlo geworden beón ad indicium virtutis illius solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari, 4, 3; S. 570, 9. an indication of what is future, a presage, prognostic Is seó stów nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó

Linked entry: tǽcning

ge-wildan

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ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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Hé hit ne mæge tó his willan geweldan, Past. 118, 17. v. un-gewild, and next word

hát

(adj.)
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hát, adj.
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Stæppe on hát col . . . stæppe on swá hát swá hé hátost mæge, Lch. ii. 124, 6. Licgað mé ymbútan heardes írenes háte geslægene ( forged while the iron glowed ) grindlas greáte, Gn. 383. Ær hé bǽl cure, háte heaðowylmas, B. 2819.

módor

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</b> </b> applied to things more or less personified Geðyld is módur and hierde ealra mægena. Past. 215, 19. Se yfela willa . . . is módur ǽlces yfeles, 222, 14. Wyrd seó swíðe ealra firena fruma, fǽhðo módor, Sal. 443.

þencan

(v.)
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þencan, p. þóhte (þohte?)
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Hié nyllaþ ðæs ðencean, hú hié mægen nyttweorðuste beón hiera niéhstum, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 18. Wé móton ðæs þencan ðe egeslíc on ðissum bócum is gewriten, L.

dǽl

(adv.)
Grammar
dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
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Be (þám) dǽle þe (þæt) in so far as, to the extent that :-- Be dǽle ðe wé mægen in quantum possumus, Past. 231, 4. Be þám dǽle þe hé mæge quantum possit, Ll. Th. ii. 182, 10: Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 19: Shrn. 163, 8: 186, 16: 194, 14.

á-springan

(v.)

to be emittedto ariseto rush upburst forthto spring,to spring upcome into existenceto spread (intrans. ) outto run outceasefail

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Is swá tó lǽtanne swá ꝥ líflice mægen ne áspringe, Lch. ii. 254, 13. Ðý lǽs wé áspringa ne deficiamus, Rtl. 18, 3. Áspringa deficere, 72, 20. Þá swétnesse þú him ne lǽtst nǽfre áspringan, Ps. Th. 30, 21.

Linked entry: á-sprungen

ofer-swíðan

(v.)
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ofer-swíðan, p. -swíðde, but also -swáð

To prove stronger than or superior to another, to overcome, overpower, conquer, surpass

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Hé on his mægenes weorþunga oferswíð ealra óðerra Godes martira wuldor, 167, 25. Gyf strengra hine oferswýð (-swíð, MSS. B. C. ) si fortior vicerit eum. Lk. Skt. MS. A. 11, 22. Oferswýðeþ, Beo. Th. 564; B. 279. Ðú oferswíðdest ðone deófol, Homl.

ge-earnian

(v.)
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Tó ðǽm ðe þone écean éðel mid móde and mid mægene tó Gode geearniað. Bl. H. 209, 25. with gen. : — Gif ic tó þisum þe mé swencað þæs geearnod hæbbe, Ps. Th. 7, 3. absolute Him swá leánian swá hé hire tó geearnud hæfde, Cht. Th. 202, 22.

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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óðer, indef. prn.
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Mid manegum óðrum gástlícum mægenum, 73, 28. Ðæt geleáfulle folc Iudéa, and eác óðor manig ða ðe beóþ Gode underþeódde, 79, 31. Ðás wundor and manig óðer, 219, 22. Óðre wundro manega, 177, 18. Augustinum and óðre monige munecas, Bd.

yfelian

(v.)
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yfelian, p. ode.
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Gif blóddolg yflige . . . oððe gif ðú ne mæge blóddolg áwríþan, Lchdm. ii. 16, 4: 148, 8. Nýde hit sceal on worulde for folces synnan yfelian swýðe, Wulfst. 81, 8: 156, 7

ár

Grammar
ár, honour.
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Gif hé næfð ðá áre ðe hé on beón mæge si hunc manus misericordiae non commendat, Past. 137, 6. Bidde hé him Godes áre veniam a Deo petat, Ll. Th. ii. 136, 35 : Bl. H. 107, 21. Gode þancian þǽra ára þe hi be wege hæfdon, Ps.

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Sege mé gewislícor þæt ic hit mæge understandan tell me more clearly, that I may understand it, Ap. Th. 15, 24. Wé wyllað nú secgan be ðisum eallum gewislícor, Ælfc. Gr.

pening

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., money :-- Ne wéne hé nó ðæt Godes ryhtwísnes sié tó ceápe, swelce hé hié mæge mid his peningum (-engum, v. l.) gebygcgean . . . ðá hwíle ðe hié peningas (-engas) hæbben mid tó gieldanne ne venalem Dei justitiam aestiment. . . cum curant. . . nummos

ge-met

(adj.)
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VI. what is meet or adequate, due amount or degree :-- Gif him þegniað mæged and mæcgas mid gemete (fitly, adequately) ryhte, fédað hine fægre, Rä. 51, 7. Þé gemete (cf. un-gemet; II a) monige þeówiað, Gú. 472.

port

(n.)
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port, es; m. n.
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Ic wille ðæt nán man ne ceápige bútan porte, ac hæbbe ðæs port- geréfan gewitnesse oððe óðera manna ðe man gelýfan mǽge. And gif hwá bútan porte ceápige, ðonne sý hé cyninges oferhýrnesse scyldig, L. Ed. 1 ; Th. i. 158, 10-14.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

ge-beran

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Man mót feohtan mid his geborene (-um, v. l. ) mǽge; Ll. Th. i. 90, 24. Syndon him twégen beornas geborene bróðorsybbum he has two brothers, An. 690. with a complementary noun or adjective Hé bið mennisc man geboren, Wlfst. 84, 12.