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ge-wícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wícian, p. ode; pp. od

To dwell ⬩ lodge ⬩ encamp ⬩ hospitare ⬩ castra metari

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Se wilda fugel hús getimbreþ and gewícaþ ðǽr the wild bird builds a house and dwells there, Exon. 58 b; Th. 212, 1; Ph. 203. Ðonne gewíceaþ faroþ-lácende on ðam eálonde then the seafarers camp on that island, 96 b; Th. 361, 13; Wal. 19.

under-lecgan

(v.)

to underlay ⬩ support ⬩ supponere ⬩ substernere

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Ðá bæd hé hí ánre sylle, ðæt hé mihte ðæt hús mid ðære underlecgan, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 33. Ðeáh hit mid náne anwald ne sié underléd cum nulla potestate fulcitur, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 25.

bere-ærn

Grammar
bere-ærn, (-ern).
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Tó hire byrene (bern-hús, berne, v. ll.), Gr. D. 68, 22 : 69, 4: 290, 20, 24. In berern. Mt. L. R. 13, 30: Lk. L. R. 3, 17. Nabbað nig bern (beren, v. l. ), Lk. 12, 24. Ic tówurpe míne bernu (bererno. L., berern,R. ), 18. Add

full-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
full-boren, adj.

fully formed and living at birth ⬩ legitimate

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Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. figuratively Ðonne ðǽm

godwræc-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
godwræc-lic, adj.
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Sacrilegious Ꝥ hé náme æt his handa ꝥ húsl þǽre godwræclican (-wræt-, -wret-, v. ll.) gehálgunge ut ex ejus manu sacrilegae consecrationis communionem perciperet, Gr. D. 238, 12.

spora

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Dele hún-, hand-spor(a?) at end, and add Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan and mid heora spurum blódgian and heáwan; ac hwæðre þá hors wǽron mid þám spurum gebló;dgode . . . Gr. D. 14, 26-15, 4

Petrus

(n.)
Grammar
Petrus, gen. Petres; m.
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Se Hǽlend com on Petres húse, 8, 14. Hé sceare (Petres mearce, MS. B.) onféng, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 10. Be Peteres mæssan, Wulfst. 272, 9

ge-brycgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brycgian, p. ode; pp. od.
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to bridge a road, cover with planks, stones, &c. so as to make it passable Wearð æteówod . . . án weg fram ðám húse þe hé on gewát . . . ástreht oð heofonan. Se weg wæs mid pællum gebricgod, Hml. Th. ii. 186, 34. to bridge a stream

Linked entry: brycgian

ge-sciftan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
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Hú bisceophádas wurdan ǽrest ástealde and be Godes dihte mannum gescyfte, Wlfst. 176, 7. <b>II a.

Linked entries: ge-scyftan sciftan

teón-full

(adj.)
Grammar
teón-full, adj.
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Hú geswincful and hú teónful ðis líf is how full of travail and trouble this life is, 273, 6. Ða teónfullan infesta, Wrt.

eom

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Hú ne iom ic monn suá ilce suá ðú ?, Past. 115, 12. Add

ge-timbrung

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Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus ) ge ealde men ge geonga, Gr. D. 321, 22. Ealle ðás getimbringe hé geendode binnon ðrím geárum, Hml.

a-habban

(v.)
Grammar
a-habban, p. -hæfde; subj. pres. s. -hæbbe [a from, habban to have]

To abstain ⬩ restrain ⬩ abstinere

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To abstain, restrain; abstinere Ðú ne woldest ðé ahabban fram ðam húse ðæs forlorenan mannes noluisti te continere a domo perditi, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 36.

cum-líþe

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Ꝥ mæssepreóst his hýremen lǽre ꝥ hig cumlýðe sýen, and nǽnegum farendum men hyra húsa ne wyrnen, 422, 6. Beón wé ǽfre cumlíðe; úre sáwel bið Crístes cuma on dómes dæge, Wlfst. 239, 5. Add

níw-cumen

(adj.)

newly come (to a particular belief) ⬩ a neophyte

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Tǽce him mon siððan tó nígcumenra manna húse, 97, 11

geréf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
geréf-mann, es; m. The word is used to translate Latin forms elsewhere translated by ge-réfa. v. ge-réfa; II
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Ic eom onsænded tó Stephanes húse þæs geréfan (ad Stephanum optionem ), 314, 1-14

á-wéstedness

(n.)
Grammar
á-wéstedness, e; f.

Desolation

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Desolation Lá hú sint hig gewordene tó áwéstednysse (in desolationem), Ps. L. 72, 19

Élíg

(n.)
Grammar
Élíg, e; f. [él = ǽl an eel, íg an island]

The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi

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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum

ofer-wist

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-wist, e; f.

Excess in eating

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Excess in eating Sint tó manianne ða ofergífran ðeáh hié ne mǽgen ðone unþeáw forlǽtan ðære gífernesse and ðære oferwiste ðæt hé húru hine selfne ne þurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes, ac ongiete hú micel ofersprǽc cymeþ of ðære oferwiste admonendi

for-geara

(adv.)
Grammar
for-geara, for-geare; adv.

Very well

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Very well Ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit þus macige, Hml. S. 23, 556