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be-mancian

(v.)
Grammar
be-mancian, p. ode
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To maim, mutilate Gif þú gesihst [h]earmas þíne bemancude gód getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 20

Linked entry: -mancian

geáþ

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Add:(?) Ne synt þíne geáhðe áwiht þe þú hér on moldan mannum eówdest, Seel. 74 : geáþelíce

scyhtan

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Þú áscihtest freónd and néhstan elongasti a me amicum et proximum, Ps. Rdr. 87, 19.] Add[

ge-tregian

(v.)

to despise ⬩ despicere

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to despise; despicere Þú ne getregedest mǽdenes innoþ tu non despexisti virgins uterum, Te Deum, Lye

Linked entry: tregian

ge-cígan

Grammar
ge-cígan, <b>;
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III 1.</b> add Þú wítega bist gecégd, Ps. L. p. 250, 8

herigend

(n.)
Grammar
herigend, es; m.
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One who praises Ne gelýf þú herigendrum þínum nec credos laudatoribus tuis, Scint. 205, 15

neom

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Þára þú neart gemyndig læng quorum non es memor amplius, Ps. L. 87, 4. Add

helle-fýr

Grammar
helle-fýr,
  • Bt. Met. Fox 8, 101; Met. 8, 51; Exon. 26 b; Th. 78, 6 ; Cri: 1270.
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On helle fýr in gehennam ignis, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 9

speld

(n.)
Grammar
speld, es; n.; pl. speld and speldru (? or speldra (see below) from speldr. Cf. 'Spelder of woode esclat, Palsgrave. The schafte to spildurs spronge,
  • Avow. of Arthur,'
  • Halliwell's Dict.
): speld, e; f.

A splinter ⬩ a thin piece of wood used as a torch ⬩ a torch ⬩ (splinters) ⬩ splinter of a lance ⬩ a tablet ⬩ a flake ⬩ a tablet

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A splinter, a thin piece of wood used as a torch, a torch On spelde in favillam, Anglia xiii. 35, 213. Speldum favillis, 36, 234, Ðara spaca speldra malleoli Similar entries (v. spæc), Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 56. Biernende speld tedas, 95, 26. Spelde tedas

ge-drípan

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Take here <b>ge-drypan</b> (l. ge-drýpan) in Dict., and add: to cause to fall in drops Þæt Lazarus mid hys fingre hym gedrípte weteris on þá tungan, Solil. H. 67, 29. Gyf þé gedrýptes wínes lyste, þonne dó þú mid þínum scytefingre . . . swycle

ge-cúþian

(v.)
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to become known Dryhten, hwæt is se mon þæt þú gecúþodes ( innotuisti ) him, Ps. Vos. 143, 3

Linked entry: cúþian

for-heard

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Þú mé forhæardne lǽrst thou dost teach me a very hard doctrine, Solil. H. 42, 18. Add

ge-fundian

(v.)
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to direct one's course to a place Se[ó] stów þǽr þú tó gefundest, Nar. 48, 6

Linked entry: fundian

ge-spówan

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God þé gemiclað ꝥ þé forþ gespéwð ꝥ þú dón wilt, H. Z. 21, 189, 13. Add

ge-blíþian

(v.)
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to make glad þú geblíðgodest [mé] on geweorce þínum delectasti me infactura tua, Ps. Rdr. 91, 5

Linked entry: blíþian

namcúþlíce

(adv.)
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Add: individually Ǽnne God gé bodiað, and húmeta namast þú namcúðlíce þrý godas, Hml. S. 34, 162

wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáclíce, <b>. I.</b>
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Þe lǽs þú weorðe . . . tó úpáhafen . . . ne eft tó wáclice geortreówe ǽniges gódes. Met. 5, 34. Add

bleó-mete

(n.)
Grammar
bleó-mete, es; m.

A delicacy

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A delicacy Þú gegearwodest þé wiste and bleómettas tu tibi delicias praeparas, Gr. D. 99, 18

Linked entries: mete bleó-fæstnes

ge-lustian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lustian, p. ode
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To take pleasure in Ne gelusta þú síþfatum árleásra ne delecteris semitis impiorum, Scint. 186, 5

Linked entry: -lustian

ge-wenge

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Þonne þú geslegen sié on án gewenge, wænd ꝥ óðer tó, R. Ben. 28, 1. Add