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irnan

(v.)
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Færþ þonne micel folc tó and irnaþ ealle endemes . . . and swá hwilc swá ǽrest tó ðám beáge cymþ, þonne mót sé hine habban him . . . swá déþ eall moncynn on þýs andweardan lífe, irnaþ and onettaꝥ and willniaþ ealle þæs héhstan gódes, Bt. 37, 2 ; F. 188

bót

mendingrepairremedyimprovementhelpamendmentamendsreparationrepentancepenance

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Gif hit þonne tó bóte gegá, 340, 13-16. Ǽr þám þe hí habban bóte águnnen, 324, 13. Godcunde bóte underfangen, 248, 24.

cépan

(v.)
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Ne cépð nán hungrig man nǽfre his gereordes ná swýðor þonne þá sceoccan dóð þǽre sáwle, Wlfst. 248, 23. Ne cép ðú swá swíðe þises middangeardes stylnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 392, 30. Ꝥ wé on gódum weorcum Godes lufe cépon, ná ídeles gylpes, Hml.

efne

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Ꝥ hé efne munuclífe gyta swíþor lifde þonne lǽwedes mannes, Bl. H. 213, 10. Manige men . . . ge efne eác manige hǽþene men, 129, 24. lo, indeed, now Efne ecce, An. Ox. 40, 2, 36. Efene en, 9, 16. Efne ðá ðá se apostol sprecende wæs, Hml.

ge-lǽdan

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Þonne geméte gyt eoselan gesǽlede and hire folan; onsǽlaþ hié and tó mé gelǽdaþ, Bl. H. 69, 36. Hé beforan þone cyning gelǽd wæs, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 23. Ðá wǽron hié gelǽdde fram his gesyhþe, Bl.

ge-nerian

(v.)
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Þonne genyreþ God eów of eallum deófles costungum, Bl. H. 99, 3. Nú þú generedest míne ( Eve's ) sáule of þǽre neoþeran helle, 89, 27. Hé þæs óþres sáule of wítum generede and of tintregum álésde, 113, 33.

ge-feallan

(v.)
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Þonne gefeallaþ ealle deófolgyld, Bl. H. 93, 16. Þæt hús nó gefeóll (-feáll, L.), Mt. R. 7, 25, 27: Lk. L. 6, 49. to fall, of persons, to perish, be ruined Se líchoma lǽne gedreóseð, fǽge gefealleð, B. 1755.

findan

to come acrossto obtainfindto meet withexperiencebe exposed tofind difficultyprocureto visitlearnarrangesettleto determineto supplyprovidefurnish

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Þonne se lǽce ꝥ ongit, þonne mæg hé þone lǽcedóm þe raþor findan, Lch. ii. 204, 22. þú sécest beládunge, hú þú mage þ findan þ þú ne þurfe mé týðian þæs þe þú gebeden eart, Gr.

eald

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Hú mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne hé bið eald (ald, L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4. Ic eom eald tó híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94. Þá cyld ... and eác ðá ealdan ceorlas, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 7. Wín nys drenc cilda, ac ealdra ( senum ), Coll.

eáster

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Þonne ytst ðú þíne Eástru mid grénum lactucum, Angl. viii. 323, 21. Þæt ic wyrce míne Eástro (Eástron, v. l., Eástra, R.), Mt. 26, 18. Hiǽ gearwadun Eástran (Eástro, L.) paraverunt Pascha, 19.

fundian

(v.)
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Cf. (1 d) Cýdde man mé ꝥ ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, Cht. E. 230, 1. Swá benne ne burston ne fundian ( not strike inwards?

ge-mána

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contubernia, i. consortia (mortalium) subterfugiens, 3702. fellowship, communion in a theological sense Wé gelýfað þæt háligra gemána sý: hálige men habbað gemánan hér on lífe on gódum dǽdum, and hý habbað gemánan on þǽm tóweardan þurh ðá eðleán þe heom þonne

ge-réfa

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Gif gestðcund man fare, þonne mót hé habban his geréfan mid him and his smið, Ll. Th. i. 144, 3 : 280, 14.

ge-restan

(v.)
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L. 9, 10. p he ne mæge þonne hé cymeþ to his wife hyre mid gerestan, Lch. i. 364, 3. (l a) to rest in the grave, lie buried :-- Marcus geresteð Alexandrea, Rtl. 195, 33; 196, 9, and often. Gerestes, 196. 13.

ge-rýman

(v.)
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Hié út hiora éðel gerýmdon, Past. 3, 8. þonne sió wund sié clǽne, gerýme þyrel tó nearo ne sié, Lch. ii. 208, 24. to extend so as to include a greater space Hié woldon gerýman (dilatare) hiora landgemǽru, Past. 366, 4. to remove obstruction from so as

gilp

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Má manna hæfþ mícelne gilp (gielp, v. l.) . . . for dysiges folces wénan, þonne hé hæbbe for his gewyrhtum plures magnum nomen falsis vulgi opinionibus abstulerunt Bt. 30, I ; F. 108, 3. Þú goda ússa gilp gehnǽgdest, An. 1321.

ge-writ

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Þweah þonne ꝥ gewrit mid hálig*-*wætre of ðám disce on þone drenc, Lch. ii. 136, 3-9. a writing. a written statement, passage from a book Ꝥ heáflice gewrit wearð fordílegod, and se sárlica cwide eft oncerred . . . 'Terra es tu . .' Bl. H. 123, 6.

ge-winnan

(v.)
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His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne þonne his wiðermédo, 660. Hí wilniað welan and ǽhta and weorðscipes (-as?) tó gewinnanne opes, honores ambiant, Met. 19, 44.

hring

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</b> fig. the limit of a jurisdiction :-- Þonne þæt gecnáweð feónd, þætte gehwylc hæleða cynnes on his hringe bið fæste geféged, Wal. 40. an object having a circular form.

hyht

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Gér byð gumena hyht, þonne God lǽteð hrúsan syllan beorhte bléda beornum, Rún. 12. Weoruda Scyppend hafa þé tó hyhte, Fä. 63.