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strengþu

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add: of physical power Þǽh þe beón on stæencþum hundeahtatig gǽr si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni, Ps.

GÁNIAN

(v.)
Grammar
GÁNIAN, p. ode; pp. od

To YAWNgapeopenhiāreoscĭtāreapĕrīre

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To YAWN, gape, open; hiāre, oscĭtāre, apĕrīre Gániende oscĭtans, Cot. 147. Ðeáh ðe me synfulra, inwitfulra, múþas on gánian though the mouths of the sinful [and] deceitful yawn upon me, Ps. Th. 108, 1

Linked entry: tó-gǽnan

úht

(n.)
Grammar
úht, es; m.

The time just before daybreak

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Gang eft tó ðonne dæg and niht furþum scáde on ðam ilcan úhte, Lchdm. ii. 346, 24

Byr-tún

(n.)
Grammar
Byr-tún, es; m. [Hovd. Burhtun: Brom. Burton super Trent: Stub. Kni. Burton]
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BURTON on Trent, Staffordshire; oppidum ad ripam fluminis Trentæ, in agro Staffordiensi Se cyng geaf him ðæt abbotríce on Byrtúine the king gave him the abbacy at Burton, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 16

leór-ness

(n.)
Grammar
leór-ness, e; f.

Goingdeparturewithdrawal

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In leórnisse in secessu [cf. gang II.], Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 17

tæflan

(v.)
Grammar
tæflan, ; p. [e]de, ode

To gamble, game

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To gamble, game Ic tæfle tæflum cotizo tesseris, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 31. Ic tæfle cotizo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 63. Tebliþ, tebleþ cotizat, Txts. 46, 178. Tæflaþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 36

up-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
up-riht, adj.

uprighterectlying with the face turned upwards.

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Mannum hé gesealde uprihtne gang, Homl. Th. i. 276, 4. lying with the face turned upwards. Upriht ástreht supinus, Hpt. Gl. 457, 33

windwian

(v.)
Grammar
windwian, p. ode

To winnowventilareliteralfigurative

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Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7

Linked entries: a-windwian windung

ge-ágnian

(v.)

to have as one's own, possess, occupyto getsecure possession of, acquireto adoptto prove one's title tosecure by shewing titleto usurp

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Add: to have as one's own, possess, occupy Þín sǽd geágnað (þín ofspring sceal ágan, Gen. 22, 17) his feónda gatu possidebit semen luum portas inimicorum Hml. Th. ii. 62, 10.

tó-gædere

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-gædere, -gædre, -gadore; adv.

Togetherunion, association, joining, mingling,

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Hwænne hí tógædere gáras béron when they should cross weapons, Byrht. Th. 133, 48; By. 67.

ge-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sellan, -syllan; p. -sealde, -salde; pp. -seald

To give, give up, betray, selldare, tradere, vendere

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Ælfnóþ and Wulfmǽr feorh gesealdon Ælfnoth and Wulfmær gave up their lives, Byrht. Th. 137, 11; By. 184

Linked entry: ge-syllan

ge-drencan

(v.)
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(Goth, ga-draggkjan ποτίζειν : O. H. Ger. ge-trenchen potare, ebriare, aquare.)

for-gitan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gitan, -gytan, -gietan; ic -gite, ðú -gitest, -gitst, he -giteþ, -gitt, -git, pl. -gitaþ; p. ic, he -geat, -gæt, ðú -geáte, pl. -geáton, -gǽton, -géton, impert. -git , pl. -gitaþ; subj. pres. -gite, pl. -giton; p. -geáte, pl. -geáten; pp. -giten; v. trans. gen. acc. [for-, gitan to get]

To FORGETneglectoblīviscineglĭgĕre

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To FORGET, neglect; oblīvisci, neglĭgĕre Hú lange wilt ðú, Drihten, mín forgitan quousque, Dŏmĭne, oblīviscēris me? Ps. Th. 12, 1: 118, 109. Ic forgite oblīviscor, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 54. Ic forgite [MS. forgeite] neglĭgo, 28, 5; Som. 31, 50. Hú lange

Linked entry: for-gietan

híg

haymown grass

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'Hé máweþ heig (gærs, v.l. fenum) on þissere dene' . . . þá geseah hé ꝥ hí ealle meówon ꝥ heig . . . ' Ber þis gréne híg (gærs, v.l.) þám horsum tó mete,' Gr. D. 36, 2-29. Take here heg (l. hég) in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hefung

eág-dúru

Grammar
eág-dúru, l. -duru,
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Geseah hé sittan ðone Hálgan Gást on culfran híwe on ðæs carcernes eágdura, 54, 15, Þurh þá eágduru, 78, 27

ge-hnyssan

(v.)
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to afflict Se gehnysta gást, hiorte geclánsod and geeádméded spiritus contribulatus, cor contritum et humiliatum Ps. C. 127. Cf. hnossian. [But gehnyst might belong to ge-hnyscan. Ci. ge-hnistun under ge-hnescan; V. 2.] (?)

Linked entries: hnossian -hnyssan

félnyss

(n.)
Grammar
félnyss, e; f. [félan to feel]

Feelingsensus

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Feeling; sensus Gærs and treówa lybbaþ bútan félnysse ... nýtenu lybbaþ and habbaþ félnysse bútan gesceáde grass and trees live without feeling ... beasts live and have feeling without reason, Homl. Th. i. 302, 15, 16

tæfl-stán

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl-stán, es; m.

A die, or a piece in a game

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A die, or a piece in a game (tæfl) Teblstán (tebel-) calculus, Txts. 47, 349. Tæflstán calculus (in a list 'de alea'), Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 29. Tæfelstán, 66, 48. Tæfelstánas aleae, 39, 46

Linked entry: tebl-stán

ge-mang

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mang, es; n.
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A business; negotium Geendedum þysnm gást-licre áfeormunge gemange finito hoc spiritualis purgaminis negotio, Angl. xiii. 387, 312. Ne mæg ic ána eówre gemang ácuman nan valeo solus negotia vestra sustinere, Deut. l, 12

ǽfnung

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Seó sunne gǽð on ǽfnunge under ðyssere eorðan, 240, 14. Ǽfnunge crepusculo, An. Ox. 85. Add