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ge-receness

(n.)
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ge-receness, e; f.
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telling, narration Ne magon hý ðǽre tungan gerecnisse áspyrian they cannot follow what the tongue says, Sal. K. p. 150, 4. interpretation, explanation Tó mǽgwlite gást-licre (-a, v. l.) gerecenesse (-a, v. l.) ad formam interpretationis, Bd. 5, 23 ;

Linked entries: rece-ness ge-recness

ge-flíman

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Take here <b>ge-nǽman, ge-fléman, ge-fliéman, ge-flýman</b> in Dict., and add: to put to flight a defeated enemy Þá Gotan hié mid gefeohte gefliémdon victo exercitu, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 25. Hé gefeaht wiþ Gotan and gefliémed wearð, and bedrifen

ge-hindred

(v.)
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ge-hindred, . . . impeditus.
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Substitute: <b>ge-hindrian;</b>. pp. ge-hindrod, gehindred To hinder, impede, check, and add hí for þám gylte gehin-drode wǽron þe hí þone Godes wer ǽr on wege his horses bereáfedon quia ex culpa quam servo Dei in via fecerant, illa sui itineris

ge-þryle

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-þrýl,</b> es; n. A press, crowd For ðæs folces geðrýle wæs þæt gesthús ðearle genyrwed, Hml. Th. i. 34, 34. Onmang ðám mycclan geðrýle and on ðám egeslican geþryngce. Hml. S. 23, 92. v. ge-þrýn, and cf. þweál, þweán for

ge-sæt

(v.; part.)
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ge-sæt, pl. -sǽton

sat, sat down,

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sat, sat down, Beo. Th. 5427; B. 2717: Elen. Kmbl. 1732; El. 868; p. of ge-sittan

ge-herigendlic

(adj.)
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ge-herigendlic, adj.
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Praiseworthy Samod geherigendlicne (=? samod- ł ge-herigendlicne. Cf. samod-herung conlaudatio) conlauda-bilem, Hy. S. 109, 19

Linked entry: herigend-lic

ge-þicfyldan

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Substitute: <b>ge-þicfildan</b> to make thick Geþycfyldan densere, Germ. 401, 21

ge-þryccan

(v.)
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Substitute: p. ge-þrycte, ge-þryhte; pp. ge-þrycced, ge-þryced, ge-þryct. to press Ðá hand geðrycð ( premit ) sió incunde lufu, Past. 389, 13. to press down, oppress, depress Ðæt gesuinc hira ágenra welera hié geðrycð labor labiorum ipsorum operiet,

ge-swingan

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In last passage l. ge-swingdon, and add: [weak forms occur in Lind.] Geswuing uapulabit, Lk. L. 12, 48. Æfter ðon gesuingeð hiá (geswungen bið, R. ) postquam flagellauerint, 18, 33. Gesuuingde (giswicte (=-swencte? cf. ge-swencan ; 1. 3; or-swingde?)

ge-lífan

(v.)
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to make dear (leóf). Take here <b>ge-lýfan</b> in Dict., and add:

ge-byrg

(n.)
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protection Beón on gebyrge (eo written over y, v.l. ) wudewum, Wlfst. 119, 4: 209, 1. Cf. ge-beorg

ge-wýscedness

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For R. Ben. . . . Lye substitute Gé underféngon gást gewýscednysse accepistis spiritum adoptionis (filiorum) R. Ben. I. II, 14

Linked entry: -wýscedness

ge-witleást

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Add: cf. ge-witleas; <b>I a</b> Wið gewitleáste, ꝥ is wið deófulseócnesse, Lch. i. 248, 3. 1. cf. ge-witleás; 1 His wífes gewitleást (cf. þú sprǽce swá swá án stunt wíf, 452, 31), Hml. Th. ii. 456, 4. Gewitleást vechordia, Hy. S. 9, 20.

Linked entry: wit-leást

ge-lícian

(v.)
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ge-lícian, p. ode.
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to make like or to be like, to imitate. Cf. ge-líc; Tó gelícanne ad imitandum, Rtl. 22, 36. Haedno forebeádend gelícad gentiles prohibens imitandos, Mk. p. 4, 15. to liken, compare. Cf. ge-líc; Geefned bið ł gelíced bið assimilabitur, Mt. L. 7, 24.

ge-molsnian

(v.)
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For Solil. 2 substitute Þeáh se líchama wére ge-molsnod, wæs seó sáwl simle lybbende, Solil. H. 10, 12

ge-feónd

(n.)
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an enemy Þeáh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. v. ge-fýnd in Dict

ge-síþman

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In the bracket in 1. 2 read gesíðman, and add: The word seems to have the same meaning as gesíþ. v. ge-síþ; <b>III a</b> Ánes gesíðmannes (cf. sumes gesíðes, 1. 8: it is the same person in each case) wíf coniugem comitis, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567

ge-spanan

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Add On gespanest inlicias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 15. in a good sense Ðæt hé ðá medwiisan tó máran angienne mid ðǽre líðelican bisnunga gespóne quatenus hebetes ad majora conscendere imitatio blanda suaderet, Past. 205, 18. in a bad or an indifferent sense

ge-medemian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-medemian, <b>; V.</b>
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add: to be deemed worthy to do Ic wæs ge-medemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre róde. Hml. S. 23b, 466

ge-dwol

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Hé hét fordílgian þá gedwolan hringas (þá ge-dwolhringas, v.l.) oblitteratis erroneis circulis, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 680, 7. Add