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gearcian

(v.)
Grammar
gearcian, gærcian; p. ode; pp. od [gearo ready]

To prepare ⬩ make ready ⬩ procure ⬩ furnish ⬩ supply ⬩ părāre ⬩ præpărāre ⬩ appărāre ⬩ exhĭbēre ⬩ præbēre

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To prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply; părāre, præpărāre, appărāre, exhĭbēre, præbēre Ic gearcige exhĭbeo, præbeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 35, 36 : 47; Som. 48, 43. On láfum ðínum ðú gearcast [MS. gearcost] andwlitan heora in relīquiis tuis

Linked entries: gærcian ge-gearcian

geond-brǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
geond-brǽdan, p. -brǽdde; pp. -brǽded [geond over, brǽdan to spread]

To overspread ⬩ supersternĕre

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To overspread; supersternĕre Hit geondbrǽded wearþ beddum and bolstrum it was overspread with beds and bolsters, Beo. Th. 2483; B. 1239

geond-styrian

(v.)
Grammar
geond-styrian, p. ede; pp. ed [geond, styrian to move, stir]

To move or stir violently, to agitate ⬩ per omnes partes commovere, agitare

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To move or stir violently, to agitate; per omnes partes commovere, agitare Geondstyred agitated, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 29; Met, 6, 15

gelde

Grammar
gelde, Substitute: Geld (v. N. E. D. s. v.), barren, unproductive
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Effeta, i. sine foetu, debilis, priuata, sine fructu, vel gelde, uacuala, ineruata, sterilis, stulta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 22. Effeta [ná ?] berende bið oððe gelde oððe áfyldum, 394, 26

ge-þwǽrnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þwǽrnes, -ness, niss, -e; f.

Concord ⬩ agreement ⬩ mildness ⬩ concordia ⬩ mansuetudo

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Concord, agreement, mildness; concordia, mansuetudo Mid fægerre geþwǽrnesse pulchra concordia, Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 23. Sibb and geþwǽrnyss pax et concordia, Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 25: Blickl. Homl. 109, 16. He ðæt ríce heóld on gódre geþwǽrnesse and on

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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generally feminine, but see the genitive. a plough Sulh aratrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 2: 289, 76. Sul, ii. 6, 19: Ælfc. Gr. 17; Zup. 109, 18. Swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11: L. Eiig. i. 1; Th. i. 262, 9: L. C. E. 8; Th.

Linked entries: sulh-ælmesse sulh-gang sulincel syl sylan sylh syll

wág-rift

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Ic geann intó þiére hálgan stówe . . . ánes hricghrægles þæs sélestan ðe ic hæbbe, and ánes beddreáfes mid wáhryfte, Cht. Th. 529, 12. Hé geann . . . Wulfgáre his mǽge twégra wáhryfta and twégra setlhrægla, Cht. Crw. 23, 15. Add

át-leáh

(n.)
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an oat-field In átleahe geat, C. D. iii. 80, 10

Linked entry: leáh

Dor

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Swá Dor scadeþ, Hwítan wylles geat, Chr. 942; P. 110, 15. Add

mál-sweord

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Ic geann mínon swurdhwítan þæs sceardes málswurdes, Cht. Th. 561, 23. Add

gangan

to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation

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Geát geóng sóna tó setles neósan, B. 1785. Gé móton gangan Hróðgár geseón, 395. by gerundial infin. Ic geongo (gongo, R.) tó cunnanne ðá ilca eo probare ilia Lk.

fórn

(prep.; adv.)
Grammar
fórn, fórne; adv.

Before ⬩ cōram

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Th. ii. 168, 15, Óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán until he again comes opposite to it, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 8, 13; Lchdm. iii. 248, 17

átor

(n.)
Grammar
átor, áttor, áter, átter, ǽtor, ǽtter, ǽttor; gen. átres, áttres; n.

Poison ⬩ venom ⬩ venenum

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Poison, venom; venenum Átres drync the drink of poison, Andr. Kmbl. 105; An. 53. Áttre gelícost most like to poison, Cd. 216, Th. 274, 32 ; Sat. 162. Flór áttre weól the floor boiled with venom, 220; Th. 284, 8 ; Sat. 318. Áttru venena, Scint. 28. Wið

Linked entries: ǽtor-cyn ǽtter áter áter-drinca átter átter-berende átter-láðe áttor áttor-coppe áttor-láðe áttor-sceaða áttor-spere

cymþ

(v.)
Grammar
cymþ, cymeþ comes ,
  • Cd. 17
    • ;
  • Th. 20,
    • 26;
  • Gen. 315: Beo. Th. 4123
    • ;
  • B. 2058
;
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3rd sing. pres. of cuman

EARNIAN

(v.)
Grammar
EARNIAN, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad; v. trans, gen. acc. To

EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for ⬩ mĕrēri

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EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for; mĕrēri Byþ geseald ðære þeóde ðe hys earnaþ it shall be given to the nation which deserves it, Mt. Bos. 21, 43, Hú monna gehwylc earnode éces lífes how every man merited eternal life, Exon. 23 a; Th. 65,

færst

Grammar
færst, færsþ goest, Gen. 4, 12; færþ goes, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 432; Met. 20, 216;
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2nd and 3rd pres. sing. of faran

fót-swæþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-swæþ, gen. -swæðes; pl. nom. acc. -swaðu; n: fot-swaðu, e; f.

A foot-trace ⬩ foot-print ⬩ pĕdis vestīgium

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A foot-trace, foot-print; pĕdis vestīgium Ðæt ne sýn astyrode oððe awende síþstapla oððe wegas oððe fótswaðu míne ut non mŏveantur vestīgia mea, Ps. Lamb. 16, 5. Eall ðæt rýmet, ðe eówer fótswaðu on bestæpþ, ic eów forgife omnem lŏcum, quem calcāvĕrit

menigu

(n.)
Grammar
menigu, <b>mengu,</b> menigeo; indecl.: also gen. e; f.

A many ⬩ multitude ⬩ crowd ⬩ great ⬩ number

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A many, multitude, crowd, great number Seó menigu ðara freónda, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 6. Menigo, Andr. Kmbl. 898; An. 449. Menego, Cd. 214; Th. 270, 1; Sat. 83. Menigeo (MS. A. mænigeo) turba, Mk. Skt. 2, 13. Mænigeo (MS. A. mænio), Mt. Kmbl. 9, 8. Mænegeo

ge-synto

(n.)
Grammar
ge-synto, indecl. in sing; gen. pl. -synta, -synto; dat. pl. -syntum; f.

Health ⬩ welfare ⬩ safety ⬩ prosperity ⬩ success ⬩ advantage ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit ⬩ sānĭtas ⬩ sospĭtas ⬩ sălus ⬩ prospĕrĭtas

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Health, welfare, safety, prosperity, success, advantage, profit, benefit; sānĭtas, sospĭtas, sălus, prospĕrĭtas Hí ðære gefeán ðære willendan gesynto onfóþ cŭpītæ sospĭtātis gaudia redībunt, Bd. 4, 3; S. 570, 22. For heora gesynto for their health, 3

Linked entries: -synto -synto

mál-sweord

(n.)
Grammar
mál-sweord, es; n.

A sword with inlaid ornament

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A sword with inlaid ornament Ic geann ðæs málswurdes, Chart. Th. 560, 33

Linked entry: scír-mǽled

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