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cwéne

Grammar
cwéne, l. cwene, for last reference substitute Wlfst. 161, 20,
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Sume mæssepreóstas habbað twá [wíf] oððe má, and sume forlǽtað þá hig ǽr hæfdon, and be lifiendre cwenan eft óðre nimað, Wlfst. 269, 23.

cnyllan

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L. 7, 7, 8. to strike, ring a bell Þonne þone óðerne cnyll cnylð (þonne mon eft cnylle, R. Ben. 74, 7) dum secundum signum pulsaverit, R. Ben. I. 82, 13. Þænne se cyrcwerd tácn cnylle, Angl. xiii. 398, 475.

ge-horwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-horwian, ge-horgian, ge-horian; p. ode.
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to defile. with material filth, to spit upon Ongunnun summe efne-gespitta ł gehorogæ ( conspuere ) hine. Mk. L. 14, 65. Gehoræd bið ( conspuetur ), Lk. L. 18, 32. [Cf.

Linked entries: ge-horian -horwian

geár-gemearc

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In the prose legend the corresponding passage is: Ðan aefteran geáre þe ic þis wésten eardode, þæt on ǽfen and on ǽrnemergen God sylfa þone engcel mínre frófre tó mé sende, Guth. 86, 3-5), ... engel ufancundne, sé mec éfna gehwám ... and on morgne gesóhte

hnecca

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Sume men gesetton ꝥ ácorfene heáfod eft tó ðám sweóran (cervici), Gr. D. 198, 4-12. Sege him ꝥ mé sý ꝥ heáfod fram þám hneccan ácorfen, Ap. Th. 8, 17. Þæs hneccan áhylt eádmódnyss cuius ceruicem inclinat humilitas, Scint. 20, 2. Add: —

ofer-drincan

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Ðæt mód wilnað ðæt hit tó ðon onwæcne ðæt hit mæge eft weorðan oferdruncen; for ðǽm . . . hit wacað on ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worlde, and wilnað ðæt hit sié oferdruncen his ágnes willan mens evigilare optat, ut rursum vina reperiat; quia . . . vigilare ad

wáclíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wáclíce, adv.

weaklyfeeblypoorlymeanlycheaply

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Voc. ii. 29, 32: enerviter, turpiter, 143. 56. poorly, meanly, cheaply Eówer reáf ne beó tó ranclíce gemaeod, ne eft tó wáclíce, ac werige gehwá swá his háde tó gebyrige, L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 358, 7.

ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, crossto run over, go over a subjectto come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

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to pass by running, cross Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. to run over, go over a subject Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl.

EÁST

(n.)
Grammar
EÁST, es; m.

EAST ŏriens

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Sió sunne norþ eft and eást otéweþ the sun appears again in the north and east, i. e. in the north-east, 13, 118; Met. 13, 59.

Linked entries: Eást eásta

ge-trum

(n.)
Grammar
ge-trum, es; n.

A knotbandmasscompanycompany of soldiersnoduscatervacohorsexercitus

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He eft gewát getrume micle he returned with a great company, Andr. Kmbl. 1413; An. 707: Beo. Th. 1849; B. 922: Exon. 90 a; Th. 337, 12; Gn. Ex. 63

Linked entries: -trum ge-truma

ge-bícnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bícnian, -býcnian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, bícnian to beckon, nod] .

to beckonnodinnuĕreto point outshewindicatebetokenindĭcāresignĭfĭcāreportendĕre

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Pirrus gebícnede eft hú him se sige gelícode Pyrrhus afterwards shewed how the victory pleased him, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 35. Gebýcna hit eal me tell it all to me, St. A. 44, 12

Linked entry: ge-býcnian

ge-rúm

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rúm, es; n. [rúm space]

Room, spacespătium

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Cyning healdeþ me on heáðore, hwílum lǽteþ eft on gerúm sceacan the king holds me in restraint, sometimes again lets me go at large, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 20; Rä. 21, 14

Linked entry: rúm

oróþ

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Úre fnǽst áteórað, gif wé áteón ne magon mid úre orðe intó ús ðæt lytt and eft út ábláwan, Hex. 8, 19

oxan-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
oxan-hirde, es; m.
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Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode, Coll. M. 20, 23-31. Be oxanhyrde.

un-bindan

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Add: I. to free from a bond (lit. or fig. ) Frameallum bende unrihtwísnesse þú unbinst ( absolvis ) mægen þín, Angl. xi. 116, 5, Hé hí mid bendum fæste hét gewríðan . . . hé hét hí eft ealle unbindan, Hml.

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Gebrocode and eft árétte. Ps.

Linked entry: brócian

forane

(adv.)
Grammar
forane, forne; adv.

beforehandOppositein front ofagainst

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Forne gén hys ágen land, iv. 221, 6. ongeán (á-) Oð ꝥ hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán, Lch. iii. 248, 17. tógeánes Ic him eft wille sændan fleógende fláne forane tógeánes, Lch. iii. 52, 25

Linked entry: forene

ge-wendan

(v.)
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Eft gewende rediit, Mt. p. 17, 1. Eft gewoende recessit, Mt. L. 2, 14. Gewoende ðona secessit, 22: 4, 12. Gewend tógeánes Amalek, Hml. S. 13, 7. Gif hwá of fyrde gewende, Ll. Th. i. 310, 28. Þæt hé gewende wið Iulianes. Hml. Th. i. 450, 32.

a-standan

(v.)
Grammar
a-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to stand upget uprise upriseexsurgereresurgeresurgereto insistpersistcontinuepersistereinstare

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Eft lífgende up astódon they stood up living again, 24 b; Th. 71, 18; Cri. 1157. to insist, persist, continue; persistere, instare Ðæt hí on ðam geleáfan sóþfæstnysse symle fæstlice astódon and awunedon ut in fide veritatis persisterent semper ac proficerent

Linked entry: a-stód

fyrst-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
fyrst-mearc, frist-mearc, e; f. [mearc a mark]

Marked or appointed timea space of timeintervaltempus constĭtūtumtempŏris spatiumintercăpēdo

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Him eft-cymeþ æfter fyrstmearce feorh life returns to it after a space of time, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 11; Ph. 223 : Andr. Recd. 269; An. 133 : Elen. Kmbl. 2065; El. 1034.

Linked entry: frist-mearc