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ge-cýþan

(v.)
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Þæt þé gecýðe cyning ælmihtig hord under hrúsan, El. 1091. ¶ used intrans. to appear. Cf. æt-íwan :-- Andrea, arís, and gecýð (St.

Linked entry: cýþan

LEÁF

(n.)
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LEÁF, e; f.

LEAVE ⬩ permission ⬩ license

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Bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe and his witena, 901; Erl. 96, 28. Búton ðæs bisceopes leáfe absque perrnissu episcopi, Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 4.

geó

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Ne aron nú cyningas swylce iú wǽron, Seef. 83: B. 2459. Ðǽr ðá cnihtas iú ǽr eardodon, Hml. Th. i. 62, 25: 318, 14: Bt. 16, 1; F. 48, 35. Wé iú hæfdon ǽrror wlite, Sat. 151.

ge-híran

(v.)
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H. 41, 36. to hear judicially, to try Georne gehýreð heofon-cyninga hýhst hæleða dǽde, Dóm. 107.

ge-niman

(v.)
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ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom , pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen

To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into ⬩ sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre

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Ðe ic to swá myclum cyninge genom quod cum tanto rēge inii, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25. He feówer túnas genom he took four towns, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13: 584; Erl. 18, 24. On ðam ilcan ðú eard genáme in quo hăbĭtas in idipsum, Ps. Th. 73, 3: 72, 19.

á-firran

(v.)
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Hú hé ꝥ ríce ðám cyninge áferran mihte, Bt. l; F. 2, 19. Ðæt hié ne sién ðǽm ingeðonce áfierrede (-firrede, v. l. ), Past. 139, 5. prepo-sition Ic áfyrre ( auferam ) yfel wilddeór and gewinn fram eów, Lev. 26, 6. Hé áfierð fram ús ǽlc gefeoht, Ps.

ed-wít

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Th. 68, 10. disgrace, shame, blame incurred by a person Hé sǽde ꝥ hit þǽm cyninge lǽsse edwít wǽre ( sine regis infamia ), Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 33. Hé him ætfæste éce edwít opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis, Ps. Th. 77, 66: Bl. H. 101, 7.

ge-þyncþ

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ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
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Án woruldcynincg ne mæg been wurðful cynincg búton hé hæbbe þá geþincðe þe him gebyriað, p. 6, 61.

tweónian

(v.)
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tweónian, twínian, twýnian; p. ode.

to cause doubt, ⬩ to feel doubt ⬩ to doubt

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Ús ne þearf ná twýnian, ðæt wé gebyrian ne sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wulfst. 151, 19.

Linked entries: twínian twýnian

ýþian

(v.)
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ýþian, ýþgian; p. ode.
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Swilc storm ýðigende feóll such a storm fell in torrents, 184, 5. figurative, to be filled Ðæs cyninges ríce ge foreweard ge forþgang swá monigum and swá myclum styrenessum wiþerweardra ðinga ýþiaþ cujus regni et principia et processus tot ac tantis

Linked entries: ýþan ýþgian

for-habban

(v.)

To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop

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D. 72, 10. with clause Gehwá hine forhæbbe ꝥ hé hí ná fæstende ete, Lch. i. 228, 14. to keep back. not to pay a due Gif cyninges þegn hit (Rómpænig) forhæbbe, Ll.

ge-neát

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I a Cyninges geneát, gif his wer bið twelf hund sciłł. . Ll. Th. i. 114, 10. Þǽr wearð ofslægen Lucumon cynges geréfa . . . and Æðelferð cynges geneát, Chr. 897 ; P. 91, lo. one of a private person's household. Cf.

ge-reord

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. ¶ æt gereorde (-um) at meat, at table :-- Sæt hé mid ðám cynincge æt gereorde, Chr. 1053 ; P. 182, 20. Hlengendes æt gereordum (ligendes æt geriordum, L. ) recumbentis. Mt.

ge-þungen

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Þysum cildgeongum cynincge ... his foregengan þe geþungene wǽron on yld, Lch. iii. 436, 10. Wé myngiað geþungene and iunge, Angl. viii. 308, 5. deserving; emeritus Geþungen emeritus, i. veteranus miles, prefectus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 28.

nú

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D. 234, 9. with weakened temporal sense in sentences expressing a command or request And nú, cyningas, ongeotað, Ps. Srt. 2, 10. Cleopian wé nú in eglum móde, Bl. H. 19, 2.

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, ⬩ jump, ⬩ dance, ⬩ run

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Hé hleóp on ðæs cyninges stédan ascendens emissarium regis, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 9: 3, 9; S. 534, 3.

wirnan

(v.)
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wirnan, p. de.

to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from

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Cyning ne wyrneþ wordlofes, wísan mǽneþ míne for mengo, Exon. Th. 401, 13; Rä. 21, 11. Hí swenga ne wyrnaþ, deórra dynta, Salm. Kmbl. 244; Sal. 121. Hé swenges ne wyrnde, Byrht. Th. 135, 15; By. 118.

Linked entries: wyrnan wernan

á-biddan

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feónde áfyllan, Chr. 626; P. 25, 11: 1093; P. 228, 15. where the person for whom is given Ðæt oft wǽpen ábæd his mondryhtne weapon oft it (a sheath) got for its lord Rä. 56, 12. where the purpose for which is given Hió hiere tó fultume ábæd Molosorum cyning

scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
scúfan, scéufan, sceófan; p. sceáf, pl. scufon, sceufon, sceofon; pp. scofen, sceofen

To shove ⬩ push ⬩ thrust ⬩ trudere ⬩ praecipitare ⬩ to shove ⬩ push ⬩ try to move something ⬩ to shove ⬩ thrust ⬩ cause to move with violence ⬩ to thrust into prison, out of a place, etc. ⬩ to shove ⬩ push ⬩ cause to move ⬩ to push a person's cause ⬩ advance ⬩ forward ⬩ to urge ⬩ prompt a thought or action ⬩ to push on or forward ⬩ to move

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Se cyning wæs yrre wið mé and hét sceófan mé on cweartern me retrudi jussit in carcerem, Gen. 41, 10. Gé (devils) scofene wurdon fore oferhygdum in éce fýr. Exon. Th. 140, 5; Gu. 605.

á-wrítan

to write out or down ⬩ write words ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ copy in writing ⬩ to state in writing ⬩ to write a book, letter, ⬩ to write of or about something ⬩ to write to ⬩ to write an account of ⬩ describe ⬩ to inscribe the name of a person ⬩ to write on material ⬩ cover with writing ⬩ to make a symbol other than a letter

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'Nelle ðú áwríta (-urítte, L.) cyning Iudéana' . . . Ondsuorade ðe groefa: 'Ꝥte ic wrátt (áurát,L.) ic wrát (áurát, L.), Jn. R. 19, 21-2. Wæs áwriten (-uritten,L.) on Crécisc, 20. Hira naman hér sint áwritene, Num. 13, 5.

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