-ing
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Seth Adaming Seth son of Adam. In a rather extended sense the suffix is found in the names of families or peoples, who are regarded as descendants of a common ancestor, and traces of this use remain in many place-names in England.
ge-fadian
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Voc. ii. 141, 44. to arrange, set in order material objects Án geteld ( the tabernacle ) mid wunderlicum dihte gefadod, Hml. Th. ii. 198, 23. Hé gefadod hæfde eall his werod swá his þeáw wæs, Hml.
hálgian
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L. 17, 17-19. . to consecrate, set apart as sacred to God, dedicate to a religious office or use On þissum geáre man hálgode þet mynster æt Westmynster . . . hine man bebyrgede innan þǽre níwan hálgodre circean on Westmynstre, Chr. 1066; P. 195, 3-197
swíþ
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Hé sette his ða swíþ[r]an hand him on ðæt heáfod, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 19. Hé sette Ephraim on his swíðran hand . . . and Mannases on his winstran hand, ðæt wæs on Israhéles swíðran healfe . . .
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Hé slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, ðonne hé on his setl sæt, Ors. 5, 15;Swt. 250, 12. Wáh, Ps. Th. 61, 3. Ða wágas ( the walls of a church) nǽron rihte, Blickl. Homl. 207, 18 : (the walls of a palace ), Nar. 4, 24.
séman
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Kmbl. 504; Sal. 252. with acc. of thing, to settle a dispute Hí sace sémaþ, sibbe gelǽraþ, Exon. Th. 334, 22 ; Gn.
be-sprecan
mention ⬩ to claim ⬩ To complain of ⬩ blame ⬩ To complain
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Th. i. 374, 13. of legal proceedings, to claim Sette hé borh ꝥ hé bringe his geteáman in þǽr hit besprecen bið (where the recovered property will be claimed), Ll. Th. i. 288, 17. in an unfavourable sense, trans.
ge-logian
To place, lodge, dispose, regulate ⬩ ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare
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Ðás lamb ðe ðú gelogast on sundron these lambs which thou hast set by themselves, 21, 9. Ðone wudu gelogode laid the wood in order, 22, 9. He wæs gelogod to his folcum he was gathered to his people, Deut. 32, 50
Linked entry: lógian
on-ǽlan
to set fire to, to ignite, kindle ⬩ to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning ⬩ to make hot with fire ⬩ to make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions
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to set fire to, to ignite, kindle (lit. and figurative) Hú ne onǽlþ accendit heó hyre leóhtfæt? Lk. Skt. 15, 8. Hé hiene onǽlþ mid ðam tapure ðæs godcundan liéges, Past. 36; Swt. 259, 12.
þǽr-tó
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Ðá dǽlde se cásere ðæt ríce on feówer, and sette ðǽrtó feówer gebróðra, i. 478, 20. Ðone óþerne ðe hine ðǽrtó neádode, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 227. thereto, for that end Úres Hǽlendes geríp mænigfeald is and feáwa wyrhtan þǽrtó, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 129
ge-þeówan
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Tó geþýdum, 2, 411. to compel, force a person to do something Ðá clericas þe Ceólnóð þár sette far swylcre neóde geðý[ed] ( compulsus ) swá wé seggan wyllað, Chr. 870; P. 283, 29. to oppress, subjugate Geðédum subjugatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 69
sceamu
modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part
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Rush. ) nyme ðæt ýtemeste setl incipias cum rubore nouissimum locum tenere Lk. Skt. 14, 9. Ðonne biþ hé self geládod wið hine selfne mid his ágenre scame and mid his geþylde, Past. 21, I; Swt. 151, 18.
Linked entries: a-swǽrnung sceam-lim
ge-endebyrdan
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Giendebredado ordinata, Rtl. 109, 25. (3 a) of orderly narrative, to set forth in order, narrate :-- Ðæt godspel geendebyrt þá eahta eádignyssa, Hml. Th. i. 548, 9. Wé willað áne feáwa cwydas on ðissere béc geendebyrdian, ii. 520, 6.
næss
a ness ⬩ land running out into water ⬩ headland ⬩ promontory
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Sunne gewát tó sete glídan under niflan næs ( sink beneath the horizon ), Andr. Kmbl. 2611; An. 1307. Fyrgenstreám under næssa genipu niðer gewíteþ ( the stream disappears in a dark chasm ), flód under foldan, Beo. Th. 2724; B. 1360.
wuldrian
to glorify ⬩ to ascribe glory to ⬩ to make glorious ⬩ bestow glory on ⬩ to glory ⬩ to receive glory ⬩ be glorified
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Hé wuldraþ mid Gode on ðam heofenlícum setle, Homl. Th. ii. 552, 25. Basilius ðe ðá wuldrode mid Gode, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 661
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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On septem epistolas canonicas ic sette syndrie béc ( libros singulos ), Bd. 5, 24;S. 648, 13. Dile, mintan and merce, syndrige sceafas geseóð, Lchdm. ii. 188, 24: 228, 26
ge-mearcian
To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine ⬩ nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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To mark, point out, describe, assign, appoint, determine; nŏtāre, signāre, designāre, assignāre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre He gemet ne con gemearcian his múðe móde síne he cannot set bounds to his mouth with his mind, Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 18; Vy. 53.
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bisenian
model
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to set or give an example of something (acc. or clause) to a person (dat.) Gif hé wel lǽrð and yfele mid weorce bysenað, R. Ben. 11, 19.
gódian
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Th. ii. 468, 15. the object a thing, material or non-material, to set right, put in good order Gódiað eówre ágene wegas and ealle eówre dǽda, Wlfst. 49, 29.
sígan
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Tungla torhtast tó sete sígeþ, Menol. Fox 221 ; Men. 112. Ealle stiorran sígaþ æfter sunnan under eorþan grund, Met. 29, 15. Sió æþele gesceaft (the sun) sáh tó setle, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 112, 17. [The sunne arist anes a dai and eft sigeð, O. E.