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gýmen

(n.)
Grammar
gýmen, gémen; f.

Care ⬩ heed ⬩ solicitude ⬩ diligence ⬩ superintendence ⬩ rule ⬩ cura

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He swá geornfulle gýmenne dyde ymb ða hǽla úre þeóde tam sedulam erga salutem nostræ gentis curam gesserit, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 3. Weoruldsorge and gýmenne forlǽtan sæculi curas relinquere, 4, 19; S. 587, 38 Gýmene dó se Abbod curam gerit abbas, R.

Linked entries: gémen geómen gýme

ge-edníwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-edníwian, ge-edníwan.

to renew what is weakened, restore to efficiency ⬩ to restore a disused practice ⬩ to renew an action, do again what has been done before, repeat ⬩ reformare, reparare

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Add: to renew what is weakened, restore to efficiency Ðæt góde mód, ðe sió hǽlo ful oft áweg ádriéfð, ðæt gemynd ðǽre medtrymnesse geedniéwað (-níwað, v.l.) (reformat), Past. 255, 17.

FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

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Ðis fácn hæc fraus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 36; Som. 12, 34. Ne ætfyligeþ ðé áhwǽr fácn ne unriht numquid adhæret tĭbi sēdes inīquĭtātis, Ps. Th. 93, 19. Fácnes cræftig skilled in guile, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 24; Wal. 24: 62 a; Th. 229, 4; Ph. 450.

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

magan

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Add Mid scipun þe mon dulmunus hǽtt, þe mon sægð þæt on án scip mæge án þúsend manna it is said that a thousand men can be put into one ship, Ors. 1. 10; S. 46, 33.

geár

(n.)
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Annus Solaris hæfð . . . twelf mónðas, and ꝥ gér hæfð nigon þúsend tída and seofon hund tída and syx and syxtig, Angl. viii. 320, 19.

ge-reccan

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Ic wéne þæt hit sié nú þearf ꝥ ic þé gerecce hwǽr ꝥ héhste gód is nunc demonstrandum reor, quonam haec perfectio constituta est, 34, l ; F. 134, 3: 35, 5 ; F. 166, 4.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year

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Hé (petra oleum) is gód tó drincanne on wintres dæge, for ðon ðe hé hæfð swíðe micle hǽte; for ðý hine mon sceal drincan on wintra, Lchdm. ii. 288, 16. Beámas gréne stondaþ wintres and sumeres, Exon. Th. 200, 7; Ph. 37.

gíme-líst

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Cf. gíman ; 2 Oft ðá cræftas and ðá mægenn weorðað te færwyrde ðǽm ðe hí hæfð ðonne hí for hira giémeléste hié fortrúwiað on þǽm cræftum ðe hí habbað, and hí nyllað iécan, Past. 463, 6.

micel

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Máre ic þyses gemyndgade þonne ic his mid ealle ásǽde haec commemorata sunt magis quam explicata, Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 25. Hwílum hié oft on dæge út gáð and þonne lytlum, hwílum ǽne and þonne micel, Lch. ii. 230, 22.

wealdend

(n.)
Grammar
wealdend, es; m.

one who exercises power over persons or things, ⬩ a controller ⬩ master ⬩ one who exercises dominion ⬩ a ruler ⬩ governor ⬩ sovereign ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ a possessor ⬩ master ⬩ lord

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Hé wolde ðætte ealle men wǽran ealra óþra gesceafta wealdandas ille genus humanum terrenis omnibus praestare voluit, 14, 2; Fox 44, 33. one who exercises dominion, a ruler, governor, sovereign Ðes and ðeós wealdend hic et haec praesul, Ælfc.

tungol

(n.)
Grammar
tungol, (-ul-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.

a heavenly body ⬩ a heavenly body other than sun or moon ⬩ a star ⬩ a planet ⬩ a fixed star ⬩ a group of stars ⬩ a constellation ⬩ division of the zodiac

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Þás tunglan haec sidera, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 90, 5. Tunglan nǽron gesceapene ǽr on ðam feórðan dæge. On ðam feórðan dæge gesette se Ælmihtiga ealle tungla, Homl. Th. i. 100, 7-9. Saturnus yfmest is eallra tungla, Met. 24, 20.

Linked entries: tungel tungl

HÝÐ

(n.)
Grammar
HÝÐ, e ; f.

a port ⬩ haven

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Hé hí on hǽlo hýðe gelǽdde eduxit eos in portum, Ps. Th. 106, 29; Exon, 20 b ; Th. 53, 34; Cri. 860: Salm. Kmbl. 489; Sal. 245

Linked entry: húðe

be-tweoh

(prep.)
Grammar
be-tweoh, be-tweohs, be-tweox, be-twih, be-twyh, be-twyx, be-twyxt, be-twuh, be-twuht, be-twux, be-twuxt, be-tuh, be-tux; prep. dat. acc. [be by, with; twi, twihs, tweox, twux duo]

Between, BETWIXT, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio

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Hǽðe stent betuh Winedum and Seaxum and Angle Haddeby stands in the midst of the Winedi, Saxons and Angles, Ors. 1, 19; Bos. 21, 30. acc Swá lamb betweox wulfas sicut agnos inter lupos, Lk. Bos. 10, 3.

brýce

(n.)
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Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent from bettrum weorcum qui sic per uxorem carnali consolatione utitur, ut tamen numquam a melioris intentionis rectitudine ejus amore flectatur

clipung

(n.)
Grammar
clipung, e; f.
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Hí ne synd ná mid ealle dumbe, ac hí habbað lytle clypunge, 8. form of address (of pronouns). v. stefn, Se ðridda hád ( the (pronoun of the) third person ) hæfð syx clypunga, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 93, 7

Linked entries: cleopung clepung

ge-leáfful

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Heó bróhte eallum geleáffullum éce hǽlo, 5, 30. Óþrum geleáffullumteala dón, 75, 18. catholic, orthodox Geleáfful catholicus, rectus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 54. Þone geleáffullan geleáfan catholicam fidem, Ath. Crd. 1. Seó emniht is on .xii.[^m]ᵃ kl.

ge-brocian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-brocian, p. ode ; pp. od.
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Cf. ge-broc, Críst gehǽlde fela þǽra þe unhále wǽron, and Antecríst gebrocað and geuntrumað þá ðe ǽr hále wǽron . . . syððan hé þæne mann gebrocod hæfð, syððan hé mæg dón, swylce hé hine gehǽle . . . hé gebrocað mænigne man díhlíce and gehǽlð eft ætforan

Linked entry: brócian

ús

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ús, dat.: ús, úsic; acc.: úser, usser; gen.; pron. pl. first person.

To us ⬩ us ⬩ of us ⬩ our

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Hǽle ús (úsic, Lind. Rush.) salva nos, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 25. Ne gelfǽd ðú ús (úsih, Lind.) on costnunge, ac álýs ús (úsich, Lind.) of yfele, 6, 13.

Linked entries: úre úsic wé

ge-þicgan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þicgan, -þicgean; p. -þah

To take ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere

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Boitius se hæle hátte se ðone hlísan geþah Boethius the man was named who got that fame, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 106; Met. 1, 53. Geþǽgon medoful manig they took many a mead-cup, Beo. Th. 2033; B. 1014

Linked entry: þicgan

trumness

(n.)
Grammar
trumness, e; f.

firmness ⬩ strength ⬩ certainty ⬩ health ⬩ confirmation ⬩ support ⬩ a firm place ⬩ the firmament

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Wé witon ðæt manega clericas nyton hwæt byþ quadrans, ac wé willaþ his mihta and his trumnysse hér geswutelian, Anglia viii. 306, 28. health Ða truman sint tó manianne ðæt hié gewilnigen mid ðæs lícuman trumnesse ðæt him ne losige sió hǽlo ð æs módes

Linked entry: trymness