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ge-swelgend

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Add: — Ge*-*swel[g]inde voragine, Hpt. Gl. 507, 58

ge-cynn

(n.)
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The better reading is ge-cynd. v. Sch. 82, 20

ge-gaf

(adj.)
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ge-gaf, adj.
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The passage given here belongs to gegaf-sprǽce, q. v., but perhaps the adjective ge-gaf may be inferred from the compound gegaf-sprǽce along with the noun ge-gaf; cf. ídel-sprǽce, yfel-sprǽce. Cf. too gegaf-sprǽc and dol-sprǽc

ge-temprian

(v.)
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Add: to temper, prepare material On þá onlícnesse geworht þe senop bið getemprod tó inwísan, Lch. ii. 184, 22. fig. to prepare, adapt Ge tó gódum ge tó yfelum getempera heortan þíne et ad bona et ad mala tempera cor tuum, 172, 15

ge-unnan

(v.)
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ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen

To givegrantallowconcedeconcedereindulgerepermitterelargiri

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To give, grant, allow, concede; concedere, indulgere, permittere, largiri Gif he us geunnan wile, ðæt we hine grétan móton if he will grant to us that we may greet him, Beo. Th. 698; B. 346: Chr. 1095; Erl. 231, 25. Se cyning nolde him his feores geunnan

ge-samnung

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Add: a collection of objects whether permanently or temporarily associated. an assembly of persons, congregation company Eal sió gesomnung (-sam-, v.l.) ðǽre hálgan ciricean cuncto congregatio ecclesiae, Past. 367, 6. Heó hine geþeódde tó gesomnunge

ge-swincfull

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Substitute: of persons, laborious, industrious. v. ge-swinc ; Mǽden scamfæst, geswincful, clǽne, Lch. iii. 192, 2 : 23. Þæs hádes men þe hwýlum wǽron geswincfulleste on godcundan þeówdóme, þá ne swincaþ á swíðe ymbe ǽnige þearfe, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 20.

ge-nípan

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For ' to rise as a cloud . . . Exod. 454' substitute Him ongén genáp atol ýða gewealc: ne þǽr ǽnig becwóm herges tó háme the horrid waves grew dark as they rolled on to meet them; not one of that host got back to his home, Exod. 454. Werð genipen stetit

ge-þeówian

(v.)
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Add: ge-þýwian. to serve Is ánum Drihtne geþeówad and gehýrsumod uni domino servitur, R. Ben. 111, 2. to reduce to servitude Ne ǽnig man óðerne on unriht ne geþeówige, Wlfst. 70, 6. Halwun freóde Hægelflǽde hire wimman ... Críst him wurðe wráð þe hí

ge-tyhtan

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Take here ge-tihtan in Dict., and add: to allure, attract; illicere Getihte illexit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 36. Getyhted inle[c]tus, 80, 77: 46, 67. Getyhtid, gitychtid, getyctid inlectus, Txts. 71, 1094. Þæs rihtwísan weres líf þurh þá rǽdinge háligra bóca

ge-lomp

(v.; part.)

happened

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happened, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27; p. of ge-limpan

ge-hwyrftnian

(v.)
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The reading of the earlier MS. is ge-hrifnian, q. v

ge-stefnan

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Add: to reciprocate, alternate Gistaebnendrae, ge-staefnendre reciprocato, Txts. 92, 864

ge-stuncon

(v.)

smelt,

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smelt, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35 p. pl.of ge-stincan

ge-þohte

(v.; part.)

thought

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thought, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 11; Sat. 187 p.of ge-þencean

ge-þafung

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Add: ge-þeafung. permission Ne hé nán þing næbbe bútan þæs abbodes sylene and geþafunge ae quicquam liceat habere quod abbas nan dederit out nan permiserit, R. Ben. 57, 5. Búton se abbod him geþafunge (permissionem) sylle, 69, 6. submission to action

ge-timbrung

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Add: building, constructing (lit. or fig.) Paulus spræc be ðǽre getimbrunge þǽre geleáffullan gelaðunge. Hé cwæð, 'Ne mæg nán man lecgan óþerne grundweall ...,' Hml. Th. ii. 588, 17. Þá stánas bǽron tó þæs húses getimbrunge ( ad aedificationem domus

ge-híwung

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Add: an image, figure, v. ge-híwian; Leásæ gehíwunga falsa imagine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, I. VI gemetum þá ge-heówunge swefna gehrínað þæs mannes mód sex modis tangunt animum imagines somniorum Gr. D. 339, 2. Gehíwunge oððe gebeácnunge cathegorias Wrt.

Linked entry: híwung

ge-gildscipe

(n.)
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Take here <b>ge-gyldscipe</b> in Dict

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ge-gimmod

(part.)
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Take here <b>ge-gymmod</b> in Dict

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