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ge-stýran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stýran, -stíran, -steóran, -stióran, -stiéran; p. de; pp. ed [stýran to steer, rule]

To steerdirectrulecorrectrestrainwithholdrĕgĕrecorrĭgĕrecŏhĭbērerĕtĭnēre

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Hám cymeþ nefne him holm gestýreþ he will come home unless the ocean restrains him, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 5; Gn. Ex. 106. Gif him Scipio ne gestýrde if Scipio had not withheld them, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 18: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 13; Jud. 60.

meó

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Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . meón (pedules), hosa . . . R. Ben. 92, 3. Hæbben hý tó tótgewǽdum hosa and meón, 89, 14: 91, 6. Add

líc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
líc-hama, an; m.

The bodythe corporeal

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Hé wearþ ðá mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman he became then man formed of soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 30.

leng

(n.)
Grammar
leng, e; f.

Lengthheightstature

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Hú lang wæs Adam on lenge gesceapen how tall was Adam created? Salm. Kmbl. 180, 19. Hwilc eówer mæg geícan áne elne to his lenge? Homl. Th. ii. 464, 2. Forneán on lenge ungeendod almost infinite in length, 350, 7.

wudu-hunig

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-hunig, es; n.

Wild honey

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Wudehunig, Homl. Th. i. 352, 7. Be wyrtum and be wuduhuuige, Blickl. Homl. 167, 36. Wuduhunig hé æt, Mk. Skt. l, 6

Linked entry: hunig

hyht-ful

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Add: [ full of hope, joy, &cc. v. Dict.] . giving abundant grounds for hope, promising Hyhtful vel ðiéndi indolis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1ll, 54. Hyhtful, þiónde, þone gleáwan, 45, 58

in-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
in-gangan, p. -géng

To entergo in

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Homl. 207, 2. Cyricean duru ingangan ecclesiæ januam ingredi, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 19. Wæs ingangende on ðare hálgan Marian hús entered the house of the Holy Mary, Blickl. Homl. 147, 1. Ingongende, 4.

innera

(adj.)
Grammar
innera, innra ; adj.

Innerinterior

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Se innra man ðæt is seó sáwl interior homo, id est anima, L. Ecg. P. iv. 63; Th. ii. 224, 6. Se inra wind, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 32.

Linked entries: inra útera

leornere

(n.)
Grammar
leornere, es; m.

A learnerreader

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Se Hǽlend tóbræc ða hláfas and sealde his leornerum, Homl. Th. ii. 400, 21: Blickl. Homl. 131, 20. Johannes gesende twægen leorneras his Joannes mittens duos de discipulis suis. Mt. Kembl. Rusts. 11. 2, 1: 10, 1.

ge-restan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-restan, p. te; pp. ed

To rest, remain, rest [one's self]

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Templ Háliges Gástes snytro on to gerestenne a temple for the wisdom of the Holy Ghost to dwell in, Blickl. Homl. 163, 15. Ic me gereste quiesco, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 30. Mín hige geresteþ nó my mind resteth not, Elen.

Linked entries: ge-ræstan restan

stípel

(n.)
Grammar
stípel, es ; m.
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Stýpel, Homl. Th. i. 22, 19 : ii. 472, 25. Timbrian ánne stýpel turrem aedificare, Lk. Skt. 14, 28. Hé worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel and mid scínendum gymmum besette eall ðæt hús, and on ðære upflóra his cynestól geworhte, Homl.

Linked entry: stýpel

steóp-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
steóp-bearn, es; n.
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Ðam steápbearne ic geheólp, Homl. Th. ii. 448, 14, 20. Ðæt mann wydewan geneósige and steópbearnum gehelpe, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 63

cýððu

(n.)
Grammar
cýððu, ee; f.

A native country, home situs natalis

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A native country, home; situs natalis Fugel his cýððu séceþ the bird seeks its home, Exon. 59 b; Th. 217, 9; Ph. 277: Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 9; Hy. 4, 114

drenc-horn

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Add: v. drinc(e)-horn

sinc-weorþung

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Add: Cf. hord-, hring-weorþung

ge-niðerian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-niðerian, -niðrian, -neðerian, -nyðerian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn

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Homl. 33, 1: Chr. 1075; Erl. 214, 17

englas

(n.)

angels

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angels, Homl. Th. i. 276, 1

for-spenþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-spenþ, 3rd sing. pres. of for-spanan.

entices

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entices, Homl. Th. ii. 226, 30;

Neapolite

(n.)
Grammar
Neapolite, pl.

The Neapolitans

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Homl. 201, 19

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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Híg mínne oððe hóhfót cépaþ oððe begémaþ ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Lamb. 55, 7: Homl. Th. ii. 324, 16: Ælfc. T. 28, 3. Ðe willaþ ðysre deópnysse cépan who will keep this precept, Homl. Th. ii. 94, 7.

Linked entry: ge-cépan