ge-acsian
To find out by asking ⬩ discover ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ resciscĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ agnoscĕre ⬩ audīre
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Gyf se déma ðis geacsaþ si hoc audītum fuĕrit a præsĭde, Mt. Bos. 28, 14. Ðá se pápa ðæt geacsade when the pope heard it, Bd. 2, 17; S. 520, 15 : 5, 10; S. 625, 20. We geacsodan agnōvĭmus, Bd. pref; S. 472, 16.
leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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The art of poetry, poetry, verse, a poem Ðes leóþcræft hoc poema: ðás leóþcræftas hæc poemata [all the other cases are also given], Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 16-21.
nese
No
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Nese vis hoc ? Non, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 13. Wylt ðú wé gadriaþ hig? Ðá cwæþ hé, Nese ( non ), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 29. Syllaþ ús of eówrum ele ... Ðá andswarudun ða gleáwan, Nese, 25, 9. Ðá cwæþ hé : Nese (Lind. næsæ) fæder Abraham, Lk. Skt. 16, 30.
Linked entry: næse
ge-brǽdan
To roast ⬩ broil ⬩ torrēre ⬩ assāre
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Genime ðysse ylcan wyrte wyrttruman gebrǽde on hátan axan let him take roots of this same herb roasted on hot ashes, Herb. 60, 3; Lchdm. i. 162, 17
ge-ícan
To eke ⬩ increase ⬩ add ⬩ enlarge ⬩ augere ⬩ extendere
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Ofer eall ðæt geícte adjecit hoc supra omnia, Lk. Bos. 3, 20. Æðelinga rím feorum geícte he increased the number of men with lives, 58; Th. 70, 33; Gen. 1162.
lǽþþ
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Hí mé sǽdon ꝥ sum wer wunne on þǽre hefigestan hatunge his gesacan, þæs lǽþþu (lǽðð, v. l.) and feóndscipe forð weóx tó þon swíðe ꝥ . . . quidam vir gravissima adversarii sui aemulatione laborabat, cujus ad hoc usque odium prorupit, ut . . . Gr.
hǽtan
To heat, make hot
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To heat, make hot Ðæt fýr ðe man ðæt ordál mid hǽtan sceal the fire with which the ordeal is to be heated, L. Ath. 4, 7; Th. i. 226, 11 : 14. Tó hǽtanne magan to heat the stomach, L. M. 2, 10; Lchdm. ii. 188, 16.
Linked entry: ge-hǽt
ófostlíce
Hastily, speedily, in haste
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Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof wyrc-an. Cd. Th. 79, 24; Gen. 1316. Gewít ðú ófestlíce féran, 172, 24; Gen. 2849. Mé ófestlíce gehýr velociter exaudi me Ps. Th. 101, 2. Ófstlíce cursim, velociter Hpt. Gl. 446, 48.
ofer-swíðan
To prove stronger than or superior to another, to overcome, overpower, conquer, surpass
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Mid gedwylde láre oferswíðan, Homl. Th. i. 44, 26. Ðæt geþyld oferswíðende patientia victrix, Prud. 25 a. Hí habbaþ deófol oferswíðed, Blickl. Homl. 35, 4. Oferswíðod, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 8: 4, 57.
teartness
Sharpness, severity, asperity
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Mid menigfealdum ðeówracena teartuyssum gebrégede, Homl. Th. i. 578, 27
hálig-wæter
Holy water
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On háligwætre in holy water, 45, 1; Lchdm. ii. 110, 14
burh-geat
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Kmbl. 1679; An. 842: Exon. 120a; Th. 461, 20; Hö. 38
forþ-onettan
To hasten forth ⬩ porro festīnāre
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He forþonette he hastened forth, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 26; Hö. 41: Wald. 77; Vald. 2, 10
-bǽre
Producing ⬩ bearing
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Producing, bearing, from beran to bear, produce; as, wæstm-bǽre fruit-bearing, fruitful; frugifer: æppel-bǽre apple-bearing; pomifer: horn-bǽre horn-bearing; corniger: leóht-bǽre light-bearing
Linked entry: -bora
wórung
Wandering about ⬩ rambling
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Homl. Skt. i. 6, 99. Ásolcennys ácenð ídelnysse . .., wórunge and fyrwitnysse. Homl. Th. ii. 220, 26
wanian
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Ðæs ealdigendan mannes mægen bið wanigende, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 21
Linked entry: a-wanian
eal-hálig
all-holy ⬩ omnīno sanctus
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all-holy; omnīno sanctus
ge-gearnian
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Homl. 35, 36
-hégan
to hold a meeting
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to hold a meeting
wæterian
To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate
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Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno, Nar. 12, 12. Tó wætranne, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. to water plants Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26.
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