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ge-sceót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceót, es; n.

shooting, hurlingrapid movement as of anything shot

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shooting, hurling Ge mid gesceótum [or gesceotum?] Similar entries v. gesceot ge mid stána torfungum both with shootings and flingings of stones, Ors. 3, 9: Bos, 68, 19. rapid movement as of anything shot Ða wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceóte on heora

ge-strínan

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-streónan, ge-strýnan</b> in Dict., and add: <b>-strínian;</b> pp. od. to acquire, get by effort Ðá ðe willað sellan ðæt hí gestrínalt (-striénað, v.l.) qui sua tribuunt, Past. 335, 3. Dúne þá þe begęt ł gestreónde

ge-mána

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ge-mána, <b>;
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III.</b> add Nabbe gé nánne gemánan wið hine non commisceamini cum illo, Past. 357, 5

ge-scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scirpan, to sharpen.
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Take here <b>ge-scerpan</b> in Dict., and add: to make more active, strengthen. of sight (lit. or fig. ) Þín ꝥ líchamlice eáge ne gesyhð áht líchamlices, búton hit gescyrpe ( acueret ) þá þing tó geseónne seó unlíchamlice wíse, Gr. D. 269

ge-metan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-metan, p. -mæt and -mette , pl. -mǽton; pp. -meten; v. trans.

to measure, measure back or againmetiri, remetirito measure by traversing or going overmetiri transeundo

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to measure, measure back or again; metiri, remetiri On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ, eów byþ gemeten qua mensura mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis, Mt. Bos. 7, 2: Mk. Bos. 4, 24: Lk. Bos. 6, 38. God ðú ðe heofen mid honda gemettest and eorðan on ðínre

ge-ríp

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Add: harvest, gathering of grain. Sic. Fela landa wuniað gyt on hǽðenscipe and úres Hǽlendes geríp mænigfeald is on mancynne, Hml. S. 29, 128. Æfter heora gerípe ( printed gerepe, Lch. iii. 252, 23) gǽð seó eá upp, and oferflét eal þæt Egyptisce land

ge-styrian

(v.)
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Dele second passage (v. ge-stíran; 3), and add: to disturb the stability of a material object Se streám ne mæhte ðæt hús gestyurige ( movere ), Lk. L. 6, 48. Mið ðý gestyred bið ꝥ wæter cum turbata fuerit aqua, Jn. L. R. 5, 7. to disturb the mind of

ge-éhtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-éhtan, p. te.
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to follow, persecute Geoehtas persequentur, Mt. L. 10, 23. Gé biðon gewoehtat ł geaehtas íuih, 23, 34. Gif mec geoehton ... íuih hiá geoehtað, Jn. L. 15, 20. Geoehtadon persequebantur, 5, 16. Geoehton persecuti sunt, Mt. L. 5, 12. Gioehtende am persecutus

ge-treówian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-trywian</b> in Dict., and add: to trust Ué getríuadon confidemus, Rtl. 7, 7. with dat., to trust to Wé nytan nánum óðrum þingum tó getreówiganne, Ll. Th. i. 220, 16. with prep, to trust in Ꝥ hí getreówoden (hé getreówode

ge-wýscan

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Add: to wish for, desire Gewíscod mid gewil-nungum ealra þinga dæg optatus votis omnium dies Hy. S. 89, 2. Ge-wíscodne geseón mid eágan Críst optatum videre lumine Christum 54, 31. Gewíscedum optatis, i. desideratis An. Ox. 806. to wish for something

ge-riht

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Add: where direction is marked, a straight line. [The phrase on gerihte (geriht) occurs often in the charters which give the boundaries of land, and corresponds to various Latin phrases, e. g. per rectitudinem uiae, C. D. v. 279, 7 : directe, iii. 374

ge-cǽlan

(v.)
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In Lk. 16, 24 one MS. has gehǽle, in another this is altered to gecǽle (= gecéle? v. ge-célan)

ge-wuna

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wuna, an; m.

A customwontmanneruseriteconsuetudo

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A custom, wont, manner, use, rite; consuetudo Næs ðín gewuna ðæt ðú bútan ðínum diácone geoffrodest it was not thy wont to offer without thy deacon, Homl. Th. i. 418, 1. Wæs his gewuna ðæt he sægde referre erat solitus, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 42. Ðǽr wæs

Linked entries: -wuna ge-wun

ge-limp

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Add: I. what happens Gelimp casus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 56: eventus, 30, 40. Gelimpa eventuum, 31, 72. Gewyrdelicum gelimpe fortuitu casu, An. Ox. 3793. Mid gesǽligum gelimpum fortuitis casibus, 4186. what happens in the case of a person, lot, hap, fortune

ge-méting

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Add: meeting, v. ge-métan; A. the coming together of two or more persons On gemétinge in conveniendo, Bl. Gl. Æt gemétinge, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 30. Hé hí tó him genam and clypte, and hí ealle þancunge dydon for heora gemétinge, Hml. S. 30, 384. (l a) a

ge-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-rǽde, adj.

Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simpleparatus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplexready, free

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Ready, swift, prompt, easy, plain, simple; paratus, celer, promptus, expeditus, planus, simplex He gedyde míne fét swá gerǽde swá swá heorotum qui perfecit pedes meos [celeres] tanquam cervi, Ps. Th. 17, 32. Ge meterfers, ge gerǽdre sprǽce et versibus

ge-treówþ

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Add: truth, faithfulness, honesty. v. ge-treów; Freónda gehwilc mid rihtan getrýwðan óðerne lufige, Ll. Th. i. 350, 13. Gif hé hit mid getrýwðan geearnod, 440, 3. loyalty Ánum cynehláforde holdlíce hýran, and georne hine healdan mid rihtan getrýwðan

ge-wǽpnung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wǽpnung, e; f.
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Armour, arms. military, v. ge-wǽpnian; i Cóm Mercurius mid his gewǽpnunge and wearð ásend tó þæs cáseres slæge, Hml. S. 3, 251. Hé férde mid þám cempum búton gewǽpnunge, 31, 41. Hé næfde náht bútan his gewǽdum and his gewǽpnunge, 67. spiritual, v. ge-wǽpnian

Linked entry: wǽpnung

ge-hlíta

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hlíta, an;
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m, A consort, fellow For gehlýtum ðínum prae consortibus tuis Ps. Spl. C. 44, 9. Cf. efen-hlíte, ge-hlytta

Linked entries: ge-hlyta -hlíta

ge-leáf

(n.)
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leave Geleáf licentia, Scint. 165, 4. Nime hé leáfe (geleáfe, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 386, 16. Cf. ge-leáfa