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ge-nihtsumnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-nihtsumnes, -nyhtsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, -nis, -niss, e; f.

Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiencyabundantia, ūbertas, cōpia

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Lamb. 144, 7. On genihtsumnysse míne in abundantia mea, 29, 7: 77, 25. Híg beóþ gedrencte for genihtsumnisse húses ðínes inebriābuntur ab ūbertāte dŏmus tuæ, 35, 9.

Linked entry: ge-nyhtsum-nes

swíðrian

(v.)
Grammar
swíðrian, p. ode.
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Lamb. 51, 9. Saulus micclum swýðrode Saul increased the more in strength (A. V. Acts 9, 22), Homl. Th. i. 388, 3. Hyra stefna swíðredon invallescebant voces eorum, Lk.

Linked entry: a-swýðerian

sárgian

(v.)
Grammar
sárgian, ode.

to make sad (sárig), to grieve (trans.),afflict, woundto be or become sad, to grieve (intrans.), languish

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Lamb. 68, 30. Sárgiendne fréfrian dolentem cqnsolari, R. Ben. 17, 3 MS. O

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, p. ode; pp. od

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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Ðás lamb ðe ðú gelogast on sundron these lambs which thou hast set by themselves, 21, 9. Ðone wudu gelogode laid the wood in order, 22, 9. He wæs gelogod to his folcum he was gathered to his people, Deut. 32, 50

Linked entry: lógian

FLÓWAN

(v.)
Grammar
FLÓWAN, part. flówende; ic flówe, ðu flówest, fléwst, he flóweþ, flewþ, pl. flowaþ; p. fleów, pl. fleówon; pp. flówen

To FLOWissuefluĕrefluctuāreinundāre

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Lamb. 77, 20: 104, 41. Ðeáh ðe wealan flówen dīvĭtiæ si affluant, Ps. Th. 61, 11

Linked entry: geond-flówan

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a familya housea housefamilytribenation

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Nime ǽghwylc híwrǽden of ǽlcum húse án lamb (cf. nyme ǽlc mann án lamb tó his híwrǽdene tollat unusquisque agnum per familias et domus suas, Ex. 12, 3), Angl. viii. 322, 6. Ǽnne man ic ofslóh of þínre híwrǽdene (cf. hýrman, 783), Hml. S. 31, 778.

þǽr-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
þǽr-riht, adj.
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The passage in which strictis, glossed by þárrihtum, occurs is: lam jamque strictis mucronibus, Ald. 52, 17. As in another gloss jam jamque is glossed by þárrihtes (An.

ǽfen-gereordung

(n.)
Grammar
ǽfen-gereordung, e; f.

Supper

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Supper Tó ǽfengereordunga lambes ad cenam Agni Hy. S. 82, 3

ful-fremman

(v.)
Grammar
ful-fremman, full-fremman, to -fremmanne; he -fremeþ; p. -fremede; pp. -fremed

To fulfilperfectpractiseperfĭcĕre

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Lamb. 8, 3: Ps. Spl. 39, 9. Heáhsetl his [biþ] swá swá móna fulfremed on écnysse thrŏnus ejus [erit] sīcut lūna perfecta in æternum, Ps. Spl. 88, 36. Beóþ fulfremede estōte vos perfecti, Mt. Bos. 5, 48

líg-ræsc

(n.)
Grammar
líg-ræsc, es; m.

Lightning

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Lamb. 134, 7

Linked entries: ræsc líget-ræsc

ge-myndig

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-myndig, -mindig; adj.

Mindful, rememberingmémor

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Lamb. 105, 7. Beóþ hyra geóca gemyndge they are mindful of their safety, Exon. 33 b; Th. 107, 18; Gú. 60: 39 a; Th. 129, 7; Gú. 417. Gemyndigra monna of mindful men, 34b; Th. 111, 11; Gú. 125

Linked entries: myndig ge-mindig

ge-neálǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neálǽcan, -lǽcean; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To approach, draw near, adhere

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Lamb. 15, 4. Folce geneálǽcendum populo appropinquanti, Ps. Spl. 148, 14

þæslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þæslíce, adv.
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Lamb. 47, 20 : Blickl. Gl.

un-wæstmbǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wæstmbǽre, adj.

Unproductivebarrensterile

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Lamb. 112, 8. Ic wyrce ðín land unwæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 102, 34. Sume treówu hé cearf, ðý læs hié tó ðæm forweóxen ðæt hié forseareden, and ðý unwæsðmǽrran wǽren, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 7

Linked entry: wæstm-bǽre

ge-stincan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-stincan, p. -stanc, pl. -stuncon; pp. -stuncen

To perceive by the sense of smelling;olfacere aliquidodorareodorari

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Lamb. second 113, 6. Hí nóse habbaþ náwiht gestincaþ they have a nose [and] smell naught, Ps. Th. 134, 17. Sume mágon gehíran, sume gestincan some can hear, some smell, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 24.

tó-brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brýsan, and -brýsian; p. de

To crush,break in pieces

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Lamb. 28, 5. Gif hwá tóbrýsed sý if any one be crushed (convulsus), Lchdm. i. 122, 1. Tóbrysede tigelan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 169. ȝiff he wolide læpenn dun he munnde tobrisenn all himm sellfenn, Orm. 12032. Al tobrised bac and þe, Havel. 1950.

dærst

(n.)
Grammar
dærst, dærstan.
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Of láme dærstan (derstan, Ps. Srt.) de luto faecis, Ps. Spl. C. 39, 2. Nim wínes dræstan, Lch. ii. 102, 7: 296, 8. Ecedes dræstan, iii. 42, 22

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preachnuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizareto foretell, predict, prophesy, promiseprædicere, promittereto announce

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Lamb. 9, 12: Andr. Kmbl. 669; An. 335.

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

ge-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-healdan, -haldan, to -healdenne; ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hiltst, he -healdeþ, -healt, -helt, -hylt, pl. -healdaþ; p. -heóld, -hióld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon, -hióldon; impert. -heald, pl. -healdaþ; subj. pres. -healde, pl. -healden; p. -heólde, pl. -heólden; pp. -healden.

to keepholdobservekeep inretainreservepreservesavedefendprotectcustodīreservāreobservārecontĭnērereservāresalvāredefendĕreto holdoccupypossesstĕnērepossĭdēre

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Lamb. 120, 5. God hine gehelt ǽghwonan God preserves him everywhere, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 37. Ðrihten gehylt ðé fram ǽlcum yfele Dŏmĭnus custōdit te ab omni mălo, Ps. Lamb. 120, 7. Ic ðé forðig geheóld ĭdeo custōdīvi te, Gen. 20, 6.

BEARD

(n.)
Grammar
BEARD, es; m.

a BEARDbarba

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Lamb. 132, 2. the Anglo-Saxons were proud of their beards, and to shave a layman by force was a legal offence Gif man ðone beard ofascire, mid xx scillinga gebéte.